TSA: Body scanners impact on privacy is 'minimal'

Fierce Government IT

Evidence uncovered by Electronic Privacy Information Center as a result of a Freedom of Information Act request showing that Transportation Security Administration may store body scan images is irrelevant, wrote TSA chief counsel in a letter to EPIC. The full body scanners are controversial with privacy advocates but one industry-funded survey found that most U.S. travelers don't mind the scans.

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