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[Daily Post from Infoglide Software] Identity Resolution Plays an Important Role in Many Industries

“With an identity resolution solution bolted on to your existing architecture, you can gather data from multiple data sources and apply sophisticated similarity search techniques to resolve multiple identities so you can figure out who the guy in handcuffs really is.”

DHS: DHS Announces Predeparture Screening of International Passengers and First Step Toward Secure Flight

“The U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) announced today steps that will strengthen aviation security through uniform and consistent passenger prescreening against government watch lists. DHS is publishing two regulations which will initiate these changes: (1)Advance Passenger Information System (APIS) Predeparture Final Rule, which enables DHS to collect manifest information for international flights departing from or arriving in the United States prior to boarding; and (2) Secure Flight Notice of Proposed Rule Making (NPRM), which lays out DHS plans to assume watch list matching responsibilities from air carriers for domestic flights and align domestic and international passenger prescreening. Both programs carry out 9/11 Commission recommendations.”

Washinton Post: Feds Plan New Air Passenger Screening

“Transportation Security Administrator Kip Hawley said that volunteering those two pieces of data at that earlier point would help reduce the chance of misidentification when passenger names are matched against the watch lists. ‘With the full name, we can resolve 95 percent of the cases correctly. The date of birth adds 3.5 percent to that, and the gender adds another one percent,’ Hawley said.”

CFO.com: American Express to Pay $65M Money-Laundering Fine

“The orders for American Express to pay several penalties for alleged violations of the Bank Secrecy Act (BSA) followed a three-year investigation by the DoJ, the Federal Reserve Board, and the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN).”

Danger Room: Can Social Scientists Win the War On Terrorism?

“Here’s how it works: Basically you collect a database of what everyone in the world believes (down to tribes and social groups), then you create mathematical models to determine how those beliefs translate into actions. Sound hard? It is. In defense of such work, those involved say they are talking about rigorous testing of the models, and likely everyone would agree that having more data about social groups in Iraq would benefit the military. Critics of this work, however, say that human interactions are way too complicated to predict and relying on models is delusional.”

Spiegal: Crackdown on US Travelers? EU Considers Retaliatory Online Registration

“Now that Washington has passed a law requiring visa-free passengers from Europe to answer questionnaires online before they board a plane for the United States, the European Union may set up a similar system of “electronic travel authorization” (ETA) for Americans coming to Europe.”

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