Canada Border Services Agency and Daniel Therrien

commercial airlines: Canadian law requires commercial airlines to provide the border agency with specific information about passengers flying to Canada, including name, birthdate, citizenship, seat number and other data, according to CTV. For years the border agency has used the information to try to zero in on terrorists or other serious international criminals. Privacy Commissioner Daniel Therrien is pressing the Canada Border Services Agency to explain the program rationale and build in safeguards to protect civil liberties. Travellers are assessed for risk, allowing the agency to single out those with high-risk scores for closer examination at the airport. The border agency says the new scheme will be more efficient, effective and accurate, directing the focus to a smaller segment of the travelling population who represent a potential high risk. The border agency is moving to a system known as scenario-based targeting, already used by the United States, as part of Canada commitment to work closely with Washington under a perimeter security pact forged in 2011. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.