Daniel Therrien and Paris New York

ethnic origin: Travellers may be targeted if they fit the general attributes of a group due to traits they cannot change such as age, gender, nationality, birthplace, or racial or ethnic origin, he warns, according to Globe and Mail. In his recently released annual report, Therrien said it could allow the operator to, for example, search for all males aged between the ages of 18-20 who are Egyptian nationals and who have visited both Paris and New York. Privacy Commissioner Daniel Therrien is pressing the border agency to explain the program rationale and build in safeguards to protect individual liberties. The border agency declined to make anyone available to discuss the project. When a person matches a scenario, a targeting officer conducts a review of the case to confirm or dismiss the risk. In written answers to questions, the agency said scenarios are a generic set of indicators that flow from analysis of intelligence, enforcement, trends and other information to identify passengers who may pose a higher risk due to concerns about national security, smuggling of contraband such as drugs, or illicit migration. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.