EPIC, Concerned About Privacy, Urges CBP to Make Public Cargo Screening Methods

The Electronic Piracy Information Center is concerned about Customs and Border Protection use of personally identifiable information in cargo screening. "Although CBP claims that risk scores are only used on cargo and not individuals," the impact of cargo holds or screening affects individuals, EPIC commented on the 21st Century Customs Framework, posted Friday in docket 2018-0045-0044. "It is imperative that the methods -- now mostly secret -- and factors used in making targeting assessments are made public, and that the system is governed by ethics and accountability." The agency should adopt the "Universal Guidelines for Artificial Intelligence," the group said.