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... 162 Case Study: Curb-to-Gate Program by CBP and Delta Air Lines at Hartsfield–Jackson Atlanta International Airport Summary CBP's Curb-to-Gate program is an application of facial recognition with the intent of reducing the number of times passengers must present their form of identification and boarding pass and of increasing the reliability and efficiency of airport border and security operations. The Curb-to-Gate program at ATL as led by CBP and Delta Air Lines allows passengers to verify their identity in a reliable and more efficient manner through leveraging CBP's TVS: • At check-in/bag-drop, a real-time photo is sent securely and encrypted to TVS.
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... Case Study: Curb-to-Gate Program by CBP and Delta Air Lines at Hartsfield–Jackson Atlanta International Airport 163   What? ● Facial biometric template matching ● 1:few biometric matching ● Pilot project led by CBP Where?
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... 164 Airport Biometrics: A Primer This is achieved by CBP, which leverages its TVS to provide secure, efficient, automated biometric identity verification at the checkpoints for Delta (Future Travel Experience 2019a) and the airport as well as for PreCheck-eligible passengers at the TSA checkpoint (TSA 2020a)
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... Case Study: Curb-to-Gate Program by CBP and Delta Air Lines at Hartsfield–Jackson Atlanta International Airport 165   management, intelligence, background investigations for national security positions, and other administrative uses. • IDENT: The DHS database for the Automated Biometric Identification System that has, since 2003, collected pictures, fingerprints, and basic biographic data (e.g., passport information)
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... 166 Airport Biometrics: A Primer 6. In case of no match or if the passenger wishes to opt out of this process, a manual verification of the identity is done at each checkpoint.
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... Case Study: Curb-to-Gate Program by CBP and Delta Air Lines at Hartsfield–Jackson Atlanta International Airport 167   Procurement and Vendor Selection: NEC NEC was the first vendor to demonstrate the capability to meet the biometric facial technical requirements for all the vested partners. Delta volunteered to pilot the biometric process at its ATL operational hub.
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... 168 Airport Biometrics: A Primer Biometric Identity Management in its PIA. These PIA reports are available to the general public to read, greatly benefiting the digital transparency of the system.
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... Case Study: Curb-to-Gate Program by CBP and Delta Air Lines at Hartsfield–Jackson Atlanta International Airport 169   Concerns Media attention has raised concerns on the implementation of biometrics in four main categories: 1. Use of technology for (mass)
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... 170 Airport Biometrics: A Primer facial-recognition technologies is that camera images are not of high enough quality, which can have an impact on the accuracy of the match. Because data privacy, protection, and mitigation of algorithmic or operational bias are prime concerns, CBP actively makes improvements while seeking to ensure that there are no signs of bias and also engages in a robust public dialogue on appropriate standards.
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... Case Study: Curb-to-Gate Program by CBP and Delta Air Lines at Hartsfield–Jackson Atlanta International Airport 171   • Carry out an exhaustive "Virtual Red Team" analysis to calculate the risk of false matches based on the demographics (age, country of origin, gender) of travelers on individual flights (U.S.

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