Office of the Secretary November 2, 2011 – Federal Register Recent Federal Regulation Documents

In accordance with the Privacy Act of 1974, the Department of Homeland Security proposes to update an existing Department of Homeland Security system of records notice titled ``Department of Homeland Security/U.S. Customs and Border Protection-009 Electronic System for Travel Authorization System of Records.'' This system collects and maintains a record of nonimmigrant aliens who want to travel to the United States under the Visa Waiver Program, and is used to determine whether the applicant is eligible to travel to the United States under the Visa Waiver Program by screening his or her information against various security and law enforcement databases. DHS/CBP is updating this system of records notice to reflect: (1) Updated categories of records to include payment information, including credit card number, Pay.gov tracking number, billing name, billing address, and the applicant's country of birth (to reduce the number of false matches); (2) updated routine uses to allow DHS/CBP to share payment information with Department of Treasury's Pay.gov for processing; and (3) updated routine uses to allow sharing of the ESTA application data (which excludes payment information) with federal, state, local, tribal, foreign, or international government agencies (including intelligence agencies) once they have established that they will use the information for a purpose which is compatible with the purpose of the original collection. This newly updated system will be included in the Department of Homeland Security's inventory of record systems.