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The US government is dropping a plan to collect personal data
on airline passengers to assess security risks because of
privacy concerns.  Homeland Security Secretary Tom Ridge
said officials had all but scrapped plans for the
controversial Computer Assisted Passenger Pre-screening
System, known as CAPPS II, which has come under criticism
from privacy advocates and some members of the US
Congress.  The program, which has never been tested
fully, was launched after September 11 2001 to refine
electronic techniques for using personal information to
identify and rate potential threats.

Ridge said a new program with a different name might be
developed to replace CAPPS II. It could be replaced by a new
“registered traveller” program if enough people volunteer to
provide personal information, the report said.

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