“This database is, in a sense, worse than a watch list,” he said. “这个数据库是，在某种意义上，不如观察名单， ”他说。 “At least in the watch-list scenario, there’s some reason why the name got on the list. “至少在观赏名单的情况下，有一些原因的名义获得名单上。 Here, the only thing a person does to come to the attention of DHS is to lawfully cross the border.在这里，只能一个人来注意的是家庭佣工的合法过境。 The theory of this data collection is: Track everyone — just in case.”理论这个数据收集是：田径每一个人-只是在案件警示录“ 。

Under the system, officials record name, birth date, gender, date and time of crossing, and a photo, where available, for US travelers returning to the country by land, sea or air.在该制度下，官员记录的姓名，出生日期，性别，日期和时间的隧道，和一张照片，如果有的话，对美国的旅客返回该国的陆地，海上或空中。 The same information is gathered about foreign travelers, but it is held for 75 years.相同的资料，收集有关外国游客，但它是举行了75年。

DHS and other agencies are amassing more and more data that they subject to sophisticated analysis.国土安全部和其他机构正在积累更多的数据，他们受到精密的分析。 A customs document issued last month stated that the agency does not perform data mining on border crossings to glean relationships and patterns that could signify a terrorist or law enforcement threat.海关签发的文件在上个月表示，该机构不执行数据挖掘对边境口岸，以收集的关系和规律，可能意味着恐怖分子或与执法的威胁。 But the Federal Register notice states that information may be shared with federal, state and local governments to test “new technology and systems designed to enhance border security or identify other violations of law.” And the Homeland Security Act establishing the department calls for the development of data-mining tools to further the department’s objectives.但联邦登记册公告的国家信息可共享，与联邦，州和地方政府，以测试“的新技术和系统设计，以加强边境安全，或寻找其他违法违纪。 ”和国土安全法建立署吁请发展数据挖掘工具，以进一步署的目标。

That raises concerns, privacy advocates say, that analyses can be undertaken that could implicate innocent people if appropriate safeguards are not used.这引起了关注，隐私倡导者说，这分析可以承诺可以牵连无辜的人，如果适当的保障措施，不得使用。

The border information system will link to a new database, the Non-Federal Entity Data System, which is being set up to hold personal information about all drivers in a state’s database.边界信息系统将连接到一个新的数据库，非联邦实体的数据系统，这是正在成立举行的个人资料，所有司机在一个国家的数据库。 States that do not agree to allow customs to have such large amounts of information may allow the agency to query their databases in real time for information on a traveler.国家不同意，让海关有如此大量的信息可能会允许该机构查询其数据库中的实时信息对旅行者。

Because of privacy concerns, Washington state earlier this year opted for the queries-only approach.因为隐私权的关切，美国华盛顿州今年早些时候，选择的疑问-的唯一办法。 The Canadian government made the same decision.加拿大政府作出同样的决定。 “There was absolutely no way they should have the entire database,” said Ann Cavoukian, Ontario’s privacy commissioner, who learned about the Canadian government’s decision in April. “有是绝对没有出路，他们应该有整个资料库，说： ”人工神经网络cavoukian ，安大略省的资料私隐专员，谁了解加拿大政府的决定在4月。

“Once you have data in a database you don’t need, it lends itself to unauthorized use,” she said. “一旦你有数据库中的数据则不需要，它本身以未经授权的使用， ”她说。 “You have no idea of the data creep.” “你不知道的数据，蠕变” 。

Vermont opted to allow access to its driver’s licenses because the state could not guarantee the “nanoseconds” response time DHS required, said Bonnie L. Rutledge, the state’s commissioner of motor vehicles.佛蒙特州选择允许访问其驾驶执照，因为国家不能保证“纳秒”响应时间家庭佣工的规定说，邦妮研究rutledge ，国家的专员汽车。 She said drivers are informed up front of the data sharing.她说，司机告知了前面的数据共享。

“A person opts to go over the border, their information is going to be collected and held anyway,” she said. “一个人选择去越过边境，他们的信息是去收集和举行无论如何， ”她说。 “If you don’t want to go over the border, you don’t have to.” “如果你不想去越过边界，你不须要” 。

The notice states that the government may share border records with federal, state, local, tribal or foreign government agencies in cases where customs believes the information would assist enforcement of civil or criminal laws or regulations, or if the information is relevant to a hiring decision.通知指出，政府可能会分享边界的纪录，与联邦，州，地方，部落或外国政府机构的情况下，海关认为，这些信息将协助执法的民事或刑事法律或法规，或者如果资料是有关租用的决定。

They may be shared with a court or attorney in civil litigation, which could include divorce cases; with federal contractors or consultants “to accomplish an agency function related to this system of records”; with federal and foreign intelligence or counterterrorism agencies if there is a threat to national or international security or to assist in anti-terrorism efforts; or with the news media and the public “when there exists a legitimate public interest in the disclosure of the information.”他们可能分享的法院或检察长在民事诉讼中，其中可能包括离婚案件;与联邦的承建商或顾问“来完成一个机构的功能与此相关的系统记录” ;联邦和外国情报或反恐机构，如果有一个威胁到国家或国际安全，或协助在反恐怖主义的努力;或与新闻媒体和公众“时，存在一个合法的公众利益，在披露有关资料” 。

Homeland Security is proposing to exempt the database from some provisions of the 1974 Privacy Act, including the right of a citizen to know whether a law enforcement or intelligence agency has requested his or her records and the right to sue for access and correction in those disclosures.国土安全部提出的豁免数据库从一些规定， 1974年的隐私法，包括权利，公民知道是否执法或情报机构已要求他或她的记录和诉讼权利的获取和校正在这些披露。

A traveler may, however, request access to records based on documents he or she presented at the border.旅行者可能，不过，要求查阅记录的基础上的文件，他或她介绍了在边境。

The那个 notice公告 is posted at the Government Printing Office’s Web site.是张贴在政府印刷办公室的网站上。