New Delhi: India’s
aviation security establishment plans to set up a massive logistical
exercise for domestic passenger profiling to create a database of
passengers and enable their instant identification with photographs and
other details.
If a passenger books a ticket on a travel portal
or directly with an airline, he/she will soon be asked to upload or
submit his/her photograph and other personal details.
This data
will then be forwarded to the Bureau of Civil Aviation Security to be
stored in the database. The ticket barcode will instantly display the
passenger’s photo at airport entry points, sources said.
Profiling to help track passengers
Domestic
passenger profiling in the civil aviation sector would make it easy for
authorities to track which passenger has travelled where, and the
number of times he/she has gone to a particular place. Noting that
brainstorming is on to work out modalities, sources said, “A database
will be created along with photo-identity (details) which could contain
data of around 10 million passengers.”
The cost involved in
creating such a database will not be prohibitive, whereas the benefits
are tremendous, they say. It is also being debated if the database
should have biometric details about passengers.
The creation of
such a database is an ambitious exercise that will involve airlines,
website portals and airport operators, besides government agencies.
“Other aspects, like the software to be used, is yet to be discussed,” a
source said.
Source: http://www.deccanchronicle.com
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