Registered Traveler
Our Approach
Updated: June 29, 2009
TSA concluded a two-year Registered Traveler (RT) pilot at 19 airports in July 2008 at which time the program became a market-driven venture offered by the private sector in partnership with airports and airlines.
After TSA’s pilot ended in July 2008, all RT service providers were obligated to follow data security standards to continue offering service. Service providers’ use of data, however, is regulated under its own privacy policy and by its relationship with its customers and sponsoring airport or airline.
Information submitted to TSA during the RT pilot program (up until July 2008) will be destroyed in accordance with the record retention period approved by the National Archives and Records Administration.
Frequently Asked Questions
Q. Are the CLEAR cards accepted as a valid ID at the airport security checkpoint?
A. CLEAR cards are no longer accepted as a primary form of ID at the checkpoint. They may be used as a secondary form of ID in addition to a valid government-issued ID.
Q. What is the status of the RT program now?
A. The program is a market-driven venture offered by the private sector in partnership with airports and airlines.
Q. What will happen to the customer data that CLEAR collected? Is it secure?
A. Questions about how the data is managed should be directed to the vendor. CLEAR has assured TSA that it is appropriately safeguarding the data. RT service providers were required to use customer data for purposes of the RT program unless customers expressly opted-in to other uses.
Q. What does this mean for the future of the RT program?
A. TSA concluded its RT pilot in 2008. Since that time, it has been a market-driven venture offered by the private sector in partnership with airports and airlines.
Q. What is TSA's schedule to delete applicants/participants information submitted to the agency during the pilot program???
A. Information submitted to TSA during the Registered Traveler pilot program (up until July 2008) will be destroyed in accordance with the record retention period approved by the National Archives and Records Administration as follows:
No match - one year after access based on the security threat assessment is no longer valid (August 1, 2009)
Potential match - seven years after access based on the security threat assessment is no longer valid
Confirmed match - 99 years after the security threat assessment is completed
