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ESTA: USA wants to check social media accounts of European travelers as well (www.heise.de)

submitted 6 days ago by schizoidman@lemmy.zip to c/privacy@lemmy.ml

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cross-posted from: https://lemmy.zip/post/54712925

According to the document, the CPB also plans to request numerous additional personal data in the ESTA application. This includes all – including professional – phone numbers and email addresses used in the past five or ten years, names and phone numbers of close family members, as well as their birth dates and places. Biometric data is also included.

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[–] rain_lover@lemmy.ml 1 points 4 days ago (1 children)

How would they know what I give them is a complete list?

[–] Nalivai@lemmy.world 1 points 4 days ago

If they suspect the list might be incomplete, they will start the proper investigation. It's kind of the whole reason