"It applies to the powers of data collection by the Customs and Border Police (CBP). If the proposed changes are adopted after the 60-day consultation, then millions of travellers to the U.S. will be forced to use a U.S. government mobile phone app, submit their social media from the last five years and email addresses used in the last ten years, including of family members. They're also proposing the collection of DNA."
"All these travellers will now have to use an app provided by CBP ('CBP Home') and an app for their ESTA application ('ESTA Mobile App'). The ESTA website is being decommissioned. The 'CBP Home' mobile app will be used by people to provide biometric proof of their departure, to 'close the information gap'. The app will disclose the user's location once they have left the U.S. and run a liveness detection on the selfie photo."
"The changes include: All visitors must submit 'their social media from the last 5 years' ESTA (Electronic System for Travel Authorization) applications will include 'high value data fields', 'when feasible' 'telephone numbers used in the last five years' 'email addresses used in the last ten years' 'family number telephone numbers (sic) used in the last five years' biometrics - face, fingerprint, DNA, and iris"
The Trump Administration proposed changes would require visa-exempt visitors to submit extensive personal data to Customs and Border Protection (CBP). Required data would include five years of social media, telephone numbers used in the last five years, email addresses used in the last ten years, family and business contact details, and biometrics such as face, fingerprint, iris and DNA. Travellers would need to use CBP-provided mobile apps ('CBP Home' and 'ESTA Mobile App') for ESTA and departure verification, with the ESTA website decommissioned. CBP estimates a 22-minute submission time for average ESTA travellers; DNA collection is explicitly proposed.
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