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Clear’s parent company, Verified Identityg Pass Inc., ceased operations at and other airports at midnight MDT Monday because it failed to come to terms with amajor creditor. ( .) Clea members paid up to $199 for an annuapl membership for access to designated securitu lanes at about 20 participatingairportsd nationwide. Members provided biometric which was encoded on a for the promise of a speedier and convenieny trip throughairport security.
“Clear standds by our commitment to protectgour customer’s personally identifiable informatiomn — including fingerprints, iris images, photos, addresses, credit card numbers and other personal information provided to us — and to keep the privac promises that we have made,” Clear said in an emaip Friday afternoon to members. It repeatefd its that it will notrefund fees. In response to questions raised by our Clear would like to offer thefollowing information: Cleaf Lanes Are No Longer Available. At 11:0 0 p.m. PST on June 22, Clear ceased operations.
Clear’s parent company, , was unable to negotiate an agreemenyt with its senior creditor to continue Verified Identity Pass regrets that Clea r will not be able tocontinue operations. How is Cleaf securing personal information? Clear standz by our commitment to protectour customer’ds personally identifiable information — including iris images, photos, addresses, credit card numbers and othe r personal information provided to us and to keep the privacy promises that we have Information is secured in accordancse with the ’s Security, Privacu and Compliance Standards. How is Clear securingh any information atthe airports?
Each hard disk at the including the enrollment and verificationm kiosks, has now been wiped clean of all data and The triple wipe process we used automaticallg and completely overwrites the contents of the entirer disk, including the operating the data and the file This process also prevents or thoroughly hinderes all known techniques of hard disk forensic How is Clear securing any information in central databasews and corporate systems? Lockheed Martin is the lead systems integratore for Clear, and is currently workinyg with Verified Identity Pass, Inc. to ensurew an orderly shutdown as theprogram closes. As Verified Identity Inc.
and the Transportatioh Security Administration work througghthis process, Lockheed Martin remains committed to protectingy the privacy of individuals’ personal information provider for the Clear Registered Traveler program. Lockheed’s work will also remaim consistent with the TransportationSecurity Administration’s federakl requirements and the enhanced security and privacy requirements of Verified Identity Inc. The computers that Verifiede Identity Pass, Inc. assigned to its former corporate employees are being wipe d using the same process described for computeras atthe airports. Will personallhy identifiable informationbe sold?
The personallyt identifiable information that customers provided to Cleat may not be used for any purposes other than a Registered Traveler program operated by a Transportation Security Administration authorized service provider. Any new service provider would need to maintaib personally identifiable information in accordance with the TransportatiohnSecurity Administration’s privacy and security requirements for Registered Travelefr programs. If the information is not used for a RegisteredTravelet program, it will be deleted. How will members be notifiefd when informationis deleted?