Registered Traveler
Our Approach
Updated: July 15, 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. Each service provider's 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 has been destroyed in accordance with the record retention period approved by the National Archives and Records Administration. No customer data was submitted to TSA after July 30, 2008.
Frequently Asked Questions
Q. Are RT cards accepted as a valid ID at the airport security checkpoint?
A. RT cards are no longer accepted as a primary form of ID at the checkpoint. RT cards that have a visible photograph of the customer and an expiration date may be used as a secondary form of ID at the checkpoint.
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, FLO Corporation and Vigilant Solutions collected? Is it secure?
A. Questions about how the data is managed should be directed to the vendor. Each company has assured TSA that they are appropriately safeguarding the data. RT service providers were required to use customer data only 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 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 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No match - one year after access based on the security threat assessment is no longer valid (August 1, 2009)
Potential match - seven years after access based on the security threat assessment is no longer valid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
