TSA Precheck
For those who have expressed concerns over the overly broad permissions given to TSA through the Precheck and Global Entry programs and asked for guidance for withdrawing consent:
NOTE:
If you wish to withdraw your participation in any precheck program, please send the
following email to the listed recipients. Please take note, there is NO GUARANTEE that
the federal government will comply with any of these requests. However, having these
requests in writing will aid any attorney you may hire in the future if the federal
government attempts to use your participation in this program as a way to unlawfully
and unconstitutionally surveil or seize your person or property.
Recipients:
CLEARCustomerSupport@tsa.dhs.gov, TSA-ContactCenter@dhs.gov,
tsaprivacy@dhs.gov, privacy@dhs.gov, ssi@dhs.gov
Subject Line: Notice of Withdrawal from TSA Precheck Program
Body:
To Whom It May Concern:
My name is _____________. My Known Traveler (Clear or Global Precheck) Number is
______________. I am writing to withdraw my participation in this program. I no longer
wish to have TSA Precheck access.
Because I am withdrawing my participation in this program, I am also withdrawing my
consent for the TSA, Department of Homeland Security, and any other federal agency
or agent to engage in the search, seizure, or collection of my private personal
information, from this day forward, to include but not be limited to:
I am withdrawing my consent for government access to my personal information, data,
internet activity, social media, financial, medical, psychological, any and all digital
communications; to include but not be limited to cell phone transmissions of any kind,
text message, emails, video messaging, internet activity, etc…
Finally, I am removing my consent for the TSA, Department of Homeland Security, and
any other federal agency or agent to retain any of my personal information and/or
property. Please immediately and securely destroy any and all of my personal data
and/or property that may currently be in the possession of the TSA, Department of
Homeland Security, and any other federal agency or agent.
Because I am withdrawing consent to any search and/or seizure of my personal
information and/or property, please be on notice that any search and/or seizure of my
personal information/and or property will be invalid, unconstitutional, and unlawful
without a proper warrant that complies with the terms and conditions of the 4 th
Amendment of the US Bill of Rights and the Supreme Court of the United States in
Torres v. Madrid (2021), Caniglia v. Strom (2021), Carpenter v. United States (2018).
If you have any questions or need any additional information to complete my withdrawal
from this program, please contact me immediately. If I receive no further contact from
you, I will hold to the conclusion that my participation and consent have been
successfully and completely withdrawn.
Sincerely,
[Your Name]