Recommended Privacy Act Statement for SIDA
TSA recommends that airports use this Privacy Act Statement in connection with SIDA badge applicants.
Authority: The authority for collecting this information is 49 U.S.C. 114, “Transportation Security Administration,” and 49 U.S.C. 44936, "Employment Investigations and Restrictions."
Purpose: This information is needed to verify your identity and to retrieve your criminal history record to evaluate your suitability for access to airport sterile areas and security identification display areas (SIDAs), and aircraft. Your Social Security number (SSN) will be used as your identification number in this process and to verify your identity. Furnishing this information, including your SSN, is voluntary, however, failure to provide it may prevent the completion of your criminal history records check, without which you may not be granted aircraft, sterile area or SIDA access. Failure to provide your SSN may result in delays in processing your application.
Routine Uses: Routine uses of this information include disclosure to the U.S. Office of Personnel Management for processing and data verification, to the FBI to retrieve your criminal history record, to TSA contractors or other agents who assist in the maintenance and operation of the fingerprint system, to airport operators or aircraft operators to evaluate suitability for aircraft, sterile area or SIDA access, to appropriate governmental agencies for law enforcement or security purposes, or in the interests of national security, and to foreign and international governmental authorities in accordance with law and international agreement.
