CAPPS II – EU bows down to DHS

This post here is not about airplanes or airports.
This post here is about the CAPPS II system used by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to collect data about passengers flying between the EU and USA/Canada.

It is officially stated, that 34 different data are collected in a passenger-file, but nowhere is clearly stated, what data are actually collected. I tried a compilation from various sources (more than 34, but I don’t know how they count it):

PRIMARY:
name
address
date of birth
telephone number

SECONDARY:
passport number
male/female
what do you do for a living?
name of your company
address of your company

criminal record?
driving record?
immigration record?

date of flights forth/back
flightnumber forth/back
airports used forth/back
special meal request forth/back
special requests forth/back
frequent flyer?
minor?
handicapped?

where did you purchase the ticket?
how did you pay for it?
creditcard number & name on it

are you flying alone?
address of your hotel
are you staying in your room alone?

flight history – action codes
flight history – schedule changes

TERTIARY:
emergency POC
movements on your credit card account
movements on your current & savings account
travelpolicy of your company
preferred hotels of your company
who is responsible for travel arrangements in your company?
does a voter registration card exist?
any real estate transactions?
check against marketing and consumer databases

A good number of these data apply only to U.S. (and Canadian) citizens, but even if you’re from Europe, they will try to get as much information about you as possible. That will be hell of mess!