US TSA says it does not search travellers’ devices for content


  • TECH
  • Wednesday, 21 Mar 2018

FILE PHOTO: TSA Security personnel wait for passengers at Denver International Airport outside Denver, Colorado U.S. on November 3, 2017. REUTERS/Rick Wilking

WASHINGTON: The US Transportation Security Administration (TSA) said on Tuesday in response to a lawsuit that it does not search electronic devices of air travellers for content.

The American Civil Liberties Union Foundation of Northern California filed a Freedom of Information Act lawsuit last week seeking government documents from the TSA detailing "searches of electronic devices belonging to people travelling on domestic flights."

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