As technology evolves, airports and their partners collect more data from passengers, employees, tenants, concessionaires, and airlines. This data is used for facilities, security, marketing, and enhancing the travel experience. TRB hosted a webinar on Tuesday, November 8, 2022 from 12:30 PM to 2:00 PM Eastern that will help orient airport management and their legal counsel with growing body of law that affects airport data collection and use. Presenters discussed Freedom of Information Act and open records, the Federal Trade Commission and the “Common Law of Privacy”, the National Institute of Standards and Technology framework, along with other task-specific data security. Federal, state, and international structures and their changing nature were covered.

This webinar is based on ACRP’s Legal Research Digest 42: Legal Implications of Data Collection at Airports.

This webinar was sponsored by TRB’s Airport Cooperative Research Program.

The slides and recording are available.

Webinar agenda and presenters

• Security and terminal operations; policy considerations; overview of government structures – Don Zoufal, Crow Z Nest Consulting, Inc.
• Airport digital landscape; payment card industry and data security; contract provisions – Sean Cussen, Del Ray Solutions LLC
• Health checks; evolving protections – Daniel Hantman, Publicis Groupe
• Question and answer session moderated by Elizabeth Smithers, Charlotte Douglas International Airport

The first 60 minutes of the webinar will be for presentations and the final 30 minutes will be reserved for audience questions.

Learning Objectives

At the end of this webinar, participants will be able to:

• Recognize developing practices in airport data collection and utilization
• Define national and international trends related to data collection and use by airports
• Identify established practices to mitigate legal risk associated with data use

Continuing Education Units for Accredited Airport Executives

The American Association of Airport Executives (AAAE) provided 1 Continuing Education Units (CEU) to accredited airport executives who attended this webinar. Claim CEUs by visiting www.aaae.org/ceu. For questions about AAAE continuing education units, please contact accreditation@aaae.org.

Continuing Legal Education Credits

TRB offered 1.25 CLE credits for this webinar. TRB did not seek approval for this workshop from the state board. Registered webinar attendees who signed in and viewed the entire webinar received a link to a certificate that they can fill out and provide to the appropriate MCLE Board(s) or Commission(s) within 30 days of activity.