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8 J. Transp. Sec. 1 (2015)

handle is hein.journals/jtransps8 and id is 1 raw text is: J Transp Secur (2015) 8:1-16 DOI 10.1007/s12198-014-0151-5 Airport body scanning: will the American public finally accept? Thomas W. Dillon - Daphyne S. Thomas Received: 16 July 2014 /Accepted: 5 August 2014 /Published online: 16 November 2014 O Springer Science+Business Media New York 2014 Abstract The rising concern about security and safety when traveling has been accompanied by an increased concern in the need for privacy. Expectations of privacy center around the right of the individual to determine what information is shared, the right of the individual to know what data is disclosed and collected and the legitimacy of the government to monitor and evaluate a citizen's activities. This paper examines the legal privacy issues and the attitudes toward body scanning. Through the use of a survey, attitudes of air travelers were evaluated in terms of their responses to issues of body scanning acceptability, saving body scanned images, and protecting modesty of the traveler when scanning body images. Findings show that most of the U.S. popu- lation is accepting of full-body scanning when modesty measures are utilized. Though care should be taken when minority populations, both race and religion, are engaged in the full-body scanning process at an airport. Keywords Airport - Body scanning . 4th amendment - Security - Privacy - Religion. Transportation . Saved images - Protecting modesty Introduction America's Fourth Amendment rights are being called into question as the federal government balances its obligation to guard the nation from terrorist attacks and the public's constitutional right to privacy. The privacy debate centers on the Department of Homeland Security's use of full-body scanners to screen passengers at the nation's major airports. The U.S. Constitution states that the rights of the people to be secure in T. W Dillon (E) Computer Information Systems & Business Analytics, College of Business, James Madison University, 214 Showker Hall, Harrisonburg, VA 22807, USA e-mail: dillontw@jmu.edu D. S. Thomas Finance & Business Law, College of Business, James Madison University, 314 Showker Hall, Harrisonburg, VA 22807, USA e-mail: thomasdsaImuedu 4L Springer

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