Canada: Ottawa aims to improve no-fly list data to curb cases of mistaken identity

The federal govt wants to improve the accuracy of its no-fly list and curb “false positives” by adding addresses, birth dates and social-insurance numbers to the security data it shares with airlines. Ottawa has been stung by a spate of complaints in recent months from airline passengers, including the parents of young children who have faced problems boarding flights because their names match those of people on the list. Public safety minister Ralph Goodale said Sunday he’s committed to improving the reliability of the govt’s flagging system, which is intended to keep people with terrorist ties from getting on planes. A spokesman for Goodale, said the changes could take time, in part because there are privacy implications to revealing more information to airlines about people on the no-fly list. <br/>