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AI-Assisted Name Matching for Border Risk Screening

Accountable
Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA)
Functional Modes
Deciding (Analytical AI)
Human decides
Purpose
Border & Immigration
Input Dataset
Sensitive personal information Identifiable data
Algorithm or Model
Classification & Prediction
Output Dataset
A recommendation or prediction Identifiable data

This system uses fuzzy name-matching software to flag high-risk travellers and goods at the border by comparing names against enforcement datasets. It is used across traveller, commercial, and intelligence operations at the Canada Border Services Agency. The system processes personal information but travellers and importers are not informed that AI or automated name-matching is being used in decisions about them.

Sources for this disclosure

This disclosure was drafted with AI assistance.

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Government of Canada – DTPR AI Register