The key word in your answer was ‘dedicated tablet.’ I’d just say that it is very likely only supposed to be (4473 information) kept on that dedicated tablet and that NCICs/ATF retention wrt to highly specific gun ownership data isn’t to be stored when running the NCICs check. In effect the tablet just replaces the forms 4473 that are held at the gun seller until they close, etc. But they are still probably retaining the data against the 1986 Firearms Owners Protection Act. IMO, ATF is very high up on that list of Chevron Doctrine violators.
I was at the store and while filling it out the salesman told Me that since they got the tablets it has made life for them much easier because they don’t have to send a fax or deal with paperwork the information is sent in real time and has sped up the process. I asked him if they used the tablet for anything else and he said no. A few minutes after I finished the form he took it down to the other end of the counter saying that we will get a answer in a few minutes. Well about 10 minutes later he walked back to Me and said that it was going to be a day or two before we got an answer because they (fedz) wanted to do a more detailed check.
That’s when I came home and did a self background check that returned I was on a goobermint list...
I refused to pay for the details so I don’t know what list I’m on.
I did get cleared to make the purchase, finally.