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Privacy

The DHS Privacy Office is responsible for evaluating the Department programs, systems, and initiatives for potential privacy impacts, and providing strategies to reduce the privacy impact.

  • DHS/USCG/PIA-032 SURVEYOR Integrated Data Environment (IDE)

    USCG is publishing this Privacy Impact Assessment (PIA) because SURVEYOR maintains data from systems and data sources that contain personally identifiable information (PII).

  • DHS/ICE/PIA-062 Alternatives to Detention (ATD) Program

    U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Office of Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO) oversees and manages Alternatives to Detention (ATD) programs, including the Young Adult Case Management Program (YACMP) and the primary Alternatives to Detention program, the Intensive Supervision Appearance Program (ISAP) (hereinafter collectively referred to as “ICE ATD programs”). ICE ATD programs consist of two parts: the oversight of case management support services and compliance with ICE immigration reporting requirements set forth by ICE. ICE ATD programs allow eligible noncitizens age eighteen (18) and older in immigration proceedings who are not detained in an immigration facility to remain in their selected community pending the outcome of their immigration case. The Office of Enforcement and Removal Operations has sole and complete oversight over both ICE ATD programs, specifically, the assignment and supervision of case management services offered under these programs, along with supervising electronic monitoring and/or reporting requirements. The combination of Enforcement and Removal Operations supervision of case management services and use of electronic monitoring or other monitoring and reporting requirements ensures compliance with immigration requirements and increases the rate of court appearances. In accordance with ICE’s legal authorities and mission, Enforcement and Removal Operations personnel enforce supervision and reporting requirements upon all ATD participants, including those whose case management services are overseen and managed by the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Office of Office Civil Rights and Civil Liberties (CRCL) through the Case Management Pilot Program (CMPP). This Privacy Impact Assessment describes how ICE ATD programs operate in a manner that includes privacy and civil liberties safeguards in accordance with law, regulation, and policy.

  • DHS/USSS/PIA-009 - Field Investigative Reporting System (FIRS)

    DHS/USSS/PIA-009 - Field Investigative Reporting System (FIRS)

  • DPIAC January Meeting Materials

    The Data Privacy and Integrity Advisory Committee held a public meeting on January 31, 2023. This page contains the public meeting materials.

  • DHS/ALL/PIA-096 Employment Verification and Unemployment Compensation (EV UC)

    DHS is conducting this PIA because the systems that support its EV and UC functions collect, use, store, and transmit PII and SPII. 

  • DHS/USCIS/PIA-087 Person Centric Identity Services Initiative

    Associated SORNS and Privacy Impact Assessments (PIAs) for the Person Centric Identity Services Initiative (PCIS) implemented by USCIS.

  • DPIAC Recommendations Report 2022-01 & 2022-02

    Report 2022-01 and 2022-02 of the DHS Data Privacy and Integrity Advisory Committee on Privacy Recommendations in connection with Information Sharing and Emerging Technologies Cloud Migration. 

  • DHS/CBP/PIA-075 Intelligent Computer Assisted Detection (ICAD) System

    CBP provided notice to the public about ICAD in the BSS PIA and is publishing the new PIA to provide transparency about the system’s application/functionality.

  • DHS/ALL/PIA-095 International Biometric Information Sharing Program (IBIS)

    The U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS or the Department), Office of Strategy, Policy, and Plans (PLCY), in coordination with DHS components, created the International Biometric Information Sharing (IBIS) Program to enhance cooperation between DHS components and foreign partners in assessing the eligibility or public security risk of individuals seeking an immigration benefit or encountered in the context of a border encounter or law enforcement investigation related to immigration or border issues. DHS created IBIS to enhance the Department's and its foreign partners' ability to more definitively establish the identity and assess eligibility of an individual presenting for an immigration benefit or when encountered in border screening and immigration-related contexts. This Privacy Impact Assessment (PIA) Update considers the privacy risks and applicable mitigation strategies associated with implementing this Departmental program in cases where DHS conducts a search using a national identification number, rather than a biometric identifier, which expands the scope of the IBIS program. 

  • Chief FOIA Officer Weekly Reports

    Below, find the Chief FOIA Officer Weekly Reports.