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DHS/CBP/PIA-001(e) - Advanced Passenger Information System (APIS) Update National Counter Terrorism Center (NCTC)

Advanced Passenger Information System (APIS) Update National Counter Terrorism Center (NCTC), June 23, 2011(PDF, 7 pages – 183.57KB) The U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) is updating the Privacy Impact Assessment (PIA) for the Advanced Passenger Information System (APIS) in order to provide further notice of the expansion of routine sharing of APIS with the intelligence community in support of the Department’s mission to protect the United States from potential terrorist activities.

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DHS/CBP/PIA-002 - Global Enrollment System (GES)

Global Enrollment System, January 10, 2013, (PDF 32 pages, 6 MB).  The Global Enrollment System allows CBP to handle the enrollment and vetting processes for trusted traveler and registered traveler programs in a centralized environment.  Individuals who wish to participate in these programs voluntarily provide PII to CBP in return for expedited transit at designated U.S. border ports of entry (POE).  This PIA was conducted to describe CBP’s trusted traveler programs, including specific improvements to the Global Entry (GE) trusted traveler program and to the Global Online Enrollment System (GOES), which is the standard application process for almost all trusted traveler programs.  This PIA also describes CBP’s registered traveler programs, which include the Small Vessel Reporting System (SVRS) and the Decal and Transponder Online Procurement System (DTOPS).  The GES PIAs of April 20, 2006, and November 1, 2006, were retired upon publication of this PIA.

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DHS/CBP/PIA-003(a) - Filing Data (ACS/ACE)

Automated Commercial System (ACS)/ Automated Commercial Environment (ACE)- Importer Security Filing Data, December 2, 2008 (PDF, 17 pages - 230 KB) CBP is expanding and revising the collection of data from carriers and importers to the Automated Commercial System (ACS) in an effort to prevent terrorist weapons from being transported to the United States.

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DHS/CBP/PIA-004(f) - Western Hemisphere Travel Initiative (WHTI) Beyond the Border Entry/Exit Program Phase I

Western Hemisphere Travel Initiative (WHTI) Beyond the Border Entry/Exit Program Phase I, September 24, 2012, (PDF 20 pages, 812KB). CBP is publishing this Privacy Impact Assessment to give notice of an update to the Western Hemisphere Travel Initiative (WHTI) Privacy Impact Assessment (PIA). This update describes Phase I of the Beyond the Border entry/exit program, which is an initiative of the U.S.-Canada Beyond the Border Action Plan.1

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DHS/CBP/PIA-005 - Secure Border Initiative-net (SBInet)

Secure Border Initiative-net (SBInet), July 20, 2007, (PDF, 17 pages - 309 KB) The Secure Border Initiative-net (SBInet) is a CBP system designed to detect, identify, apprehend, and remove illegal entrants to the U.S. on and between the Ports of Entry (POE). This PIA addresses Project 28, which is a concept demonstration prototype for the SBInet program. This PIA has been conducted because SBInet collects and processes personally identifiable information (PII).

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DHS/CBP/PIA-006(b) - Automated Targeting System (ATS) Update

Automated Targeting System (ATS) Update, June 1, 2012 (PDF, 40 pages - 22.97 MB) As a decision support tool, ATS compares traveler, cargo, and conveyance information against law enforcement, intelligence, and other enforcement data using risk-based targeting scenarios and assessments. This PIA is being conducted to notify the public about the changes in modules and expansion of access to datasets used by and stored in ATS.

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DHS/CBP/PIA-007(b) - Electronic System for Travel Authorization (ESTA) - Internet Protocol Address and System of Records Notice Update

Electronic System for Travel Authorization (ESTA) - Internet Protocol Address and System of Records Notice Update, July 18, 2012 (PDF, 8 pages - 193 KB).  ESTA is a web-based application and screening system used to determine whether certain aliens are eligible to travel to the United States under the Visa Waiver Program. This update will evaluate the privacy impacts of including the Internet Protocol (IP) address associated with a submitted ESTA application for vetting purposes.

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DHS/CBP/PIA-008 – Border Searches of Electronic Devices

Border Searches of Electronic Devices August 25, 2009 (PDF, 51 pages - 6 MB) CBP Officers and ICE Special Agents conduct border searches of electronic devices to determine whether a violation of U.S. law has occurred.

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DHS/CBP/PIA-009(a) – TECS System: CBP Primary and Secondary Processing (TECS) National SAR Initiative

TECS System: CBP Primary and Secondary Processing (TECS) National SAR Initiative, August 5, 2011, (PDF, 6 pages - 78 KB). TECS is the principal system used by officers at the border to assist with screening and determinations regarding admissibility of arriving persons. This update will evaluate the privacy impacts of identifying certain of the operational records maintained in TECS as Suspicious Activity Reports (SARs) for inclusion in the National SAR Initiative (NSI), which is led by the Department of Justice on behalf of the entire federal government.

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DHS/CBP/PIA-010 – Analytical Framework for Intelligence (AFI)

Analytical Framework for Intelligence, June 1, 2012, (PDF, 30 pages - 296 KB). AFI enhances DHS’s ability to identify, apprehend, and prosecute individuals who pose a potential law enforcement or security risk, and aids in the enforcement of customs and immigration laws, and other laws enforced by DHS at the border. This PIA is necessary because AFI accesses and stores personally identifiable information (PII) retrieved from DHS, other federal agency, and commercially available databases.

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DHS/CBP/PIA-011- Intellectual Property Rights e-Recordation and Search Systems (IPRRSS)

Intellectual Property Rights e-Recordation and Search Systems (IPRRSS), December 11, 2012, (PDF 21 pages, 4MB).  The IPRRSS system collects, uses, and maintains records related to intellectual property rights recordations and their owners, and may collect PII about intellectual property rights holders, their agents, or their licensees.

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DHS/CBP-004 - Intellectual Property Rights and e-Recordation and Search Systems, January 15, 2013, 78 FR 3015

DHS/CBP/PIA-012 – CBP Portal (E3) to ENFORCE/IDENT

CBP Portal (E3) to ENFORCE/IDENT, July 25, 2012, (PDF, 17 pages -  3.2MB). E3 collects and transmits biographic, encounter, and biometric data including, but not limited to, fingerprints for identification and verification of individuals encountered at the border for CBP’s law enforcement and immigration mission.

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DHS/CBP/PIA – 013 Customs-Trade Partnership Against Terrorism (C-TPAT)

Customs-Trade Partnership Against Terrorism (C-TPAT), February 14, 2013 (PDF 5.8KB, 28 pages).  C-TPAT is CBP voluntary trade partnership program in which CBP and members of the trade community work together to secure and facilitate the movement of legitimate international trade. The program focuses on improving security throughout the supply chain, beginning at the point of origin (including manufacturer, supplier, or vendor) through a point of distribution to the destination. C-TPAT member companies, called partners, agree to implement certain security procedures throughout their supply chains to protect those supply chains from terrorist infiltration and other illegal activities that threaten the security of the United States. C-TPAT partners who undertake these protections receive facilitated processing by CBP. As a result, the program helps CBP achieve its twin goals of improving security while facilitating the flow of global trade. In the course of enrolling, certifying, and validating C-TPAT applicants/partners and their supply chains, the C-TPAT system will receive PII and confidential business information from the applicant/partner, as well as sensitive law enforcement information from existing law enforcement systems.

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DHS/CBP/PIA-016 - U.S. Customs and Border Protection Form I-94 Automation

U.S. Customs and Border Protection Form I-94 Automation, February 27, 2013, (PDF 14 pages, 325 KB).  CBP issues Form I-94 among other purposes, to provide documentation of the approved length of stay and departure of nonimmigrant aliens. The current form is paper-based and includes a detachable portion with an admission (I-94) number, which the nonimmigrant alien keeps while in the United States as documentation of status. CBP is issuing an interim final rule (IFR) to enable CBP to transition from a paper Form I-94 to an automated process in certain circumstances. This PIA will address how CBP is implementing the electronic Form I-94 pursuant to the Fair Information Practice Principles (FIPPs).

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