DHS/ICE/PIA-064 Immigration and Customs Enforcement Operational Use of Publicly Available Information Including Social Media Information for Law Enforcement Investigations

The U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) has a statutory mission to enforce the nation’s immigration laws and combat transnational crime. To achieve its mission, ICE personnel collect information from a variety of sources, including publicly available information on the internet and on social media platforms. ICE personnel use publicly available information found on the internet, including on social media platforms, in support of ICE’s law enforcement mission. ICE is conducting this Privacy Impact Assessment (PIA) because some of the publicly available information that its personnel collect, maintain, or share may include personally identifiable information (PII). This Privacy Impact Assessment focuses on the collection and use of publicly available information including social media information for law enforcement investigations, leaving in-depth analysis of maintenance and sharing to the respective Privacy Impact Assessments for ICE systems in which the data is ultimately stored. These systems are listed in the Appendix to this Privacy Impact Assessment.