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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.

  • DPIAC February Meeting Materials

    Materials for the February 22, 2022 DPIAC

  • DHS/S&T/PIA-043 S&T Operations and Requirements Analysis Division

    The U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS, or the Department) Science and Technology Directorate (S&T) Operations and Requirements Analysis Division (ORA) provides analytical expertise by conducting capabilities, requirements, operations, and alternatives analyses to maximize efficiency and effectiveness for the Homeland Security Enterprise. S&T ORA uses Systems of Systems Operational Analytics, hereinafter referred to as SoSOA, a virtual, web-based environment that meets DHS and Homeland Security Enterprise critical mission and operational needs, to help DHS improve its structured analytics, data integration, and data collaboration. S&T is publishing this Privacy Impact Assessment (PIA) because ORA uses systems, such as SoSOA, containing personally identifiable information (PII) and privacy-sensitive information to perform analysis and to assess the privacy risks associated with the use, maintenance, dissemination, and disposal of privacy-sensitive data stored in systems or cloud environments and used to make operational decisions.

  • DHS/ALL/PIA-092 Immigrant Military Members and Veterans Initiative (IMMVI)

    On February 2, 2021, President Biden signed Executive Order 14012, Restoring Faith in Our Legal Immigration Systems and Strengthening Integration and Inclusion Efforts for New Americans. In support of Executive Order 14012, on July 2, 2021, the Secretaries of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and Veterans Affairs (VA) announced a new joint initiative, the Immigrant Military Members and Veterans Initiative (IMMVI). This initiative was formed to support the Nation’s noncitizen service members, and their immediate family members, and directed DHS and the VA to identify and prioritize the return of current and former U.S. military members, and their immediate family members, who were removed from the United States, to ensure they receive the benefits to which they may be entitled. 

  • DHS/USCIS/PIA-086 Employee Production Reporting Tools (EPRT)

    The U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) uses multiple reporting tools, collectively referred to as Employee Production Reporting Tools (EPRT), to support the DHS workforce performance management program and promote a culture that values high quality performance. USCIS is conducting this Privacy Impact Assessment (PIA) because Employee Production Reporting Tools collects, uses, and maintains the personally identifiable information (PII) of members of the public.

  • DHS/ICE/PIA-046 Laboratory Information Management System

    The U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS), U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), Office of Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) owns and operates the Laboratory Information Management System (LIMS) as part of its Forensic Laboratory.

  • DHS Section 803 Reports to Congress

    Section 803 of the Implementing Recommendations of the 9/11 Commission Act of 2002 requires the DHS Privacy Office to report quarterly on the following activities: number and types of privacy reviews of Department actions undertaken; type of advice provided and the response given to such advice; and number and nature of privacy complaints received by DHS for alleged violations, along with a summary of the disposition of such complaints.

  • DHS/TSA/PIA-051 Travel Document Checker Automation - Digital Identity Technology Pilots

    The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) requires that aviation passengers verify their identity at TSA checkpoints. Typically, this is accomplished by the presentation of a physical identity document (ID) to the Travel Document Checker Officer. TSA is exploring the acceptance of digital IDs (a digital representation of a passenger’s physical ID on a digital device) to provide passengers with a secure, efficient, and touchless experience. This Privacy Impact Assessment (PIA) is conducted pursuant to Section 222 of the Homeland Security Act to address privacy risks in the use of digital IDs in the identity verification process at the checkpoint. January 2022

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  • Computer Matching Agreements and Notices

    Computer Matching Agreements and Notices

  • DHS/ICE/PIA-059 Information Technology Service Management - ServiceNow

    The U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Office of the Chief Information Officer (OCIO) operates the Information Technology Service Management (ITSM) - ServiceNow enterprise solution (ServiceNow). To better support its mission of streamlining the management of time-sensitive service requests, OCIO implemented a software as a service (SaaS) cloud-based tool that can be customized based on the needs of ICE program offices to provide support to ICE personnel (i.e., employees, contractors) and non-ICE personnel who have access to ICE systems for official business. ICE is publishing this Privacy Impact Assessment (PIA) to provide a thorough analysis of the privacy risks associated with ServiceNow’s collection, use, and maintenance of personally identifiable information (PII).

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

    Customs-Trade Partnership Against Terrorism (C-TPAT) is a U.S. Customs and Border Protection (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.