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Customer Relationship Interface System (CRIS) Update
The Customer Relationship Interface System (CRIS) provides U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) customers access to the status of their applications and petitions for immigration benefits and processing time information. USCIS is updating this privacy impact assessment PIA to provide notice regarding e-Request, a new service that allows customers to create a service request via www.uscis.gov, and to update the description of Case Status Service Online (CSSO). USCIS is publishing this update because these modifications affect the collection, use, and storage of personally identifiable information (PII).
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DHS/USSS/PIA-002 USSS Protective Information eXchange
The Secret Service created the Targeted Violence Information Sharing System (TAVISS) to conduct name checks and determine whether a subject is of protective interest to any agency within the TAVISS network. The Secret Service conducted this Privacy Impact Assessment (PIA) because TAVISS contains personally identifiable information (PII) regarding subjects of protective interest to the Secret Service and participating agencies in the network.
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DHS/USSS/PIA-003 – Protective Threat Management System (PTMS)
The Secret Service created and uses the Protective Research Information System Management (PRISM-ID) system to record information that assists the agency in meeting its protective mission, including the protection of the president, vice president, their immediate families, former presidents and first ladies, major candidates for the presidency and vice presidency, foreign heads of state visiting the United States, and other individuals authorized to receive Secret Service protection. This Privacy Impact Assessment (PIA) was conducted because PRISM-ID collects personally identifiable information (PII).
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HSAAC Overview
An overview of the Homeland Security Academic Advisory Council (HSAAC), its members, subcommittees, and taskings.
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Office of Academic Engagement Overview
An overview of the DHS Office of Academic Engagement, its five areas of focus, and key accomplishments.
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DHS Privacy Office Leadership and Organization
View the organizational chart for the Office of the Chief Privacy Officer.
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DHS/USCIS/PIA-048 USCIS International Biometric Processing Services
Many countries now require biometric data from individuals filing applications for immigration related benefits. Several countries have partnered with the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) to collect the requisite biometrics and limited biographical information on behalf of their immigration services. On behalf of the country, USCIS collects biometric and biographic information at its 138 Application Support Centers and deletes the records immediately after it receives confirmation that the partner country has received the information. USCIS previously published DHS/USCIS/PIA-048, USCIS International Visa Project, to address USCIS collection of biometric and biographic information on behalf of other countries for international visa processing.
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DHS/FEMA/PIA-030, FEMA Smartphone Application with Disaster Reporter Feature
DHS/FEMA/PIA-030, FEMA Smartphone Application with Disaster Reporter Feature
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DHS/ICE/PIA-037 – Electronic Health Records System
The electronic Health Records system (eHR) is a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) case management system for maintaining records of medical treatment provided to individuals detained by ICE. ICE detainees receive medical, dental, and mental health evaluations and treatment necessary and appropriate for the individual’s medical condition and length of stay.
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DHS/TSA/PIA-014(a) – Crew Member Self Defense Training Program
The Transportation Security Administration's Crew Member Self-Defense Training (CMSDT) Program is a voluntary self-defense training course for U.S. commercial and cargo air carrier crew members. The program trains crew members on how to defend the flight deck against acts of criminal violence or air piracy. TSA previously published a Privacy Impact Assessment (PIA) on this program on February 6, 2008. TSA has collected CMSDT Program information principally through completion of an electronic registration form hosted on the TSA.gov website. At times, information was collected through paper forms. TSA has updated the PIA to reflect that it will: (1) collect information from crew members solely through electronic means; and (2) conduct personnel security suitability checks on American Association of Community College Site Coordinators so that they may be granted access to an existing secure TSA web-based system in order to process registrations on behalf of crew members.