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Privacy Impact Assessment (PIA)

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DHS/CISA/PIA-039 CISA Overseas Support Program

The U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) Stakeholder Engagement Division (SED) has created the CISA Overseas Support Program (OSP) to serve as a focal point for international collaboration between CISA, host country government officials, and other federal agency officials.

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DHS/OIG/PIA-005 Classified Data Forensics Workstation

The U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Office of Inspector General (OIG) is responsible for conducting and supervising independent and objective audits, inspections, and investigations of DHS’s programs and operations. The DHS OIG Office of Investigations (INV) will operate a stand-alone Classified Data Forensics Workstation (CDFW) to assist with OIG’s investigative mission. 

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DHS/FEMA/PIA-035 Customer Satisfaction Analysis System (CSAS)

The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) is conducting this PIA because CSAS stores personally identifiable information (PII) from FEMA employees and members of the public in order to conduct CSA’s customer service satisfaction assessments.

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DHS/ICE/PIA-027 ICE Subpoena System

The ICE Subpoena System (ISS) is owned and operated by the Office of Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) within U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), a component of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS). ISS automates the process of generating, logging, and tracking subpoenas and summonses that ICE issues in furtherance of its investigations into violations of customs and immigration laws.

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DHS/USSS/PIA-033 USSS Use of Facial Recognition Technology

The United States Secret Service (USSS or Secret Service) is conducting this Privacy Impact Assessment (PIA) because Secret Service personnel may use facial recognition technology (FRT) during law enforcement activities that fall within Secret Service’s jurisdiction.

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DHS/S&T/PIA-045 Public Safety and Violence Prevention (PSVP) Research

The U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Science and Technology Directorate (S&T) funds a social and behavioral science research portfolio on public safety and violence prevention (PSVP) that supports the DHS Countering Terrorism and Targeted Violence Strategic Framework and the National Strategy for Countering Domestic Terrorism.

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DHS/CBP/PIA-080 CBP Commercial Telemetry Data Evaluation

The U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS), U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) is conducting this Privacy Impact Assessment (PIA) to describe its evaluation of commercially available location data associated with mobile smart devices (“commercial telemetry data”) for a period between December 2018 and September 2023.

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DHS/CBP/PIA-081 Criminal Case Management System (CCMS)

CBP is conducting this Privacy Impact Assessment (PIA) to assess the potential privacy risks and mitigation measures associated with CCMS because it collects, stores, and uses personally identifiable information (PII) about members of the public.

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DHS/FEMA/PIA-059 Individual Assistance (IA) Systems

This Privacy Impact Assessment (PIA) focuses on the information technology systems and supporting subsystems used by the Individual Assistance programs. The Individual and Households Program is covered in a separate, forthcoming Privacy Impact Assessment.

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DHS/USSS/PIA-032 eForce (formerly known as Use of Force) Reporting Application System)

The United States Secret Service (USSS or Secret Service) Use of Force reporting application system, hereafter called eForce, allows USSS law enforcement personnel to input incident data when an agency officer or agent uses any level of force beyond compliant handcuffing, verbal commands, or de-escalation techniques.