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DHS/ALL/PIA-072 National Vetting Center (NVC)

Through National Security Presidential Memorandum (NSPM)-9, the President has mandated the Federal Government improve the manner in which executive departments and agencies coordinate and use intelligence and other information to identify individuals who present a threat to national security.

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Executive Orders 13636 and 13691 Privacy and Civil Liberties Assessment Reports

Executive Orders 13636 and 13691 Privacy and Civil Liberties Assessment Reports.

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DPIAC Meeting December 10, 2018

The Data Privacy and Integrity Advisory Committee will hold a public meeting on Monday, December 10, 2018. 

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Social Security Number Fraud Prevention Act Report

In order to comply with the Act’s prohibition on the inclusion of a full Social Security number (SSN) in documents sent by mail, unless expressly identified as necessary by the Secretary, the DHS Privacy Office plans to implement a multi-phased effort to identify, inventory, analyze, and restructure the use of SSNs in mailed correspondence at the Department. This report describes that effort.

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DHS/ALL/PIA-066 DHS Employee Assistance Program (EAP)

Each Federal Executive Branch agency is required to have an Employee Assistance Program (EAP), which is a voluntary, confidential program that helps employees and their family members work through various life challenges that may adversely affect job performance, health, and personal well-being. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) EAP services include assessment, counseling, and referrals for employees and family members with personal or work-related concerns such as job stress, financial issues, legal matters, family problems, office conflicts, and alcohol and substance abuse disorders. EAP assistance may be sought by the employee, by a family member, or at the recommendation of an employee’s supervisor.

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DHS/CBP/PIA-052(a) Incident-Driven Video Recording Systems (IDVRS)

The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) is conducting a field evaluation of Incident-Driven Video Recording Systems (IDVRS) throughout its law enforcement operations.

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DHS/USCIS/PIA-071 myUSCIS Account Experience

U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) operates myUSCIS Account Experience to engage benefit requestors and legal representatives, while they navigate and complete the immigration process, through an authenticated digital account experience. MyUSCIS Account Experience offers a personalized, authenticated, and secured account for benefit requestors and legal representatives, and replaces all aspects of the public facing USCIS Electronic Immigration System (USCIS ELIS).

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DHS/ALL/PIA–033 Department of Homeland Security Use of Google Analytics

The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) uses Google Analytics for viewing and analyzing traffic to the Department’s public-facing websites. Google Analytics is a free, third-party hosted, website analytics solution that generates robust information about the interactions of public-facing website visitors with the Department. DHS does not collect, maintain, or retrieve personally identifiable information (PII), including a visitor’s Internet Protocol (IP) address, during this analytics process operated by Google. Google Analytics does not provide to DHS, share with Google or any Google product for additional analysis, or use the full or masked IP address or information to draw any conclusions in the analytics product. The Department has expressly chosen to opt-out of sharing information with Google or any Google product for additional analysis. This Privacy Impact Assessment (PIA) update is being conducted to analyze the privacy risks of the Department’s use of Google Analytics on internal-facing, anonymous access websites.

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Privacy Compliance Review of the USCIS Customer Profile Management Service and National Appointment Scheduling System

USCIS oversees lawful immigration to the United States. As part of this mission, USCIS receives and adjudicates requests for immigration and citizenship benefits. The administration of these benefits requires the collection of biographic and biometric information from benefits requestors.  USCIS uses multiple systems to administer immigration benefits, including the Customer Profile Management Service (CPMS) and National Appointment Scheduling System (NASS). Due to the heightened privacy risks associated with the collection of biometrics information, PIAs for CPMS and NASS in 2015 required the DHS Privacy Office to conduct a PCR.  During the course of this PCR, the DHS Privacy Office found USCIS to be in compliance with privacy requirements of federal privacy laws, DHS and Component privacy regulations and policies, and explicit assurances made by USCIS in existing privacy compliance documentation.  We identified six recommendations designed to improve USCIS privacy compliance, and to incorporate best practices for other USCIS and DHS programs and systems.

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Privacy Compliance Review of the U.S. Secret Service (USSS)

Privacy Compliance Review of the U.S. Secret Service