Privacy

Background Vetting Service (BVS)

The United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) developed the Background Vetting Service (BVS) to comply with the Adam Walsh Child Protection and Safety Act of 2006, Public Law 109-248 which restricts the ability of any U.S. citizen (USC) or lawful permanent resident alien (LPR) who has been convicted of any "specified offense against a minor" from filing certain family-based immigration petitions. Under the BVS, the USCIS will facilitate fingerprint checks of USCs whose principal residence is overseas filing family-based immigration petitions at Department of State (DOS) Overseas Posts against the Federal Bureau of Investigation's (FBI) Integrated Automated Fingerprint Identification System (IAFIS) and the United States Visitor and Immigrant Status Indicator Technology (US-VISIT) Automated Biometric Identification System (IDENT). The information is collected and assembled by DOS. The USCIS BVS does not collect or originate any information but only serves as a conduit to route the information between DOS, US-VISIT, FBI IAFIS, and the USCIS BVS Users. USCIS Conducted this privacy impact assessment (PIA) because BVS checks personally identifiable information (PII) collected by DOS against US-VISIT's IDENT and FBI's IAFIS and returns a status flag back to DOS for their use in the adjudication of the applicable petition.

Customer Identity Verification (CIV) System Update

The United States Citizenship and Immigration Services is updating its Privacy Impact Assessment (PIA) for the Customer Identity Verification (CIV) system to remove the "Pilot" designation of the system and to address the further deployment of the system to all field offices. The CIV system collects and uses biometrics (fingerprints and pictures) when an applicant appears before USCIS in person at the time of an interview so that USCIS can verify that the individual being interviewed is the same person for whom it conducted a background check and collected other information at the Application Support Center (ASC). USCIS will use United States Visitor and Immigrant Status Indicator Technology's (US-VISIT) Secondary Inspections Tool (SIT), a web-based tool, that processes, displays, and retrieves biometric and biographic data from the Automated Biometric Identification System (IDENT).

Port Authority of New York/New Jersey Secure Worker Access Consortium Vetting Services

The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) will conduct terrorism watch list checks of workers at Port Authority of New York/New Jersey (PANYNJ) facilities and job sites, including critical infrastructure such as airports, marine ports, bus terminals, rail transit facilities, bridges, tunnels, and real estate such as the World Trade Center memorial site. TSA will also conduct terrorism watch list checks of individuals identified by PANYNJ as requiring such checks for access to sensitive information, and for workers at facilities and job sites of PANYNJ regional partners. Results of the checks will not be reported to PANYNJ, but instead will be forwarded to the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) Terrorist Screening Center (TSC). This Privacy Impact Assessment (PIA) is conducted pursuant to the E-Government Act of 2002 because personally identifiable information (PII) will be collected for the conduct of terrorism watch list checks of workers at PANYNJ facilities and job sites.

CAT/BPSS Update

This system validates the authenticity of passenger identity documents and/or boarding passes at TSA security checkpoints. TSA is updating its PIA to reflect that it will network CAT/BPSS in order to transmit data from the Secure Flight database to CAT/BPSS devices at security checkpoints. This PIA update applies to all locations where TSA will pilot and deploy Secure Flight connectivity. Where TSA continues to operate CAT/BPSS devices without Secure Flight connectivity, the previously published PIAs dated November 29, 2007 and August 11, 2009, remain in effect. This activity does not alter the privacy posture of the data obtained previously by TSA for the Secure Flight program.

DPIAC Recommendations Report 2017 01

DPIAC Recommendations Report 2017-01

DHS Privacy Policy Instruction 047 01 005 for Component Privacy Officers

DHS Privacy Policy Instruction 047-01-005 for Component Privacy Officers

DHS Privacy Policy Instruction 047 01 004 for Privacy Compliance Reviews

DHS Privacy Policy Instruction 047-01-004 for Privacy Compliance Reviews

DPIAC Meeting February 21, 2017

DPIAC Meeting February 21, 2017

DHS/ALL/PIA—058 Access Lifecycle Management

DHS's Access Lifecycle Management (ALM) is the technology and business process that manages the identities and access rights of DHS employees and contractors, ensuring that they only have access to approved systems and applications. DHS is publishing this Privacy Impact Assessment (PIA) because ALM uses, stores, and disseminates personally identifiable information (PII) of DHS employees and contractors in order to manage their accounts and identities. January 2017

Associated SORN(s)

• DHS/ALL-037 E-Authentication Records System of Records

Office of Intelligence and Analysis Intelligence Oversight Program and Guidelines

Office of Intelligence and Analysis Intelligence Oversight Program and Guidelines