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Privacy Compliance Review of the U.S. Customs and Border Protection Southwest Border Pedestrian Exit Field Test

Privacy Compliance Review of the U.S. Customs and Border Protection Southwest Border Pedestrian Exit Field Test

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Standard Operating Procedure for Privacy Compliance Reviews

Standard Operating Procedure for Privacy Compliance Reviews

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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.

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DHS/ALL/PIA-031 Use of Social Networking Interactions and Applications Communications/Outreach/Public Dialogue

This PIA analyzes DHS' use of social networking and how these interactions and applications could result in DHS receiving PII.

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DHS/CBP/PIA-021 TECS System: Platform

The Department of Homeland Security, U.S. Customs and Border Protection owns and operates the TECS (not an acronym) system. The TECS Platform facilitates information sharing among federal, state, local, and tribal government agencies, as well as with international governments and commercial organizations. CBP’s mission includes the enforcement of the customs, immigration, and agriculture laws and regulations of the United States and the enforcement at the border of hundreds of laws on behalf of numerous federal agencies. 

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dhs-ice-pia-045-ice-investigative-case-management

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), a component agency within the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS), has updated a major Information Technology (IT) system known as Investigative Case Management (ICM). ICM serves as the core law enforcement case management tool for ICE Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) agents and personnel supporting the HSI mission. HSI conducts transnational criminal investigations to protect the United States against threats to national security and to bring to justice those seeking to exploit U.S. customs and immigration laws worldwide. ICE is updating this Privacy Impact Assessment (PIA) to reflect changes to ICM’s information sharing framework with U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP), update the "Overview" section of the PIA to better reflect the user base of the system, and document a planned connection to HSI’s Digital Records Manager (DRM).

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DHS/S&T/PIA-018 First Responder Technologies Program

The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Science and Technology Directorate (S&T) First Responder Technologies (R-Tech) program often requires the collection of personal information and video recordings of first responder research volunteers in support of operational testing, evaluation, demonstration, and outreach activities. This privacy impact assessment (PIA) discusses the risks associated with the use of volunteers to test first responder technologies that are otherwise not privacy sensitive.

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DHS/S&T/PIA-017 Sensor Web

The Sensor Web project is a research and development effort funded by DHS Science and Technology Directorate (S&T) Office of Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) that seeks to develop and test the effectiveness of a smart sensor system for potential law enforcement and first responder applications. The technologies being tested - video recording technology and analytic tools to interpret and process that video - are technologies that potentially impact the privacy of individuals, both during the tests and in future live settings. This PIA contemplates the immediate privacy impacts of conducting the tests as well as the more general privacy impacts of the technology itself.

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DHS/S&T/PIA-008 Facial Recognition Data Collection Project Update

DHS/S&T/PIA-008 Facial Recognition Data Collection Project Update

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DHS/S&T/PIA-005 Project Hostile Intent Technology

DHS/S&T/PIA-005 Project Hostile Intent Technology