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DHS/ALL/PIA-090 Team Awareness Kit (TAK)

The U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is responsible for providing services and technologies to protect its workforce while increasing operational capabilities and enabling mission fulfillment. To this end, DHS has has enhanced and deployed Team Awareness Kit (TAK), a government-off-the-shelf application that enables near real-time location monitoring and display with operational personnel carrying devices.

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DHS/USCG/PIA-031 COVID-19 Data Analytics

The purpose of the U.S. Coast Guard (USCG) COVID-19 Data Analytics program ("COVID-19 Operational Software Suite") is to minimize USCG operational impacts (e.g., workforce readiness, COVID-19 Vaccine Support) during the COVID-19 pandemic. USCG is publishing this Privacy Impact Assessment (PIA) to assess the privacy risks and mitigations of collecting Personally Identifiable Information (PII) and Sensitive PII (SPII) associated with implementing the COVID-19 Operational Software Suite.

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Demographic Variation in the Performance of Biometric Systems

Since 2014, DHS S&T has performed scenario testing of biometric systems, to measure their performance across diverse demographic groups. 

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News Release: DHS Announces Results of 2020 Privacy Technology Demonstration

DHS S&T hosted a first-of-its-kind event to understand the product landscape of technologies that can assist in protecting the privacy of individuals appearing in photos and videos.

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DHS/CWMD/PIA-002 Biological Detection for the 21st Century (BD21) Technology Demonstration (TD)

The U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Countering Weapons of Mass Destruction (CWMD) Systems Support Directorate has been tasked and funded to evaluate networked biological detection and presumptive identification equipment for the purposes of informing the next generation detection of airborne bio-threats, as well as to recapitalize the BioWatch Program. To fulfill these responsibilities, CWMD is developing the Biological Detection for the 21st Century (BD21) Program. CWMD will install biological detection equipment at certain locations/sites as sensor nodes in various configurations. Each node is comprised of biological sensors, Global Positioning System (GPS) technology, a communications unit, meteorological sensors, and cameras, which are monitored and operated remotely (where possible). The sensor nodes capture environmental data and camera video/images which are transmitted to CWMD’s secure Amazon Web Services (AWS) Cloud for the purpose of developing algorithms and evaluating performance of the technologies. CWMD is conducting this PIA to evaluate the privacy risk associated with the use of this technology.

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DHS/OIDO/PIA-001 Immigration Detention Case Management System

The U.S. Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS) Office of the Immigration Detention Ombudsman (OIDO or Office) is an independent office responsible for objectively and impartially reviewing cases submitted by, or on behalf of, individuals affected by potential misconduct, excessive force, violations of rights of individual detainees, or violations of law, standards of professional conduct, contract terms, policy related to immigration detention, or detention standards that occurred while in immigration detention by DHS officers, or other contracted, subcontracted, or cooperating entity personnel. Thereafter OIDO seeks to resolve the matter or provide redress as appropriate.

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DHS/OIG/PIA-002 Office of Inspector General Video Management System

The U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Office of Inspector General (OIG) is establishing the Video Management System (VMS), which is a system hosted within the Microsoft Azure cloud environment. VMS is storage solution for receiving, storing, and reviewing audio and video data in support of the investigations conducted by DHS OIG criminal investigators (Special Agents).

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DHS/CBP/PIA-030 Departure Information Systems Test

U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) will operate the Departure Information Systems Test in order to identify reliable and cost-effective border management capabilities that can be deployed nationwide and across multiple modes of travel. The Test will seek to test CBP’s ability to verify the biometrics of departing travelers. Photos of travelers taken during boarding will be compared against photos taken previously (U.S. passport, U.S. visa, and other DHS encounters) and stored in existing CBP systems.

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DHS/CISA/PIA-038 Use of Administrative Subpoenas for Cybersecurity Vulnerability Identification and Notification

The U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) Cybersecurity Division (CSD) has established a process that permits CISA, pursuant to statutory authority, the use of administrative subpoenas for cybersecurity vulnerability identification and notification. This process allows CISA to issue administrative subpoenas and receive customer or subscriber contact information from service providers to identify and notify owners or operators of covered systems and devices related to critical infrastructure that have a specific security vulnerability. CISA is conducting this Privacy Impact Assessment (PIA) because responses to administrative subpoenas will include the personally identifiable information (PII) of individuals identified by subpoenaed service providers, such as Internet Service Providers (ISPs), as relevant points of contact.

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DPIAC Meeting May 14, 2021

Materials related to a public meeting of the DHS Data Privacy and Integrity Advisory Committee on May 14, 2021