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DHS/CBP/PIA-070 Processing Individuals Subject to Migrant Protection Protocols (MPP)

U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) is tasked with safeguarding America’s borders while enhancing the nation’s global economic competitiveness by enabling legitimate trade and travel. As of February 2021, there were approximately 25,000 individuals enrolled in Migrant Protection Protocols (MPP) outside of the United States awaiting adjudication of their removal proceedings. CBP will leverage technology solutions, including facial recognition technology, to verify MPP enrollment and case status, and streamline these individuals’ processing into the United States. CBP is conducting this Privacy Impact Assessment (PIA) to assess the privacy risks and mitigations associated with the biometric and biographic information collected to process individuals enrolled in MPP.

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FPS Civil Unrest and Disturbance Records

Records Related to Civil Unrest and Disturbance in 2020 and 2021 Released by the Federal Protective Service.

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DHS/CBP/PIA-069 CBP Translate Application

The U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS), U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP), Office of Field Operations (OFO) inspects and processes travelers from all over the world. The diversity of languages spoken by travelers can pose linguistic challenges throughout the inspection process. To assist CBP Officers (CBPO) in meeting these translation challenges, CBP developed CBP Translate, a mobile and web application that will assist CBPOs in communicating with travelers. CBP is submitting this new Privacy Impact Assessment (PIA) to assess the privacy risks and provide notice of CBP Translate, which captures and stores written transcripts and audio recordings of translated conversations, images of documents containing text, and travel document information from travelers encountered at U.S. Ports of Entry (POE).

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DHS/CBP/PIA-068 CBP One™ Mobile Application

The U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS), U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP), launched a new public-facing application, CBP OneTM, to provide the public a single portal to a variety of CBP services. The application is available on both web and mobile devices. CBP OneTM will eventually replace and upgrade existing CBP public-facing mobile applications to improve user interaction and services. CBP OneTM includes different functionality for travelers, importers, brokers, carriers, International Organizations, and other entities under a single consolidated log-in and uses guided questions to help users determine the correct services, forms, or applications needed. CBP is conducting this Privacy Impact Assessment (PIA) to address privacy risks in the deployment and use of the CBP OneTM mobile application. CBP has also issued an update to clarify that CBP OneTM stores information locally on a user's device. (October 2024) 

 

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DHS/CBP/PIA-066 CBP Support of CDC for Public Health Contact Tracing

U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) continues to assist the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) with its public health response efforts. In December 2020, CBP issued a Privacy Impact Assessment (PIA) documenting CBP efforts to support CDC public health efforts.

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FOIA Reports

The DHS Privacy Office published the Annual FOIA Report and the Chief FOIA Officer Report.

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Search Available Records

Before submitting a request, search previously released records.

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DHS/CISA/PIA-037 CyberSentry

The U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) has developed the voluntary CyberSentry program to enhance the cyber resilience of organizations that own or operate critical infrastructure. CyberSentry uses sensors to monitor the Information Technology and Operational Technology networks of a participating Critical Infrastructure (CI) partner for cybersecurity threats. CISA is conducting this Privacy Impact Assessment (PIA) because CyberSentry’s network monitoring capabilities may create the potential for disclosure of personally identifiable information (PII).

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Protecting Privacy During Turbulent Times

Blog post from Privacy Perspectives, a newsletter of the International Association of Privacy Professionals, on January 19, 2021.

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FOIA Compliance Instruction 262-11-004: DHS Employee Personal Identifiable Information Protection

This Instruction provides guidance on the case-by-case analysis of the application of Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) exemptions to withhold Department employee personally identifiable information.