DHS/CBP/PIA-012 – CBP Portal (E3) to ENFORCE/IDENT

The U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) operates the e3 portal (“e3”) to collect and transmit data related to law enforcement activities to the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Enforcement Integrated Database (EID)  and the DHS Automated Biometric Identification System (IDENT) and its successor, the Homeland Advanced Recognition Technology System (HART).  CBP uses e3 to collect and transmit biographic, apprehension, and biometric data of individuals apprehended by U.S. Border Patrol (USBP). CBP is updating this Privacy Impact Assessment (PIA) to notify the public and assess the privacy risks of recent enhancements to e3. CBP will now use the e3 Biometrics module and Photo Service to take new photographs of individuals at the time of encounter and conduct facial photograph-based queries against derogatory photographs within CBP holdings. Additionally, CBP is launching a Mobile Intake application that allows users to begin the e3 intake process in the field. November 2024

Associated SORN(s)

• DHS/CBP-023 Border Patrol Enforcement Records System of Records (BPER)