DHS/USCIS/PIA-017 Microfilm Digitization Application System (MiDAS)

The U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS), U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS), Immigration Records and Identity Services Directorate’s (IRIS) Identity, Records, and National Security Delivery Division (IRSDD) manages the Identity and Information Management Division (IIMD) and operates the USCIS Microfilm Digitization Application System (MiDAS). MiDAS electronically stores historical immigration-related records and enables USCIS to search and provide records as appropriate to government agencies and members of the public who request this information. USCIS is updating this Privacy Impact Assessment (PIA) to permanently implement how USCIS currently uses MiDAS and to identify and mitigate privacy risks associated with the change and the use of personally identifiable information related to: (1) updating the names of the USCIS’ division and branches responsible for operating MiDAS; and (2) the transfer of two subsystems, the Scan on Demand Application (SODA) system and the Document Services Management System (DSMS), from the Enterprise Document Management System (EDMS) to MiDAS. January 2025

Associated SORN(s)

• DHS/USCIS-001 - Alien File, Index, and National File Tracking System of Records