Privacy
The DHS Privacy Office is responsible for evaluating the Department programs, systems, and initiatives for potential privacy impacts, and providing strategies to reduce the privacy impact.
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DHS-ALL-PIA-051 DHS Data Framework – Interim Process to Address an Emergent Threat
DHS-ALL-PIA-051 DHS Data Framework – Interim Process to Address an Emergent Threat
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DHS-TSA-PIA-044 Vetting of Security Personnel Receiving International TSA Training Assistance
The Transportation Security Administration (TSA)’s Office of Global Strategies conducts security training for foreign partners (foreign governments, air carriers, and private companies responsible for transportation security) in order to mitigate threats originating overseas, and to reduce the risk of insider threats among those receiving training from TSA. TSA conducts a Security Threat Assessment (STA) for individuals who reside outside the United States who have been nominated by the foreign partner for TSA-funded, sponsored, or administered security-related training. These foreign partners are responsible for security measures at foreign transportation facilities and employ individuals to carry-out those security measures. TSA conducted this Privacy Impact Assessment (PIA) because it will collect, maintain, and disseminate information in identifiable form on the individuals nominated for training.
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USCIS Investigations Division Case Management System (IDCMS)
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS)’s Office of Security and Integrity (OSI) developed the USCIS Investigations Division Case Management System (IDCMS), an electronic case management system, to manage information relating to investigations of alleged USCIS employee and contractor criminal or administrative violations. USCIS conducted this Privacy Impact Assessment (PIA) to assess the privacy risks associated with the collection, use, and dissemination of Personally Identifiable Information (PII) contained in IDCMS.
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SAS Predictive Modeling Environment (SAS PME)
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) implemented SAS Predictive Modeling Environment (SAS PME) to provide USCIS offices with a means to conduct data management, pattern and trend analysis, and statistical and historical reporting. USCIS conducted this Privacy Impact Assessment (PIA) to document, analyze, and assess the current practices with respect to the Personally Identifiable Information (PII) used for analysis in SAS PME.
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DHS-USSS-PIA-011 U.S. Secret Service Cyber Awareness Program
The U.S. Secret Service has procured under contract the Cyveillance system as part of its Cyber Awareness Program. Cyveillance searches for information regarding the Secret Service and investigatory and protective intelligence information. The Secret Service conducted this Privacy Impact Assessment (PIA) because, while the primary purpose of Cyveillance is not to collect Personally Identifiable Information (PII), the content of interest to the Secret Service that is collected by Cyveillance may contain PII.
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DHS/ALL/PIA-003 DHScovery
DHScovery is owned by the Office of the Chief Information Officer (OCIO) in partnership with the Office of the Chief Human Capital Officer (OCHCO). DHScovery will create an e-training environment that supports development of the Department of Homeland Security workforce through simplified one-stop access to high quality e-training products and services. This privacy impact assessment (PIA) is being conducted because DHScovery collects personally identifiable information about department employees and contractors.
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REAL-ID Privacy Impact Assessment
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is issuing a final rule establishing minimum standards for State-issued driver’s licenses and identification cards that Federal agencies will accept for official purposes after May 11, 2008, in accordance with the REAL ID Act of 2005, Pub. L. 109-13, 119 Stat. 231, 302 (2005) (codified at 49 U.S.C. 30301 note) (the Act). This Privacy Impact Assessment (PIA) updates the PIA issued on March 1, 2007, in conjunction with the Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM).
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DHS/ALL/PIA-005 Automated Continuing Evaluation System (ACES) Pilot
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is working with the Department of Defense to pilot the Automated Continuing Evaluation System (ACES). ACES conducts automated records checks to identify new issues of security concern for DHS personnel and contractors requiring a security clearance. During the ACES pilot, DHS will assess the feasibility of using ACES for initial and continuing evaluation of DHS security clearance holders. This Privacy Impact Assessment (PIA) is for the DHS implementation of the ACES Pilot.
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DHS/ALL/PIA-006 DHS General Contact Lists
Department Headquarters has conducted this privacy impact assessment because contact lists contain personally identifiable information.
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DHS/ALL/PIA-007 DHS Correspondence and Inquiries Tracking Tools
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) operates correspondence tracking tools to assist the Department in tracking and responding to inquiries from the public and reviewing official documents from DHS Components, other government agencies, Congress, the public, and the private sector. DHS receives and processes tens of thousands of pieces of correspondence ranging from letters to official rulings, policy statements, testimony, and legislative materials on an annual basis. DHS previously issued the DHS/ALL/PIA-007 Enterprise Correspondence Tracking (ECT) system privacy impact assessment (PIA) that solely covered the Department’s use of the ECT system to track such correspondence. DHS is expanding the scope of that previously published PIA to account for the additional correspondence tracking systems and tools used throughout the Department to track and manage incoming and outgoing inquiries and documents. Accordingly, DHS is renaming this PIA “DHS Correspondence and Inquiries Tracking Tools.”