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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.

  • DHS/USCG/PIA-017 USCG Composite Health Care System (CHCS)

    DHS/USCG/PIA-017 USCG Composite Health Care System (CHCS)

  • DHS/USCG/PIA-018 Coast Guard Business Intelligence (CGBI)

    DHS/USCG/PIA-018 Coast Guard Business Intelligence (CGBI)

  • DHS/USCG/PIA-019 Transportation Worker Identification Credential (TWIC) Reader Requirements

    DHS/USCG/PIA-019 Transportation Worker Identification Credential (TWIC) Reader Requirements

  • DHS/USCG/PIA-020 Interagency Operations Center Watchkeeper

    DHS/USCG/PIA-020 Interagency Operations Center Watchkeeper

  • DHS/USCG/PIA-021 Rescue 21

    S/USCG/PIA-021 Rescue 21

  • DHS/USCG/PIA-023 Incident Reporting Information System

    The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) United States Coast Guard (USCG) operates the National Response Center’s (NRC) Incident Reporting Information System (IRIS). The NRC uses IRIS to collect and disseminate information on pollution, oil, chemical, radiological, biological, and other unknown discharges into the environment, as well as related non-intelligence suspicious activity and security breach incidents, to federal, state, and local on-scene coordinators.

  • DHS/USCG/PIA-024 Direct Access

    DHS/USCG/PIA-024 Direct Access

  • DHS/USCIS/PIA-007(b) Domestically Filed Intercountry Adoptions Applications and Petitions

    DHS/USCIS/PIA-007(b) Domestically Filed Intercountry Adoptions Applications and Petitions

  • DHS/USCIS/PIA-008 Enterprise Service Bus 2 (ESB 2)

    USCIS is updating and reissuing this Privacy Impact Assessment (PIA) to document the migration of the Lockbox Intake Service (LIS), Adoption Orchestration Service (AOS), Visa Support Services Project (VSSP), and Refugee Asylum Support Service (RASS) from ESB 2 to EGIS. USCIS fully decommissioned Central Index System Support System (CIN-SS) and no longer needs to use its services. E-Verify no longer uses the American Association of Motor Vehicle Administrators (AAMVA) Hub Service (AHS), but uses the Verification Service to receive data from the National Law Enforcement Telecommunications System (NLETS). USCIS plans to update both the ESB 2 and EGIS PIAs to document the changes to these systems as changes occur. USCIS is updating this Privacy Impact Assessment (PIA) to evaluate the privacy risks and mitigations associated with the collection, use, and dissemination of personally identifiable information (PII) by the integrated subsystem services hosted by ESB 2.

  • Correspondence Handling and Management Planning System (CHAMPS)

    The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) operates the Correspondence Handling and Management Planning System (CHAMPS) at the Texas Service Center (TSC), which is designed to facilitate workflow management, production evaluation, and time and attendance functions.