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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/TSA/PIA – 018(f) Secure Flight

    The Secure Flight program screens aviation passengers and certain non-travelers before they access airport sterile areas or board aircraft. TSA updated this Privacy Impact Assessment (PIA) to reflect operational changes: (1) the addition of Known Traveler populations to TSA Pre✓™; (2) the use of Secure Flight to screen passengers on certain government operated flights; and (3) the use of intelligence-driven flight by flight risk assessments to identify passengers and non-traveling individuals who require either enhanced screening or are eligible for expedited screening. These changes are anticipated to result in the identification of more passengers who are eligible for expedited screening in airports with TSA Pre✓™ lanes. Unless otherwise noted, the information provided in previously published PIAs remains in effect. Individuals are encouraged to read all program PIAs to have an understanding of TSA’s privacy assessment of the Secure Flight program.

  • DHS/TSA/PIA – 041 TSA Pre✓™ Application Program

    The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) conducts security threat assessments on individuals who apply to TSA for enrollment into the TSA Pre✓™ Application Program.  Program participants are eligible to receive expedited screening at participating airport security checkpoints. TSA conducted this Privacy Impact Assessment (PIA) because personally identifiable information (PII) will be collected for the conduct of the security threat assessment.

  • DHS Records Regarding Changes to the National Counterterrorism Center Guidelines

    This document contains DHS Records Regarding Changes to the National Counterterrorism Center Guidelines

  • DHS/ICE/PIA-017(a) – Immigration and Customs Enforcement-Child Exploitation Tracking System (ICE-CETS)

    Immigration and Customs Enforcement-Child Exploitation Tracking System (ICE-CETS), which is owned and operated by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and Homeland Security Investigations (HSI), is a centralized information repository that assists law enforcement in conducting child exploitation investigations. 

  • Standard Management Analysis Reporting Tool (SMART)

    U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) developed the Standard Management Analysis Reporting Tool (SMART) to create and compile reports pertaining to immigrant and nonimmigrant benefits. SMART creates reports by temporarily retrieving information from USCIS source systems, which have either aggregate or individual data. USCIS conducted this Privacy Impact Assessment (PIA) to discuss the privacy risks and mitigations associated with replicating and temporarily retaining personally identifiable information (PII) in SMART to create reports.

  • DHS/FEMA/PIA-020 - Web-IFMIS (Integrated Financial Management Information System)

    The U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS), Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), Mission Support Bureau (MSB), Office of the Chief Financial Officer (OCFO) operates the Web Integrated Financial Management Information System (Web-IFMIS), the official accounting and financial system used for internal and external financial reporting.

  • DHS/FEMA/PIA-031-Authentication and Provisioning Services (APS)

    DHS/FEMA/PIA-031-Authentication and Provisioning Services (APS)

  • DHS/FEMA/PIA-032-Deployment Programs

    DHS/FEMA/PIA-032-Deployment Programs 

  • DHS/FEMA/PIA-033-Deployment Qualifications Program

    DHS/FEMA/PIA-033-Deployment Qualifications Program

  • Customer Relationship Interface System (CRIS) Update

    The Customer Relationship Interface System (CRIS) provides U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) customers access to the status of their applications and petitions for immigration benefits and processing time information. USCIS is updating this privacy impact assessment PIA to provide notice regarding e-Request, a new service that allows customers to create a service request via www.uscis.gov, and to update the description of Case Status Service Online (CSSO). USCIS is publishing this update because these modifications affect the collection, use, and storage of personally identifiable information (PII).