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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.

  • Chief Privacy Officer Instruction 047-01-004

    Privacy Policy & Compliance Instruction

  • DHS/FEMA/PIA-035 Customer Satisfaction Analysis System (CSAS)

    The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) is conducting this PIA because CSAS stores personally identifiable information (PII) from FEMA employees and members of the public in order to conduct CSA’s customer service satisfaction assessments.

  • DPIAC October Meeting Materials

    Materials for the October 17, 2024, DPIAC meeting

  • DHS/USSS/PIA-033 USSS Use of Facial Recognition Technology

    The United States Secret Service (USSS or Secret Service) is conducting this Privacy Impact Assessment (PIA) because Secret Service personnel may use facial recognition technology (FRT) during law enforcement activities that fall within Secret Service’s jurisdiction.

  • DHS/S&T/PIA-045 Public Safety and Violence Prevention (PSVP) Research

    The U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Science and Technology Directorate (S&T) funds a social and behavioral science research portfolio on public safety and violence prevention (PSVP) that supports the DHS Countering Terrorism and Targeted Violence Strategic Framework and the National Strategy for Countering Domestic Terrorism.

  • DHS/CBP/PIA-080 CBP Commercial Telemetry Data Evaluation

    The U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS), U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) is conducting this Privacy Impact Assessment (PIA) to describe its evaluation of commercially available location data associated with mobile smart devices (“commercial telemetry data”) for a period between December 2018 and September 2023.

  • DHS/CBP/PIA-081 Criminal Case Management System (CCMS)

    CBP is conducting this Privacy Impact Assessment (PIA) to assess the potential privacy risks and mitigation measures associated with CCMS because it collects, stores, and uses personally identifiable information (PII) about members of the public.

  • DHS/FEMA/PIA-059 Individual Assistance (IA) Systems

    This Privacy Impact Assessment (PIA) focuses on the information technology systems and supporting subsystems used by the Individual Assistance programs. The Individual and Households Program is covered in a separate, forthcoming Privacy Impact Assessment.

  • DHS/ALL/PIA-084 Joint-Threat Information Management System (J-TIMS)

    The Department of Homeland Security (DHS), Office of the Chief Security Officer (OCSO) is responsible for protecting DHS people, information, and resources against constantly evolving security threats. OCSO maintains the Joint-Threat Information Management System (J-TIMS) to meet this responsibility and manage information from across its Directorates (Threat Management Operations (TMO), Enterprise Security Operations and Support (ESOS), and Headquarters Support).

  • DHS/USSS/PIA-032 eForce (formerly known as Use of Force) Reporting Application System)

    The United States Secret Service (USSS or Secret Service) Use of Force reporting application system, hereafter called eForce, allows USSS law enforcement personnel to input incident data when an agency officer or agent uses any level of force beyond compliant handcuffing, verbal commands, or de-escalation techniques.