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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.

  • DPIAC January Meeting Materials

    The Data Privacy and Integrity Advisory Committee held a public meeting on January 31, 2023. This page contains the public meeting materials.

  • DHS/ALL/PIA-096 Employment Verification and Unemployment Compensation (EV UC)

    DHS is conducting this PIA because the systems that support its EV and UC functions collect, use, store, and transmit PII and SPII. 

  • DHS/USCIS/PIA-087 Person Centric Identity Services Initiative

    Associated SORNS and Privacy Impact Assessments (PIAs) for the Person Centric Identity Services Initiative (PCIS) implemented by USCIS.

  • DPIAC Recommendations Report 2022-01 & 2022-02

    Report 2022-01 and 2022-02 of the DHS Data Privacy and Integrity Advisory Committee on Privacy Recommendations in connection with Information Sharing and Emerging Technologies Cloud Migration. 

  • DHS/CBP/PIA-075 Intelligent Computer Assisted Detection (ICAD) System

    CBP provided notice to the public about ICAD in the BSS PIA and is publishing the new PIA to provide transparency about the system’s application/functionality.

  • DHS/ALL/PIA-095 International Biometric Information Sharing Program (IBIS)

    The U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS or the Department), Office of Strategy, Policy, and Plans (PLCY), in coordination with DHS components, created the International Biometric Information Sharing (IBIS) Program to enhance cooperation between DHS components and foreign partners in assessing the eligibility or public security risk of individuals seeking an immigration benefit or encountered in the context of a border encounter or law enforcement investigation related to immigration or border issues.

  • Chief FOIA Officer Weekly Reports

    Below, find the Chief FOIA Officer Weekly Reports.

  • Major Information System List

    This page contains previous years’ versions of the DHS’ Major Information System List.

  • DHS/CBP/PIA-010 Analytical Framework for Intelligence (AFI)

    The U.S. Customs and Border Protection's (CBP) Analytical Framework for Intelligence (AFI) system provides enhanced search and analytical capabilities to identify, apprehend, and prosecute individuals who pose a potential law enforcement or security risk, and aids in the enforcement of customs, immigration, and other laws enforced by DHS at the border. Since the original Privacy Impact Assessment (PIA), CBP has increased technical safeguards in AFI; added a new user role, additional DHS users, and additional data sources; and developed a governance process that includes the operational and oversight components of CBP. CBP has continued to update the AFI PIA to address Privacy Compliance Review (PCR) recommendations and to promote transparency regarding new users, data sources, data access, and analytic functions of AFI.

  • CISA Calendars

    This page contains the annual calendars for the current Directors of the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA).