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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.

  • Cybersecurity and Privacy

    DHS employs a layered approach to privacy oversight for the department’s cybersecurity activities, beginning with the Chief Privacy Officer and extending through NPPD’s Component Privacy Officer and dedicated privacy staff across the Department.

  • DHS/ICE/PIA-035 – Imaged Documents and Exemplars Library (IDEAL)

    DHS/ICE/PIA-035 – Imaged Documents and Exemplars Library (IDEAL) Privacy Impact Assessment

  • DHS/FEMA/PIA-028 Mapping Information Platform (MIP)

    DHS/FEMA/PIA-028 Privacy Impact Assessment for the Mapping Information Platform (MIP)

  • FOIA Processing

    In general, the FOIA requires an agency to respond to FOIA requests within 20 business days after the office that maintains the responsive records receives the request. The business day response requirement is not necessarily the time frame for releasing responsive documents.

    The Department processes its requests by date of receipt at the proper office maintaining the required records on a first-in, first-out basis, except for exceptions outlined in the FOIA and the Department of Homeland Security FOIA implementing regulations.

  • DHS/ICE/PIA-027 ICE Subpoena System

    The ICE Subpoena System (ISS) is owned and operated by the Office of Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) within U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), a component of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS). ISS automates the process of generating, logging, and tracking subpoenas and summonses that ICE issues in furtherance of its investigations into violations of customs and immigration laws.

  • Office of General Counsel, FOIA Reading Room Documents

    Frequently requested Office of General Counsel FOIA Documents