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DHS program risks collecting, sharing more PII than needed
The Homeland Security Department acknowledges, in a privacy impact assessment (.pdf) updated Aug. 12, that the National Infrastructure Coordinating Center runs the risk of collecting and retaining
DHS plans social media surge
The Homeland Security Department says it intends to make greater use of social media for the purpose of disseminating information. In a privacy impact assessment dated March 8, DHS says it's doing so
ICE rolling out new ELSUR tracking system
Immigration and Customs Enforcement will deploy early next year a new system for tracking and searching court order requests to electronically surveil a person, according to a newly released Homeland
Background investigation personal data at risk at OPM, says GAO
Personally identifiable information collected by the Office of Personnel Management during background investigations isn't sufficiently protected from potential breach, says the Government
USCIS consolidating immigrant data into single mirror
The U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services will daily copy six of its databases into a single mirror in order to allow a simultaneous search of all data sets for the first time, according to the
More DHS components to receive Watchlist Service data from FBI
Two more Homeland Security Department components will receive direct updates from the FBI on individuals suspected of terrorist activity, according to a new DHS privacy impact assessment. The
Most CBP agents not trained in how to conduct border laptop searches
Most Customs and Border Protection agents at ports of entry receive training on their legal authority to search border crossers' laptops, but not in how to actually conduct an electronic search,
Be wary of privacy risks in the commercial cloud, says CIO Council
Any federal agency contemplating contracting with a commercial cloud computing provider risks running afoul of government privacy standards, warned the CIO Council privacy committee. Federal data
Napolitano: US-EU data sharing is critical
Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano decried July 8 what she said are "unrealistic" European Union conditions for greater data sharing with the United States. In a discussion with Vice
