Entries tagged with: DHS Chief Privacy Officer
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Homeland Security Seeking Applicants to Join Privacy Board
The Department of Homeland Security has announced that it is seeking applicants for the Data Privacy and Integrity Advisory Committee. The Committee was established to advise the agency on issues related to personally identifiable information, data integrity, and other privacy-related...
EPIC Asks Ombudsman to Investigate DHS FOIA Practices
EPIC has submitted a letter to the Office of Government Information Services, asking for an investigation into FOIA practices at the Department of Homeland Security. EPIC explained that the federal agency, which includes the TSA and the Bureau of Customs...
DHS Privacy Office Issues Quarterly Report to Congress
The DHS Privacy Office has issued its First Quarter Fiscal Year 2012 Report to Congress. The report details DHS programs and functions that affect privacy, such as privacy impact assessments and system of records notices. The report also summarizes the...
DHS Privacy Office Releases 2011 Data Mining Report
The Department of Homeland Security has released the 2011 Annual Data Mining Report. The report must include all of the Agency's current activities that fall within the legislative definition of "data mining." Among other things, this year's report references the...
Federal Judge Limits Suspicionless Laptop Searches at Borders
A federal judge has ruled against the Department of Homeland Security's Customs and Border Protection claim that agents could not only search the electronic devices of cross-border travelers without a warrant or even reasonable suspicion, they could also seize the...
Congressional Committee Investigating Privacy Office at Homeland Security, Acknowledges Privacy Coalition Letter
House Homeland Security Committee Chairman Bennie Thompson has responded to the Privacy Coalition letter regarding the Chief Privacy Officer of the Department of Homeland Security. Chairman Thompson said that "the Committee is in the process of reviewing the programs outlined"...
Department of Homeland Security Chief Privacy Office and Privacy
Background | Chief Privacy Officers | Statutory Authority | Related Resources | Problems with the Chief Privacy Office | News Reports Latest News : () EPIC joined the Privacy Coalition letter sent to the House Committee on Homeland Security...
EPIC Pursues DHS Official's Public Calendar
EPIC has filed a FOIA appeal with the Department of Homeland Security for the calendar of the Chief Privacy Officer. EPIC submitted the original request to find out why the DHS Privacy Officer could not meet with privacy groups in...
