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Subject: Department of Homeland Security data mining report to Congress
The Privacy Office has identified three Department programs that
currently engage in data mining, as defined by the Federal Agency Data
Mining Reporting Act:
- the Automated Targeting System (ATS) Inbound, Outbound, and Passenger modules, which are administered by U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP);
- the Data Analysis and Research for Trade Transparency System (DARTTS), which is administered by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE);
- and the Freight Assessment System (FAS), which is administered by the Transportation Security Administration (TSA).
While each of these programs engages to some extent in data mining, none uses data mining to make unevaluated automated decisions about individuals, i.e., none of these programs makes decisions about individuals solely on the basis of data mining results. In all cases, DHS employees conduct investigations to verify (or disprove) the results of data mining, and then bring their own judgment and experience to bear in making determinations about individuals initially identified through data mining activities.
Here is full
DHS report on data mining (PDF).
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