Biometric Data Obtained by DHS Analysis Tool Exempt From Some Privacy Laws

["Paul Ferguson" <fergdawg () netzero net>]

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Via FCW.com.

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People whose biographic or biometric data is being analyzed by a new
Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) data system will not
automatically be granted access to their records or be able to review them
for accuracy as usually permitted by federal privacy protection laws.

The Homeland Security Department has decided to exempt the Immigration and
Customs Enforcement Pattern Analysis and Information Collection System
(ICEPIC) -- which contains data culled from numerous DHS databases -- from
several Privacy Act provisions that allow individuals to access their
records. DHS, ICE’s parent organization, said in a final rule for the
system published today in the Federal Register that the exemptions were
necessary because of “criminal, civil, and administrative enforcement
requirements."

Although ICEPIC is exempt from normal record access procedures, individuals
can request access from ICE, which will review requests on a case-by-case
basis, according to DHS.

The information contained by ICEPIC can include names, dates of birth,
phone numbers, addresses, nationalities, fingerprints, photographs, a
person's immigration history and alien registration information, according
to DHS. Agents and analysts can also use commercial databases to verify or
resolve any gaps in ICEPIC data.

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More:
http://www.fcw.com/online/news/153543-1.html

ICEPIC:
http://www.ice.gov/pi/news/factsheets/icepic.htm

- - ferg

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