DHS Privacy Impact Assessment for the Department of Homeland Security State, Local, and Regional Fusion Center Initiative, December 11, 2008
“This PIA examines the privacy implications of the State, Local and Regional Fusion Center Initiative, established by the 9/11 Commission Act, as well as for DHS State and Local Program Management Office (SLPMO) which has managerial responsibility for the SLFC Program, and which predates the Act. It begins with a discussion of the specific authority for the Initiative provided within the Act. Then, since the Departments interactions with fusion centers and the SLPMO existed before the Act passed, the PIA includes a background section, examining the underpinnings of the fusion center concept. Next, the PIA catalogs ongoing efforts to infuse privacy into the program including dissemination of fusion center guidelines respecting individual privacy; support for the Information Sharing Environment (ISE); participation in public outreach; providing privacy training to participants in the Initiative; and steps to imbed privacy into programs which are expected to interact with the fusion center Initiative. The PIA then examines how the programs existing policies and procedures implement the Fair Information Practice Principles (FIPPs). Finally, the PIA examines specific privacy concerns raised by the creation and operation of the Initiative and steps participants have taken to mitigate those concerns.”
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