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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

Office of the Secretary

[Docket Number: DHS-2007-0040]

 
Privacy Act of 1974; U.S. Customs and Border Protection--Border 
Crossing Information, Systems of Records

AGENCY: Privacy Office; Department of Homeland Security.

ACTION: Notice of Privacy Act system of records.

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SUMMARY: Pursuant to the Privacy Act of 1974, the Department of 
Homeland Security (DHS), U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) gives 
notice that it is establishing a distinct System of Records, Border 
Crossing Information (BCI). BCI will receive and maintain border 
crossing information on travelers who are admitted or paroled into the 
United States, this information includes: Certain biographical 
information; a photograph; certain itinerary information provided by 
air and sea carriers and any other forms of passenger transportation, 
including rail, which is or may subsequently be mandated, or is or may 
be provided on a voluntary basis; and the time and location of the 
border crossing. Previously, maintenance of this border crossing 
information was covered by the Treasury Enforcement Communications 
System (TECS) ``system of records notice.'' See 66 FR 52984, dated 
October 18, 2001. As part of DHS's ongoing effort to increase 
transparency regarding the collection of information at the Department, 
as well as its efforts to specifically review the personally 
identifiable information maintained on the TECS information technology 
platform, DHS and CBP have identified different data sets that call for 
individual notice so as to provide appropriate routine uses, retention, 
and exemptions to the Privacy Act.
    This system of records notice does not identify or create any new 
collection of information, rather, the Department is providing 
additional notice and transparency with respect to the handling of an 
existing collection of information, by separately noticing its 
collection as a distinct system of records.

DATES: Comments must be provided prior to August 25, 2008. The new 
system of records will be effective August 25, 2008.

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