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CBP issues privacy impact assessment for past commercial telemetry data usage

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“CBP no longer collects commercial telemetry data owned and maintained by commercial vendors, though it continues to use the commercial telemetry data retained from its past use of vendors,” the privacy impact assessment states. Employees using this system were required to review and sign rules of behavior, the impact assessment noted.

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OMB seeks input on privacy impact assessments for AI use

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The White House Office of Management and Budget is looking for input on how federal agency privacy impact assessments could more effectively mitigate risks as technologies, such as artificial intelligence, become more advanced. The post OMB seeks input on privacy impact assessments for AI use appeared first on FedScoop.

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Sierra7 Lands VA Contract for Privacy Impact Assessment Tracking Services

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The Department of Veterans Affairs has awarded Sierra7 a contract to help the Office of Information Technology Privacy Services conduct privacy impact assessments for data within the VA's electronic information systems.

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ICE pursuing privacy approvals related to controversial phone location data

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But, even though ICE says it has received no new requests for the use of commercial telemetry services since December 2022, the agency has filed a privacy impact assessment with the Department of Homeland Security’s privacy office for review. ICE appears to have sent mixed messages on its approach to telemetry data.

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Is the AI leash on federal agencies too long?

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So let’s start with the good, for AI that impacts rights and safety. The OMB memo requires agencies to conduct an impact assessment before they deploy the system. They could opt to do a shorter impact assessment and do a more deliberate one later on when there is less time pressure.

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Law enforcement agencies need standardized AI field testing, presidential advisers say

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A potential checklist compiled by the subcommittee includes callouts to describe the AI tool and its intended use, document use limitation plans, conduct an AI impact assessment, identify the testing method and complete a questionnaire designed to “brainstorm and identify metrics” associated with the system.

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Generative AI could raise questions for federal records laws

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But the agency’s provisional approval of a few generative AI products — which include ChatGPT, Bing Chat, Claude 2, DALL-E2, and Grammarly, per a privacy impact assessment — call for closer examination in regard to federal transparency.