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Investigative Data: Individuals associated with DHS OIG investigations from 2002 through 2014, which includes subjects, witnesses and complainants who were
by saulrh 9y ago
Investigative Data: Individuals associated with DHS OIG
investigations from 2002 through 2014, which includes
subjects, witnesses and complainants who were both DHS
employees and non-DHS employees. The PII contained in this
database varies for each individual depending on the
documentation and evidence collected for a given case.
Information contained in this database could include names,
Social Security numbers, alien registration numbers, dates
of birth, email addresses, phone numbers, addresses, and
personal information provided in interviews with DHS OIG
investigative agents.
Most of that is business-as-usual for a DB leak, but there's something that catches my eye:
personal information provided in interviews with DHS OIG
investigative agents.
Would this only be information provided by people about themselves, or does the inclusion of "subjects of investigations" mean that this is a colossal dump of life-ruining hearsay that could destroy anyone that DHS has ever touched?
Speaking of which, this bit at the end disgusts me:
What is DHS doing to better secure employees’ PII?
Why does this read as anything other than "What is DHS doing to better secure american citizens' PII"? DHS employees aren't the only people affected by this. I'd expect "subjects, witnesses and complainants of DHS investigations" to number in the millions.
- fjsolwmv 9y agoPut away the pitchforks. OIG is internal affairs. The people they investigate are employees, not the public. https://www.oig.dhs.gov https://www.oig.dhs.gov
- rrggrr 9y ago"The breach of the DHS OIG Case Files included individuals associated with DHS OIG investigations. Family members and close associates were impacted by this privacy incident only if they were involved in a DHS OIG investigation."
- saulrh 9y agoThat does make it a bit less... totally horrifying. I imagine that there're still plenty of normal people in the "witnesses and complainants" category, so I can't imagine that this only affects DHS employees, but if nothing else that should dramatically reduce the size of the data set.
- Sir_Substance 9y agoEmployees /are/ the public. You don't lose the right to protection from someones incompetence just because you're employed by them.
- Godel_unicode 9y agoAs the DHS OIG database is a System of Record, it has a verbose System of Record Notification (SORN) which is publicly available to be perused should you wish to know what information is kept and for how long. https://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/FR-2015-07-27/html/2015-18385.htm https://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/FR-2015-07-27/html/2015-18385....