To Much Sharing

Came across this at Public Intelligence

ICE Pattern Analysis and Information Collection (ICEPIC) System:

Stores over 332,000,000 records on more than 254,000,000 entities

Allows “disparate sources of information to be analyzed to find previously unknown relationship data about individuals that are the subject of active investigation”

Usage of the system more than doubled from August 2010 to February 2011

 Then factor in this additional article.

GAO Report: DHS Data Mining Systems Do Not Ensure Protection of Privacy

Until DHS addresses these challenges, it will be limited in its ability to ensure that its systems have been adequately reviewed, are operating as intended, and are appropriately protecting individual privacy and assuring transparency to the public.