!!! Overview [{$pagename}] ([IDENT]) is the central [United States Department of Homeland Security] ([DHS]) system for [Government Data Store] and processing of [biometric] and associated [biographic] information for: * [National Security] * [Law Enforcement Agency] * [United States Customs and Border Protection] * [Intelligence Agencies] * background investigations for national security positions * certain positions of public [trust] * and associated testing, training, management reporting, planning and analysis, * or other administrative uses. [{$pagename}] appears to use the same data as [US-VISIT]. ! [Biometric data]: * digital [facial|Facial recognition] photographs * [Fingerprint recognition] * [Iris recognition] scans * palm prints * latent [fingerprints] (collected by federal, state, local, and foreign [Law Enforcement Agency], and military operations for an investigation or for intelligence purposes), * and other [biometric] modalities to be added in the future. ! Biographic data * (1) full name (i.e., first, middle, last, nicknames, and aliases) * [Date Of Birth|Birthday] ([DOB]) * [gender] * signature * personal identifiers including: ** [Alien Registration Number] (A-number) ** [Social Security Number] ([SSN]) (when provided) ** [State Identification Number] ** civil record number * [Federal Bureau of Investigation] ([FBI]) [Fingerprint Number] ([FNU]), [Fingerprint Identification Number] ([FIN]), [National Unique Identification Number] ([NUIN]); and * personal physical details, such as ** height ** weight ** eye color ** and hair color * identifiers for citizenship and nationality, including person-centric details, such as: ** country of birth ** country of citizenship, and nationality * derogatory information (DI),11 if applicable ** including wants and warrants, ** KSTs ** sexual offender registration ** [immigration] violations ** [IDENT] watchlist status information ** miscellaneous officer comment information; * document information and identifiers (e.g., passport and visa data; document type; document number; and country of issuance); * current and historic whereabouts. * Encounter data: ** transaction identifier data ** such as sending organization ** [timestamp] ** workstation * reason fingerprinted, such as ** entry ** visa application ** credentialing application ** apprehension * and any available encounter information, including an IDENT-generated encounter identification number (EID). !! Category %%category [Government Surveillance]%% !! More Information There might be more information for this subject on one of the following: [{ReferringPagesPlugin before='*' after='\n' }]