United States Government Publishing Office publisher pbl distributor dst United States Government Accountability Office author aut Government Organization text government publication eng GAOREPORTS Legislative Agency Publications gao legislative 2010-08-12 U.S. Government Printing Office 2007-02-28 monographic deposited born digital 35 p. GA 1.13:GAO-07-293 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-GAO-07-293 P0b002ee18039ebfa f:d07293 DGPO 2010-08-12 2011-03-23 GAOREPORTS-GAO-07-293 machine generated eng fdlp REPORT GAOREPORTS-GAO-07-293 GAO-07-293 Data collection Data integrity Data mining Government information dissemination Homeland security Information disclosure Internal controls Privacy law Privacy policies Right of privacy Risk assessment Policy evaluation Counterterrorism Other Written Product A66350 The government's interest in using technology to detect terrorism and other threats has led to increased use of data mining. A technique for extracting useful information from large volumes of data, data mining offers potential benefits but also raises privacy concerns when the data include personal information. GAO was asked to review the development by the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) of a data mining tool known as ADVISE (Analysis, Dissemination, Visualization, Insight, and Semantic Enhancement). Specifically, GAO was asked to determine (1) the tool's planned capabilities, uses, and associated benefits and (2) whether potential privacy issues could arise from using it to process personal information and how DHS has addressed any such issues. GAO reviewed program documentation and discussed these issues with DHS officials. https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-GAO-07-293/html/GAOREPORTS-GAO-07-293.htm https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-GAO-07-293/pdf/GAOREPORTS-GAO-07-293.pdf GAO-07-293 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-GAO-07-293 Other Written Product GAO-07-293; Data Mining: Early Attention to Privacy in Developing a Key DHS Program Could Reduce Risks; Data collection Data integrity Data mining Government information dissemination Homeland security Information disclosure Internal controls Privacy law Privacy policies Right of privacy Risk assessment Policy evaluation Counterterrorism Volume 116 Page 2155 116 Stat. 2155 Public Law 107-296 H. Rept. 108-774