Sentences with phrase «electronic media borders»

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By its own admission, US border protection conducted five - times as many electronic media searches in a single year — 4,764 in 2015 to 23,877 in 2016.

DHS conducts border searches of computers and other electronic media on a small percentage of international travelers seeking to enter the United States — searches often as basic as asking a traveler to turn on a device to ensure it is what it appears to be.

(PDF, 10 pages — 4.87 MB) ICE Border Searches of Electronic Media (PDF, 10 pages — 453 KB) Privacy Impact Assessment: Border Searches of Electronic Information (PDF, 51 pages — 6 MB)

Searches of electronic media, permitted by law and carried out at borders and ports of entry, are vital to detecting information that poses serious harm to the United States, including terrorist plans, or constitutes criminal activity — such as possession of child pornography and trademark or copyright infringement.

The new directives address the circumstances under which U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) and U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) can conduct border searches of electronic media — consistent with the Department's Constitutional authority to search other sensitive non-electronic materials, such as briefcases, backpacks and notebooks, at U.S. boBorder Protection (CBP) and U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) can conduct border searches of electronic media — consistent with the Department's Constitutional authority to search other sensitive non-electronic materials, such as briefcases, backpacks and notebooks, at U.S. boborder searches of electronic media — consistent with the Department's Constitutional authority to search other sensitive non-electronic materials, such as briefcases, backpacks and notebooks, at U.S. borders.

The new directives will also allow DHS to develop automated, comprehensive data collection and analytic tools to facilitate accurate, thorough reporting on electronic media searched at the border, the outcomes of those searches and the nature of the data searched — further enhancing transparency and accountability.