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Data Privacy and Disclosure Policy

In the Office of Homeland Security Statistics (OHSS), we follow all laws and regulations to protect the privacy of the public. We work with the Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS) Office of Privacy to review and clear how we receive and process data from other agencies. These agencies obtain data from members of the public. They generally get the data through applications for immigration benefits, sponsorship petitions, or enforcement-related documentation. More information on DHS privacy protection is available on the Office of Privacy website

We ensure our public data do not pose an undue risk of identifying individuals whose data are in our products by:

Generally, for any data regarding individuals, we round the cells to the nearest ten. This includes the data cells, subtotals, and totals. This means cells do not always add up to the totals.

We round cells to the nearest ten in the common way. We round 0-4 to 0; 5-14 to 10; 15-24 to 20; … and 1,213,067 to 1,213,070. 
We round to make it difficult to identify the original, exact counts within small cells. Small cells pose the risk of identifying individuals.

Last updated: December 10, 2024