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Unit 13: Creating Data Mining Queries and Reports

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(B) The queries, searches, or other analyses are not subject-based and do not use
personal identifiers of a specific individual, or inputs associated with a specific
individual or group of individuals, to retrieve information from the database
or databases; and
(C) The purpose of the queries, searches, or other analyses is not solely—
(i) The detection of fraud, waste, or abuse in a Government agency or
program; or
(ii) The security of a Government computer system.
(2) Database: The term “database” does not include telephone directories, news
reporting, and information publicly available to any member of the public without
payment of a fee, or databases of judicial and administrative opinions or other legal
research sources.
(c) Reports on data mining activities by Federal agencies
(1) Requirement for report: The head of each department or agency of the Federal
Government that is engaged in any activity to use or develop data mining shall
submit a report to Congress on all such activities of the department or agency under
the jurisdiction of that official. The report shall be produced in coordination with
the privacy officer of that department or agency, if applicable, and shall be made
available to the public, except for an annex described in subparagraph (C).
(2) Content of report: Each report submitted under subparagraph (A) shall include, for
each activity to use or develop data mining, the following information:
(A) A thorough description of the data mining activity, its goals, and, where
appropriate, the target dates for the deployment of the data mining activity.
(B) A thorough description of the data mining technology that is being used or
will be used, including the basis for determining whether a particular pattern
or anomaly is indicative of terrorist or criminal activity.

(C) A thorough description of the data sources that are being or will be used.
(D) An assessment of the efficacy or likely efficacy of the data mining activity in
providing accurate information consistent with and valuable to the stated
goals and plans for the use or development of the data mining activity.
(E) An assessment of the impact or likely impact of the implementation of the
data mining activity on the privacy and civil liberties of individuals, including
a thorough description of the actions that are being taken or will be taken
with regard to the property, privacy, or other rights or privileges of any
individual or individuals as a result of the implementation of the data mining
activity.
(F) A list and analysis of the laws and regulations that govern the information
being or to be collected, reviewed, gathered, analysed, or used in conjunction
with the data mining activity, to the extent applicable in the context of the data
mining activity.
(G) A thorough discussion of the policies, procedures, and guidelines that are in
place or that are to be developed and applied in the use of such data mining
activity in order to—
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