2010 Winter Olympics Social Media Event Monitoring Initiative

February 12, 2010 - The Office of Operations Coordination and Planning (OPS), National Operations Center (NOC), has launched a 2010 Winter Olympics Social Media Event Monitoring Initiative (Initiative) to assist the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and its components involved in the security, safety, and border control associated with the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver, British Columbia (BC). The NOC is using this vehicle to fulfill its statutory responsibility to provide situational awareness and establish a common operating picture for the federal government, and for those state, local, and tribal governments, as appropriate, assisting with the security, safety, and border control associated with the Olympics. OPS may also share information with international partners and the private sector where necessary and appropriate for security, safety, and border control coordination. The NOC is only monitoring publicly available online forums, blogs, public websites, and message boards to collect information used in providing situational awareness and to establish a common operating picture. OPS will not set up user accounts to access any information. While this Initiative is not designed to collect personally identifiable information (PII), OPS is conducting this Privacy Impact Assessment (PIA) because the Initiative could potentially involve information received in an identifiable form. This PIA is effective for 30 days and will expire at that time. Should the requirements for the Initiative change before this expiration date, OPS and the Privacy Office will immediately update this PIA.

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http://www.dhs.gov/xlibrary/assets/privacy/privacy_pia_ops_2010winterolympics.pdf