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CBP’s retrospective commercial telemetry assessment

CBP’s 2024 privacy assessment describes an earlier evaluation, an end to new vendor collection, and continued use of retained data.

Sources reviewed Sep 9, 2026. 2 primary sources linked.

Recommendation listed as closed

Last documented position: Sep 9, 2026

The official tracker lists recommendation 1 as closed. The linked privacy assessment supplies context; the closure date and rationale are not established by the tracker.

Source 2

What the record establishes

  • The assessment is retrospective. Its statements describe the agency’s position in the August 2024 document, not independently verified current practice.
    Source 1
  • Recommendation 1 concerns required privacy assessments; closing it does not validate every procurement or use.
    Source 2

The documented timeline

  1. Document dated

    Retrospective privacy assessment published

    The assessment covers a December 2018–September 19, 2023 evaluation. CBP states that new collection from vendors ended, retained-data use continued, and renewed collection would require a new privacy assessment.

    Agency document

    Source 1

  2. Status checked

    Recommendation 1 status checked

    The tracker lists the recommendation to stop telemetry use until required assessments were completed and approved as closed. It does not supply the actual closure date or closure evidence.

    Inspector general record

    Source 2

What remains unverified

  • The assessment does not establish a named vendor, product, contract or amount.
  • The reasons and date of recommendation closure are not supplied on the checked page.
  • Later collection, retention and operational practice have not been independently established.

An unavailable or unnamed detail is left open. It is not treated as zero, a negative finding or evidence of unlawful conduct.

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