Smuggling Privacy Rules Paused Until Spring
Published Date: 2/11/2025
Notice
Summary
The government is pushing back the start date for new privacy rules about a system that tracks smuggling and trade. Instead of starting on January 10, 2025, these changes will now kick in on April 11, 2025. This delay gives everyone more time to review the rules and understand how they affect privacy protections.
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1 provisions identified: 1 benefits, 0 costs, 0 mixed.
Delay of USDA Privacy Exemptions
A USDA/APHIS system that tracks smuggling and trade ("Smuggling Interdiction and Trade Compliance (SITC) National Information Communication Activity System (SNICAS), USDA/APHIS-21") had modified Privacy Act rules scheduled to take effect on January 10, 2025. The effective date of the notice's exemptions from certain provisions of the Privacy Act is delayed until April 11, 2025, giving more time to review how the changes affect privacy protections.
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