# 2026-19684: Peace Corps builds volunteer stalker-file under Privacy Act 2026-19684, Privacy Act of 1974; System of Records, is a Federal Register notice from Peace Corps published 2026-09-25, effective 2026-10-26; PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-10-02). - Canonical: https://policyrisk.com/federal-register/2026-19684 - As of: 2026-10-02 - Plain-text twin of the page above; the HTML and this file carry the same facts. ## Facts - Document number: 2026-19684 - Title: Privacy Act of 1974; System of Records - Type: Notice - Agencies: Peace Corps - Citation: 91 FR 60992 - Published: 2026-09-25 - Effective: 2026-10-26 - Comments close: 2026-10-26 - Significant: no - Touches household money: yes - Regulation identifier numbers: none - Last updated: 2026-10-02 ## In one line Peace Corps builds volunteer stalker-file under Privacy Act ## Summary The Peace Corps is launching a new system to track and manage info about people interested in volunteering, from their first website visit to their entire volunteer journey. This change affects applicants, current volunteers, and anyone interacting with Peace Corps online. The system starts on October 26, 2026, and helps the agency work smarter without costing extra money. ## Abstract As required by the Privacy Act of 1974, as amended, and the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Circulars A-108 and A-130, the Peace Corps Office of Planning and Performance (OPP) is issuing a public notice of its new system of records Peace Corps Customer Relationship Management (Agency CRM) System of Records "("PC 38"). The Office of Planning and Performance (OPP) manage and utilizes a management database system to monitor, track, and analyze all interactions with prospective and current Peace Corps applicants from the time they visit the agency website, its social media pages, apply for volunteer service and their volunteer activity throughout their volunteer service. This system of records contains information on members of the public who become leads and visit the Peace Corps websites, social media pages and apply to become applicants as well as those who are current volunteers and through completion of volunteer service. ## Effects PRIA read - Extensive personal and sensitive data collected: cost, high. The Peace Corps' new CRM will collect a wide range of personal information about website visitors, applicants, trainees, volunteers, and returned volunteers including name, email, home address, telephone number, Social Security Number, demographic data (race, ethnicity, disabilities), birth date, f… - Tracking across your whole volunteer journey: benefit, medium. The system will link and track interactions from the time someone visits Peace Corps websites or social media, through applying, training, service, and post-service in order to support recruitment, onboarding, retention, and program evaluation. The agency states this will optimize recruitment strat… - Records can be shared without consent for many routine uses: cost, medium. The notice lists routine uses where Peace Corps may disclose records without the subject's consent, including to law enforcement, other Federal/State/local agencies, OMB, congressional offices, contractors, the National Archives, U.S. Ambassadors, and in litigation or breach response. Disclosures m… - Long, specified retention schedules for different records: cost, high. The notice specifies retention times for multiple record types: Volunteer Information Database Application (VIDA) records destroyed 6 years after cutoff; Recruitment records destroyed 6 years after cutoff; Security Incident Management System (SIMS) destroyed no sooner than 10 years after cutoff; Re… - Data stored in FedRAMP High cloud with encryption and restricted access: benefit, medium. The system will store electronic records in a FedRAMP Certified Class D (High) SaaS cloud environment with encryption at rest and in transit using FIPS 140-3 standards. Access is limited to authorized personnel with Personal Identity Verification (PIV) credentials and technical safeguards (firewall… ## Related documents - [2026-10817](https://policyrisk.com/federal-register/2026-10817): Regulation for Federal Financial Assistance, 2026-05-29 - [2026-06882](https://policyrisk.com/federal-register/2026-06882): Information Collection Request; Submission for OMB Review, 2026-04-09 - [2026-01444](https://policyrisk.com/federal-register/2026-01444): Privacy Act of 1974; System of Records, 2026-01-26 - [2026-00599](https://policyrisk.com/federal-register/2026-00599): Information Collection Request; Submission for OMB Review, 2026-01-14 - [2025-18426](https://policyrisk.com/federal-register/2025-18426): Information Collection Request; Submission for OMB Review, 2025-09-23 - [2025-15098](https://policyrisk.com/federal-register/2025-15098): Information Collection Request; Submission for OMB Review, 2025-08-08 ## Sources - [2026-19684 on federalregister.gov](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/09/25/2026-19684/privacy-act-of-1974-system-of-records) - [2026-19684 as published (PDF)](https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2026-09-25/pdf/2026-19684.pdf) ## Related - [Previous: 2026-19683, Notice of HUD-Held Healthcare Loan Sale (HLS 2027-1)](https://policyrisk.com/federal-register/2026-19683) - [Next: 2026-19685, Denial of Motor Vehicle Defect Petition, DP26-003](https://policyrisk.com/federal-register/2026-19685) - [All Federal Register documents](https://policyrisk.com/federal-register) Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/federal-register/2026-19684 (as of 2026-10-02).