Defense Department Eases Privacy Rules for Spy Investigations
Published Date: 7/21/2025
Proposed Rule
Summary
The Department of Defense is updating its privacy rules for a new system that tracks counterintelligence investigations. This change affects anyone involved with these records and aims to keep sensitive info safe by limiting some privacy rights. The update kicks in soon and helps protect national security without extra costs.
Analyzed Economic Effects
2 provisions identified: 0 benefits, 2 costs, 0 mixed.
New DoD Counterintelligence Records
You may have your personal information placed into a new Department of Defense system called DoD-0025, “Counterintelligence Investigations and Collection Activities (CICA),” which the Department is establishing as a system of records under the Privacy Act of 1974. This proposed rulemaking gives notice of that new, Department-wide system and affects anyone involved with those records.
Privacy Act Exemptions for CICA
The Department proposes exempting portions of the DoD-0025 system from certain Privacy Act provisions so that some privacy rights will be limited to protect national security and law enforcement interests. If adopted, people whose records are in this system could have reduced access or amendment rights for those exempted records.
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