U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officials failed to consider privacy implications of drones. The agency also failed to include ISR systems in CBPs IT inventory. The system was deployed without any CBP Privacy Office oversight. By not assessing the privacy of the surveillance systems, the CBP was unable to determine if the images and video collected and transmitted from the drones needed safeguards as are required by privacy laws, regulations and even Department of Homeland Security. The audit resulted in 10 recommendations to improve CBP’s unmanned aircraft systems program.”]

