But the Office of the Inspector General for Homeland Security found some searches were not properly documented, and data not properly secured. Some of the devices searched were not taken offline, in violation of procedures that say officers can search the physical device but not what’s on a traveler’s cloud network. Homeland Security is the department that oversees the nation’s borders.
In addition, in some cases, under a pilot program, officers can do an “advanced” search which means a specially trained officer downloads information. But the system wasn’t maintained properly — software licensing wasn’t renewed — and some information copied to thumb drives was not deleted when it should have been.
https://apnews.com/54497b1d5f5541efb96dc25d11ee66a3
In addition, in some cases, under a pilot program, officers can do an “advanced” search which means a specially trained officer downloads information. But the system wasn’t maintained properly — software licensing wasn’t renewed — and some information copied to thumb drives was not deleted when it should have been.
https://apnews.com/54497b1d5f5541efb96dc25d11ee66a3