QUESTION
What data is collected on the asylum application help center and who has access to the data at the Mayor's Office of Asylum Seeker Operations' (OASO) help center?
1:50:13
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The Mayor's Office of Asylum Seeker Operations (OASO) collects applications, accomplishments, and general information about asylum seekers to follow up for further assistance, ensuring data protection and having 125 application assistants, attorneys, and interpreters.
- OASO collects data on applications, accomplishments, and general individual information for follow-up and additional support.
- Data is protected and accessible to a select few due to its sensitive nature as immigration data.
- Completed applications are not retained by OASO to ensure privacy and confidentiality.
Alexa Avilés
1:50:13
What data And I think apologies.
1:50:16
I think you mentioned this earlier, but I wanted to make sure we have it.
1:50:19
What data is being collected on the asylum application help center?
Molly Schaeffer
1:50:24
So it's the applications.
1:50:27
We're also collecting, like, what we what we accomplished, some general information about the individuals so that we can get back in touch with them at certain key points to try to invite them to do other things.
1:50:42
So, for instance, with folks who have applied for asylum, 6 months later, we can call them, we can get them in if they've gotten their biometrics done to fill out their work authorization.
Alexa Avilés
1:50:54
And who has access to this data?
Molly Schaeffer
1:50:57
It's very protected information because, obviously, it's immigration data.
1:51:04
We do not keep completed applications.
1:51:08
We were very clear at that in the very beginning.
1:51:10
We don't keep complete completed applications.
1:51:13
But we the data is utilized and seen by a select few people.
Alexa Avilés
1:51:23
Okay.