What specific data categories does the Privacy Act restrict CBP from collecting?

1. What the available CBP materials actually cover — not the Privacy Act list

Public CBP pages in the search results are largely operational and statistical: enforcement dashboards, the Public Data Portal and Federal Register notices about trade and information collections. These pages document encounter categories (e.g., USBP apprehensions, OFO inadmissibles, Title 42 expulsions), data portals for downloads and administrative information-collection notices — but they do not explain the Privacy Act’s forbidden collection categories or give a plain-language list of what CBP may not collect under that Act ^{[3] [2] [4]}.

2. Where the question likely comes from — statutes and privacy rules CBP references elsewhere

Interest in “what Privacy Act restricts CBP from collecting” typically arises because federal agencies must follow statutes and DHS/CBP privacy policies when gathering personal data. The bundle includes Federal Register and CBP administrative-collection notices (e.g., 19 CFR and OMB paperwork notices) that describe why CBP collects certain trade and operational information and invite public comment — these notices show CBP documents collection authorities but do not enumerate prohibited categories under the Privacy Act in the provided extracts ^{[4] [5]}.

3. What these sources do disclose about CBP data collection practices

CBP’s public materials make clear the agency collects and publishes demographic and encounter-level statistics (Southwest Border migration demographics, border-search reporting, biometric collection plans noted in later items) and maintains downloadable datasets on a Public Data Portal. Those disclosures show CBP collects biometric, encounter, trade and administrative data and reports on them — but the specific Privacy Act limitations on categories of data the agency must avoid are not contained in these pages ^{[1] [6] [2]}.

4. Gaps and how that affects your question

Because the supplied search results do not include either the Privacy Act text, CBP’s Privacy Act system-of-record notices (SORN), or DHS/CBP privacy policy documents that would normally list permitted and prohibited categories, we cannot state which categories the Privacy Act restricts CBP from collecting. The bundle contains Federal Register collection notices and enforcement stats but lacks SORNs or a direct Privacy Act summary (available sources do not mention the Privacy Act’s prohibited categories) ^{[4] [5]}.

5. How to get the definitive answer (sources missing here)

To answer your question precisely you would need CBP’s Privacy Act SORNs, DHS privacy policy pages, or the Privacy Act statute text as applied to CBP — documents not present in the search results. Typical authoritative sources would be CBP.gov privacy and SORN pages and the Federal Register notices where CBP lists systems of records and exceptions under the Privacy Act; those are not in this result set (available sources do not mention those SORNs or indexed Privacy Act lists) ^{[2] [4]}.

6. Alternative viewpoints and implied agendas in the provided material

The search results emphasize operational transparency — statistics, public data portals and administrative paperwork — which serves CBP’s stated mission of “securing America’s borders” and supports operational accountability ^{[1] [7]}. However, because the bundle lacks explicit privacy-limitation texts, the materials implicitly prioritize reporting what CBP collects and publishes rather than clarifying legal limits on collection. That omission can be read two ways: either routine operational documents are the immediate priority for public-facing pages, or discussions of statutory constraints were published elsewhere (not included here) and thus removed from these summaries ^{[1] [2]}.

7. Bottom line for your original query

Based on the provided sources, I cannot produce a list of specific data categories the Privacy Act restricts CBP from collecting because those sources do not include the Privacy Act text, CBP SORNs, or privacy-policy statements that would contain that list (available sources do not mention the specific Privacy Act restrictions). To resolve this, consult CBP’s Privacy Act system-of-record notices and DHS/CBP privacy policy pages or the Federal Register SORN entries that enumerate categories and exceptions.