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Privacy Office Annual Report to Congress
Title: Privacy Office Annual Report to Congress
Date: July 2006-July 2007
Author: N/A
Institution: Department of Homeland Security
Bibliographic Entry: “Privacy Office Annual Report to Congress.” Privacy Office. Department of Homeland Security. July 2006-July 2007. http://www.dhs.gov/xlibrary/assets/privacy/privacy_rpt_annual_2007.pdf (accessed March 17, 2008).
Electronic Link: http://www.dhs.gov/xlibrary/assets/privacy/privacy_rpt_annual_2007.pdf
Key Words: Privacy Office, Chief Privacy Officer, privacy and departmental disclosure, FOIA
Summary of Key Points, Issues, Conclusions:
This annual report outlines the goals, structure and responsibilities of the Privacy Office and Chief Privacy Officer. The Privacy Office has two functional units: privacy and departmental disclosures and FOIA. The privacy unit manages and formulates policy based responsibilities. The departmental disclosure and FOIA assure compliance with the Freedom of Information Act. The Privacy Office uses the fair information principles of transparency, individual participation, purpose specification, data minimization, use limitation, data quality and integrity, security, and accountability and auditing.
The rest of the report contains details on specific department activities, technology, privacy complaints, implementation of privacy protections, education and training, outreach, interagency contributions to privacy, data privacy and integrity advisory committee, international, and upcoming challenges and opportunities.
Name of Researcher: Julie Curry
Institution: Integrative Center for Homeland Security, Texas A&M University
Date Posted: March 28, 2008