Chief Privacy Officer, Department of Homeland Security
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Chief Privacy Officer
, Department of Homeland Security is an appointed position within the United States Department of Homeland Security
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in the United States
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; conducting privacy impact assessments of proposed rules at the Department; evaluating legislative and regulatory proposals involving collection, use, and disclosure of personal information by the federal government
; and preparing an annual report to Congress on the activities of the Department that affect privacy.
The Chief Privacy Officer is appointed by the United States Secretary of Homeland Security
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Chief privacy officer
The Chief Privacy Officer is a senior level executive within a business or organization who is responsible for managing the risks and business impacts of privacy laws and policies...
, Department of Homeland Security is an appointed position within the United States Department of Homeland Security
United States Department of Homeland Security
The United States Department of Homeland Security is a cabinet department of the United States federal government, created in response to the September 11 attacks, and with the primary responsibilities of protecting the territory of the United States and protectorates from and responding to...
, which is part of the federal government of the United States
Federal government of the United States
The federal government of the United States is the national government of the constitutional republic of fifty states that is the United States of America. The federal government comprises three distinct branches of government: a legislative, an executive and a judiciary. These branches and...
in the United States
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
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Dual Title
The Chief Privacy Officer also serves as the Chief Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) Officer at the Privacy Office of the U.S. Department of Homeland SecurityPrivacy Office of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security
- Privacy Office Overview :Created by Congress in 2002, the DHS Privacy Office is the first statutorily required privacy office in any federal agency, whose mission is to preserve and enhance privacy protections for all individuals, to promote the transparency of Department of Homeland Security ...
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Purpose of position
Pursuant to Section 222 of the Homeland Security Act of 2002, The Chief Privacy Officer has primary responsibility for privacy policy at the Department of Homeland Security, to include: assuring that the technologies used by the Department to protect the United States sustain, and do not erode, privacy protections relating to the use, collection, and disclosure of personal information; assuring that the Department complies with fair information practices as set out in the Privacy Act of 1974Privacy Act of 1974
The Privacy Act of 1974, 5 U.S.C. § 552a, Public Law No. 93-579, establishes a Code of Fair Information Practice that governs the collection, maintenance, use, and dissemination of personally identifiable information about individuals that is maintained in systems of records by federal agencies...
; conducting privacy impact assessments of proposed rules at the Department; evaluating legislative and regulatory proposals involving collection, use, and disclosure of personal information by the federal government
Federal government of the United States
The federal government of the United States is the national government of the constitutional republic of fifty states that is the United States of America. The federal government comprises three distinct branches of government: a legislative, an executive and a judiciary. These branches and...
; and preparing an annual report to Congress on the activities of the Department that affect privacy.
The Chief Privacy Officer is appointed by the United States Secretary of Homeland Security
United States Secretary of Homeland Security
The United States Secretary of Homeland Security is the head of the United States Department of Homeland Security, the body concerned with protecting the American homeland and the safety of American citizens. The Secretary is a member of the President's Cabinet. The position was created by the...
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See also
- Freedom of Information ActFreedom of Information Act (United States)The Freedom of Information Act is a federal freedom of information law that allows for the full or partial disclosure of previously unreleased information and documents controlled by the United States government. The Act defines agency records subject to disclosure, outlines mandatory disclosure...
- Privacy Office of the U.S. Department of Homeland SecurityPrivacy Office of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security- Privacy Office Overview :Created by Congress in 2002, the DHS Privacy Office is the first statutorily required privacy office in any federal agency, whose mission is to preserve and enhance privacy protections for all individuals, to promote the transparency of Department of Homeland Security ...