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Endorse creation of statutory Chief Privacy Officers for each Cabinet Level Agency
With the increased collection of, and reliance upon, personal information in agency decision making it is critical that a countervailing voice for privacy be established at the Deputy or Under Secretary level. The Department of Homeland Security, the only Federal agency with a Presidentially appointed Chief Privacy Officer, has the visibility and necessary access to levers of power to have one of the most effective privacy programs of all agencies.

Why Is This Idea Important?

If privacy is left as an after-thought, relegated to an agency leader with little if no real ability to effect change, such as the Deputy Asst. Secretary for Mops and Brooms, then protection of personal information will continue to receive the low level of attention it always has with the attendant VA-sized breaches of Citizen's private data.
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blogs 10 months ago
Awesome idea. Especially when dealing with PII. The public just "wants" info, without having certain rights to know EVERYTHING. Because you can, does not mean you should.
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