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Department of Homeland Security Releases 2012 Privacy Report

The Department of Homeland Security released the 2012 Privacy Office Annual Report to Congress. The report describes a social media monitoring policy, and privacy training for fusion centers personnel. According to the report, the TSA has still failed to adopt...

Senate Confirms Four Members of the Privacy Civil Liberties Oversight Board

The Senate voted late Thursday to confirm four nominees to the Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board before its summer recess. The Board was created by Congress in 2004, at the recommendation of the 9/11 Commission, to advise the President...

Congressional Committee Investigating Privacy Office at Homeland Security, Acknowledges Privacy Coalition Letter

House Homeland Security Committee Chairman Bennie Thompson has responded to the Privacy Coalition letter regarding the Chief Privacy Officer of the Department of Homeland Security. Chairman Thompson said that "the Committee is in the process of reviewing the programs outlined"...

Department of Homeland Security Chief Privacy Office and Privacy

Background | Chief Privacy Officers | Statutory Authority | Related Resources | Problems with the Chief Privacy Office | News Reports Latest News : () EPIC joined the Privacy Coalition letter sent to the House Committee on Homeland Security...

Privacy Report Held Hostage

Background | News | Resources Latest News/Events : () Homeland Security Agency Finally Releases Annual Privacy Report. The Department of Homeland Security has just published the 2007 Annual Privacy Report, several months after it was due. Under the Homeland...

EPIC Reminds Homeland Security Agency to Publish Privacy Report

In a letter to the Chief Privacy Officer of the Department of Homeland Security, EPIC asked when the annual privacy report will be made available. The Department is required by law to provide an annual report "on activities of the...

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