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Executive Summary for Justice Decision Makers: Privacy, Civil Rights, and Civil Liberties Program Development

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An awareness resource for justice executives, as well as an informational tool to use for training. The easy-to-read flyer is designed to engender awareness about the topic, make the case for privacy policy development, and underscore the importance of promoting privacy protections within justice agencies. Included is information on basic privacy concepts; the intersection between privacy, security, and information quality; privacy risks; and steps to establish privacy protections through a privacy program cycle. This paper applies settled privacy principles to justice information sharing systems and makes recommendations on best practices

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Formal Document Title Executive Summary for Justice Decision Makers: Privacy, Civil Rights, and Civil Liberties Program Development
Author Global Privacy and Information Quality Working Group (GPIQWG)
Date Approved By GAC 9/6/2011
Last Revision Date 9/6/2011
Version Number 3rd version
Pages 8
File Format Portable Document Format
File Size 1.2 KB

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