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A primary goal of the DHS Privacy Office is to promote international cooperation and understanding of privacy issues relevant to the Department’s mission and operations. In support of the Department’s mission the Office:
“If we want to protect the privacy of our own citizens, we are going to have to be willing to protect the privacy of our international partners and their citizens. And that means we have to protect shared information and continue to demonstrate a level of trust …” — Secretary Chertoff
Outreach: Promotes the U.S. privacy framework as an effective way to protect personal information while not impeding trans-border data flows and the national security programs that depend on such information.
Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC): participates in the APEC Privacy Subgroup and Electronic Commerce Steering Group (ECSG) meetings.
Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD): participates in the Cross-Border Privacy Enforcement Voluntary Working Group and the Working Party on Information and Privacy (WPISP).
International Data Protection and Privacy Commissioners Conference: represents DHS at annual meetings as an official observer. Participates in the International Working Group on Data Protection in Telecommunications meetings.
International Association of Privacy Professionals, Organized panel on government-to-government transfers of personally identifiable information for annual conference in October 2007.
DHS International Conference on Biometrics and Ethics, November 27-28, 2006
U.S. and EU Agree on Data Privacy Principals: provided privacy advice to the Department and interagency participants in the U.S. – EU High Level Contact Group (HLCG). The HLCG was established to discuss privacy and personal data protection in the context of the exchange of information for law enforcement purposes as part of a wider reflection between the EU and the U.S. on how best to prevent and fight terrorism and serious transnational crime.
Passenger Name Record (PNR): provided privacy advice to the Department on the interim U.S.-EU Agreement on Passenger Name Records and in the negotiation of the final agreement.
Regional Movement Alert System (RMAS), (PDF 27 Pages, 203 KB): provided privacy advice on the model APEC MOU for cross-border sharing of lost and stolen passports and advises on the expansion of this program.
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This page was last reviewed/modified on January 27, 2009.