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DHS rings its privacy policy bell in 2015

Posted on December 29, 2015 by Dissent

Scott Maucione reports:

The past 12 months were the year of the cyberattack. Government agencies, infrastructure, private companies and citizens were all impacted by cyber breaches.

In its year-end privacy review, the Department of Homeland Security’s Privacy Office is touting its privacy and security policies and initiatives to protect its federal workers and the United States from future cyber hacks.

In one of the initiatives, the department drafted a privacy policy for DHS mobile applications to ensure that appropriate privacy protections are incorporated into mobile applications developed by or for DHS.

Read more on Federal News Radio.

OK, it’s hard to get enthusiastic and yell, “USA! USA!” when all I keep thinking is “Hey, they already got everyone’s data already…”

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