Privacy Impact Assessment Guidelines

Published December 1999

Updated June 2001

Table of Contents

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Part One

• PRIVACY IMPACT ASSESSMENTS: AN OVERVIEW
• Goals of a Privacy Impact Assessment
• When is a Privacy Impact Assessment Needed?
• Preparing for a Privacy Impact Assessment

Part Two

• UNDERSTANDING PRIVACY
• What is Privacy?
• Assessing Privacy Risk in Government Service Delivery
• Risk Management: Tools For Protecting Privacy

Part Three

• DOING THE PRIVACY IMPACT ASSESSMENT
• An Overview of the Process
• Where to Begin

Part Four

• PRIVACY IMPACT ASSESSMENT TOOL KIT
• Documenting the Data Flow - Step One
• The Privacy Analysis - Step Two
• Summarizing the Results - Step Three

Part Five

• LINKAGES TO GOVERNMENT MANAGEMENT PROCESS
• Linkages to Government Management Process

Resources and Glossary

• Evaluation Form
  
  
• Related Links
  
  
• Glossary of Terms

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