Sec. 6. Protection of privacy and civil liberties
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The Secretary of Homeland Security shall support greater terrorism cyber security information sharing by civilian Federal agencies with the private sector that protects constitutional privacy and civil liberties rights. The heads of Federal departments and agencies shall ensure that all existing privacy principles, policies, and procedures are implemented consistent with applicable law and policy and shall include senior agency officials for privacy in their efforts to govern and oversee terrorism program information sharing properly. Section 222 of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 ( 6 U.S.C. 142 ) is amended— in subsection (a), by striking so much as precedes paragraph
(1)and inserting the following: There shall be in the Department a Privacy Officer who shall be appointed by the President, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate. The Privacy Officer shall report directly to the Secretary, and shall have primary responsibility in the Department for privacy policy, including— ; by striking senior official appointed under subsection
(a)each place it appears and inserting Privacy Officer ; in subsection (b)(1)(A), by striking senior official and inserting Privacy Officer ; in subsection (b)(1)(B), by striking senior official’s and inserting Privacy Officer’s ; in subsection (b)(1)(C), by striking senior official and inserting Privacy Officer ; in subsection (b)(1)(D), by striking senior official and inserting Privacy Officer ; in subsection (c)(2)(B), by striking senior official each place it appears and inserting Privacy Officer ; in the heading for subsection (c)(2)(B)(iii), by striking ; by senior official in subsection (d), by striking the senior official appointed under subsection
(a)or transfers that senior official to another position or location within the Department and inserting individual appointed as Privacy Officer ; in the heading for subsection (e), by striking “ by Senior Official ”; and in subsection (e)— by striking senior official and inserting Privacy Officer ; and by striking senior official’s each place it appears and inserting Privacy Officer . The senior official serving as the Privacy Officer of the Department of Homeland Security immediately before the enactment of this Act may continue to act as the Privacy Officer until a successor is appointed in accordance with the amendments made by this subsection.
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Protection of privacy and civil liberties
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