Sec. 8. Research into privacy enhancing technology
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The Director of the National Science Foundation, in consultation with other relevant Federal agencies (as determined by the Director), shall support merit-reviewed and competitively awarded research on privacy enhancing technologies, which may include— fundamental research on technologies for de-identification, pseudonymization, anonymization, or obfuscation to protect individuals' privacy in data sets; fundamental research on algorithms, machine learning, and other computational processes or tools used to protect individual privacy when collecting, storing, sharing, aggregating, or analyzing data; fundamental research on technologies that promote data minimization principles in data collection, sharing, transfers, retention, and analytics; research awards on privacy enhancing technologies coordinated with other relevant Federal agencies and programs; research on barriers to, and opportunities for, the adoption of privacy enhancing technologies, including studies on effective business models for privacy enhancing technologies; and international cooperative research, awards, challenges, and pilot projects on privacy enhancing technologies with key allies and partners of the United States.
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(D)of section 4(a)(1) of the Cyber Security Research and Development Act ( 15 U.S.C. 7403(a)(1)(D) ) is amended to read as follows: privacy enhancing technologies and confidentiality; . The Director of the Office of Science and Technology Policy, acting through the Networking and Information Technology Research and Development Program, shall coordinate with the Director of the National Science Foundation, the Director of the National Institute of Standards and Technology, and the Commission to accelerate the development and use of privacy enhancing technologies. The Director of the National Institute of Standards and Technology shall conduct outreach to— receive input from private, public, and academic stakeholders on the development and potential uses of privacy enhancing technologies; and develop ongoing public and private sector engagement to create and disseminate voluntary, consensus-based resources to increase the integration of privacy enhancing technologies in data collection, sharing, transfers, retention, and analytics by the public and private sectors. Not later than 2 years after the date of enactment of this Act, the Director of the Office of Science and Technology Policy, acting through the Networking and Information Technology Research and Development Program, shall, in coordination with the Director of the National Science Foundation, the Director of the National Institute of Standards and Technology, and the Commission, submit to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate, the Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies of the Committee on Appropriations of the Senate, the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology of the House of Representatives, and the Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies of the Committee on Appropriations of the House of Representatives, a report containing— the progress of research on privacy enhancing technologies; the progress of the development of voluntary resources described under subsection (c)(2)(B); and any policy recommendations of the Directors and the Commission that could facilitate and improve communication and coordination between the private sector, the National Science Foundation, and relevant Federal agencies through the implementation of privacy enhancing technologies.
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