+PM-20 Dissemination of Privacy Program Information
---+PM-20(01) Privacy Policies on Websites, Applications, and Digital Services

PM-20 Dissemination of Privacy Program Information

Control

Maintain a central resource webpage on the organization’s principal public website that serves as a central source of information about the organization’s privacy program and that:
  1. Ensures that the public has access to information about organizational privacy activities and can communicate with its senior agency official for privacy;
  2. Ensures that organizational privacy practices and reports are publicly available; and
  3. Employs publicly facing email addresses and/or phone lines to enable the public to provide feedback and/or direct questions to privacy offices regarding privacy practices.

Discussion

For federal agencies, the webpage is located at www.[agency].gov/privacy. Federal agencies include public privacy impact assessments, system of records notices, computer matching notices and agreements, [PRIVACT](#18e71fec-c6fd-475a-925a-5d8495cf8455) exemption and implementation rules, privacy reports, privacy policies, instructions for individuals making an access or amendment request, email addresses for questions/complaints, blogs, and periodic publications.

Assessment Objective

  1. a central resource webpage is maintained on the organization’s principal public website;
  2. the webpage serves as a central source of information about the organization’s privacy program;
    1. the webpage ensures that the public has access to information about organizational privacy activities;
    2. the webpage ensures that the public can communicate with its senior agency official for privacy;
    1. the webpage ensures that organizational privacy practices are publicly available;
    2. the webpage ensures that organizational privacy reports are publicly available;
  5. the webpage employs publicly facing email addresses and/or phone numbers to enable the public to provide feedback and/or direct questions to privacy offices regarding privacy practices.

Assessment Method

Examine

Public website publicly posted privacy program documents, including policies, procedures, plans, and reports position description of the senior agency official for privacy public privacy notices, including Federal Register notices privacy impact assessments privacy risk assessments Privacy Act statements and system of records notices computer matching agreements and notices other relevant documents or records

Interview

Organizational personnel with privacy program information dissemination responsibilities organizational personnel with privacy responsibilities

1. Oversigt

PM-20(01) Privacy Policies on Websites, Applications, and Digital Services

Control

Develop and post privacy policies on all external-facing websites, mobile applications, and other digital services, that:
  1. Are written in plain language and organized in a way that is easy to understand and navigate;
  2. Provide information needed by the public to make an informed decision about whether and how to interact with the organization; and
  3. Are updated whenever the organization makes a substantive change to the practices it describes and includes a time/date stamp to inform the public of the date of the most recent changes.

Discussion

Organizations post privacy policies on all external-facing websites, mobile applications, and other digital services. Organizations post a link to the relevant privacy policy on any known, major entry points to the website, application, or digital service. In addition, organizations provide a link to the privacy policy on any webpage that collects personally identifiable information. Organizations may be subject to applicable laws, executive orders, directives, regulations, or policies that require the provision of specific information to the public. Organizational personnel consult with the senior agency official for privacy and legal counsel regarding such requirements.

Assessment Objective

  1. privacy policies are developed and posted on all external-facing websites;
  2. privacy policies are developed and posted on all mobile applications;
  3. privacy policies are developed and posted on all other digital services;
    1. the privacy policies are written in plain language;
    2. the privacy policies are organized in a way that is easy to understand and navigate;
    1. the privacy policies provide the information needed by the public to make an informed decision about whether to interact with the organization;
    2. the privacy policies provide the information needed by the public to make an informed decision about how to interact with the organization;
    1. the privacy policies are updated whenever the organization makes a substantive change to the practices it describes;
    2. the privacy policies include a time/date stamp to inform the public of the date of the most recent changes.

Assessment Method

Examine

Privacy program plan privacy policies on the agency website, mobile applications, and/or other digital services

Interview

Organizational personnel with privacy program information dissemination responsibilities organizational personnel with privacy responsibilities

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1.2 Identificerede krav

1.3 Relaterede reguleringer

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