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Privacy Policies, Procedures & Regulations
VA Privacy Service ensures that VA policies comply with Federal regulatory requirements and legislative mandates and it promulgates those policies throughout VA.- VA Code of Fair Information Principles (pdf)
- VA Notice of Privacy Practices
- Handbook 6300.4, Procedures for Processing Requests for Records Subject to the Privacy Act
- VA Handbook 6300.5, Procedures for Establishing & Managing Privacy Act Systems of Records
- Directive 6502, VA Enterprise Privacy Program
- Directive 6502.3, Web Page Privacy Policy
- Handbook 6502.3, Webpage Privacy Policy
- VA Handbook 6502.4, Procedures for Matching Programs
- Directive 6507, Reducing the Use of Social Security Numbers
- Handbook 6507.1, Acceptable uses of the Social Security Number (SSN) and the VA SSN Review Board
- Directive 6508, Implementation of Privacy Threshold Analysis and Privacy Impact Assessment
- Handbook 6508.1, Procedures for Privacy Threshold Analysis and Privacy Impact Assessment
- Directive 6509, Duties of Privacy Officers
- Directive 6511, Presentations Displaying Personally-Identifiable Information
- Directive 6609, Mailing of Sensitive Personal Information
- VHA Directive 1605.01 Privacy and Release of Information, 10P2C - Health Information Governance
Privacy Laws Governing the Public Sector
- American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009, Title 13 - Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health (HITECH) Act
- The Privacy Act of 1974
- The Computer Matching and Privacy Protection Act
- The eGovernment Act of 2002
- The Freedom of Information Act
- The Paperwork Reduction Act
- The Right to Financial Privacy Act
- The Privacy Protection Act of 1980
- Health Insurance Portability And Accountability Act Of 1996
- The Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act
- The Electronic Communications Privacy Act
- The Driver's Privacy Protection Act
Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Guidance
OMB evaluates the effectiveness of agency programs, policies, and procedures, assesses competing funding demands among agencies, and sets funding priorities. It also provides agency guidance on privacy reporting requirements, computer data matching and personal privacy.
- M-09-29, FY 2009 Reporting Instructions for the Federal Information Security Management Act and Agency Privacy Management
- OMB Circular A-130
- OMB Memorandum 03-22
- OMB Memorandum 10-22
- OMB Memorandum 10-23
- OMB Memorandum 99-18
- OMB “Cookie” Policy
- OMB Memorandum 05-08, Designation of Senior Agency Officials for Privacy
- OMB Memorandum 06-15, Safeguarding Personally Identifiable Information
- OMB Memorandum 06-16, Protection of Sensitive Agency Information
- OMB Memorandum 06-19, Reporting Incidents Involving Personally Identifiable Information Incorporating the Cost for Security in Agency Information Technology Investments
- OMB Memorandum 07-16, Safeguarding Against and Responding to the Breach of Personally Identifiable Information
- OMB Memorandum 08-09, New FISMA Privacy Reporting Requirements for FY 2008
- Other OMB Guidelines
Contact Information for Senior Agency Official for Privacy (SAOP) and VA Privacy:
Camilo Sandoval, Senior Agency Official for PrivacyPrivacy Hotline: 202-273-5070
Fax: 202-632-7581
Email: privacyservice@va.gov
Address:
810 Vermont Avenue
Washington, DC 20420
