Agency Histories

The purpose of the Office is to create and maintain a strategic data privacy plan to: (i) assist state agencies to implement effective and efficient privacy practices, tools, and systems that: (A) protect the privacy of personal data; (B) comply with laws and regulations specific to the entity, program, or data; (C) empower individuals to protect and control their personal data; and (D) enable information sharing among entities, as allowed by law; and (ii) account for differences in state agency resources, capabilities, populations served, data types, and maturity levels regarding privacy practices. It also reviews statutory provisions related to governmental data privacy and records management, works with state agencies to study, research, and identify improvements in privacy programs, coordinates incident response plans, and helps to train employees on these issues.