Seattle launched its Privacy Initiative in November, led by the Seattle Police Department and Department of Information Technology, to define how the city collects, uses and disposes of data to both meet the city’s needs and build public trust. Yesterday, the City Council received a set of privacy principles that aim to establish a core foundation from which city employees will approach decision-making where their work intersects with personal data. The principles include provisions on valuing privacy; collecting and keeping only what’s needed; granting citizens choices when possible on how their data is used; staying accountable, and requiring third-party vendors to meet the city’s privacy standards.
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