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Privacy Office

Our Mission

The Department of State’s Privacy Office safeguards privacy and promotes transparency through compliance, advice, training, and collaboration.

Eric Stein

Deputy Assistant Secretary

Eric F. Stein

U.S. Department of State

The Lessons of 1989: Freedom and Our Future