The Privacy Act of 1974 (5 U.S.C. § 552a) requires we protect the information we collect from you. All personal information you provide is voluntary. If you authorize a designee to provide information, you are responsible by law to verify it is accurate before you submit your filing.
We respect your right to privacy and will protect it when you use Integrity. We always treat your privacy with utmost importance. To emphasize this, we aspire to these Privacy Principles:
You have access to any of the information stored about you in Integrity and we will correct any errors you report.
Integrity collects personally identifiable information (PII) and other information needed to assist your agency ethics officials determine whether you have a conflict of interest or potential conflict of interest.
Your agency users who have a “need-to-know” may access your information. In a government-wide effort to combat security and virus threats, we may share some information we collect automatically, such as your Internet Protocol address, with other Federal government agencies. Also, Federal law (such as, the Privacy Act) may require us to share the collected information for other purposes.
How we use your information:
By providing your personal information in Integrity, you give consent to use the information for the purpose for which it was collected. Integrity collects information to help agency and, when appropriate, OGE officials identify, prevent, and resolve conflicts of interest.
OGE Form 278 Privacy Act Notice
The OGE Form 278 Privacy Act Notice provides:
Title I of the Ethics in Government Act of 1978, as amended (the Act), 5 U.S.C. app. § 101 et seq., as amended by the Stop Trading on Congressional Knowledge Act of 2012 (Pub. L. 112-105) (STOCK Act), and 5 C.F.R. Part 2634 of the U. S. Office of Government Ethics regulations require the reporting of this information. Failure to provide the requested information may result in separation, disciplinary action, or civil action. The primary use of the information on this report is for review by Government officials to determine compliance with applicable Federal laws and regulations. This report may also be disclosed upon request to any requesting person in accordance with sections 105 and 402(b)(1) of the Act or as otherwise authorized by law. You may inspect applications for public access of your own form upon request. Additional disclosures of the information on this report may be made: (1) to any requesting person, subject to the limitation contained in section 208(d)(1) of title 18, any determination granting an exemption pursuant to sections 208(b)(1) and 208(b)(3) of title 18; (2) to a Federal, State, or local law enforcement agency if the disclosing agency becomes aware of violations or potential violations of law or regulation; (3) to a source when necessary to obtain information relevant to a conflict of interest investigation or determination; (4) to the National Archives and Records Administration or the General Services Administration in records management inspections; (5) to the Office of Management and Budget during legislative coordination on private relief legislation; (6) when the disclosing agency determines that the records are arguably relevant to a proceeding before a court, grand jury, or administrative or adjudicative body, or in a proceeding before an administrative or adjudicative body when the adjudicator determines the records to be relevant to the proceeding; (7) to reviewing officials in a new office, department or agency when an employee transfers or is detailed from one covered position to another, a public financial disclosure report and any accompanying documents, including statements notifying an employee's supervising ethics office of the commencement of negotiations for future employment or compensation or of an agreement for future employment or compensation; (8) to a Member of Congress or a congressional office in response to an inquiry made on behalf of and at the request of an individual who is the subject of the record; (9) to contractors and other non-Government employees working on a contract, service or assignment for the Federal Government when necessary to accomplish a function related to this system of records; (10) on the OGE Website and to any person, department or agency, any written ethics agreement, including certifications of ethics agreement compliance, filed with OGE by an individual nominated by the President to a position requiring Senate confirmation; (11) on the OGE Website and to any person, department or agency, any certificate of divestiture issued by OGE; (12) on the OGE Website and to any person, department or agency, any waiver of the restrictions contained in Executive Order 13770 or any superseding executive order; (13) to appropriate agencies, entities and persons when there has been a suspected or confirmed breach of the system of records, the agency maintaining the records has determined that there is a risk of harm to individuals, the agency, the Federal Government, or national security, and the disclosure is reasonably necessary to assist in connection with the agency's efforts to respond to the suspected or confirmed breach or to prevent, minimize, or remedy such harm; and (14) to another Federal agency or Federal entity, when the agency maintaining the record determines that information from this system of records is reasonably necessary to assist the recipient agency or entity in responding to a suspected or confirmed breach or in preventing, minimizing, or remedying the risk of harm to individuals, the recipient agency or entity, the Federal Government, or national security. See also the OGE/GOVT-1 (PDF) executive branch-wide Privacy Act system of records.
Knowing and willful falsification of information, or failure to file or report information required to be reported by section 102 of the Act, may subject you to a civil monetary penalty and to disciplinary action by your employing agency or other appropriate authority under section 104 of the Act. Knowing and willful falsification of information required to be filed by section 102 of the Act may also subject you to criminal prosecution.
For more information about OGE privacy practices visit our Privacy Policy webpage.
Integrity Privacy Impact Assessment (PIA)
PIAs are required by the E-Government Act of 2002. The Integrity PIA analyzes how PII information is collected, used, shared, and maintained in Integrity. The PIA demonstrates that we consciously incorporated privacy protections in developing and managing Integrity. The Integrity PIA is available on the OGE PIA page.
Safeguarding Against and Responding to the Breach of Personally Identifiable Information:
Upon notice that a filer's protected personal information has been compromised the Integrity Program Office will initiate action in accordance with OGE policy. Read OGE's Breach of Personally Identifiable Information Notification Policy and Response Plan here. We will also notify your agency Integrity manager and work with your agency to evaluate the breach and assist your agency executing its notification protocol.
Protecting your privacy and security is a shared responsibility. We affirm our commitment to safeguard your personal information; however, it is imperative that you protect your password to prevent unauthorized access to your information. We strongly recommend that you do not share your password with anyone. If you do choose to give it to someone, you do so at your own risk. Representatives of Integrity and your agency are not responsible for any damages you incur as a result of you sharing your User ID and password.
Much of the data in Integrity is sensitive. Integrity is classified moderate based on Federal Information Processing Standard (FIPS) Publication 199, Standards for Security Categorization of Federal Information and Information Systems and the guidance of NIST SP 800-60, Guide for Mapping Types of Information and Information Systems to Security Categories.