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Privacy Framework

A tool to help organizations improve individuals' privacy through
enterprise risk management

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The NIST Privacy Framework is a voluntary tool developed in
collaboration with stakeholders intended to help organizations
identify and manage privacy risk to build innovative products and
services while protecting individuals' privacy.

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