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In November 2005, the Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA), Office of Justice Programs (OJP), and the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) gathered a group of public and private sector specialists to focus specifically on privacy technology (as opposed to privacy policy). This group, known as the Privacy Technology Focus Group was chartered to examine the use and exchange of personally identifiable information (PII) in the context of justice information systems and in the dissemination and aggregation of justice and public safety data. Working teams addressed the following subject matters: Access and Authentication, Data Aggregation and Dissemination, Identity Theft, and Personal Safety and Protection. Each working team produced a report and recommendations for their selected topics.