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Purpose. Reference (a) describes the Department of Defense Privacy Program. References (b) and (c) establish and expand upon Department of Navy (DON) policy regarding the use of digital signature and encryption, and reference (d) outlines the procedures for reporting a personally identifiable information (PII) breach. The purpose of this instruction is to provide Buereau of Naval Personnel (BUPERS) clarification and execution of these existing policies to ensure the protection of unclassified, sensitive information sent via email.

Applicability. This policy applies to all members of BUPERS commands (military, civilian, and contrator) who send emails to or from unclassified, government provided email accounts. Additionally, this policy applies to all emails sent from any platform utilizing a government email account (e.g., government provided workstations, personal digital assistants (PDAs) (e.g., BlackBerries), or Outlook Web Access (OWA)).