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Privacy & civil liberties programs: the controlling regulation in every branch

Privacy Act records, PII breach reporting, and civil liberties oversight. Every branch implements one DoD instruction, and four of the five name it almost identically — which is exactly why searching the title alone gets you another service's copy.

BranchControlling publication
DoD-wideDoDI 5400.11 — DoD Privacy and Civil Liberties Programs
Current dated 2019-01-29
DoD Privacy and Civil Liberties Programs — the policy every service implements
ArmyAR 25-22 — THE ARMY PRIVACY AND CIVIL LIBERTIES PROGRAM
Current dated 2022-09-30
NavySECNAVINST 5211.5F — DEPARTMENT OF THE NAVY PRIVACY PROGRAM
Current dated 2019-05-20
Department of the Navy Privacy Program; BUPERSINST 5211.7 covers BUPERS records
Marine CorpsMCO 5211.5 — UNITED STATES MARINE CORPS (USMC) PRIVACY PROGRAM
Current dated 2024-08-28
Coast GuardCOMDTINST M5260.3 — THE COAST GUARD FREEDOM OF INFORMATION (FOIA) AND PRIVACY ACTS MANUAL
Not in the current catalog dated 1996-07-14
Coast Guard FOIA and Privacy Acts manual — our copy of this one is NOT in the current CG directives listing, so verify on the portal before citing
Air ForceAFI 33-332 — Air Force Privacy and Civil Liberties Program
Current dated 2020-03-10
Space ForceAFI 33-332on AF e-Publishing (not in our index)
Department of the Air Force instruction — applies to Guardians
Publication numbers, dates, and statuses in this table resolve live against each branch's official catalog index — when a service revises its reg, this page follows automatically. Verify the controlling copy on the official portal before citing it.

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