A Privacy Impact Assessment (PIA) is a method for conducting an in-depth review of how data is collected and managed for a program or project. It asks questions about the collection, use, sharing, security and access controls for data. It also asks for information about policies, training and documentation that govern use of the technology and data collected. The PIA responses are used to determine privacy risks associated with a project as well as ways to reduce some or all of those risks. The City of Seattle has committed to publishing all PIAs on an outward facing website for public access.