24 CFR §16.2
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- (a)The definitions of 5 U.S.C. 552a apply in this part.
- (b)As used in this part:
- (1)Act means the Privacy Act of 1974, Pub. L. 93-579.
- (2)Privacy Act Officer means those officials, or their designees, who are authorized to receive and act upon inquiries, requests for access, and requests for correction or amendment.
- (3)Privacy Appeals Officer means the General Counsel.
- (4)Inquiry means a request by an individual that the Department determine whether it has any record in a system of records which pertains to that individual.
- (5)Request for access means a request by an individual or guardian to inspect and/or copy and/or obtain a copy of a record which is in a particular system of records and which pertains to that individual.
- (6)Request for correction or amendment means the request by an individual or guardian that the Department change (either by correction, addition or deletion) a particular record in a system of records which pertains to that individual.
- (7)Appeal means the request by an individual that an initial denial of a request for access or correction or amendment by that individual be reviewed and reversed.