[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 14, Volume 5, Parts 1200 to end]
[Revised as of January 1, 2001]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 14CFR1212.101]

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                     TITLE 14--AERONAUTICS AND SPACE
 
                          SPACE ADMINISTRATION
 
PART 1212--PRIVACY ACT--NASA REGULATIONS--Table of Contents
 
                      Subpart 1212.1--Basic Policy
 
Sec. 1212.101  Definitions.

    For the purposes of this part, the following definitions shall apply 
in addition to definitions contained in the

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Privacy Act of 1974, as amended (5 U.S.C. 552a):
    (a) The term individual means a living person who is either a 
citizen of the United States or an alien lawfully admitted for permanent 
residence.
    (b) The term maintain includes maintain, collect, use or 
disseminate.
    (c) The term record means any item, collection, or grouping of 
information about an individual including, but not limited to, 
education, financial transactions, medical history, and criminal or 
employment history, and that contains a name, or the identifying number, 
symbol, or other identifying particular assigned to the individual, such 
as a finger or voice print or a photograph.
    (d) The term system of records means a group of any records from 
which information is retrieved by the name of the individual or by some 
identifying number, symbol or other identifying particular assigned to 
the individual.
    (e) The term system manager means the NASA official who is 
responsible for a system of records as designated in the system notice 
of that system of records published in the Federal Register. When a 
system of records includes portions located at more than one NASA 
Installation, the term system manager includes any subsystem manager 
designated in the system notice as being responsible for that portion of 
the system of records located at the respective Installation.
    (f) The term systems notice means, with respect to a system of 
records the publication of information in the Federal Register upon 
establishment or revision of the existence and character of the system 
of records. The notice shall include that information as required by 5 
U.S.C. 552a(e)(4).
    (g) The term routine use means, with respect to the disclosure of a 
record, the use of the record for a purpose which is compatible with the 
purpose for which it was collected.
    (h) The term NASA employee or NASA official, particularly for the 
purpose of Sec. 1212.203(g) related to the disclosure of a record to 
those who have a need for the record in the performance of their 
official duties, includes employees of a NASA contractor which operates 
or maintains a NASA system of records for or on behalf of NASA.
    (i) The term NASA information center refers to information centers 
established to facilitate public access to NASA records under part 1206 
of this chapter. See Sec. 1206.401 of this chapter for the address of 
each NASA information center.