[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 15, Volume 1]
[Revised as of January 1, 2002]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 15CFR4.22]

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                  TITLE 15--COMMERCE AND FOREIGN TRADE
 
PART 4--DISCLOSURE OF GOVERNMENT INFORMATION--Table of Contents
 
                         Subpart B--Privacy Act
 
Sec. 4.22  Definitions.

    (a) All terms used in this subpart which are defined in 5 U.S.C. 
552a shall have the same meaning herein.
    (b) As used in this subpart:
    (1) Act means the ``Privacy Act of 1974, as amended (5 U.S.C. 
552a)''.
    (2) Appeal means a request by an individual to review and reverse an 
initial denial of a request from that individual for correction or 
amendment.
    (3) Component means any office, division, bureau or other unit of 
the Department listed in Appendix A to this part (except that a regional 
office of a larger office or other unit does not constitute a separate 
component).
    (4) Department means the Department of Commerce.
    (5) Inquiry means either a request for general information regarding 
the Act and this subpart or a request from an individual (or that 
individual's parent or guardian) that the Department determine whether 
it has any record in a system of records that pertains to that 
individual.
    (6) Person means any human being and also shall include, but is not 
limited to, corporations, associations, partnerships, trustees, 
receivers, personal representatives, and public or private 
organizations.
    (7) Privacy Officer means those officials, identified in Appendix B 
to this part, who are authorized to receive and act upon inquiries, 
requests for access, and requests for correction or amendment.
    (8) Request for access means a request from an individual or an 
individual's parent or guardian to see a record pertaining to that 
individual in a particular system of records.
    (9) Request for correction or amendment means a request from an 
individual or an individual's parent or guardian that the Department 
change (by correction, amendment, addition or deletion) a particular 
record pertaining to that individual in a system of records.