[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 37, Volume 1]
[Revised as of July 1, 2003]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 37CFR204.4]

[Page 549]
 
              TITLE 37--PATENTS, TRADEMARKS, AND COPYRIGHTS
 
                                CONGRESS
 
PART 204--PRIVACY ACT: POLICIES AND PROCEDURES--Table of Contents
 
Sec. 204.4  Procedure for notification of the existence of records 
pertaining to individuals.

    (a) The Copyright Office will publish in the Federal Register, upon 
the establishment or revision of the system of records, notices of all 
Copyright Office systems of records subject to the Privacy Act, as 
provided by 5 U.S.C., section 552a(e)(4). Individuals desiring to know 
if a Copyright Office system of records contains a record pertaining to 
them should submit a written request to that effect either by mail to 
the Supervisory Copyright Information Specialist, Information Section, 
Copyright GC/I&R, P.O. Box 70400, Southwest Station, Washington, DC 
20024, or in person between the hours of 8:30 a.m. and 5 p.m. on any 
working day except legal holidays at Room LM-401, The James Madison 
Memorial Building, 1st and Independence Avenue, SE, Washington, DC.
    (b) The written request should identify clearly the system of 
records which is the subject of inquiry, by reference, whenever 
possible, to the system number and title as given in the notices of 
systems of records in the Federal Register. Both the written request and 
the envelope carrying it should be plainly marked ``Privacy Act 
Request.'' Failure to so mark the request may delay the Office response.
    (c) The Office will acknowledge all properly marked requests made by 
individuals wishing to gain access to view or copy their records or any 
information pertaining to the individual, within a reasonable time. The 
Office will acknowledge in writing an individual's request to amend a 
record pertaining to him or her within ten business days.
    (d) Since all Copyright Office Records created under section 705 of 
title 17 are open to public inspection, no identity verification is 
necessary for individuals who wish to know whether a system of records 
created under section 705 pertains to them.

[43 FR 776, Jan. 4, 1978, as amended at 47 FR 36821, Aug. 24, 1982; 50 
FR 697, Aug. 14, 1985; 60 FR 34169, June 30, 1995; 64 FR 36575, July 7, 
1999; 65 FR 39820, June 28, 2000]