[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 22, Volume 1]
[Revised as of April 1, 2005]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 22CFR171.33]

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                       TITLE 22--FOREIGN RELATIONS
 
                     CHAPTER I--DEPARTMENT OF STATE
 
PART 171_AVAILABILITY OF INFORMATION AND RECORDS TO THE PUBLIC
--Table of Contents
 
                    Subpart D_Privacy Act Provisions
 
Sec. 171.33  Request to amend or correct records.

    (a) An individual has the right to request that the Department amend 
a record pertaining to the individual that the individual believes is 
not accurate, relevant, timely, or complete.
    (b) Requests to amend records must be in writing and mailed or 
delivered to the Information and Privacy Coordinator, at the address 
given in Sec. 171.5, who will coordinate the review of the request with 
the appropriate offices of the Department. The Department will require 
verification of personal identity as provided in Sec. 171.32(b) before 
it will initiate action to amend a record. Amendment requests should 
contain, as a minimum, identifying information needed to locate the 
record in question, a description of the specific correction requested, 
and an explanation of why the existing record is not accurate, relevant, 
timely, or complete. The requester should submit as much pertinent 
documentation, other information, and explanation as possible to support 
the request for amendment.
    (c) All requests for amendments to records will be acknowledged 
within 10 days (excluding Saturdays, Sundays, and legal public 
holidays).
    (d) In reviewing a record in response to a request to amend, the 
Department shall review the record to determine if it is accurate, 
relevant, timely, and complete.
    (e) If the Department agrees with an individual's request to amend a 
record, it shall:

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    (1) Advise the individual in writing of its decision;
    (2) Amend the record accordingly; and
    (3) If an accounting of disclosure has been made, advise all 
previous recipients of the record of the amendment and its substance.
    (f) If the Department denies, in whole or in part, the individual's 
amendment request, it shall advise the individual in writing of its 
decision, of the reason therefore, and of the individual's right to 
appeal the denial in accordance with Sec. 171.52.