[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 32, Volume 6]
[Revised as of July 1, 2005]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 32CFR806b.36]

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                        TITLE 32-NATIONAL DEFENSE
 
                CHAPTER VII--DEPARTMENT OF THE AIR FORCE
 
PART 806b_PRIVACY ACT PROGRAM--Table of Contents
 
              Subpart J_Protecting and Disposing of Records
 
Sec. 806b.36  Disposing of records.

    You may use the following methods to dispose of records protected by 
the Privacy Act and authorized for destruction according to records 
retention schedules:
    (a) Destroy by any method that prevents compromise, such as tearing, 
burning, or shredding, so long as the personal data is not recognizable 
and beyond reconstruction.
    (b) Degauss or overwrite magnetic tapes or other magnetic medium.
    (c) Dispose of paper products through the Defense Reutilization and 
Marketing Office or through activities that manage a base-wide recycling 
program.

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The recycling sales contract must contain a clause requiring the 
contractor to safeguard privacy material until its destruction and to 
pulp, macerate, shred, or otherwise completely destroy the records. 
Originators must safeguard Privacy Act material until it is transferred 
to the recycling contractor. A Federal employee or, if authorized, a 
contractor employee must witness the destruction. This transfer does not 
require a disclosure accounting.