[Code of Federal Regulations]

[Title 22, Volume 1]

[Revised as of April 1, 2006]

From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access

[CITE: 22CFR171.34]



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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.  171.34  Request for an accounting of record disclosures.



    (a) How made. Except where accountings of disclosures are not 

required to be kept, as set forth in paragraph (b) of this section, an 

individual has a right to request an accounting of any disclosure that 

the Department has made to another person, organization, or agency of 

any record about an individual. This accounting shall contain the date, 

nature, and purpose of each disclosure as well as the name and address 

of the recipient of the disclosure. Any request for accounting should 

identify each particular record in question and may be made by writing 

directly to the Information and Privacy Coordinator at the address given 

in Sec.  171.5.

    (b) Where accountings not required. The Department is not required 

to keep an accounting of disclosures in the case of:

    (1) Disclosures made to employees within the Department who have a 

need for the record in the performance of their duties;

    (2) Disclosures required under the FOIA;

    (3) Disclosures made to another agency or to an instrumentality of 

any governmental jurisdiction under the control of or within the United 

States for authorized civil or criminal law enforcement activities 

pursuant to a written request from such agency or instrumentality 

specifying the activities for which the disclosures are sought and the 

portions of the records sought.