[Code of Federal Regulations]

[Title 24, Volume 1]

[Revised as of April 1, 2006]

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

[CITE: 24CFR16.2]



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                 TITLE 24--HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT

 

PART 16_IMPLEMENTATION OF THE PRIVACY ACT OF 1974--Table of Contents

 

Sec.  16.2  Definitions.



    (a) The definitions of 5 U.S.C. 552a apply in this part.

    (b) As used in this part:

    (1) Act means the Privacy Act of 1974, Pub. L. 93-579.

    (2) Privacy Act Officer means those officials, identified in 

Appendix A to this part, or their designees, who are authorized to 

receive and act upon inquiries, requests for access, and requests for 

correction or amendment.

    (3) Privacy Appeals Officer means the General Counsel.

    (4) Inquiry means a request by an individual that the Department 

determine whether it has any record in a system of records which 

pertains to that individual.

    (5) Request for access means a request by an individual or guardian 

to inspect and/or copy and/or obtain a copy of a record which is in a 

particular system of records and which pertains to that individual.

    (6) Request for correction or amendment means the request by an 

individual or



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guardian that the Department change (either by correction, addition or 

deletion) a particular record in a system of records which pertains to 

that individual.

    (7) Appeal means the request by an individual that an initial denial 

of a request for access or correction or amendment by that individual be 

reviewed and reversed.



[40 FR 39729, Aug. 28, 1975, as amended at 41 FR 13917, Apr. 1, 1976; 61 

FR 5204, Feb. 9, 1996]