[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 11, Volume 1]
[Revised as of January 1, 2007]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 11CFR1.2]

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                       TITLE 11--FEDERAL ELECTIONS
 
                 CHAPTER I--FEDERAL ELECTION COMMISSION
 
PART 1_PRIVACY ACT--Table of Contents
 
Sec.  1.2  Definitions.

    As defined in the Privacy Act of 1974 and for the purposes of this 
part, unless otherwise required by the context, the following terms 
shall have these meanings:
    Individual means a citizen of the United States or an alien lawfully 
admitted for permanent residence.
    Maintain includes maintain, collect, use or disseminate.
    Record means any item, collection, or grouping of information about 
an individual that is maintained by an agency, including but not limited 
to his or her education, financial transactions, medical history, and 
criminal or employment history and that contains his or her name, or the 
identifying number, symbol or other identifying particular assigned to 
the individual, such as finger or voice print or a photograph.
    Systems of Records means a group of any records under the control of 
the Federal Election Commission from which information is retrieved by 
the name of the individual or by some identifying number, symbol, or 
other identifying particular assigned to the individual.
    Routine use means the use of such record for a purpose compatible 
with the purpose for which the information was collected.
    Commission means the Federal Election Commission, its Commissioners 
and employees.
    Commissioners means the six appointees confirmed by the Senate who 
are voting members of the Commission.
    Act means the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971, as amended and 
chapters 95 and 96 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1954.