[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 8, Volume 1]
[Revised as of January 1, 2007]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 8CFR103.20]

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                     TITLE 8--ALIENS AND NATIONALITY
 
               CHAPTER I--DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY
 
PART 103_POWERS AND DUTIES; AVAILABILITY OF RECORDS--Table of Contents
 
Sec.  103.20  Purpose and scope.

    (a) Sections 103.20 through 103.36 comprise the regulations of the 
Service implementing the Privacy Act of 1974, Public Law 93-597. The 
regulations apply to all records contained in systems of records 
maintained by the Service which are identifiable by individual name or 
identifier and which are retrieved by individual name or identifier, 
except those personnel records governed by regulations of the Office of 
Personnel Management. The regulations set forth the procedures by which 
individuals may seek access to records pertaining to themselves and 
request correction of those records. The regulations also set forth the 
requirements

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applicable to Service employees maintaining, collecting, using or 
disseminating such records.
    (b) The Associate Commissioner, Information Systems, shall ensure 
that the provisions of Sec. Sec.  103.20 through 103.36 of this title 
and 28 CFR 16.40 through 16.58, and any revisions, are brought to the 
attention of and made available to:
    (1) Each employee at the time of issuance of the regulations and at 
the time of any amendments; and
    (2) Each new employee at the time of employment.
    (c) The Associate Commissioner, Information Systems, shall be 
responsible for ensuring that employees of the Service are trained in 
the obligations imposed by the Privacy Act of 1974 (5 U.S.C 522a) and by 
these regulations.

[40 FR 44481, Sept. 26, 1975, as amended at 48 FR 49652, Oct. 27, 1983; 
58 FR 31149, June 1, 1993]