22 CFR 212.19
§ 212.19 Privacy definitions.
United States · 22 CFR — Foreign Relations · Status: effective
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- 22 CFR 212.19, § 212.19 Privacy definitions, United States, version 1 as recorded 2026-07-09, yourstate.us, https://yourstate.us/provision/94195
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As used in this subpart, the following definitions shall apply:
(a) Individual means a citizen or a legal permanent resident alien (LPR) of the United States.
(b) Maintain includes maintain, collect, use, or disseminate.
(c) Record means any item, collection, or grouping of information about an individual that is maintained by the agency and that contains the individual's name or the identifying number, symbol, or other identifying particular assigned to the individual, such as a finger or voice print or photograph.
(d) System of records means a group of any records under the control of the agency from which information is retrieved by the name of an individual or by some identifying number, symbol, or other identifying particular assigned to an individual.
Legislative history
This is a federal regulation, adopted through agency rulemaking under the Administrative Procedure Act — not enacted by a recorded vote of Congress.