---
kind: "section"
citation: "16 C.F.R. § 1014.6"
title: "16"
number: "1014.6"
heading: "Request for correction or amendment to a record."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/16/1014.6"
---

# §1014.6. Request for correction or amendment to a record.

- (a) Any individual who has reviewed a record pertaining to himself or herself may request the Executive Director to correct or amend all or any part of the record.
- (b) Each request for a correction or amendment of a record shall be in writing and shall contain the following information:
  - (1) The name of the individual requesting the correction or amendment;
  - (2) The name or other description of the system of records in which the record sought to be amended is maintained;
  - (3) The location of that record in the system of records to the extent that it is known;
  - (4) A copy of the record sought to be amended or a description of that record;
  - (5) A statement of the material in the record that should be corrected or amended;
  - (6) A statement of the specific wording of the correction or amendment sought; and
  - (7) A statement of the basis for the requested correction or amendment including any material that the individual can furnish to substantiate the reasons for the amendment sought.

## Notes

### Amendments

[40 FR 53381, Nov. 18, 1975, as amended at 42 FR 22878, May 5, 1977]

### Authority

Authority: Privacy Act of 1974 (5 U.S.C. 552a).

### Source

Source: 40 FR 53381, Nov. 18, 1975, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[40 FR 53381, Nov. 18, 1975, as amended at 42 FR 22878, May 5, 1977]