---
kind: "section"
citation: "24 C.F.R. § 16.2"
title: "24"
number: "16.2"
heading: "Definitions."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/24/16.2"
---

# §16.2. Definitions.

- (a) The definitions of [5 U.S.C. 552a](/usc/5/552a.md) 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, 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 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.

## Notes

### Amendments

[40 FR 39729, Aug. 28, 1975, as amended at 41 FR 13917, Apr. 1, 1976; 61 FR 5204, Feb. 9, 1996; 83 FR 26361, June 7, 2018]

### Authority

Authority: 5 U.S.C. 552(a); 42 U.S.C. 3535(d).

### Source

Source: 40 FR 39729, Aug. 28, 1975, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[40 FR 39729, Aug. 28, 1975, as amended at 41 FR 13917, Apr. 1, 1976; 61 FR 5204, Feb. 9, 1996; 83 FR 26361, June 7, 2018]