---
kind: "section"
citation: "29 C.F.R. § 2400.6"
title: "29"
number: "2400.6"
heading: "Procedures for amending personal records."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/29/2400.6"
---

# §2400.6. Procedures for amending personal records.

- (a) **Submission of requests for amendment.** Upon review of an individual's personal record, that individual may submit a request to amend such record. This request shall be submitted in writing to the Privacy Officer, in accordance with [§ 2400.4(a)(1)](/cfr/29/2400.4.md?p=a-1)'s procedures, and shall include a statement of the amendment requested and the reasons for such amendment, e.g., relevance, accuracy, timeliness or completeness of the record.
- (b) **Action to be taken by the Privacy Officer.** Upon receiving an amendment request, the Privacy Officer shall promptly:
  - (1) Acknowledge in writing within 10 working days the receipt of the request;
  - (2) Make such inquiry as is necessary to determine whether the amendment is appropriate; and
  - (3) **Resolve the request by either—**
    - (i) Correcting or eliminating any information that is found to be incomplete, inaccurate, irrelevant to a statutory purpose of OSHRC, or untimely and notifying the requester in writing when this action is complete; or
    - (ii) Notifying the requester in writing of a determination not to amend the personal record, including the reasons for the denial, and advising the requester of his or her right to appeal in accordance with [§ 2400.7](/cfr/29/2400.7.md).

## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 5 U.S.C. 552a(f); 5 U.S.C. 553.

### Source

Source: 85 FR 65222, Oct. 15, 2020, unless otherwise noted.