---
kind: "section"
citation: "36 C.F.R. § 1202.1"
title: "36"
number: "1202.1"
heading: "What does this part cover?"
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/36/1202.1"
---

# §1202.1. What does this part cover?

- (a) This part covers requests under the Privacy Act ([5 U.S.C. 552a](/usc/5/552a.md)) for NARA operational records and records of defunct agencies stored in NARA record centers.
- (b) This part explains how NARA collects, uses and maintains records about you that are filed by your name or other personal identifiers and which are contained in a “system of records” as defined by [5 U.S.C. 552a(a)(5)](/usc/5/552a.md?p=a-5).
- (c) This part describes the procedures to gain access to and contest the contents of your records, and the conditions under which NARA discloses such records to others.

## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 5 U.S.C. 552a; 44 U.S.C. 2104(a).

### Source

Source: 66 FR 65652, Dec. 20, 2001, unless otherwise noted.