21 CFR § 21.10 - Policy concerning records about individuals.
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identifier: "/us/cfr/t21/s21.10"
source: "ecfr"
legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "21 CFR § 21.10 - Policy concerning records about individuals."
title_number: 21
title_name: "Food and Drugs"
section_number: "21.10"
section_name: "Policy concerning records about individuals."
chapter_name: "FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES"
subchapter_number: "A"
subchapter_name: "GENERAL"
part_number: "21"
part_name: "PROTECTION OF PRIVACY"
positive_law: false
currency: "2026-04-05"
last_updated: "2026-04-05"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
authority: "21 U.S.C. 371; 5 U.S.C. 552, 552a."
regulatory_source: "42 FR 15626, Mar. 22, 1977, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "21"
---
# 21.10 Policy concerning records about individuals.
Information about individuals in Food and Drug Administration records shall be collected, maintained, used, and disseminated so as to protect the right to privacy of the individual to the fullest possible extent consistent with laws relating to disclosure of information to the general public, the law enforcement responsibilities of the agency, and administrative and program management needs.