22 CFR § 212.19 - Privacy definitions.

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identifier: "/us/cfr/t22/s212.19"
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title: "22 CFR § 212.19 - Privacy definitions."
title_number: 22
title_name: "Foreign Relations"
section_number: "212.19"
section_name: "Privacy definitions."
chapter_name: "AGENCY FOR INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT"
part_number: "212"
part_name: "PUBLIC INFORMATION"
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currency: "2026-04-05"
last_updated: "2026-04-05"
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authority: "Pub. L. 114-185, 130 Stat. 538."
regulatory_source: "87 FR 70721, Nov. 21, 2022."
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# 212.19 Privacy definitions.

As used in this subpart, the following definitions shall apply:

(a) *Individual* means a citizen or a legal permanent resident alien (LPR) of the United States.

(b) *Maintain* includes maintain, collect, use, or disseminate.

(c) *Record* means any item, collection, or grouping of information about an individual that is maintained by the agency and that contains the individual's name or the identifying number, symbol, or other identifying particular assigned to the individual, such as a finger or voice print or photograph.

(d) *System of records* means a group of any records under the control of the agency from which information is retrieved by the name of an individual or by some identifying number, symbol, or other identifying particular assigned to an individual.