32 CFR § 310.8 - Civil remedies.
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identifier: "/us/cfr/t32/s310.8"
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legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "32 CFR § 310.8 - Civil remedies."
title_number: 32
title_name: "National Defense"
section_number: "310.8"
section_name: "Civil remedies."
chapter_name: "OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY OF DEFENSE"
subchapter_number: "O"
subchapter_name: "PRIVACY PROGRAM"
part_number: "310"
part_name: "PROTECTION OF PRIVACY AND ACCESS TO AND AMENDEMENT OF INDIVIDUAL RECORDS UNDER THE PRIVACY ACT OF 1974"
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currency: "2026-04-05"
last_updated: "2026-04-05"
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generator: "[email protected]"
authority: "5 U.S.C. 552a."
regulatory_source: "84 FR 14730, Apr. 11, 2019, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "310"
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# 310.8 Civil remedies.
In addition to the right to judicial review after a denied appeal for access to or amendment of a record, the requester has the right to bring a civil action against the Department if the Department:
(a) Fails to maintain a record concerning the individual with such accuracy, relevance, timeliness and completeness as is necessary to assure fairness in any determination relating to the qualifications, character, rights, opportunities of, or benefits to the individual that may be made on the basis of such record, and consequently a determination is made which is adverse to the individual; or
(b) Fails to comply with any other provision of the Privacy Act or this rule, in such a way as to have an adverse effect on the individual.