49 CFR § 379.5 - Protection and storage of records.

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title: "49 CFR § 379.5 - Protection and storage of records."
title_number: 49
title_name: "Transportation"
section_number: "379.5"
section_name: "Protection and storage of records."
chapter_name: "FEDERAL MOTOR CARRIER SAFETY ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION"
subchapter_number: "B"
subchapter_name: "FEDERAL MOTOR CARRIER SAFETY REGULATIONS"
part_number: "379"
part_name: "PRESERVATION OF RECORDS"
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authority: "49 U.S.C. 13301, 14122 and 14123; and 49 CFR 1.87."
regulatory_source: "62 FR 32044, June 12, 1997, unless otherwise noted."
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# 379.5 Protection and storage of records.

(a) The entity shall protect records subject to this part from destruction, deterioration, unauthorized access, modification and/or data corruption.

(b) The entity shall notify the Secretary if prescribed records are substantially destroyed, damaged, accessed and modified without authorization, or otherwise corrupted.

[83 FR 16225, Apr. 16, 2018]