1204.2—What do the terms in this part mean?
The following definitions apply to the terms used in this part—
Access means making a record available to a subject individual.
Amendment means any correction of, addition to, or deletion from a record.
Court means any entity conducting a legal proceeding.
FHFA means the Federal Housing Finance Agency.
FHFB means the Federal Housing Finance Board.
FOIA means the Freedom of Information Act, as amended (5 U.S.C. 552 ).
Individual means a natural person who is either a citizen ofhe United States of America or an alien lawfully admitted for permanent residence.
Maintain includes collect, use, disseminate, or control.
OFHEO means the Office of Federal Housing Enterprise Oversight.
Privacy Act means the Privacy Act of 1974, as amended (5 U.S.C. 552a ).
Privacy Act Appeals Officer means the FHFA employee who has been delegated the authority to determine Privacy Act appeals.
Privacy Act Officer means the FHFA employee who has primary responsibility for privacy and data protection policy and is authorized to determine Privacy Act requests.
Record means any item, collection, or grouping of information about an individual that FHFA maintains within a system of records, including, but not limited to, the individual's name, an identifying number, symbol, or other identifying particular assigned to the individual, such as a finger or voice print or photograph.
Routine use means the purposes for which records and information contained in a system of records may be disclosed by FHFA without the consent of the subject of the record. Routine uses for records are identified in each System of Records Notice. Routine use does not include disclosure that subsection (b) of the Privacy Act (5 U.S.C. 552a(b)) otherwise permits.
Senior Agency Official for Privacy means the FHFA employee delegated the authority and responsibility to oversee and supervise the FHFA privacy program and implementation of the Privacy Act.
System of records means a group of records FHFA maintains or controls from which information is retrieved by the name of an individual or by some identifying number, symbol, or other identifying particular assigned to the individual. Single records or groups of records that are not retrieved by a personal identifier are not part of a system of records.