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Code · CFR · Title 10 — Energy · Part 1008 — Records Maintained on Individuals (Privacy Act) · § 1008.20

§ 1008.20. Content of systems of records.

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(a)The DOE will maintain in its records only such information about an individual as is relevant and necessary to accomplish a purpose DOE is required to accomplish by statute or by Executive Order of the President, unless an exemption to this requirement has been claimed by DOE, as provided in § 1008.12 of this part.
(b)The DOE will maintain no record describing how any individual exercises rights guaranteed by the First Amendment unless expressly authorized by statute or by the individual about whom the record is maintained or unless it is pertinent to and within the scope of an authorized law enforcement activity.
(c)The DOE will maintain all records that are used by it to make any determination about any individual with such accuracy, relevance, timeliness and completeness as is reasonably necessary to assure fairness to the individual in such determination.
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