§ 1115.2 - Definitions.

§ 1115.2 Definitions.

For purposes of this part:

(a) Foundation means the National Foundation on the Arts and the Humanities.

(b) Act means the Privacy Act of 1974 (Pub. L. 93-579).

(c) Individual means a citizen of the United States or an alien lawfully admitted for permanent residence.

(d) Maintain, used with reference to a record means to collect, to use, to disseminate, to have control over and responsibility for such record.

(e) Record means any item, collection or grouping of information about an individual that is maintained by the Foundation and that is retrievable by his or her name or an identifying particular, such as a number, symbol, fingerprint, or photograph of the individual. Information maintained by the Foundation includes, but is not limited to, education, financial transactions, medical history, employment history and criminal history.

(f) Routine use means, with respect to the disclosure of a record, the use of such a record for a purpose which is compatible with the purpose for which it was collected. The routine uses of record systems maintained by the Foundation were established pursuant to notice in the Federal Register.

(g) System of records means a group of any records under the control of the Foundation from which information about an individual is retrievable by his or her name or by some identifying particular.