12 CFR 1403.2 – Definitions
For the purposes of this part:
Terms Used In 12 CFR 1403.2
- Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name.
(a) Agency means the Farm Credit System Insurance Corporation. It does not include the Farm Credit System Insurance Corporation when it is acting as a receiver or a conservator;
(b) Individual means a citizen of the United States or an alien lawfully admitted for permanent residence;
(c) Maintain includes maintain, collect, use, or disseminate;
(d) Record means any item, collection, or grouping of information about an individual that is maintained by an agency including, but not limited to, that person’s education, financial transactions, medical history, and criminal or employment history, and that contains that person’s name, or the identifying number, symbol, or other identifying particular assigned to the individual, such as a finger or voice print or photograph;
(e) Routine use means, with respect to the disclosure of a record, the use of such record for a purpose that is compatible with the purpose for which it was collected;
(f) Statistical record means a record in a system of records maintained for statistical research or reporting purposes only and not used in whole or in part in making any determination about an identifiable individual, except as provided by 13 U.S.C. 8;
(g) System of records means a group of any records under the control of any agency 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.