Privacy Act of 1974; System of Records, 57698-57699 [2022-20384]

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• FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION

[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 182 (Wednesday, September 21, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Pages 57698-57699]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2022-20384]


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FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION


Privacy Act of 1974; System of Records

AGENCY: Federal Trade Commission.

ACTION: Notice of modified systems of records.

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SUMMARY: The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) is making technical 
revisions to an appendix that applies to all agency systems of records. 
The FTC is updating the appendix that sets out locations of agency 
offices and buildings. Specifically, the FTC is updating the street 
addresses for the Midwest regional office in Chicago, the Southeast 
regional office in Atlanta, and the Western regional offices in Los 
Angeles and San Francisco. This action is intended to make these system 
notices clearer, more accurate, and up-to-date.

DATES: This notice shall become final and effective on September 21, 
2022.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: G. Richard Gold, Attorney, Office of 
the General Counsel, FTC, 600 Pennsylvania Avenue NW, Washington, DC 
20580, (202) 326-2424.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: To inform the public, the FTC publishes in 
the Federal Register and posts on its website a ``system of records 
notice'' (SORN) for each system of records that the FTC currently 
maintains within the meaning of the Privacy Act of 1974, as amended, 5 
U.S.C. 552a (``Privacy Act'' or ``Act''). See https://www.ftc.gov/about-ftc/foia/foia-reading-rooms/privacy-act-systems. The Privacy Act 
protects records about individuals in systems of records collected and 
maintained by Federal agencies. (A system is not a ``system of 
records'' under the Act unless the agency maintains and retrieves 
records in the system by the relevant individual's name or other 
personally assigned identifier.) Each Federal agency, including the 
FTC, must publish a SORN that describes the records maintained in each 
of its Privacy Act systems, including the categories of individuals 
that the records in the system are about, where and how the agency 
maintains these records, and how individuals can find out whether an 
agency system contains any records about them or request access to 
their records, if any. The FTC, for example, maintains 40 systems of 
records under the Act. Some of these systems contain records about the 
FTC's own employees, such as personnel and payroll files. Other FTC 
systems contain records about members of the public, such as public 
comments, consumer complaints, or phone numbers submitted to the FTC's 
Do Not Call Registry.
    The FTC's SORNs discussed in this notice apply only to the FTC's 
own Privacy Act record systems. They do not cover Privacy Act records 
that other Federal agencies may collect and maintain in their own 
systems. Likewise, the FTC's SORNs and the Privacy Act of 1974 do not 
cover personal records that private businesses or other non-FTC 
entities may collect, which may be covered by other privacy laws.
    Based on a periodic review of its SORNs, the FTC is updating and 
republishing Appendix III. This Appendix includes the addresses of all 
FTC facilities, including its satellite building in Washington, DC, and 
regional offices. It also explains that the FTC may maintain records in 
other leased facilities or, in certain cases, may have contractors 
operate or maintain Privacy Act record systems off-site. The FTC is 
updating the street addresses for the Midwest regional office in 
Chicago, the Southeast regional office in Atlanta, and the Western 
regional offices in Los Angeles and San Francisco. The entire appendix 
as revised is set out below.
    The FTC is not substantively adding or amending any routine uses of 
its Privacy Act system records. Accordingly, the FTC is not required to 
provide prior public comment or notice

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to OMB or Congress for these technical amendments, which are final upon 
publication. See U.S.C. 552a(e)(11) and 552a(r); OMB Circular A-108, 
supra.

FTC Systems of Records Notices

    Accordingly, the FTC revises and updates its Privacy Act systems of 
records below as follows:

Appendix III

Locations of FTC Buildings and Regional Offices

    In addition to the FTC's headquarters building at 600 
Pennsylvania Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20580, the FTC has a 
satellite building at 400 7th Street SW, Washington, DC 20024, and 
also operates the following Regional Offices where Privacy Act 
records may in some cases be maintained or accessed:

East Central Region, Eaton Center, Suite 200, 1111 Superior Avenue, 
Cleveland, OH 44114-2507
Midwest Region, 230 South Dearborn Street, Suite 3030, Chicago, IL 
60604
Northeast Region, Alexander Hamilton U.S. Custom House, One Bowling 
Green, Suite 318, New York, NY 10004
Northwest Region, 915 Second Avenue, Suite 2896, Seattle, WA 98174
Southeast Region, 233 Peachtree Street NE, Harris Tower, Suite 1000, 
Atlanta, GA 30303
Southwest Region, 1999 Bryan Street, Suite 2150, Dallas, TX 75201
Western Region-Los Angeles, 10990 Wilshire Boulevard, Suite 400, Los 
Angeles, CA 90024
Western Region-San Francisco, 90 7th Street, Suite 14-300, San 
Francisco, CA 94103

    In addition, FTC records subject to the Privacy Act may 
sometimes be maintained at other facilities leased by the FTC or 
operated by FTC contractors, including by other Federal agencies, or 
by the National Archives and Records Administration on the FTC's 
behalf.

Josephine Liu,
Assistant General Counsel for Legal Counsel.

[FR Doc. 2022-20384 Filed 9-20-22; 8:45 am]
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