CIA Overhauls Secret Files: Privacy Act Gets a Spy Tune-Up
Published Date: 9/16/2025
Notice
Summary
The CIA is updating how it handles certain personal records by adding one new system and changing two others. This affects anyone whose info is kept in these records, like employees and alumni. These updates keep things clear and secure, with no extra costs or deadlines mentioned.
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CIA adds and updates record systems
If the CIA keeps your personal information, these notices change how the Agency collects, uses, and protects it. The CIA added one new System of Records Notice (CIA-45, Resolution Office Records) and modified two existing notices (CIA-19, Agency Human Resource Records, and the renamed CIA-36, Alumni Relations Records).
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