Designation of privacy compliance officer
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(a)The director of administration of the Department of State is hereby designated privacy compliance officer and is responsible for ensuring that the department complies with the provisions of the Personal Privacy Protection Law and the regulations herein and for coordinating the department's response to requests for records or amendment of records.
(b)The address of the privacy compliance officer is: Department of State, One Commerce Plaza, 99 Washington Avenue, Albany, NY 12231-0001.
(c)The privacy compliance officer is responsible for:
(1)assisting a data subject in identifying and requesting personal information, if necessary;
(2)describing the contents of systems of records orally or in writing in order to enable a data subject to learn if a system of records includes a record or personal information identifiable to a data subject requesting such record or personal information;
(3)taking one of the following actions upon locating the record sought:
(i)make the record available for inspection, in a printed form without codes or symbols, unless an accompanying document explaining such codes or symbols is also provided;
(ii)permit the data subject to copy the record; or
(iii)deny access to the record in whole or in part and explain in writing the reasons therefor;
(4)making a copy available, upon request, upon payment of or offer to pay established fees, if any, or permitting the data subject to copy the records;
(5)upon request, certifying that a copy of a record is a true copy; or
(6)certifying, upon request, that:
(i)the department does not have possession of the record sought;
(ii)the department cannot locate the record sought after having made a diligent search; or
(iii)the information sought cannot be retrieved by use of the description thereof, or by use of the name or other identifier of the data subject without extraordinary search methods being employed by the department.