Privacy

Where to Request Records

To submit a Privacy Act request or appeal to FHFA Headquarters send by mail  to FOIA Office, Federal Housing Finance Agency, 400 7th Street, S.W., Fourth Floor, Washington, D.C., 20219 or by email to foia@fhfa.gov.

To submit a Privacy Act request or appeal to FHFA Office of Inspector General send by mail to Federal Housing Finance Agency Office of Inspector General, 400 7th Street, S.W., Third Floor, Washington, D.C. 20219 or by email to ​foia@fhfaoig.gov. See also FHFA-OIG Privacy Program web page: https://www.fhfaoig.gov/privacy.

Please note that all mail sent to FHFA via the United States Postal Service is routed through a national irradiation facility, a process that may delay delivery by approximately two weeks. For any time-sensitive correspondence, please plan accordingly. Envelopes should be marked "Privacy Act Request." Requests submitted after normal business hours (8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., Eastern Time, Monday through Friday), will be deemed received on the next normal business day.

Overview of the Privacy Act

The Privacy Act of 1974, 5 U.S.C. § 552a, establishes a code of fair information practices that governs the collection, maintenance, use, and dissemination of personally identifiable information about individuals that is maintained in a systems of records (a group of records under the control of an agency from which information is retrieved by a unique identifier, e.g., name, ssn, etc.) by federal agencies. The Act balances the government’s need to maintain information about individuals with the right of individuals to be protected against unwarranted invasions of their privacy.

Under the Privacy Act, United States citizens and legal permanent residents, upon request, have the right to:

• Access and review records about you, and

• Amend information about you that is inaccurate, irrelevant, untimely or incomplete that is contained in an agency system of records.

 The Act mandates that the Government:

• Informs you why information is being collected and how it is going to be used;

• Assures that information is accurate, relevant, complete and up-to-date before disclosing it to others; 

• Allows you to find out about disclosures of your records to other agencies or persons; and 

• Provides you with the opportunity to correct inaccuracies in your records.

Privacy Impact Assessments

System of Records Notices