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== Issues of Scope ==


The Privacy Act does apply to the records of every "individual," [4] but the Privacy Act only applies to records held by an "agency."[5]  Therefore the records held by courts, executive components, or non-agency government entities are not subject to the provisions in the Privacy Act. You have no right to these records, or at least no right protected by Congressional statute. [6]