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UNCLASSIFIED information may be withheld. FOIA also provides administrative and judicial remedies for those denied access to information. 2.3. The Privacy Act regulates the collection, maintenance, use, and dissemination of personal information by federal executive branch agencies. The purpose of the Privacy Act is. to balance the government's need to maintain information about individuals with the rights of the individuals to be protected against unwarranted invasions of their privacy due to the. maintenance of such information. 2.4. The AG memorandum directs all executive branch departments and agencies to apply a presumption of openness when administering FOIPA. The FOIA Improvement Act of 2016 codifies the requirement of foreseeable harm contained in the AG memorandum, meaning that, under FOIA, an agency must only withhold information if the agency reasonably foresees that disclosure would harm an interest protected by an exemption or that disclosure is prohibited by law. This policy applies to all FBI personnel. Exempdons There are no exemptions to this policy. SpolleyStatement 5.1. The FBI must respond to requests pursuant to FOIPA within 20 business days of receipt, as required by statute (5 U.S.C. s 552, as amended).. 5.2. FBI personnel who possess potentially responsive information must comply with Record/Information Dissemination Section (RIDs), IMD search requests pursuant to this requirement. 5.3. FBI personnel must grant RIDS personnel access to information for the purpose of responding to requests pursuant to FOIPA. RIDS access includes all automatically or manually restricted or prohibited case file material, including, but not limited to, federal. grand jury, federal taxpayer information (FTI), and any other legally restricted or protected information. Roles ang Re 6.1. RIDS, IMD must: 6.1.1. Receive, assign, and respond to all FOipA requests. 6.1.2. Acknowledge all FOIPA requests and issue search requests to all appropriate FBI personnel. 6.1.3. Require that the recipient of the search request acknowledge receipt via e-mail to the listed RIDS point of contact (POc) within five business days of the request date and that. the recipient produce responsive information within ten business days.. 6.1.4. Collect all information responsive to requests.. 2 UNCLASSIFIED