How to File a Privacy Act Request
Privacy Act Request
The Privacy Act allows U.S. citizens and lawfully admitted aliens to request information on themselves or another living person.
If you are requesting information about yourself, please follow the directions for either of the options below and mail or fax your request to (email requests are not accepted at this time):
Central Intelligence Agency
Information and Privacy Coordinator
Washington, DC 20505
Fax: (703) 613-3007
Option 1:
Use the Privacy Act Certification of Identity Form. You may submit an attachment listing additional information that may aid in locating responsive records. Mail or fax this form to the address above.
Option 2:
Following the form in Privacy Act Certification of Identity Form, submit a letter to the CIA specifying that you wish to receive a copy of records indexed to your name and include the following information:
- Your full name
- Address
- Date of birth
- Place of birth
- Citizenship status If you are a naturalized US citizen or a Legal Permanent Resident (LPR), we require your naturalization or LPR number and the date that status was acquired.
- Please sign and date your request, and have it notarized or state, “Under penalty of perjury, I hereby declare that I am the person named above and I understand that any falsification of this statement is punishable under the provisions of Title 18, United States Code (U.S.C.), Section 1001 by a fine of not more than $10,000 or by imprisonment of not more than five years, or both; and that requesting or obtaining any record(s) under false pretenses is punishable under the provisions of Title 5, U.S.C., Section 552a(i)(3) as a misdemeanor and by a fine of not more than $5,000.”
- Mail or fax this letter to the address above.