Individual Requests
LOW MODERATE HIGHRequirements NIST SOURCE
Correct or delete personally identifiable information upon request by individuals or their designated representatives.
Discussion (NIST Supplemental Guidance)
Inaccurate personally identifiable information maintained by organizations may cause problems for individuals, especially in those business functions where inaccurate information may result in inappropriate decisions or the denial of benefits and services to individuals. Even correct information, in certain circumstances, can cause problems for individuals that outweigh the benefits of an organization maintaining the information. Organizations use discretion when determining if personally identifiable information is to be corrected or deleted based on the scope of requests, the changes sought, the impact of the changes, and laws, regulations, and policies. Organizational personnel consult with the senior agency official for privacy and legal counsel regarding appropriate instances of correction or deletion.
Implementation Guidance
Original engineering commentary written for this explorer — not NIST source text and not authoritative guidance.
No engineering interpretation has been authored for SI-18(4) yet. This section is architected to receive it — see the Requirements and Assessment sections above for the authoritative NIST source content in the meantime.
Assessment
Assessment Objectives
- personally identifiable information is corrected or deleted upon request by individuals or their designated representatives.
Examine
[SELECT FROM: System and information integrity policy; system and information integrity procedures; personally identifiable information processing policy; system configuration; individual requests; records of correction or deletion actions performed; system audit records; system security plan; privacy plan; privacy impact assessment; privacy risk assessment documentation; other relevant documents or records].
Interview
[SELECT FROM: Organizational personnel responsible for responding to individual requests for personally identifiable information correction or deletion; organizational personnel with information security and privacy responsibilities].
Test
[SELECT FROM: Request mechanisms; automated mechanisms supporting and/or implementing individual requests for correction or deletion].
STIGs & CCIs
No STIG checks or CCI mappings are currently loaded for SI-18(4). This section is architected to display, per product: STIG ID, Finding ID, Severity, Title, Description, Check, Fix, CCI, and NIST control mapping — but nothing is populated here until a real DISA STIG/CCI dataset is ingested.
Learn more about STIG/CCI integration →Evidence
Categorized from the SP 800-53A "Examine"/"Test" artifact list above by keyword — not an authoritative NIST evidence list.
Policy
- System and information integrity policy
- personally identifiable information processing policy
- system security plan
- privacy plan
Configuration
- system configuration
Testing
- Request mechanisms
- automated mechanisms supporting and/or implementing individual requests for correction or deletion
Other Records
- system and information integrity procedures
- individual requests
- records of correction or deletion actions performed
- system audit records
- privacy impact assessment
- privacy risk assessment documentation
- other relevant documents or records