§ 1182.7 Institute procedures for collecting information from individuals for its records.
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The Institute shall collect information, to the greatest extent practicable, directly from you when the information may result in adverse determinations about your rights, benefits, or privileges under Federal programs. In addition, the Institute shall inform you of the following, either on the form it uses to collect the information or on a separate form that you can retain, when it asks you to supply information:
(a) The statutory or executive order authority that authorizes the solicitation of the information;
(b) Whether disclosure of such information is mandatory or voluntary;
(c) The principal purpose(s) for which the information is intended to be used;
(d) The routine uses that may be made of the information, as published pursuant to § 1182.4; and
(e) Any effects on you of not providing all or any part of the required or requested information.
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