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, Third Edition : annotation, such as: “Regarding year of completion: added by C.O. from cover letter provided by applicant.”
 * The Hodge Podge Press submits an online application for a 2009 trade paperback, along with two copies of the work. The application states that the work is unpublished. The registration specialist knows that the work has been distributed to the public, because she has seen the work sold in bookstores. The registration specialist will ask the applicant to provide the date and nation of first authorized.

602.8&emsp;General Policy Regarding Extraneous Information

If the information provided in a field or space is clearly extraneous and in no way affects the, the may remove that information or may allow it to remain in the registration. Ordinarily, the specialist will not make an in the registration record when extraneous information has been removed.

602.9&emsp;General Policy Regarding Social Security Numbers, Driver’s License Numbers, Credit Card Numbers, and Bank Account Numbers

The should not provide any private or confidential information in the application that is not required for registration. The information that is provided in the application may be included in the and the, and except in extraordinary circumstances the U.S. Copyright Office will not remove any information from the public record once a registration has been issued.

When submitting an online application through the electronic registration system, the applicant may pay the by providing a credit card number or bank account number on the Online Payment screen. The applicant should not provide this type of information in any other portion of the application.

If the discovers a social security number, driver’s license number, credit card number, or bank account number in the application, he or she will remove that information from the record. If the number is not discovered during the examination process and subsequently appears in the certificate of registration or the online public record, the author, the, or one of the other parties listed in , may contact the Public Information Office in writing to request removal of this information using the form provided on the Office’s website (www.copyright.gov/help/general-form.html). The Office will remove a social security number, driver’s license number, credit card number, or bank account number from the registration record upon written request, although the Office will not remove any other information that the applicant provides in response to a query that appears in the application.

For a general discussion of privacy issues, see. Chapter 600 : 21