THE FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION OCVCTF

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participating agencies that would permit the participating agencies to receive that information directly. Likewise, OCVCTF personnel will not provide any participating agency information to the FBI that is not otherwise available to it unless authorized by appropriate participating agency officials. 33. Any FBI or OCVCTF personnel that discloses personally identifiable information (PII) is responsible for making reasonable efforts to ensure that the information disclosed is accurate, complete, timely, and relevant. 34. The FBI is providing access to information from its records with the understanding that in the event the recipient becomes aware of any inaccuracies in the data, the recipient will promptly notify the FBI so that corrective action can be taken. Similarly, if the FBI becomes aware that information it has received pursuant to this MOU is inaccurate, it will notify the contributing Party so that corrective action can be taken. 35. The Parties are responsible for ensuring that information it discloses was not knowingly obtained or maintained in violation of any law or policy applicable to the disclosing Party, and that information is only made available to the receiving Party as may be permitted by laws, regulations, policies, or procedures applicable to the disclosing Party. 36. The Parties will immediately report to each other each instance in which data received from either the the FBI or OCVCTF is used, disclosed, or accessed in an unauthorized manner (including any data losses or breaches). 37. The Parties agree that either or both may audit the handling and maintenance of data in electronic and paper recordkeeping systems to ensure that appropriate security and privacy protections are in place. 38. OCVCTF investigative procedures, whenever practicable, are to conform to the requirements which would allow for either federal or state prosecution. 39. A determination will be made on a case -by -case basis whether the prosecution of OCVCTF cases will be at the state or federal level. This determination will be based on the evidence obtained and a consideration of which level of prosecution would be of the greatest benefit to the overall objectives of the OCVCTF. 40. In the event that a state or local matter is developed that is outside the jurisdiction of the FBI or it is decided to prosecute a OCVCTF case at the state or local level, the FBI agrees to provide all relevant information to state and local authorities in accordance with all applicable legal limitations. A. investigative Methods/Evidence 41. For cases assigned to an FBI Special Agent or in which FBI CHSs are utilized, the Parties agree to conform to federal standards concerning evidence collection, processing, 6