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FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY INFORMATION SHARING 32. No information possessed by the FBI, to include information derived from informal communications between SSTF personnel and FBI employees not assigned to the SSTF, may be disseminated by SSTF personnel to non-SSTF personnel without the approval of the SSTF Supervisor and in accordance with the applicable laws and internal regulations, procedures or agreements between the FBI and the participating agencies that would permit the participating agencies to receive that information directly. likewise, SSTF 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. Each Party that discloses P11 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. Each Party is 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. Each Party will immediately report to the other Party each instance in which data received from the other Party 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. PROSECUTIONS 38. SSTF 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 SSTF 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 SSTF. 5 FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY This document is the property of the FBI and is loaned to your agency. Neither it nor its contents may be released without authorization by FBI Headquarters.