42 USC 3789g: Data received by the Bureau of Justice Statistics and used only for statistical or research purposes
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CHAPTER 46--JUSTICE SYSTEM IMPROVEMENT
SUBCHAPTER VIII--ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS
Sec. 3789g. Confidentiality of information
(a) Research or statistical information; immunity from process;
prohibition against admission as evidence or use in any
proceedings
No officer or employee of the Federal Government, and no recipient
of assistance under the provisions of this chapter shall use or reveal
any research or statistical information furnished under this chapter by
any person and identifiable to any specific private person for any
purpose other than the purpose for which it was obtained in accordance
with this chapter. Such information and copies thereof shall be immune
from legal process, and shall not, without the consent of the person
furnishing such information, be admitted as evidence or used for any
purpose in any action, suit, or other judicial, legislative, or
administrative proceedings.
(b) Criminal history information; disposition and arrest data;
procedures for collection, storage, dissemination, and current
status; security and privacy; availability for law enforcement,
criminal justice, and other lawful purposes; automated systems:
review, challenge, and correction of information
All criminal history information collected, stored, or disseminated
through support under this chapter shall contain, to the maximum extent
feasible, disposition as well as arrest data where arrest data is
included therein. The collection, storage, and dissemination of such
information shall take place under procedures reasonably designed to
insure that all such information is kept current therein; the Office of
Justice Programs shall assure that the security and privacy of all
information is adequately provided for and that information shall only
be used for law enforcement and criminal justice and other lawful
purposes. In addition, an individual who believes that criminal history
information concerning him contained in an automated system is
inaccurate, incomplete, or maintained in violation of this chapter,
shall, upon satisfactory verification of his identity, be entitled to
review such information and to obtain a copy of it for the purpose of
challenge or correction.
(c) Criminal intelligence systems and information; prohibition against
violation of privacy and constitutional rights of individuals
All criminal intelligence systems operating through support under
this chapter shall collect, maintain, and disseminate criminal
intelligence information in conformance with policy standards which are
prescribed by the Office of Justice Programs and which are written to
assure that the funding and operation of these systems furthers the
purpose of this chapter and to assure that such systems are not utilized
in violation of the privacy and constitutional rights of individuals.
(d) Violations; fine as additional penalty
Any person violating the provisions of this section, or of any rule,
regulation, or order issued thereunder, shall be fined not to exceed
$10,000, in addition to any other penalty imposed by law.
(Pub. L. 90-351, title I, Sec. 812, formerly Sec. 818, as added Pub. L.
96-157, Sec. 2, Dec. 27, 1979, 93 Stat. 1213; renumbered Sec. 812 and
amended Pub. L. 98-473, title II, Sec. 609B(f), (k), Oct. 12, 1984, 98
Stat. 2093, 2096; Pub. L. 109-162, title XI, Sec. 1115(c), Jan. 5, 2006,
119 Stat. 3104.)
Prior Provisions
A prior section 812 of Pub. L. 90-351 was classified to section
3789a of this title prior to repeal by section 609B(e) of Pub. L. 98-
473.
Amendments
2006--Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 109-162 substituted ``No'' for ``Except
as provided by Federal law other than this chapter, no''.
1984--Subsecs. (b), (c). Pub. L. 98-473, 609B(k), substituted
``Office of Justice Programs'' for ``Office of Justice Assistance,
Research, and Statistics''.
Effective Date of 1984 Amendment
Amendment by section 609B(k) of Pub. L. 98-473 effective Oct. 12,
1984, see section 609AA(a) of Pub. L. 98-473, set out as an Effective
Date note under section 3711 of this title.