§10231 — Title 34 Navy | U.S. Code

Summary

Stops federal workers and anyone who gets money under this law from using or sharing research, statistics, or any information that can identify a person for any reason other than why it was given. Those records and their copies are protected from court orders and generally cannot be used as evidence or in hearings unless the person or group who gave the information agrees. Requires criminal history records made or shared with help from this law to include case outcomes when possible, to be kept up to date, and to be kept secure. The Office of Justice Programs must set and enforce privacy and security rules and make sure the records are used only for law enforcement, criminal justice, or other legal purposes. A person who proves their identity can see and get a copy of their automated criminal record to correct errors. Anyone who breaks these rules can be fined up to $10,000, plus other penalties.

Title 34, §10231

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(a)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 any law to any component of the Office of Justice Programs, or furnished otherwise under this chapter, by any entity or person, including any information 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 entity or person furnishing such information or to whom such information pertains, be admitted as evidence or used for any purpose in any action, suit, or other judicial, legislative, or administrative proceedings.

(b)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)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)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.

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Editorial Notes

Codification Section was formerly classified to section 3789g of Title 42, The Public Health and Welfare, prior to editorial reclassification and renumbering as this section.

Prior Provisions

A prior section 812 of Pub. L. 90–351 was classified to section 3789a of Title 42, The Public Health and Welfare, prior to repeal by section 609B(e) of Pub. L. 98–473.

Amendments

2025—Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 119–60 substituted “furnished under any law to any component of the Office of Justice Programs, or furnished otherwise under this chapter, by any entity or person, including any information identifiable to any specific private person,” for “furnished under this chapter by any person and identifiable to any specific private person” in first sentence, and “entity or person furnishing such information or to whom such information pertains” for “person furnishing such information” in second sentence. 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”.

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Effective Date

of 2025 Amendment Pub. L. 119–60, div. H, title LXXXII, § 8205(b)(2), Dec. 18, 2025, 139 Stat. 1849, provided that: “The

Amendments

made by paragraph (1) [amending this section] shall— “(A) shall take effect for all purposes as if enacted on December 27, 1979; and “(B) apply to any matter pending, before the Department of Justice or otherwise, as of the date of enactment of this Act [Dec. 18, 2025].”

Effective Date

of 1984 AmendmentAmendment 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 10101 of this title.

Construction

Terms “this chapter” and “this section”, as such terms appear in this section, deemed to be references to chapter 501 and section 50105 of this title, respectively, and reference to the Office of Justice Programs in this section deemed to be a reference to the Attorney General, see section 50105 of this title.

§10231 Confidentiality of information

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