§412 — Title 39 Postal Service | U.S. Code

Summary

Postal Service workers must not give the public any lists of people’s names or addresses from mail records. The only exceptions are other laws or when the Postal Service must share certain information with the Secretary of Commerce for the Census Bureau. The Postal Service must give the Secretary of Commerce the address and delivery-point details the Secretary needs for a census or survey, including postal delivery codes. The Postal Service and the Secretary must agree on terms for sharing the data, and the Postal Service can be paid to cover costs.

Title 39, §412

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(a)Except as specifically provided by subsection (b) or other law, no officer or employee of the Postal Service shall make available to the public by any means or for any purpose any mailing or other list of names or addresses (past or present) of postal patrons or other persons.

(b)The Postal Service shall provide to the Secretary of Commerce for use by the Bureau of the Census such address information, address-related information, and point of postal delivery information, including postal delivery codes, as may be determined by the Secretary to be appropriate for any census or survey being conducted by the Bureau of the Census. The provision of such information under this subsection shall be in accordance with such mutually agreeable terms and conditions, including reimbursability, as the Postal Service and the Secretary of Commerce shall deem appropriate.

Notes & Related Subsidiaries

Editorial Notes

Amendments

1994—Pub. L. 103–430 substituted “(a) Except as specifically provided by subsection (b) or other law,” for “Except as specifically provided by law,” and added subsec. (b).

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Effective Date

Section effective July 1, 1971, pursuant to Resolution No. 71–9 of the Board of Governors. See section 15(a) of Pub. L. 91–375, set out as a note preceding section 101 of this title.

§412 Nondisclosure of lists of names and addresses