§4588 Exemption from disclosure

Summary

Information and documents filed with the Secretary under this part must be kept private and not released to the public, except in six specific situations. Those six exceptions allow sharing, with proper confidentiality or classification: when the material is needed for an administrative or court case; when given to Congress or a Congressional committee; when shared for national security reasons with a U.S. government body or a foreign ally or partner only if the Secretary alone directs and authorizes it and only as necessary; the identity of a covered foreign person listed in the public database in section 4585; material the parties agree can be shared; and material the Secretary decides should be released for national security reasons, which can include anonymized data.