[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 28, Volume 1]
[Revised as of July 1, 2004]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 28CFR22.1]

[Page 423]
 
                    TITLE 28--JUDICIAL ADMINISTRATION
 
                    CHAPTER I--DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
 
PART 22_CONFIDENTIALITY OF IDENTIFIABLE RESEARCH AND STATISTICAL 
INFORMATION--Table of Contents
 
Sec.  22.1  Purpose.




Sec.
22.1 Purpose.
22.2 Definitions.
22.20 Applicability.
22.21 Use of identifiable data.
22.22 Revelation of identifiable data.
22.23 Privacy certification.
22.24 Information transfer agreement.
22.25 Final disposition of identifiable materials.
22.26 Requests for transfer of information.
22.27 Notification.
22.28 Use of data identifiable to a private person for judicial, 
          legislative or administrative purposes.
22.29 Sanctions.

    Authority: Secs. 801(a), 812(a), Omnibus Crime Control and Safe 
Streets Act of 1968, 42 U.S.C. 3701, et seq., as amended (Pub. L. 90-
351, as amended by Pub. L. 93-83, Pub. L. 93-415, Pub. L. 94-430, Pub. 
L. 94-503, Pub. L. 95-115, Pub. L. 96-157, and Pub. L. 98-473); secs. 
262(b), 262(d), Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act of 1974, 
42 U.S.C. 5601, et seq., as amended (Pub. L. 93-415, as amended by Pub. 
L. 94-503, Pub. L. 95-115, Pub. L. 99-509, and Pub. L. 98-473); and 
secs. 1407(a) and 1407(d) of the Victims of Crime Act of 1984, 42 U.S.C. 
10601, et seq., Pub. L. 98-473; Pub. L. 101-410, 104 Stat. 890, as 
amended by Pub. L. 104-134, 110 Stat. 1321.

    Source: 41 FR 54846, Dec. 15, 1976, unless otherwise noted.


    The purpose of these regulations is to:
    (a) Protect privacy of individuals by requiring that information 
identifiable to a private person obtained in a research or statistical 
program may only be used and/or revealed for the purpose for which 
obtained;
    (b) Insure that copies of such information shall not, without the 
consent of the person to whom the information pertains, be admitted as 
evidence or used for any purpose in any judicial or administrative 
proceedings;
    (c) Increase the credibility and reliability of federally-supported 
research and statistical findings by minimizing subject concern over 
subsequent uses of identifiable information;
    (d) Provide needed guidance to persons engaged in research and 
statistical activities by clarifying the purposes for which identifiable 
information may be used or revealed; and
    (e) Insure appropriate balance between individual privacy and 
essential needs of the research community for data to advance the state 
of knowledge in the area of criminal justice.
    (f) Insure the confidentiality of information provided by crime 
victims to crisis intervention counselors working for victim services 
programs receiving funds provided under the Crime Control Act, and 
Juvenile Justice Act, and the Victims of Crime Act.

[41 FR 54846, Dec. 15, 1976, as amended at 51 FR 6400, Feb. 24, 1986]