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34 U.S.C. § 10231 — Confidentiality of information
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**(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 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) 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 infor
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**(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 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) 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.
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### Statutory Notes
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Section 3789e was editorially reclassified as [section 10229 of Title 34](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title34-section10229&num=0&edition=prelim), Crime Control and Law Enforcement.
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[Section 10231 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title34-section10231&num=0&edition=prelim) shall apply with respect to—
(1) information furnished under this chapter,
(2) criminal history information collected, stored, or disseminated with the support of Federal law enforcement assistance provided under this chapter, and
(3) criminal intelligence systems operating with the support of Federal law enforcement assistance provided under this chapter,
except that the terms “this chapter” and “this section”, as such terms appear in such [section 10231 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title34-section10231&num=0&edition=prelim), shall be deemed to be references to this chapter and this section, respectively, and a reference to the Office of Justice Programs in such section 10231 shall be deemed to be a reference to the Attorney General.
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There is hereby established an Office of Justice Programs within the Department of Justice under the general authority of the Attorney General. The Office of Justice Programs (hereinafter referred to in this chapter as the “Office”) shall be headed by an Assistant Attorney General (hereinafter in this chapter referred to as the “Assistant Attorney General”) appointed by the President, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate.
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**(a) Establishment** There is established within the Department of Justice, under the general authority of the Attorney General, a Bureau of Justice Statistics (hereinafter referred to in this subchapter as “Bureau”).
**(b) Appointment of Director; experience; authority; restrictions** The Bureau shall be headed by a Director appointed by the President. The Director shall have had experience in statistical programs. The Director shall have final authority for all grants, cooperative agreements, and contracts awarded by the Bureau. The Director shall be responsible for the integrity of data and statistics and shall protect against improper or illegal use or disclosure. The Director shall report to the Attorney General through the Assistant Attorney General. The Director shall not engage in any other employment than that of serving as Director; nor shall the Director hold any office in, or act in any capacity for, any organization, agency, or institution with which the Bureau makes any contract or other arrangement under this Act.
**(c) Duties and functions of Bureau** The Bureau is authorized to—
(1) make grants to, or enter into cooperative agreements or contracts with public agencies, institutions of higher education, private organizations, or private individuals for purposes related to this subchapter; grants shall be made subject to continuing compliance with standards for gathering justice statistics set forth in rules and regulations promulgated by the Director;
(2) collect and analyze information concerning criminal victimization, including crimes against the elderly, and civil disputes;
(3) collect and analyze data that will serve as a continuous and comparable national social indication of the prevalence, incidence, rates, extent, distribution, and attribu
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Authority of any entity established under this chapter shall extend to civil justice matters only to the extent that such civil justice matters bear directly and substantially upon criminal justice matters or are inextricably intertwined with criminal justice matters.
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### Statutory Notes
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Section 3789g was editorially reclassified as [section 10231 of Title 34](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title34-section10231&num=0&edition=prelim), Crime Control and Law Enforcement.
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TITLE 34—CRIME CONTROL AND LAW ENFORCEMENT
§ 10231
2093,
2096;
Pub.
L.
103–322,
title
XXXIII,
§ 330001(h)(12), Sept. 13, 1994, 108 Stat. 2139.)
Editorial Notes
CODIFICATION
Section was formerly classified to section 3789f of
Title 42, The Public Health and Welfare, prior to edi-
torial reclassification and renumbering as this section.
PRIOR PROVISIONS
A prior section 811 of Pub. L. 90–351 was classified to
section 3789 of Title 42, The Public Health and Welfare,
prior to repeal by section 609B(e) of Pub. L. 98–473.
AMENDMENTS
1994—Subsec. (e). Pub. L. 103–322 substituted ‘‘Bureau
of Justice Assistance’’ for ‘‘Law Enforcement Assist-
ance Administration’’.
1984—Subsecs. (a), (b). Pub. L. 98–473, § 609B(j)(1), sub-
stituted ‘‘Office of Justice Programs’’ for ‘‘Office of
Justice Assistance, Research, and Statistics’’ wherever
appearing.
Subsecs. (d) to (f). Pub. L. 98–473, § 609B(j)(2), (3), re-
designated subsecs. (e) and (f) as (d) and (e), respec-
tively, and struck out former subsec. (d) relating to
civil rights regulations and conforming changes of the
regulations.
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
EFFECTIVE DATE OF 1984 AMENDMENT
Amendment by section 609B(j) of Pub. L. 98–473 effec-
tive 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.
§ 10231. 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 Govern-
ment, 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 identifi-
able to
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