---
kind: "section"
citation: "10 C.F.R. § 1008.19"
title: "10"
number: "1008.19"
heading: "Criminal penalties—improper disclosure."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/10/1008.19"
---

# §1008.19. Criminal penalties—improper disclosure.


Subsection (i)(1) of the Act provides that a Federal employee who willfully discloses information subject to the Privacy Act in violation of the Act or rules promulgated under it shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and fined up to $5,000.


## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 42 U.S.C. 7101 et seq.; 50 U.S.C. 2401 et seq.; 5 U.S.C. 552; 5 U.S.C. 552a; 42 U.S.C. 7254; and 5 U.S.C. 301. Section 1008.22(c) also issued under 42 U.S.C. 405 note.

### Source

Source: 45 FR 61577, Sept. 16, 1980, unless otherwise noted.