---
kind: "section"
citation: "28 C.F.R. § 22.22"
title: "28"
number: "22.22"
heading: "Revelation of identifiable data."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/28/22.22"
---

# §22.22. Revelation of identifiable data.

- (a) Except as noted in [paragraph (b)](#b) of this section, research and statistical information relating to a private person may be revealed in identifiable form on a need-to-know basis only to—
  - (1) Officers, employees, and subcontractors of the recipient of assistance;
  - (2) Such individuals as needed to implement sections 202(c)(3), 801, and 811(b) of the Act; and sections [223(a)(12)(A)](/cfr/28/223.md?p=a-12-A), [223(a)(13)](/cfr/28/223.md?p=a-13), [223(a)(14)](/cfr/28/223.md?p=a-14), and [243](/cfr/28/243.md) of the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act.
  - (3) **Persons or organizations for research or statistical purposes.** Information may only be transferred for such purposes upon a clear demonstration that the standards of [§ 22.26](/cfr/28/22.26.md) have been met and that, except where information is transferred under [paragraphs (a)](#a) (1) and (2) of this section, such transfers shall be conditioned on compliance with a [§ 22.24](/cfr/28/22.24.md) agreement.
- (b) Information may be revealed in identifiable form where prior consent is obtained from an individual or where the individual has agreed to participate in a project with knowledge that the findings cannot, by virtue of sample size, or uniqueness of subject, be expected to totally conceal subject identity.

## Notes

### Amendments

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

### Authority

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

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

### Amendments

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