---
kind: "section"
citation: "29 C.F.R. § 38.45"
title: "29"
number: "38.45"
heading: "Confidentiality responsibilities of grant applicants, recipients, and the Department."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/29/38.45"
---

# §38.45. Confidentiality responsibilities of grant applicants, recipients, and the Department.


Grant applicants, recipients and the Department must keep confidential to the extent possible, consistent with a fair determination of the issues, the identity of any individual who furnishes information relating to, or assists in, an investigation or a compliance review, including the identity of any individual who files a complaint. An individual whose identity is disclosed must be protected from retaliation (See [§ 38.19](/cfr/29/38.19.md)).


## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 29 U.S.C. 3101 et seq. ; 42 U.S.C. 2000d et seq. ; 29 U.S.C. 794; 42 U.S.C. 6101 et seq. ; and 20 U.S.C. 1681 et seq.

### Source

Source: 81 FR 87211, Dec. 2, 2016, unless otherwise noted.