---
kind: "section"
citation: "29 U.S.C. § 1908"
title: "29"
title_heading: "Labor"
number: "1908"
heading: "Registry"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/29/1908"
units:
  - "Chapter 21 — Helen Keller National Center for Youths and Adults Who Are Deaf-Blind"
---

# §1908. Registry

- (a) **In general—** To assist the [Center](/usc/29/1905.md?p=1) in providing services to individuals who are deaf-blind, the [Center](/usc/29/1905.md?p=1) may establish and maintain registries of such individuals in each of the regional field offices of the network of the [Center](/usc/29/1905.md?p=1).
- (b) **Voluntary provision of information—** No [individual who is deaf-blind](/usc/29/1905.md?p=2) may be required to provide information to the [Center](/usc/29/1905.md?p=1) for any purpose with respect to a registry established under [subsection (a)](#a).
- (c) **Nondisclosure—** The [Center](/usc/29/1905.md?p=1) (including the network of the [Center](/usc/29/1905.md?p=1)) may not disclose information contained in a registry established under [subsection (a)](#a) to any individual or organization that is not affiliated with the [Center](/usc/29/1905.md?p=1), unless the individual to whom the information relates provides specific written authorization for the [Center](/usc/29/1905.md?p=1) to disclose the information.
- (d) **Privacy rights—** The requirements of [section 552a of title 5](/usc/5/552a.md) (commonly known as the “Privacy Act of 1974”) shall apply to personally identifiable information contained in the registries established by the [Center](/usc/29/1905.md?p=1) under [subsection (a)](#a), in the same manner and to the same extent as such requirements apply to a record of an agency.
- (e) **Removal of information—** On the request of an individual, the [Center](/usc/29/1905.md?p=1) shall remove all information relating to the individual from any registry established under [subsection (a)](#a).

## Source credit

(Pub. L. 98–221, title II, § 209, as added Pub. L. 105–220, title IV, § 412(c), Aug. 7, 1998, 112 Stat. 1241.)