---
kind: "section"
citation: "29 U.S.C. § 2008"
title: "29"
title_heading: "Labor"
number: "2008"
heading: "Disclosure of information"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/29/2008"
units:
  - "Chapter 22 — Employee Polygraph Protection"
---

# §2008. Disclosure of information

- (a) **In general—** A person, other than the examinee, may not disclose information obtained during a [polygraph](/usc/29/2001.md?p=4) test, except as provided in this section.
- (b) **Permitted disclosures—** A [polygraph](/usc/29/2001.md?p=4) examiner may disclose information acquired from a [polygraph](/usc/29/2001.md?p=4) test only to—
  - (1) the examinee or any other person specifically designated in writing by the examinee;
  - (2) the [employer](/usc/29/2001.md?p=2) that requested the test; or
  - (3) any court, governmental agency, arbitrator, or mediator, in accordance with due process of law, pursuant to an order from a court of competent jurisdiction.
- (c) **Disclosure by employer—** An [employer](/usc/29/2001.md?p=2) (other than an [employer](/usc/29/2001.md?p=2) described in subsection (a), (b), or (c) of [section 2006 of this title](/usc/29/2006.md)) for whom a [polygraph](/usc/29/2001.md?p=4) test is conducted may disclose information from the test only to—
  - (1) a person in accordance with [subsection (b)](#b); or
  - (2) a governmental agency, but only insofar as the disclosed information is an admission of criminal conduct.

## Source credit

(Pub. L. 100–347, § 9, June 27, 1988, 102 Stat. 652.)

## Notes

### Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

### Effective Date

Section effective 6 months after June 27, 1988, except that rules and regulations shall be issued not later than 90 days after June 27, 1988, see section 11 of Pub. L. 100–347, set out as a note under section 2001 of this title.