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28 CFR § 22.28 - Use of data identifiable to a private person for judicial, legislative or administrative purposes.

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identifier: "/us/cfr/t28/s22.28"
source: "ecfr"
legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "28 CFR § 22.28 - Use of data identifiable to a private person for judicial, legislative or administrative purposes."
title_number: 28
title_name: "Judicial Administration"
section_number: "22.28"
section_name: "Use of data identifiable to a private person for judicial, legislative or administrative purposes."
chapter_name: "DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE"
part_number: "22"
part_name: "CONFIDENTIALITY OF IDENTIFIABLE RESEARCH AND STATISTICAL INFORMATION"
positive_law: false
currency: "2026-04-05"
last_updated: "2026-04-05"
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generator: "[email protected]"
authority: "Secs. 801(a), 812(a), Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968, 42 U.S.C. 3701,  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,  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,  Pub. L. 98-473; Pub. L. 101-410, 104 Stat. 890, as amended by Pub. L. 104-134, 110 Stat. 1321."
regulatory_source: "41 FR 54846, Dec. 15, 1976, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "22"
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# 22.28 Use of data identifiable to a private person for judicial, legislative or administrative purposes.

(a) Research or statistical information identifiable to a private person shall be immune from legal process and shall only be admitted as evidence or used for any purpose in any action, suit, or other judicial, legislative or administrative proceeding with the written consent of the individual to whom the data pertains.

(b) Where consent is obtained, such consent shall:

(1) Be obtained at the time that information is sought for use in judicial, legislative or administrative proceedings;

(2) Set out specific purposes in connection with which information will be used;

(3) Limit, where appropriate, the scope of the information subject to such consent.

[41 FR 54846, Dec. 15, 1976, as amended at 45 FR 62038, Sept. 18, 1980]