Any officer or employee of a consumer reporting agency who knowingly and willfully provides information concerning an individual from the agency’s files to a person not authorized to receive that information shall be fined under title 18, imprisoned for not more than 2 years, or both.
Pub. L. 90–321, title VI, § 620Pub. L. 91–508, title VI, § 60184 Stat. 1134Pub. L. 104–208, div. A, title II, § 2415(b)110 Stat. 3009–450(, as added , , ; amended , , .)
Editorial Notes
Amendments
Pub. L. 104–2081996— substituted “fined under title 18, imprisoned for not more than 2 years, or both” for “fined not more than $5,000 or imprisoned not more than one year, or both”.
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
Effective Date of 1996 Amendment
Pub. L. 104–208section 2420 of Pub. L. 104–208section 1681a of this titleAmendment by effective 365 days after , with special rule for early compliance, see , set out as a note under .
Effective Date
section 504(d) of Pub. L. 90–321Pub. L. 91–508section 1681 of this titleSection effective upon the expiration of one hundred and eighty days following , see , as added by , set out as a note under .