Regulacje i polityka gospodarcza · 25/11/1998

Exemption of System of Records Under the Privacy Act

The Department of Justice, Federal Bureau of Investigation, is exempting the National Instant Criminal Background Check System (NICS) from 5 U.S.C. 552a (c) (3) and (4); (d); (e) (1), (2), and (3); (e)(4) (G) and (H); (e) (5) and (8); and (g). The purposes of the exemptions are to maintain the confidentiality and security of information compiled for purposes of criminal or other law enforcement investigation, or of reports compiled at any stage of the law enforcement process. The exemptions are necessary because some information in NICS is from law enforcement records, and may (in the case of NICS denials, for example) relate to additional law enforcement interest. Therefore, to the extent that they may be subject to exemption under subsections (j)(2), (k)(2), and (k)(3), these records are not available under the Privacy Act and not subject to certain of its procedures such as obtaining an accounting of disclosures, notification, access, or amendment/correction.