Reading Room Document

Disclosure of Parolees' Names to Local Police

United States Parole Commission's proposed disclosure of information on parolees to local law enforcement authorities could be justified as a "routine use" under the Privacy Act. However, in a case where there is no reason to suspect the involvement of a particular individual in criminal activity, such blanket disclosure could be challenged as an unwarranted expansion of the "routine use" exception. The OLC does not provide release dates for its opinions, so the release date listed is the date on which the opinion was authored. The original opinion is available at www.justice.gov/file/23006/download.

March 26, 1982