CFR > Title 32 - National Defense > SUBTITLE A—Department of Defense > CHAPTER VII—DEPARTMENT OF THE AIR FORCE (parts 800 to 989) > SUBCHAPTER A—ADMINISTRATION (parts 800 to 809a) > PART 806b—PRIVACY ACT PROGRAM > SUBPART A—Overview of the Privacy Act Program (§806b.1 to §806b.7) > 806b.3—Violation penalties.

806b.3—Violation penalties.

An individual may file a civil law suit against the Air Force for failing to comply with the Privacy Act. The courts may find an individual offender guilty of a misdemeanor and fine that individual offender not more than $5,000 for:
(a) Willfully maintaining a system of records that doesn't meet the public notice requirements.
(b) Disclosing information from a system of records to someone not entitled to the information.
(c) Obtaining someone else's records under false pretenses.