10.17—Conditions under which the Commission may disclose an individual's record to other persons.

(a) The Commission shall not disclose information about an individual that is contained in one of its systems of records to any person or to another agency, except by written request of, or with the prior written consent of, the individual who is the subject of the record, unless the disclosure is authorized by paragraph (b) of this section or is required by other applicable law.
(b) Under 5 U.S.C. 552a, the Commission may disclose information contained in its systems of records, without the consent of the individual who is the subject of the record, if the disclosure of the information, or record, would be:
(1) To the parent or legal guardian of any minor, or to the legal guardian of any individual who has been declared to be incompetent by a court of competent jurisdiction, where such person is acting on the individual's behalf (5 U.S.C. 552a(h) );
(2) To those officers and employees of the Commission who have a need for the information in the performance of their duties (5 U.S.C. 552a(b)(1) );
(3) Required under 5 U.S.C. 552, the Freedom of Information Act (5 U.S.C. 552a(b)(2) );
(4) For a routine use as defined in 5 U.S.C. 552a(a)(7) and as described for all systems of records in Appendix A of this part and for specific systems of records in the Notice of Systems of Records published in the Federal Register (5 U.S.C. 552a(b)(3) );
(5) To the Bureau of the Census for purposes of planning or carrying out a census or survey or related activity under the provisions of Title 13, U.S. Code (5 U.S.C. 552a(b)(4) );
(6) To a recipient who has provided the Commission with advance adequate written assurance that the record will be used solely as a statistical research or reporting record, and the record is to be transferred in a form that is not individually identifiable (5 U.S.C. 552a(b)(5) );
(7) To the National Archives of the United States as a record which has sufficient historical or other value to warrant its continued preservation by the United States Government, or for evaluation by the Administrator of General Services or that official's designee to determine whether the record has such value (5 U.S.C. 552a(b)(6) );
(8) To another agency or to an instrumentality of any governmental jurisdiction within or under the control of the United States for a civil or criminal law enforcement activity if the activity is authorized by law, and if the head of the agency or instrumentality has made a written request to the Commission specifying the particular portion desired and the law enforcement activity for which the record is sought (5 U.S.C. 552a(b)(7) );
(9) To a person pursuant to a showing of compelling circumstances affecting the health or safety of an individual, if upon such disclosure notification is transmitted to the last known address of such individual (5 U.S.C. 552a(b)(8) );
(10) To either House of Congress, or, to the extent of matter within its jurisdiction, any committee or subcommittee thereof, any joint committee of Congress or subcommittee of any such joint committee (5 U.S.C. 552a(b)(9) );
(11) To the Comptroller General, or any of his authorized representatives, in the course of the performance of the duties of the General Accounting Office (5 U.S.C. 552a(b)(10) ); or
(12) Pursuant to the order of a court of competent jurisdiction (5 U.S.C. 552a(b)(11) ).