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[CITE: 49USC14908]

 
                        TITLE 49--TRANSPORTATION
 
                 SUBTITLE IV--INTERSTATE TRANSPORTATION
 
 PART B--MOTOR CARRIERS, WATER CARRIERS, BROKERS, AND FREIGHT FORWARDERS
 
                CHAPTER 149--CIVIL AND CRIMINAL PENALTIES
 
Sec. 14908. Unlawful disclosure of information

    (a) Disclosure of Shipment and Routing Information.--
        (1) Violations.--A carrier or broker providing transportation 
    subject to jurisdiction under subchapter I, II, or III of chapter 
    135 or an officer, receiver, trustee, lessee, or employee of that 
    carrier or broker, or another person authorized by that carrier or 
    broker to receive information from that carrier or broker may not 
    disclose to another person, except the shipper or consignee, and a 
    person may not solicit, or receive, information about the nature, 
    kind, quantity, destination, consignee, or routing of property 
    tendered or delivered to that carrier or broker for transportation 
    provided under this part without the consent of the shipper or 
    consignee if that information may be used to the detriment of the 
    shipper or consignee or may disclose improperly to a competitor the 
    business transactions of the shipper or consignee.
        (2) Penalty.--A person violating paragraph (1) of this 
    subsection is liable to the United States for a civil penalty of not 
    more than $2,000.

    (b) Limitation on Statutory Construction.--This part does not 
prevent a carrier or broker providing transportation subject to 
jurisdiction under chapter 135 from giving information--
        (1) in response to legal process issued under authority of a 
    court of the United States or a State;
        (2) to an officer, employee, or agent of the United States 
    Government, a State, or a territory or possession of the United 
    States; or
        (3) to another carrier or its agent to adjust mutual traffic 
    accounts in the ordinary course of business.

(Added Pub. L. 104-88, title I, Sec. 103, Dec. 29, 1995, 109 Stat. 917.)


                            Prior Provisions

    Provisions similar to those in this section were contained in 
section 11910 of this title prior to the general amendment of this 
subtitle by Pub. L. 104-88, Sec. 102(a).
