Part 5: Digital Government Chapter 4: Fraud against the public sector Section 58: Confidentiality of personal information
This section provides safeguards to ensure personal information is only onwardly disclosed in narrowly defined circumstances. Subsection (1) provides that a person (P) receiving personal information under the power at section 56, or any other person who receives that information either directly or indirectly from P, cannot further disclose that personal information. The limited circumstances when such information can be further disclosed without committing an offence under this section are set out in subsection (2). Any person who knowingly or recklessly contravenes this prohibition on further disclosure is guilty of an offence under subsection (4), carrying a penalty on indictment of up to two years’ imprisonment, a fine, or both. Other restrictions on disclosure of information – including other criminal offences regarding the unauthorised disclosure of information – may still also apply.
	This section does not apply to personal information disclosed by the Revenue and Customs under the power at section 56. Specific conditions that relate to information disclosed by the Revenue and Customs are set out in section 59.