Sec. 6. Criminal prohibition on doxxing
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Chapter 41 of title 18, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following: Whoever uses a channel of interstate or foreign commerce to knowingly disclose an individual’s personal information with the intent— to threaten, intimidate, or harass any person, incite or facilitate the commission of a crime of violence against any person, or place any person in reasonable fear of death or serious bodily injury; or that the information will be used to threaten, intimidate, or harass any person, incite or facilitate the commission of a crime of violence against any person, or place any person in reasonable fear of death or serious bodily injury, shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than 5 years, or both.
In this section: The term contents when used with respect to communication, has the meaning given such term in section 2510 of title 18, United States Code. The term disclose means, with respect to personal information or contents of communication, to sell, release, transfer, share, disseminate, make available, or otherwise cause to be communicated such information or contents to a third party. The term government entity means— a Federal agency (as such term is defined in section 3371 of title 5, United States Code); a State or political subdivision thereof; or any agency, authority, or instrumentality of a State or political subdivision thereof.
The term individual means a natural person residing in the United States. The term personal information means any information maintained by a person that, on its own or combined with other information, is linked or reasonably linkable to a specific individual. The term personal information does not include— publicly available information linked to an individual; or information derived or inferred from personal information, if the derived or inferred information is not linked or reasonably linkable to a specific individual.
The term publicly available information — means— information that is lawfully made available from a government entity; information linked to a public individual or official that is made publicly accessible, without restrictions on accessibility other than the general authorization to access the services used to make the information accessible; information of an individual that— is made publicly accessible by such individual, without restrictions on accessibility other than the general authorization to access the services used to make the information accessible; and such individual has the ability to delete or change; and does not include— biometric information of an individual collected by a covered entity without the individual’s knowledge; information used for a purpose that is not compatible with the purpose for which the information is maintained and made available in government records; information obtained from government records for the purpose of selling such information; or information used to contact or locate a private individual either physically or electronically.
The term State means each State of the United States, the District of Columbia, each commonwealth, territory, or possession of the United States, and each federally recognized Indian Tribe. . The table of sections for chapter 41 of title 18, United States Code, is amended by inserting after the item relating to section 880 the following: 881. Disclosing of personal information with the intent to cause harm. .