Criminal prohibition on doxxing

(a) In general Chapter 41 of title 18, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following: 881. Disclosing of personal information with the intent to cause harm (a) In general Whoever uses a channel of interstate or foreign commerce to knowingly disclose an individual’s personal information with the intent— (1) 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 (2) 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. (b) Digital Privacy Agency (1) Support functions The Director of the Digital Privacy Agency may— (A) receive complaints and refer credible complaints to the Attorney General; (B) coordinate with appropriate law enforcement agencies to support investigations; and (C) provide technical assistance upon the request of the Attorney General. (2) Rule of construction Nothing in this section shall be construed to authorize the Digital Privacy Agency to prosecute an offense under this section. (c) Definitions In this section: (1) Contents The term contents when used with respect to communication, has the meaning given such term in section 2510 of this title. (2) Disclose 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. (3) Government entity The term government entity means— (A) a Federal agency (as that term is defined in section 3371 of title 5); (B) a State or political subdivision thereof; or (C) any agency, authority, or instrumentality of a State or political subdivision thereof. (4) Individual The term individual means a natural person residing in the United States. (5) Personal information (A) In general 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. (B) Exclusions The term personal information does not include— (i) publicly available information linked to an individual; or (ii) information derived or inferred from personal information, if the derived or inferred information is not linked or reasonably linkable to a specific individual. (6) Publicly available information The term publicly available information — (A) means— (i) information that is lawfully made available from a government entity; (ii) 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; or (iii) information of an individual that— (I) 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 (II) such individual has the ability to delete or change; and (B) does not include— (i) biometric information of an individual collected by a covered entity without the individual’s knowledge; (ii) information used for a purpose that is not compatible with the purpose for which the information is maintained and made available in government records; (iii) information obtained from government records for the purpose of selling such information; or (iv) information used to contact or locate a private individual either physically or electronically. (7) State 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.. (b) Clerical amendment 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..