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<section article="gbo" article_name="Business Occupations and Professions" number="13-606" title_number="13" title_name="Private Detectives" subtitle_number="6" subtitle_name="Miscellaneous Provisions">
  <level label="a">
    <text>A private detective agency may not divulge information obtained while providing services unless:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>directed by the client for whom the services are provided;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>authorized by subsection (b) of this section; or</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>required by law.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>If, while providing services, a private detective agency obtains any information about a criminal offense, the private detective agency may divulge the information to:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>a law enforcement officer;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>the Attorney General or a representative of the Attorney General; or</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>a State’s Attorney or a representative of a State’s Attorney.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>Except as provided in subsection (d) of this section, an individual who is employed by a private detective agency may not divulge to anyone other than to authorized staff of the agency any information that:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>was acquired by the employee or other agency staff while providing services for the agency; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>relates to the assignment for which services are provided.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="d">
    <text>An employee of a private detective agency may divulge information that is restricted under subsection (c) of this section:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>as directed by the private detective agency; or</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>on a request made by the Secretary in the course of an investigation by the Secretary.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
