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You might check number 4, it’s about the census folks. But my question still stands with regards to a bunch of the new stuff. Hummm... ? I hope some other FReepers pick up on this and can explore it.

(b) Conditions of Disclosure.—No agency shall disclose any record
which is contained in a system of records by any means of communication
to any person, or to another agency, except pursuant to a written
request by, or with the prior written consent of, the individual to whom
the record pertains, unless disclosure of the record would be—

(1) to those officers and employees of the agency which
maintains the record who have a need for the record in the
performance of their duties;

(2) required under section 552 of this title;

(3) for a routine use as defined in subsection (a)(7) of this
section and described under subsection (e)(4)(D) of this section;

(4) to the Bureau of the Census for purposes of planning or
carrying out a census or survey or related activity pursuant to the
provisions of title 13;

(5) to a recipient who has provided the agency with advance
adequate written assurance that the record will be used solely as a
statistical research or reporting record, and the record is to be
transferred in a form that is not individually identifiable;

(6) to the National Archives and Records Administration as a
record which has sufficient historical or other value to warrant its
continued preservation by the United States Government, or for
evaluation by the Archivist of the United States or the designee of
the Archivist to determine whether the record has such value;

(7) to another agency or to an instrumentality of any
governmental jurisdiction within or under the control of the United
States for a civil or criminal law enforcement activity if the
activity is authorized by law, and if the head of the agency or
instrumentality has made a written request to the agency which
maintains the record specifying the particular portion desired and
the law enforcement activity for which the record is sought;

(8) to a person pursuant to a showing of compelling
circumstances affecting the health or safety of an individual if
upon such disclosure notification is transmitted to the last known
address of such individual;

(9) to either House of Congress, or, to the extent of matter
within its jurisdiction, any committee or subcommittee thereof, any
joint committee of Congress or subcommittee of any such joint
committee;

(10) to the Comptroller General, or any of his authorized
representatives, in the course of the performance of the duties of
the Government Accountability Office;

(11) pursuant to the order of a court of competent jurisdiction;
or

(12) to a consumer reporting agency in accordance with section
3711(e) of title 31.