An individual may file a civil law suit against the Air Force for failing to comply with the Privacy Act. The courts may find an individual offender guilty of a misdemeanor and fine that individual offender not more than $5,000 for:
(a) Willfully maintaining a system of records that doesn't meet the public notice requirements.
(b) Disclosing information from a system of records to someone not entitled to the information.
(c) Obtaining someone else's records under false pretenses.