32. Service providers to maintain confidentiality

Every service provider from whom any information or data has been requested or obtained under this Act or any person to whom a written notice has been issued for the preservation of any information or data under section 27 shall maintain strict confidentiality in relation to such information or data and the fact that such information or data has been requested, obtained or required to be preserved, and shall not make any disclosure in regard to such matters other than with lawful authority.

A service provider shall not be held liable under the civil or criminal law for the disclosure of any information or data for the purposes of an investigation under this Act.