Title: |
Amendments Relating to Disclosure of Records and Information
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Subject: | Information disclosure |
Agency: | CFPB |
Status: | Final rule |
Summary: |
This final rule amends the Bureau’s rule regarding the confidential treatment of information obtained from persons in connection with the exercise of its authorities under Federal consumer financial law. Based on its experience over the previous several years, the Bureau published a notice of proposed rulemaking on August 24, 2016, 81 FR 58310 (Aug. 24, 2016), that proposed to amend the rule to clarify, correct, and amend certain provisions of the rule, and it solicited comments on the proposal. The Bureau issued a final rule on September 12, 2018, 83 FR 46075 (Sept. 12, 2018), that pertained to the portions of the Bureau’s proposal related to the Freedom of Information Act, 5 U.S.C. 552, the Privacy Act of 1974, 5 U.S.C. 552a, and requests for Bureau information in legal proceedings. The Bureau now issues this final rule to address the portions of its proposal regarding the confidential treatment of information obtained from persons in connection with the exercise of its authorities under Federal consumer financial law. |
FR Doc: | 2020-24113 |
Date proposed: | Aug. 24, 2016 |
Comments due date: | |
Effective date: |
Dec. 24, 2020 |
Rule compliance date: | |
Agency release: |
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Related Reg Report item(s): | Bureau issues final rule on its own records and information disclosure |