Regulation S-P

Privacy of Consumer Financial Information

SEC summaries

Release 34-47591 2003

SEC Rule 17 CFR 248

General rules

Rule 1 Purpose and scope
Rule 2 Rule of construction
Rule 3 Definitions

Subpart A Privacy and Opt Out Notices

Rule 4 Initial privacy notice
Rule 5 Annual privacy notice
Rule 6 Information to be included
Rule 7 Opt out notice; Opt out methods
Rule 8 Revised privacy notices
Rule 9 Delivering privacy and opt out notices

Subpart B Limits on Disclosures

Rule 10 Limits on disclosure of personal information
Rule 11 Limits on redisclosure and reuse of information
Rule 12 Limits on sharing account number information

Subpart C Exceptions

Rule 13 Exception for service providers and joint marketing
Rule 14 Exceptions for processing - servicing transactions
Rule 15 Other exceptions

Subpart D Relation to Other Laws; Effective Date

Rule 16 Protection of Fair Credit Reporting Act
Rule 17 Relation to state laws
Rule 18 Effective date; Transition rule
Rule 19 through 29 [Reserved]
Rule 30 Procedures to safeguard customer records
Appendix A Sample clauses

Final release 34-42974 2000

65 FR 40334 6.29.00

Adopted Regulation S-P
Proposal release 34-42484 3.02.00

Comment letters

Final release 34-50781 2004

69 FR 71322 12.08.04

Amended Regulation S-P to implement § 216 of the
Fair and Accurate Credit Transactions Act of 2003
Requires proper disposal of consumer report information
Proposal release 34-50361 9.14.04

Comment letters

SEC FAQs

Staff responses to questions

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