15 U.S.C. § 6801
Protection of nonpublic personal information
United States · Title 15 — COMMERCE AND TRADE · Status: effective
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- 15 U.S.C. § 6801, Protection of nonpublic personal information, United States, version 1 as recorded 2026-07-09, yourstate.us, https://yourstate.us/provision/442273
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It is the policy of the Congress that each financial institution has an affirmative and continuing obligation to respect the privacy of its customers and to protect the security and confidentiality of those customers’ nonpublic personal information.
In furtherance of the policy in subsection (a), each agency or authority described in section 6805(a) of this title, other than the Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection, shall establish appropriate standards for the financial institutions subject to their jurisdiction relating to administrative, technical, and physical safeguards—
Legislative history
The public laws that enacted or amended this section. Tallies are for the whole bill as it passed each chamber — often an omnibus covering far more than this provision — not a vote on this section alone.
- Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act
- Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act