TITLE 15. COMMERCE AND TRADE § 6801. Protection of nonpublic personal information, 15 USCS § 6801
Summary
(a) Privacy obligation policy. 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.
(b) Financial institutions safeguards. In furtherance of the policy in subsection (a), each agency or authority described in section 505(a) [15 USCS § 6805(a)], 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—