The Commodity Futures Trading Commission has issued guidance for CFTC-regulated financial institutions on compliance with the security safeguards provisions of Title V of the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act. In a Staff Advisory, the CFTC recommends that futures commission merchants, commodity trading advisors, commodity pool operators, introducing brokers, retail foreign exchange dealers, swap dealers, and major swap participants implement certain best practices to meet their obligations under GLBA, as well as the CFTC’s GLBA regulations at 17 C.F.R. Part 160, to adopt policies and procedures that address administrative, technical and physical safeguards for the protection of customer records and information.
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SEC and CFTC Propose Identity Theft Red Flags Rules
The FTC Red Flags Rules were not specific to the securities industry and there was some confusion as to which entities were subject to their requirements. This blog entry describes proposed rulesto applyRed Flag rules to certain broker-dealers, investment companies, investment advisers, futures commission merchants, commodity pool operators, introducing brokers, and other SEC- and CFTC-regulated entities
CFTC Proposes Rules on Affiliate Marketing, Data Disposal, and GLBA Privacy
On October 27, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) issued proposed privacy and data security rules under the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act (GLBA) and Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA), pursuant to the Dodd-Frank Act.
Federal Regulators Release Customizable Version of Model Privacy Notice
April 15 marked the release of the long-awaited customizable version of the Model Privacy Notice, a form that provides a safe harbor for compliance with the notice requirements of the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act (GLBA). Read more about in this entry.