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12 CFR § 1033.201 - Availability and prohibition against evasion.

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identifier: "/us/cfr/t12/s1033.201"
source: "ecfr"
legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "12 CFR § 1033.201 - Availability and prohibition against evasion."
title_number: 12
title_name: "Banks and Banking"
section_number: "1033.201"
section_name: "Availability and prohibition against evasion."
chapter_name: "CONSUMER FINANCIAL PROTECTION BUREAU"
part_number: "1033"
part_name: "PERSONAL FINANCIAL DATA RIGHTS"
positive_law: false
currency: "2026-04-05"
last_updated: "2026-04-05"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
authority: "12 U.S.C. 5512; 12 U.S.C. 5514; 12 U.S.C. 5533."
regulatory_source: "89 FR 90989, Nov. 18, 2024, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "1033"
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# 1033.201 Availability and prohibition against evasion.

(a) *Obligation to make covered data available*—(1) *General.* A data provider must make available to a consumer and an authorized third party, upon request, covered data in the data provider's control or possession concerning a covered consumer financial product or service that the consumer obtained from the data provider, in an electronic form usable by consumers and authorized third parties.

(2) *Prohibition against evasion.* A data provider must not take any action:

(i) With the intent of evading the requirements of subparts B and C of this part;

(ii) That the data provider knows or should know is likely to render unusable the covered data that the data provider makes available; or

(iii) That the data provider knows or should know is likely to prevent, interfere with, or materially discourage a consumer or authorized third party from accessing covered data consistent with this part.

(b) *Current data.* In complying with paragraph (a) of this section, a data provider must make available the most recently updated covered data that it has in its control or possession at the time of a request. A data provider must make available information concerning authorized but not yet settled transactions.