12 CFR § 1271.15 - Definitions.

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title: "12 CFR § 1271.15 - Definitions."
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section_name: "Definitions."
chapter_name: "FEDERAL HOUSING FINANCE AGENCY"
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part_name: "MISCELLANEOUS FEDERAL HOME LOAN BANK OPERATIONS AND AUTHORITIES"
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# 1271.15 Definitions.

As used in this subpart:

*Confidential regulatory information* means any record, data, or report, including but not limited to examination reports, or any part thereof, that is non-public, privileged or otherwise not intended for public disclosure which is in the possession or control of a financial regulatory agency and which contains information regarding members of a Bank or financial institutions with which a Bank has had or contemplates having transactions under the Bank Act.

*Financial regulatory agency* means any of the following:

(1) The Department of the Treasury, including the Comptroller of the Currency;

(2) The Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System;

(3) The National Credit Union Administration; or

(4) The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation.

*Third party* means any person or entity except a director, officer, employee or agent of either:

(1) A Bank in possession of any particular confidential regulatory information; or

(2) The financial regulatory agency that supplied the particular confidential regulatory information to such Bank.