12 CFR § 1271.20 - Access to confidential regulatory information.

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identifier: "/us/cfr/t12/s1271.20"
source: "ecfr"
legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "12 CFR § 1271.20 - Access to confidential regulatory information."
title_number: 12
title_name: "Banks and Banking"
section_number: "1271.20"
section_name: "Access to confidential regulatory information."
chapter_name: "FEDERAL HOUSING FINANCE AGENCY"
subchapter_number: "D"
subchapter_name: "FEDERAL HOME LOAN BANKS"
part_number: "1271"
part_name: "MISCELLANEOUS FEDERAL HOME LOAN BANK OPERATIONS AND AUTHORITIES"
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. 1430, 1431, 1432, 1441(b)(8), (c), (j), 1442, 4511(b), 4513(a), 4526."
regulatory_source: "78 FR 2324, Jan. 11, 2013, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "1271"
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# 1271.20 Access to confidential regulatory information.

Each Bank shall ensure that access to the confidential regulatory information stored at its facility is limited to those with a need to know such information and that employees with access maintain the confidentiality of the confidential regulatory information in accordance with the Bank's own procedures for maintaining the confidentiality of its members' privileged or non-public information.