24 CFR § 401.312 - Confidentiality of information.

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identifier: "/us/cfr/t24/s401.312"
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title: "24 CFR § 401.312 - Confidentiality of information."
title_number: 24
title_name: "Housing and Urban Development"
section_number: "401.312"
section_name: "Confidentiality of information."
chapter_name: "OFFICE OF HOUSING AND OFFICE OF MULTIFAMILY HOUSING ASSISTANCE RESTRUCTURING, DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT"
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last_updated: "2026-04-05"
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authority: "12 U.S.C. 1715z-1 and 1735f-19(b); 42 U.S.C. 1437(c)(8), 1437f(t), 1437f note, and 3535(d)."
regulatory_source: "65 FR 15485, Mar. 22, 2000, unless otherwise noted."
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# 401.312 Confidentiality of information.

A PAE and every other restricted person (as defined in § 401.310) has a duty to protect confidential information, except as provided in §§ 401.500 through 401.503, and to prevent its use to further a private interest other than as contemplated by the PRA. As used in this section, confidential information means information that a PAE or other restricted person obtains from or on behalf of HUD or a third party in connection with a PRA but does not include information generally available to the public unless the information becomes available to the public as a result of unauthorized disclosure by the PAE or another restricted person.