15 USC § 6824 - Relation to State laws

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identifier: "/us/usc/t15/s6824"
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legal_status: "official_prima_facie"
title: "15 USC § 6824 - Relation to State laws"
title_number: 15
title_name: "COMMERCE AND TRADE"
section_number: "6824"
section_name: "Relation to State laws"
chapter_number: 94
chapter_name: "PRIVACY"
subchapter_number: "II"
subchapter_name: "FRAUDULENT ACCESS TO FINANCIAL INFORMATION"
positive_law: false
currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-17"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
source_credit: "(Pub. L. 106–102, title V, § 524, Nov. 12, 1999, 113 Stat. 1448.)"
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# § 6824. Relation to State laws

**(a)** **In general** This subchapter shall not be construed as superseding, altering, or affecting the statutes, regulations, orders, or interpretations in effect in any State, except to the extent that such statutes, regulations, orders, or interpretations are inconsistent with the provisions of this subchapter, and then only to the extent of the inconsistency.

**(b)** **Greater protection under State law** section 6822 of this title

For purposes of this section, a State statute, regulation, order, or interpretation is not inconsistent with the provisions of this subchapter if the protection such statute, regulation, order, or interpretation affords any person is greater than the protection provided under this subchapter as determined by the Federal Trade Commission, after consultation with the agency or authority with jurisdiction under  of either the person that initiated the complaint or that is the subject of the complaint, on its own motion or upon the petition of any interested party.

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**Source Credit**: (Pub. L. 106–102, title V, § 524, Nov. 12, 1999, 113 Stat. 1448.)