17 C.F.R. § 250.104 Public disclosure of information and objections thereto.
Title 17 - Commodity and Securities Exchanges
Preliminary Note: If any person wishes to object to the public disclosure of any information contained in a filing with the Commission under any provision of the Act then that portion thereof which contains such information shall be submitted in paper format only, whether or not the filer is an electronic filer. (a) General provision. Unless otherwise directed by the Commission, all information contained in any notification, statement, application, declaration, report, or other document filed with the Commission shall be available to the public, and copies of any or all information filed in connection with or as a part of any of the above documents will be furnished to any person upon request and upon the payment of the charge therefor. (b) Confidential treatment. If any person filing a notification, statement, application, declaration, report, or other document with the Commission under any provision of the act, or of any rules or order of the Commission thereunder, wishes to object to the public disclosure of any information contained therein, he shall file that portion thereof which contains such information separately from the remainder and shall plainly mark it “Confidential Treatment”. There shall also be filed with such information written objection to its public disclosure which (1) shall identify that portion of the notification, statement, application, declaration, report or other document to the public disclosure of which objection is made, (2) shall state the reasons why public disclosure thereof is not necessary or appropriate in the public interest or for the protection of investors or consumers, and (3) may request a hearing on the question of public disclosure. Thereafter such information shall not be made available to the public unless and until the Commission so directs. (c) Information obtained in the course of examinations, studies, and investigation. Information or documents obtained by officers or employees of the Commission in the course of any examination, study or investigation pursuant to section 13(g), section 15(f) (49 Stat. 825, 828; 15 U.S.C. 79m, 79o), or paragraph (a) or (d) of section 18 (49 Stat. 831; 15 U.S.C. 79r) shall, unless made a matter of public record, be deemed confidential. Except as provided by 17 CFR 203.2, officers and employees are hereby prohibited from making such confidential information or documents or any other non-public records of the Commission available to anyone other than a member, officer, or employee of the Commission, unless the Commission or the General Counsel, pursuant to delegated authority, authorizes the disclosure of such information or the production of such documents as not being contrary to the public interest. Any officer or employee who is served with a subpoena requiring the disclosure of such information or the production of such documents shall appear in court, and, unless the authorization described in the preceding sentence shall have been given, shall respectfully decline to disclose the information or produce the documents called for, basing his or her refusal upon this rule. (d) Any officer or employee who is served with such a subpoena, shall promptly advise the General Counsel of the service of such subpoena, the nature of the information or documents sought, and any circumstances which may bear upon the desirability of making available such information or documents. [Rule U, 6 FR 2015, Apr. 19, 1941, as amended at 20 FR 7036, Sept. 20, 1955; 26 FR 3102, Apr. 12, 1961; 44 FR 50836, Aug. 30, 1979; 53 FR 17459, May 17, 1988; 58 FR 15005, Mar. 18, 1993]
Title 17: Commodity and Securities Exchanges
PART 250—GENERAL RULES AND REGULATIONS, PUBLIC UTILITY HOLDING COMPANY ACT OF 1935
Miscellaneous Rules
§ 250.104 Public disclosure of information and objections thereto.
