CFTC

Last week, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) published in the Federal Register a joint rule requiring entities regulated by the agencies to adopt programs to detect and prevent identity theft.  The rule is referred to as the “red flags rule” and applies to certain broker-dealers, mutual funds, investment advisers, futures

The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (“CFTC”) recently approved a final rule broadening the scope of the CFTC’s financial privacy regulations under the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act (“GLBA”) to include “swap dealers” and “major swap participants,” two types of entities created by and subject to regulation under Dodd-Frank.  GLBA requires financial institutions to, among other requirements, establish safeguards to ensure the security and confidentiality of consumer records and to comply with certain requirements governing the disclosure of consumers’ personal information.  Swap dealers and major swap participants are expected to collect and use nonpublic personal information in a similar manner as financial institutions currently subject to GLBA’s financial privacy requirements.  The CFTC’s rule simply extends the financial privacy requirements to swap dealers and major swap participants.

The final rule becomes effective 60 days after the CFTC finalizes its regulations further defining the terms “swap dealer” and “major swap participant.”  On December 21, 2010, the CFTC issued proposed regulations with respect to these definitions.  The proposed definitions of these terms under the Dodd-Frank statute appear after the jump.Continue Reading CFTC Issues Final Rule Extending Financial Privacy Requirements to Swap Dealers and Major Swap Participants