The passage of the Dodd-Frank Wall
Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, Public Law 111-203, 124
Stat. 1376 (2010), broadened the Commission's regulatory authority
under the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act ("GLB Act") to cover two new
entities: Swap Dealers and Major Swap Participants, in addition to
Futures Commission Merchants, Commodity Trading Advisors, Commodity
Pool Operators, and Introducing Brokers, Specifically, amendments
to the GLB Act found in section 1093 of the Dodd-Frank Act,
reaffirmed the Commission's authority to promulgate regulations to
require entities that are subject to the Commission's jurisdiction
to provide certain privacy protections for consumer financial
information. These regulations were later extended to Retail
Foreign Exchange Dealers. Section 124 of the Commodity Futures
Modernization Act of 2000 (“CFMA”) amended the Commodity Exchange
Act (the “Act”) and added a new Section 5g to the Act to (i) add
that futures commission merchants, commodity trading advisors,
commodity pool operators, and introducing brokers that are subject
to CFTC jurisdiction with respect to any financial activity shall
be treated as a financial institution for purposes of Title V,
Subtitle A of the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act (“GLB Act”), (ii) treat
the Commission as a Federal functional regulator for purposes of
applying the provisions of the GLB Act, and (iii) direct the
Commission to prescribe regulations under Title V of the GLB Act.
The Commission adopted regulations for these entities under part
160 and later extended them to retail foreign exchange dealers,
swap dealers, and major swap participants. Part 160 requires those
subject to the regulations, among other things, to provide privacy
and opt out notices to customers and to adopt appropriate policies
and procedures to safeguard customer records and
information.
On behalf of this Federal agency, I certify that
the collection of information encompassed by this request complies
with 5 CFR 1320.9 and the related provisions of 5 CFR
1320.8(b)(3).
The following is a summary of the topics, regarding
the proposed collection of information, that the certification
covers:
(i) Why the information is being collected;
(ii) Use of information;
(iii) Burden estimate;
(iv) Nature of response (voluntary, required for a
benefit, or mandatory);
(v) Nature and extent of confidentiality; and
(vi) Need to display currently valid OMB control
number;
If you are unable to certify compliance with any of
these provisions, identify the item by leaving the box unchecked
and explain the reason in the Supporting Statement.