---
kind: "section"
citation: "12 C.F.R. § 334.83"
title: "12"
number: "334.83"
heading: "Disposal of consumer information."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/12/334.83"
---

# §334.83. Disposal of consumer information.

- (a) **In general.** You must properly dispose of any consumer information that you maintain or otherwise possess in accordance with the Interagency Guidelines Establishing Information Security Standards, as set forth in appendix B to [part 364](/cfr/12/part364.md) of this chapter, prescribed pursuant to [section 216](/cfr/12/216.md) of the Fair and Accurate Credit Transactions Act of 2003 ([15 U.S.C. 1681w](/usc/15/1681w.md)) and [section 501(b)](/cfr/12/501.md?p=b) of the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act ([15 U.S.C. 6801(b)](/usc/15/6801.md?p=b)), to the extent the Guidelines are applicable to you.
- (b) **Rule of construction.** Nothing in this section shall be construed to:
  - (1) Require you to maintain or destroy any record pertaining to a consumer that is not imposed under any other law; or
  - (2) Alter or affect any requirement imposed under any other provision of law to maintain or destroy such a record.

## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 12 U.S.C. 1818, 1819 (Tenth), and 1831p-1; 15 U.S.C. 1681a, 1681b, 1681c, 1681m, 1681s, 1681s-2, 1681s-3, 1681t, 1681w, 6801 et seq., Pub. L. 108-159, 117 Stat. 1952.

### Source

Source: 69 FR 77618, Dec. 28, 2004, unless otherwise noted.