---
kind: "section"
citation: "15 C.F.R. § 702.3"
title: "15"
number: "702.3"
heading: "Confidential information."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/15/702.3"
---

# §702.3. Confidential information.


This section implements [section 705(d)](/cfr/15/705.md?p=d) of the DPA.

- (a) BIS deems all information submitted in response to a survey issued pursuant to this part to be confidential.
- (b) Any person submitting information in response to a survey issued pursuant to this part may request confidential treatment of that information.
- (c) The President's authority under the DPA to protect confidential information has been delegated to the Under Secretary for Industry and Security. The information described in paragraphs [(a)](#a) and [(b)](#b) of this section shall not be published or disclosed unless the Under Secretary for Industry and Security determines that the withholding thereof is contrary to the interest of the national defense.
- (d) Any person convicted of willfully violating the prohibition in [paragraph (c)](#c) of this section may be fined not more than $10,000 or imprisoned for not more than one year, or both.

## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 50 U.S.C. 4501 et seq.; E.O. 13603, 77 FR 16651, 3 CFR, 2012 Comp., p. 225.

### Source

Source: 80 FR 41430, July 15, 2015, unless otherwise noted.