---
kind: "section"
citation: "16 C.F.R. § 2.17"
title: "16"
number: "2.17"
heading: "Statutory delays of notifications and prohibitions of disclosure."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/16/2.17"
---

# §2.17. Statutory delays of notifications and prohibitions of disclosure.


Upon authorization by the Commissioner who issues compulsory process pursuant to [§ 2.7(a)](/cfr/16/2.7.md?p=a) or, alternatively, upon authorization by the General Counsel, Commission attorneys may seek to delay notifications or prohibit disclosures pursuant to the Right to Financial Privacy Act ([12 U.S.C. 3409](/usc/12/3409.md)), the Electronic Communications Privacy Act ([18 U.S.C. 2705](/usc/18/2705.md)), or section 7 of the U.S. SAFE WEB Act ([15 U.S.C. 57b-2a](/usc/15/57b-2a.md)).


## Notes

### Amendments

[76 FR 54691, Sept. 2, 2011]

### Authority

Authority: 15 U.S.C. 46.

### Amendments

[76 FR 54691, Sept. 2, 2011]