---
kind: "section"
citation: "17 C.F.R. § 248.16"
title: "17"
number: "248.16"
heading: "Protection of Fair Credit Reporting Act."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/17/248.16"
---

# §248.16. Protection of Fair Credit Reporting Act.


Nothing in this subpart shall be construed to modify, limit, or supersede the operation of the Fair Credit Reporting Act ([15 U.S.C. 1681](/usc/15/1681.md) et seq.), and no inference shall be drawn on the basis of the provisions of this subpart regarding whether information is transaction or experience information under [section 603](/cfr/17/603.md) of that Act.


## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 15 U.S.C. 78q, 78q-1, 78 o- 4, 78 o- 5, 78w, 78mm, 80a-30, 80a-37, 80b-4, 80b-11, 1681m(e), 1681s(b), 1681s-3 and note, 1681w(a)(1), 6801-6809, and 6825; Pub. L. 111-203, secs. 1088(a)(8), (a)(10), and sec. 1088(b), 124 Stat. 1376 (2010).

### Source

Source: 65 FR 40362, June 29, 2000, unless otherwise noted.