---
kind: "section"
citation: "24 C.F.R. § 401.312"
title: "24"
number: "401.312"
heading: "Confidentiality of information."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/24/401.312"
---

# §401.312. Confidentiality of information.


A PAE and every other restricted person (as defined in [§ 401.310](/cfr/24/401.310.md)) has a duty to protect confidential information, except as provided in [§§ 401.500 through 401.503](/cfr/24/401.500..401.503.md), and to prevent its use to further a private interest other than as contemplated by the PRA. As used in this section, confidential information means information that a PAE or other restricted person obtains from or on behalf of HUD or a third party in connection with a PRA but does not include information generally available to the public unless the information becomes available to the public as a result of unauthorized disclosure by the PAE or another restricted person.


## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 12 U.S.C. 1715z-1 and 1735f-19(b); 42 U.S.C. 1437(c)(8), 1437f(t), 1437f note, and 3535(d).

### Source

Source: 65 FR 15485, Mar. 22, 2000, unless otherwise noted.