---
kind: "section"
citation: "29 C.F.R. § 1640.4"
title: "29"
number: "1640.4"
heading: "Confidentiality."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/29/1640.4"
---

# §1640.4. Confidentiality.

- (a) When a [section 504](/cfr/29/504.md) agency or a designated agency receives information obtained by the EEOC, such agency shall observe the confidentiality requirements of [section 706(b)](/cfr/29/706.md?p=b) and section 709(e) of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, as amended (42 U.S.C. [2000e-5(b)](/usc/42/2000e-5.md?p=b) and [2000e-8(e)](/usc/42/2000e-8.md?p=e)), as incorporated by [section 107(a)](/cfr/29/107.md?p=a) of the ADA, to the same extent as these provisions would bind the EEOC, except when the agency receives the same information from a source independent of the EEOC. Agency questions concerning the confidentiality requirements of title I shall be directed to the Associate Legal Counsel for Legal Services, Office of Legal Counsel, the EEOC.
- (b) When the EEOC receives information from a [section 504](/cfr/29/504.md) or a designated agency, the EEOC shall observe any confidentiality requirements applicable to that information.

## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 5 U.S.C. 301; 29 U.S.C. 794(d); 42 U.S.C. 12117(b).

### Source

Source: 59 FR 39904, 39908, Aug. 4, 1994, unless otherwise noted.