---
kind: "section"
citation: "29 C.F.R. § 1641.3"
title: "29"
number: "1641.3"
heading: "Confidentiality."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/29/1641.3"
---

# §1641.3. Confidentiality.


When the Department of Labor receives information obtained by EEOC, the Department of Labor shall observe the confidentiality requirements of sections [706(b)](/cfr/29/706.md?p=b) and [709(e)](/cfr/29/709.md?p=e) of title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, as incorporated by [section 107(a)](/cfr/29/107.md?p=a) of the ADA, as would EEOC, except in cases where DOL receives the same information from a source independent of EEOC. Questions concerning confidentiality shall be directed to the Associate Legal Counsel for Legal Services, Office of Legal Counsel of EEOC.


## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 42 U.S.C. 12117(b).

### Source

Source: 57 FR 2962, 2964, Jan. 24, 1992, unless otherwise noted.