---
kind: "section"
citation: "49 C.F.R. § 512.15"
title: "49"
number: "512.15"
heading: "How will confidentiality determinations be made?"
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/49/512.15"
---

# §512.15. How will confidentiality determinations be made?


Information may be afforded confidential treatment if the Chief Counsel determines that:

- (a) The information is a trade secret;
- (b) Public disclosure of the information would be likely to cause substantial harm to the competitive position of the submitter;
- (c) Public disclosure of the information would be likely to impair NHTSA's ability to obtain necessary information in the future;
- (d) The information was provided to NHTSA voluntarily and was not customarily released to the public by the person from whom it was obtained; or
- (e) The information is otherwise entitled to protection, pursuant to [5 U.S.C. 552(b)](/usc/5/552.md?p=b).

## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 49 U.S.C. 322; 5 U.S.C. 552; 49 U.S.C. 30166; 49 U.S.C. 30167; 49 U.S.C. 32307; 49 U.S.C. 32505; 49 U.S.C. 32708; 49 U.S.C. 32910; 49 U.S.C. 33116; delegation of authority at 49 CFR 1.50.

### Source

Source: 68 FR 44228, July 28, 2003, unless otherwise noted.