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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>71836</law_id><section_number>6.2-101</section_number><catch_line>Confidentiality of information</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2025/" slug="2025" current="TRUE" last_updated="">2025</edition><referred_to_by><reference>6.2-1705</reference><reference>6.2-948</reference></referred_to_by><structure><unit label="title" level="1" order_by="1" identifier="6.2">Financial Institutions and Services</unit><unit label="subtitle" level="2" order_by="1" identifier="I">General Provisions</unit><unit label="chapter" level="3" order_by="1" identifier="1">Definitions and General Provisions</unit><unit label="article" level="4" order_by="1" identifier="2">General Provisions</unit></structure><text>
						<section id="A"><p><span class="prefix-number">A.</span> Except as otherwise provided in this title or &#xA7; <a class="law" title="Duties of clerk; records; copies; personal identifiable information; records related to the administrative activities of the Commission; unauthorized filings" href="/12.1-19/">12.1-19</a>, the following shall not be disclosed by the <span class="dictionary">Commission</span> or any of its employees: (i) a report of examination of any <span class="dictionary">person</span> subject to this title, including any contents thereof; (ii) any information furnished to or obtained by the <span class="dictionary">Bureau</span>, the disclosure of which, in the <span class="dictionary">opinion</span> of the <span class="dictionary">Commissioner</span>, could endanger the safety and soundness of a bank, savings institution, or credit union; or (iii) any personal financial information furnished to, or obtained by the <span class="dictionary">Bureau</span>. <a id="paragraph-258824" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/6.2-101/#A"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="B"><p><span class="prefix-number">B.</span> Any reports and information described in subsection A may be provided to: <a id="paragraph-258825" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/6.2-101/#B"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="B1" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">1.</span> Members and employees of the <span class="dictionary">Commission</span> in the performance of their duties; <a id="paragraph-258826" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/6.2-101/#B1"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="B2" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">2.</span> In the case of an <span class="dictionary">entity</span>, directors and officers thereof and such other <span class="dictionary">persons</span> as may be authorized by resolution of the <span class="dictionary">entity</span>&#x2019;s board of directors; <a id="paragraph-258827" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/6.2-101/#B2"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="B3" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">3.</span> Such governmental officers, instrumentalities, or agencies as the <span class="dictionary">Commissioner</span> may determine, in his discretion, to be proper recipients of such reports or information; <a id="paragraph-258828" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/6.2-101/#B3"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="B4" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">4.</span> Any <span class="dictionary">persons</span> pursuant to lawful process and, if necessary to protect the confidentiality of the reports and information, an appropriate protective <span class="dictionary">order</span> issued by or under the authority of any appropriate <span class="dictionary">court</span>; <a id="paragraph-258829" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/6.2-101/#B4"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="B5" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">5.</span> Other <span class="dictionary">persons</span> pursuant to <span class="dictionary">grand jury</span> <span class="dictionary">subpoenas</span>; or <a id="paragraph-258830" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/6.2-101/#B5"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="B6" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">6.</span> Any other <span class="dictionary">persons</span> with the consent of the <span class="dictionary">person</span> to whom the report or information pertains. <a id="paragraph-258831" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/6.2-101/#B6"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section></text><history>1988, c. 555, &#xA7; 6.1-1.1; 1991, c. 127; 2004, c. 165; 2010, c. 794.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
