145.5—Disclosure of nonpublic records.
The Commission may decline to publish or make available to the public any “nonpublic records,” as defined in § 145.0(d), if those records fall within the descriptions in paragraphs (a) through (i) of this section. The Commission shall publish or make available reasonably segregable portions of “nonpublic records” subject to a request under § 145.7 if those portions do not fall within the descriptions in paragraphs (a) through (i) of this section. Requests for confidential treatment of segregable public information will not be processed.
(a)
(1)
Specifically authorized under criteria established by an executive order to be kept secret in the interest of national defense or foreign policy, and (2) are in fact properly classified pursuant to such executive order;
(b)
Related solely to the internal personnel rules and practices of the Commission or any other agency of the Government of the United States, including operation rules, guidelines, and manuals of procedure for investigators, auditors, and other employees (other than those rules and practices which establish legal requirements to which members of the public are expected to conform);
(1)
Data and information which would separately disclose the business transactions or market positions of any person and trade secrets or names of customers; and
(2)
Any data or information concerning or obtained in connection with any pending investigation of any person;
(d)
Trade secrets and commercial or financial information obtained from a person and privileged or confidential, including, but not limited to:
(1)
(i)
Reports of stocks of grain, such as Forms 38, 38C, 38M and 38T required to be filed pursuant to 17 CFR 1.44 ;
(iii)
Statements concerning special calls on positions required to be filed pursuant to 17 CFR part 21 ;
(iv)
Statements concerning identification of special accounts on Form 102 required to be filed pursuant to 17 CFR 17.01 ;
(vi)
Reports concerning option positions of large traders required to be filed pursuant to part 16 of this chapter ;
(viii)
The following reports and statements that are also set forth in paragraph (h) of this section, except as specified in 17 CFR 1.10(g)(2), CFR 31.13(m), or 17 CFR 5.12(h): Forms 1-FR required to be filed pursuant to 17 CFR 1.10 or CFR 5.12; FOCUS reports that are filed in lieu of Forms 1-FR pursuant to 17 CFR 1.10(h); Forms 2-FR required to be filed pursuant to 17 CFR 31.13; the accountant's report on material inadequacies filed in accordance with 17 CFR 1.16(c)(5); and all reports and statements required to be filed pursuant to 17 CFR 1.17(c)(6) ;
(2)
Information contained in reports, summaries, analyses, transcripts, letters or memoranda arising out of, in anticipation of or in connection with an examination or inspection of the books and records of any person or any other formal or informal inquiry or investigation; and
(3)
Information for which confidential treatment has been requested and granted in accordance with § 145.9 ;
(e)
Inter-agency or intra-agency memoranda or letters, except those which by law would routinely be made available to a party other than an agency in litigation with the Commission, including:
(1)
Records which reflect discussions between or consideration by members of the Commission or members of its staff, or both, of any action taken or proposed to be taken by the Commission or by any member of its staff; and
(2)
Reports, summaries, analyses, conclusions, or any other work product of members of the Commission or of attorneys, accountants, economists, analysts, or other members of the Commission's staff, prepared in the course of an inspection of the books or records of any person whose affairs are regulated by the Commission, or prepared otherwise in the course of any formal or informal inquiry, examination or investigation or related litigation conducted by or on behalf of the Commission;
(f)
Personnel files, medical files and similar files the disclosure of which would constitute a clearly unwarranted invasion of personal privacy, including but not limited to, information of that character contained in:
(2)
Files concerning persons subject to regulation by the Commission, including files with respect to applications for registration and biographical supplements submitted with such applications. Examples of the information on the applications and biographical supplements which may be protected are an individual's home address and telephone number, social security number, date and place of birth, fingerprints and, in appropriate cases, the information concerning prior arrests, indictments, criminal convictions or other judgments or sanctions imposed by State or Federal courts or regulatory authorities;
(3)
Files concerning information for which confidential treatment has been requested and granted in accordance with § 145.9 ;
(g)
Records or information compiled for law enforcement purposes to the extent that the production of such records or information:
(1)
Could reasonably be expected to interfere with enforcement activities undertaken or likely to be undertaken by the Commission or any other authority including, but not limited to, the Department of Justice or any United States Attorney or any Federal, State, local, or foreign governmental authority or any futures or securities industry self-regulatory organization;
(4)
Could reasonably be expected to disclose the identity of a confidential source including a State, local or foreign agency or authority or any private institution which furnished information on a confidential basis and, in the case of a record or information compiled by a criminal law enforcement authority in the course of a criminal investigation or by an agency conducting a lawful national security intelligence investigation, information furnished by a confidential source;
(5)
Would disclose techniques or procedures or would disclose guidelines for law enforcement investigations or prosecutions if such disclosure could reasonably be expected to risk circumvention of the law; or
(h)
Contained in or related to examinations, operating, or condition reports prepared by, on behalf of, or for the use of the Commission or any other agency responsible for the regulation or supervision of financial institutions, including, but not limited to the following reports and statements that are also set forth in paragraph (d)(1)(viii) of this section, except as specified in 17 CFR 1.10(g)(2), CFR 5.12(h) or 17 CFR 31.13(m): Forms 1-FR required to be filed pursuant to 17 CFR 1.10 or CFR 5.12; FOCUS reports that are filed in lieu of Forms 1-FR pursuant to 17 CFR 1.10(h); Forms 2-FR required to be filed pursuant to 17 CFR 31.13; the accountant's report on material inadequacies filed in accordance with 17 CFR 1.16(c)(5); and all reports and statements required to be filed pursuant to 17 CFR 1.17(c)(6); and