15 U.S.C. § 6808 — Study of information sharing among financial affiliates

the purposes for the sharing of confidential customer information with affiliates or with nonaffiliated third parties;

the extent and adequacy of security protections for such information;

the potential risks for customer privacy of such sharing of information;

the potential benefits for financial institutions and affiliates of such sharing of information;

the potential benefits for customers of such sharing of information;

the adequacy of existing laws to protect customer privacy;

the adequacy of financial institution^* privacy policy and privacy rights disclosure under existing law;

the feasibility of different approaches, including opt-out and opt-in, to permit customers to direct that confidential information not be shared with affiliates and nonaffiliated third parties; and

the feasibility of restricting sharing of information for specific uses or of permitting customers to direct the uses for which information may be shared.