7 U.S.C. § 7b–2 — Privacy

(a) Treatment as financial institutions. Even though section 509(3)(B) of the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act might otherwise exclude them, any futures commission merchant, commodity trading advisor, commodity pool operator, or introducing broker under the Commission's jurisdiction must be treated as a "financial institution" under Title V of that Act — the privacy title — for any financial activity that puts them under the Commission's jurisdiction. (b) Treatment of CFTC as Federal functional regulator. For purposes of that same Title V, the Commission counts as a "Federal functional regulator," as defined in section 509(2) of the Act. The Commission had to write the regulations required under that title within 6 months after December 21, 2000.