Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request, 37032 [2015-15816]

Download as PDF 37032 Federal Register / Vol. 80, No. 124 / Monday, June 29, 2015 / Notices 100 F Street NE., Washington, DC 20549, or by sending an email to: PRA_ Mailbox@sec.gov. Comments must be submitted to OMB within 30 days of this notice. Dated: June 23, 2015. Robert W. Errett, Deputy Secretary. [FR Doc. 2015–15814 Filed 6–26–15; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 8011–01–P SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request Upon Written Request, Copies Available From: Securities and Exchange Commission, Office of FOIA Services, 100 F Street NE., Washington, DC 20549–2736. mstockstill on DSK4VPTVN1PROD with NOTICES Extension: Regulation S–P; SEC File No. 270–480, OMB Control No. 3235–0537. Notice is hereby given that, pursuant to the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (‘‘PRA’’) (44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.), the Securities and Exchange Commission (‘‘Commission’’) has submitted to the Office of Management and Budget (‘‘OMB’’) a request for approval of extension of the previously approved collection of information provided for in the privacy notice and opt out notice provisions of Regulation S–P—Privacy of Consumer Financial Information (17 CFR part 248, subpart A) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (‘‘Exchange Act’’) (15 U.S.C. 78a et seq.). The privacy notice and opt out notice provisions of Regulation S–P (the ‘‘Rule’’) implement the privacy notice and opt out notice requirements of Title V of the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act (‘‘GLBA’’), which include the requirement that, at the time of establishing a customer relationship with a consumer and not less than annually during the continuation of such relationship, a financial institution shall provide a clear and conspicuous disclosure to such consumer of such financial institution’s policies and practices with respect to disclosing nonpublic personal information to affiliates and nonaffiliated third parties (‘‘privacy notice’’). Title V of the GLBA also provides that, unless an exception applies, a financial institution may not disclose nonpublic personal information of a consumer to a nonaffiliated third party unless the financial institution clearly and conspicuously discloses to the consumer that such information may be disclosed to such third party; the VerDate Sep<11>2014 17:13 Jun 26, 2015 Jkt 235001 consumer is given the opportunity, before the time that such information is initially disclosed, to direct that such information not be disclosed to such third party; and the consumer is given an explanation of how the consumer can exercise that nondisclosure option (‘‘opt out notice’’). The Rule applies to brokerdealers, investment advisers registered with the Commission, and investment companies (‘‘covered entities’’). Commission staff estimates that, as of December 31, 2014, the Rule’s information collection burden applies to approximately 19,876 covered entities (approximately 4,267 broker-dealers, 11,508 investment advisers registered with the Commission, and 4,101 investment companies). In view of (a) the minimal recordkeeping burden imposed by the Rule (since the Rule has no recordkeeping requirement and records relating to customer communications already must be made and retained pursuant to other SEC rules); (b) the summary fashion in which information must be provided to customers in the privacy and opt out notices required by the Rule (the model privacy form adopted by the SEC and the other agencies in 2009, designed to serve as both a privacy notice and an opt out notice, is only two pages); (c) the availability to covered entities of the model privacy form and online model privacy form builder; and (d) the experience of covered entities’ staff with the notices, SEC staff estimates that covered entities will each spend an average of approximately 12 hours per year complying with the Rule, for a total of approximately 238,512 annual burden-hours (12 × 19,876 = 238,512). SEC staff understands that the vast majority of covered entities deliver their privacy and opt out notices with other communications such as account opening documents and account statements. Because the other communications are already delivered to consumers, adding a brief privacy and opt out notice should not result in added costs for processing or for postage and materials. Also, privacy and opt out notices may be delivered electronically to consumers who have agreed to electronic communications, which further reduces the costs of delivery. Because SEC staff assumes that most paper copies of privacy and opt out notices are combined with other required mailings, the burden-hour estimates above are based on resources required to integrate the privacy and opt notices into another mailing, rather than on the resources required to create and send a separate mailing. SEC staff estimates that, of the estimated 12 PO 00000 Frm 00072 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 9990 annual burden-hours incurred, approximately 8 hours would be spent by administrative assistants at an hourly rate of $74, and approximately 4 hours would be spent by internal counsel at an hourly rate of $380, for a total annualized internal cost of compliance of $2,112 for each of the covered entities (8 × $74 = $592; 4 × $380 = $1,520; $592 + $1,520 = $2,112). Hourly cost of compliance estimates for administrative assistant time are derived from the Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association’s Office Salaries in the Securities Industry 2013, modified by SEC staff to account for an 1,800hour work-year and multiplied by 2.93 to account for bonuses, firm size, employee benefits and overhead. Hourly cost of compliance estimates for internal counsel time are derived from the Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association’s Management & Professional Earnings in the Securities Industry 2013, modified by SEC staff to account for an 1,800-hour work-year and multiplied by 5.35 to account for bonuses, firm size, employee benefits, and overhead. Accordingly, SEC staff estimates that the total annualized internal cost of compliance for the estimated total hour burden for the approximately 19,876 covered entities subject to the Rule is approximately $41,978,112 ($2,112 × 19,876 = $41,978,112). An agency may not conduct or sponsor, and a person is not required to respond to, a collection of information under the PRA unless it displays a currently valid OMB control number. The public may view background documentation for this information collection at the following Web site: www.reginfo.gov. Comments should be directed to: (i) Desk Officer for the Securities and Exchange Commission, Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, Office of Management and Budget, Room 10102, New Executive Office Building, Washington, DC 20503, or by sending an email to: Shagufta_ Ahmed@omb.eop.gov; and (ii) Pamela Dyson, Director/Chief Information Officer, Securities and Exchange Commission,c/o Remi Pavlik-Simon, 100 F Street NE., Washington, DC 20549, or by sending an email to: PRA_ Mailbox@sec.gov. Comments must be submitted to OMB within 30 days of this notice. Dated: June 23, 2015. Robert W. Errett, Deputy Secretary. [FR Doc. 2015–15816 Filed 6–26–15; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 8011–01–P E:\FR\FM\29JNN1.SGM 29JNN1

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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION


Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request

Upon Written Request, Copies Available From: Securities and Exchange 
Commission, Office of FOIA Services, 100 F Street NE., Washington, DC 
20549-2736.

Extension:
    Regulation S-P;
    SEC File No. 270-480, OMB Control No. 3235-0537.

    Notice is hereby given that, pursuant to the Paperwork Reduction 
Act of 1995 (``PRA'') (44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.), the Securities and 
Exchange Commission (``Commission'') has submitted to the Office of 
Management and Budget (``OMB'') a request for approval of extension of 
the previously approved collection of information provided for in the 
privacy notice and opt out notice provisions of Regulation S-P--Privacy 
of Consumer Financial Information (17 CFR part 248, subpart A) under 
the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (``Exchange Act'') (15 U.S.C. 78a 
et seq.).
    The privacy notice and opt out notice provisions of Regulation S-P 
(the ``Rule'') implement the privacy notice and opt out notice 
requirements of Title V of the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act (``GLBA''), which 
include the requirement that, at the time of establishing a customer 
relationship with a consumer and not less than annually during the 
continuation of such relationship, a financial institution shall 
provide a clear and conspicuous disclosure to such consumer of such 
financial institution's policies and practices with respect to 
disclosing nonpublic personal information to affiliates and 
nonaffiliated third parties (``privacy notice''). Title V of the GLBA 
also provides that, unless an exception applies, a financial 
institution may not disclose nonpublic personal information of a 
consumer to a nonaffiliated third party unless the financial 
institution clearly and conspicuously discloses to the consumer that 
such information may be disclosed to such third party; the consumer is 
given the opportunity, before the time that such information is 
initially disclosed, to direct that such information not be disclosed 
to such third party; and the consumer is given an explanation of how 
the consumer can exercise that nondisclosure option (``opt out 
notice''). The Rule applies to broker-dealers, investment advisers 
registered with the Commission, and investment companies (``covered 
entities'').
    Commission staff estimates that, as of December 31, 2014, the 
Rule's information collection burden applies to approximately 19,876 
covered entities (approximately 4,267 broker-dealers, 11,508 investment 
advisers registered with the Commission, and 4,101 investment 
companies). In view of (a) the minimal recordkeeping burden imposed by 
the Rule (since the Rule has no recordkeeping requirement and records 
relating to customer communications already must be made and retained 
pursuant to other SEC rules); (b) the summary fashion in which 
information must be provided to customers in the privacy and opt out 
notices required by the Rule (the model privacy form adopted by the SEC 
and the other agencies in 2009, designed to serve as both a privacy 
notice and an opt out notice, is only two pages); (c) the availability 
to covered entities of the model privacy form and online model privacy 
form builder; and (d) the experience of covered entities' staff with 
the notices, SEC staff estimates that covered entities will each spend 
an average of approximately 12 hours per year complying with the Rule, 
for a total of approximately 238,512 annual burden-hours (12 x 19,876 = 
238,512). SEC staff understands that the vast majority of covered 
entities deliver their privacy and opt out notices with other 
communications such as account opening documents and account 
statements. Because the other communications are already delivered to 
consumers, adding a brief privacy and opt out notice should not result 
in added costs for processing or for postage and materials. Also, 
privacy and opt out notices may be delivered electronically to 
consumers who have agreed to electronic communications, which further 
reduces the costs of delivery. Because SEC staff assumes that most 
paper copies of privacy and opt out notices are combined with other 
required mailings, the burden-hour estimates above are based on 
resources required to integrate the privacy and opt notices into 
another mailing, rather than on the resources required to create and 
send a separate mailing. SEC staff estimates that, of the estimated 12 
annual burden-hours incurred, approximately 8 hours would be spent by 
administrative assistants at an hourly rate of $74, and approximately 4 
hours would be spent by internal counsel at an hourly rate of $380, for 
a total annualized internal cost of compliance of $2,112 for each of 
the covered entities (8 x $74 = $592; 4 x $380 = $1,520; $592 + $1,520 
= $2,112). Hourly cost of compliance estimates for administrative 
assistant time are derived from the Securities Industry and Financial 
Markets Association's Office Salaries in the Securities Industry 2013, 
modified by SEC staff to account for an 1,800-hour work-year and 
multiplied by 2.93 to account for bonuses, firm size, employee benefits 
and overhead. Hourly cost of compliance estimates for internal counsel 
time are derived from the Securities Industry and Financial Markets 
Association's Management & Professional Earnings in the Securities 
Industry 2013, modified by SEC staff to account for an 1,800-hour work-
year and multiplied by 5.35 to account for bonuses, firm size, employee 
benefits, and overhead. Accordingly, SEC staff estimates that the total 
annualized internal cost of compliance for the estimated total hour 
burden for the approximately 19,876 covered entities subject to the 
Rule is approximately $41,978,112 ($2,112 x 19,876 = $41,978,112).
    An agency may not conduct or sponsor, and a person is not required 
to respond to, a collection of information under the PRA unless it 
displays a currently valid OMB control number.
    The public may view background documentation for this information 
collection at the following Web site: www.reginfo.gov. Comments should 
be directed to: (i) Desk Officer for the Securities and Exchange 
Commission, Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, Office of 
Management and Budget, Room 10102, New Executive Office Building, 
Washington, DC 20503, or by sending an email to: 
Shagufta_Ahmed@omb.eop.gov; and (ii) Pamela Dyson, Director/Chief 
Information Officer, Securities and Exchange Commission, c/o Remi 
Pavlik-Simon, 100 F Street NE., Washington, DC 20549, or by sending an 
email to: PRA_Mailbox@sec.gov. Comments must be submitted to OMB within 
30 days of this notice.

    Dated: June 23, 2015.
Robert W. Errett,
Deputy Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2015-15816 Filed 6-26-15; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 8011-01-P
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