[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 12, Volume 6]
[Revised as of January 1, 2008]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 12CFR716.17]

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                       TITLE 12--BANKS AND BANKING
 
            CHAPTER VII--NATIONAL CREDIT UNION ADMINISTRATION
 
PART 716_PRIVACY OF CONSUMER FINANCIAL INFORMATION--Table of Contents
 
            Subpart D_Relation to Other Laws; Effective Date
 
Sec. 716.17  Relation to state laws.

    (a) In general. This part shall not be construed as superseding, 
altering, or affecting any statute, regulation, order or interpretation 
in effect in any state, except to the extent that such state statute, 
regulation, order or interpretation is inconsistent with the provisions 
of this part, and then only to the extent of the inconsistency.
    (b) Greater protection under state law. For purposes of this 
section, a state statute, regulation, order or interpretation is not 
inconsistent with the provisions of this part if the protection such 
statute, regulation, order or interpretation affords any consumer is 
greater than the protection provided under this part, as determined by 
the Federal Trade Commission, after consultation with the National 
Credit Union Administration, on the Federal Trade Commission's own 
motion or

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upon the petition of any interested party.