Credit Information Companies (Regulation) Act, 2005
29. Obligations as to
fidelity and secrecy.-
1.
Every
credit information company shall observe, except as otherwise required by law,
the practices and usages customary among credit information companies and it
shall not divulge any information relating to, or to the affairs of, its
members or specified users.
2.
Every
chairperson, director, member, auditor, adviser, officer or other employee of a
credit information company shall, before entering upon his duties, make a
declaration of fidelity and secrecy in the form, as may be prescribed in this
regard.
Explanation.-For the purposes of this section
and section 30, the terms "practices and usages customary" means such
practices and usages which, are generally followed by credit information
companies or may develop in due course in relation to their functions, in
pursuance of the provisions of this Act, rules and regulations made and
directions issued there under from time to time in pursuance thereof.