§ 1080.2 Definitions.

For the purposes of this part, unless explicitly stated to the contrary:

Bureau

means the Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection.

Bureau investigation

means any inquiry conducted by a Bureau investigator for the purpose of ascertaining whether any person is or has been engaged in any conduct that is a violation.

Bureau investigator

means any attorney or investigator employed by the Bureau who is charged with the duty of enforcing or carrying into effect any Federal consumer financial law.

Custodian

means the custodian or any deputy custodian designated by the Bureau for the purpose of maintaining custody of information produced pursuant to this part.

Director

means the Director of the Bureau or a person authorized to perform the functions of the Director in accordance with the law.

Documentary material

means the original or any copy of any book, document, record, report, memorandum, paper, communication, tabulation, chart, log, electronic file, or other data or data compilation stored in any medium, including electronically stored information.

Dodd-Frank Act

means the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Financial Protection Act of 2010, as amended, Public Law 111-203 (July 21, 2010), title X, codified at 12 U.S.C. 5481

et seq.

Electronically stored information (ESI)

means any information stored in any electronic medium from which information can be obtained either directly or, if necessary, after translation by the responding party into a reasonably usable form.

Person

means an individual, partnership, company, corporation, association (incorporated or unincorporated), trust, estate, cooperative organization, or other entity.

Violation

means any act or omission that, if proved, would constitute a violation of any provision of Federal consumer financial law.

[77 FR 39108, June 29, 2012, as amended at 89 FR 94601, Nov. 29, 2024]