• MAE-2.6 MAE-2.6 Obligation to Maintain Confidentiality

    • MAE-2.6.1

      Subject to Paragraph MAE-2.6.2, a licensed exchange and licensed market operator and its officers and employees must maintain, and aid in maintaining the confidentiality of all user information that:

      (a) Comes to the knowledge of the licensed exchange or licensed market operator, or any of its officers or employees; and
      (b) Is in possession of the licensed exchange or licensed market operator, or any of its officers or employees.
      Amended: April 2016

    • MAE-2.6.2

      Paragraph MAE-2.6.1 does not apply to:

      (a) The disclosure of user information for such purposes, or in such circumstances as the CBB may prescribe;
      (b) Any disclosure of user information which is authorised by the CBB to be disclosed or furnished; or
      (c) The disclosure of user information pursuant to any requirement imposed under any law or order of court in the Kingdom of Bahrain.
      Amended: April 2016

    • MAE-2.6.3

      For the avoidance of doubt, nothing in this Section shall be construed as preventing a licensed exchange or licensed market operator from entering into a written agreement with a user which obliges the licensed exchange or licensed market operator to maintain a higher degree of confidentiality than that specified in this Section.

      Amended: April 2016