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title: Section 1071 Firewall
description: Learn about the Section 1071 Rule's firewall requirement, which mandates financial institutions to restrict access to applicants' protected demographic information during application evaluations.
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# [Section 1071 Firewall](https://blog.bankerscompliance.com/en/section-1071-firewall)

 Written by [Jerod Moyer](https://blog.bankerscompliance.com/en/author/jerod-moyer) | Mar 18, 2025 8:27:29 PM

The [Section 1071](https://www.consumerfinance.gov/1071-rule/) Rule requires financial institutions to implement and maintain a “firewall” that prohibits certain employees from accessing restricted data that is collected from covered applicants. In other words, an employee involved in making any determination* *concerning a covered application generally cannot access that applicant’s protected demographic information. Specifically, this includes an applicant’s responses as to whether they are a minority-owned, women-owned or LGBTQI+-owned business and the ethnicity, race, and sex of the principal owners. You will essentially be required to collect this information and then lock it up.

Jerod explains more in the video.

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Published  
2025/03/18

 

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