October 2022 — Question 67
Under 19 CFR 111.24, brokers must not disclose the records defined in the regulation to any persons other than those entities listed in the regulation. To which of the following is a broker NOT permitted to disclose confidential records?
- AThe client’s surety
- BThe client’s overseas vendor✓ CBP's answer
- CCBP Regulatory Audit
- DCBP Center Director
- ESpecial agent in charge
Why this answer
The cited confidentiality regulation makes the records a broker holds for a client confidential and limits who may see them: the client itself, the surety on a particular entry as to the records of that entry, and authorized government officials, such as CBP regulatory auditors, the Center director, or a special agent in charge, acting under proper authority. An overseas vendor appears nowhere in the permitted list, so handing the client's records to its foreign supplier would breach the rule, making B the answer. Option A is the tempting distractor because a surety looks like an outside commercial party, but the regulation expressly admits the surety for the entries it secured. Watch for: Excluding the surety, forgetting the regulation expressly permits disclosure to it.
Original CBLE Simulator explanation — the question and key above are CBP's; this analysis is ours. Verify against the current edition before relying on it in practice.
CBP's cited authority
Answer and citations as published in CBP's official answer key for the October 2022 examination.
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