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The CAT Central Repository will contain customer order and trade event information for orders in NMS Securities and OTC Equity Securities, from the time of order creation through routing, cancellation, modification or execution in a single, consolidated source.

Pursuant to the CAT NMS Plan, Customer Account Information generally includes, account number, account type, customer type, date account opened, and large trader identifier (if applicable). Customer Identifying Information means information of sufficient detail to identify a customer.

The Participants requested an exemption from the SEC from certain provisions of the CAT NMS Plan so that social security numbers/taxpayer identification numbers for natural persons would not be reported to the CAT. If the exemption is granted, the Plan Processor will generate a unique CAT Customer ID (“CCID”) using a strategy developed in collaboration with Industry Members. The CCID strategy uses a two-phase transformation that avoids the receipt or retention of social security numbers or individual taxpayer identification numbers in the CAT.

Only authorized regulatory users from the Participants and the SEC will have permission to access CAT Data via the CAT System. And, only a subset of those authorized regulatory users will have permission to access and view Customer Account Information and Customer Identifying Information, which is stored and handled separately from the order and trade data.

The CAT NMS Plan states that the Plan Processor must provide Participants’ regulatory staff and the SEC with access to all CAT Data for regulatory purposes only. The CAT NMS Plan also states that Participants’ regulatory staff and the SEC will access CAT Data to perform functions, including economic analyses, market structure analyses, market surveillance, investigations, and examinations.

CATLLC has retained a Plan Processor to develop and operate the CAT System, and both the Plan Processor and the Participants have policies and procedures for the security and confidentiality of information submitted to the CAT System and access to the information in the CAT Central Repository by Participants.

CATLLC’s actions in the event of unauthorized access to CAT Data will depend on the circumstances. If CATLLC becomes aware of actual (or potential) unauthorized access to CAT Data, CATLLC, working with the Plan Processor, will take all reasonable steps to investigate the incident, mitigate potential harm from the unauthorized access and protect the integrity of the CAT System. CATLLC also will report unauthorized access to law enforcement, the SEC and other authorities as required or as it deems appropriate.

Consolidated Audit Trail, LLC and FINRA CAT, LLC will host Weekly Industry Testing Checkpoint Calls every Tuesday at 4:15 pm ET beginning on January 7, 2020 through March 17, 2020. The events will be held at 4:15 pm ET.

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