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US SEC seeks feedback on stock-trades database with aim to protect investors’ privacy

By Neil Roland ( April 16, 2026, 22:16 GMT | Insight) -- A US Securities and Exchange Commission request for public feedback on its stock-trades warehouse should give the agency a chance to restructure the 2012 database to protect investors’ privacy, Commissioner Hester Peirce said today. The Consolidated Audit Trail warehouse, which collects data on stocks and options orders and trades, was created to give the SEC a way to track market instability after the 2010 “flash crash” in which stocks and options yo-yoed without apparent explanation. It also helps identify trading violations and fraud.A US Securities and Exchange Commission request for public feedback on its stock-trades warehouse should give the agency an opportunity to restructure the 2012 database to protect investors’ privacy, Commissioner Hester Peirce said Thursday....

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