Right to Financial Privacy Information
The Right to Financial Privacy Act (12 U.S.C. 3401 et seq.) requires government
agencies to provide notice and an opportunity to object before a bank or other institution
can disclose personal financial information.
12 U.S.C. 3403(a) provides that “No financial institution, or officer, employee,
or agent of a financial institution, may provide to any Government authority access
to or copies of, or the information contained in, the financial records of any customer
except in accordance with the provisions of this chapter.”
Pursuant to 3403(b), a financial institution shall not release the financial records
of a customer until the Government authority seeking such records certifies in writing
to the financial institution that it has complied with the applicable provisions
of this chapter.
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