Privacy Notice Modernization Act of 2013

Bill: 113-s-635
Sponsor: full_name: Sen. Brown, Sherrod [D-OH]
Introduced: 2013-03-21
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector
Subjects: Banking and financial institutions regulation

Consumer affairs

Consumer credit

Right of privacy
Latest action: action_date: 2014-09-18
text: Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. Hearings held.

Summaries:
action_date: 2013-03-21
action_desc: Introduced in Senate
text: <p> Privacy Notice Modernization Act of 2013 - Amends the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act to exempt from its annual written privacy policy notice requirement any financial institution which: (1) provides nonpublic personal information only in accordance with specified requirements, (2) has not changed its policies and practices with respect to disclosing nonpublic personal information from those disclosed in the most recent disclosure sent to consumers, and (3) otherwise provides customers access to such most recent disclosure in electronic or other form permitted by specified regulations.</p>

tv_txt: II 113th CONGRESS 1st Session S. 635 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES March 21, 2013 Mr. Brown (for himself, Mr. Moran , Mr. Tester , Mr. Johanns , Mr. Warner , Ms. Heitkamp , Mr. Toomey , and Mr. Blunt ) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs A BILL To amend the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act to provide an exception to the annual written privacy notice requirement.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Privacy Notice Modernization Act of 2013 . 2. Exception to annual written privacy notice requirement under the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act Section 503 of the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act ( 15 U.S.C. 6803 ) is amended by adding at the end the following: (f) Exception to annual written notice requirement A financial institution that— (1) provides nonpublic personal information in accordance with the provisions of subsection (b)(2) or (e) of section 502 or regulations prescribed under section 504(b); (2) has not changed its policies and practices with respect to disclosing nonpublic personal information from the policies and practices that were disclosed in the most recent disclosure sent to consumers in accordance with this section; and (3) otherwise provides customers access to such most recent disclosure in electronic or other form permitted by regulations prescribed under section 504, shall not be required to provide an annual written disclosure under this section, until such time as the financial institution fails to comply with paragraph (1), (2), or (3). .