Community Bankers' Advisor

September-October_2007  

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Welcome to the on-line
September-October_2007 issue of the
Community Bankers' Advisor
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The Advisor is prepared by attorneys at Olson & Burns P.C. to provide information pertaining to legal developments affecting the field of banking. In order to accomplish this objective, we welcome any comments our readers have regarding the content and format of this publication. Please address your comments to:

Community Bankers' Advisor
c/o Olson & Burns P.C.
PO Box 1180
Minot, ND 58702-1180

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The attorneys at Olson & Burns represent a wide range of clients in the financial and commercial areas. Our attorneys represent more than 30 banks throughout North Dakota.

Independent Community Banks of North Dakota

September/October, 2007

YOU ARE ASKING . . . . .


Q: A would-be customer of our bank keeps insisting that we are violating the Privacy Act because we require a social security number from him. He also claims that we are required to have a "Privacy Act Release Statement" signed by him and kept in his file. He says that this “law” is set by the Social Security Administration and that, as a bank employee, I should know this. I have never heard of this and can find no legal citation for it in any of our regulations. In fact, many laws require that we obtain this information from him. Have you ever heard of this law?
A:
There is no law that says a bank may not ask



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