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GLB - The Gramm-Leach Bliley Act




Also known as The Financial Modernization Act of 1999

The main rules under the act that require the use of secure document shredding are:

The Financial Privacy Rule - This governs the collection and disclosure of customers’ personal financial information by financial institutions. It also applies to any companies which handle personal financial information.

The Safeguards Rule - Legislates that financial institutions design, implement and maintain safeguards to protect customer information. It also applies to any companies which handle personal financial information.

The GLB Act Affects Many Types Of Businesses Including (But not limited to):

Banking
Legal profession
Medical profession
Accountants and CPAs

Read more about the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act

The Federal Trade Commission GLB Act main page

The Financial Privacy Requirements of the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act

A Guide for Small Business from the Federal Trade Commission July 2002

GLB outline: http://www.ftc.gov/privacy/glbact/glboutline.htm


Electronic Privacy Information center
(EPIC) is a public interest research center in Washington, D.C. The Web site has a section dedicated to the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act.

For Banking Institutaions:

U.S. Sentate Committee on Banking, Housing, And Urban Affairs
http://banking.senate.gov/conf/

Gramm-Leach-Bliley -- Summary of Provisions
http://banking.senate.gov/conf/grmleach.htm



Compliance with the safeguarding provisions of the Gramm-Leach Bliley Act, or GLB

1. Dispose by shredding, all files and records that contain your clients' non-public information (NPI) of a financial nature.

2.  Get a certificate of destruction (in the recommended Gramm, Leach- Bliley format) to (Company Name) by Accurate Document Destruction, Inc.

Recommended Resources:

A Checklist of Responsible Information-Handling Practices http://www.privacyrights.org/fs/fs12-infohandling.htm

Meet GLB electronic compliance requirements by providing a secure network to transmit email, documents, audio files, video files, imaging files.

Electronic Data Interchange guidlines
http://www.doli.state.mn.us/edi_1.html



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