Gramm/Leach/Bliley

The Gramm/Leach/Bliley Act States:

It is the policy of the Congress that each financial institution has an affirmative and continuing obligation to respect the privacy of its customers and to protect the security and confidentiality of those customers' nonpublic personal information.

This subchapter and the regulations prescribed thereunder shall be enforced by the Federal functional regulators, the State insurance authorities, and the Federal Trade Commission with respect to financial institutions and other persons subject to their jurisdiction under applicable law.

For more information on the Gramm/Leach/Bliley Act you can visit http://www.ftc.gov/privacy/glbact/glbsub1.htm