Click Here: <A HREF="http://www.privacytimes.com/cali_tax_6_23.htm">P R I V A C Y T I M E S . C O M</A> ----- Foreshadowing an ominous national system, some California Banks have begun sharing data on all of their customers as part of an effort to snare deadbeat dads. >From PRIVACY TIMES, March 22, 1999 BANKS GIVING LISTS OF DEPOSITORS TO CALIFORNIA TAX BOARD About 130 California banks have provided the State Tax Board with lists of all theirdepositors as part of a beefed-up program to collect from parents delinquent on their child support. Since the program is federally mandated, it is likely that this unprecedented data sharing is occurring in other States as well. According to the North County Times, a newspaper based in the San Diego suburb of Escondido, the lists include customers’ names, addresses, Social Security numbers, account balances and other data. California’s Franchise Tax Board said the depositor lists are provided solely for the purpose of the "deadbeat parent" match and then are returned to the banks. That may not come as much solace to those California bank customers who are likely to feel that such non-consensual use of their financial data is an invasion of privacy, as well as a case of overkill. In the past year, widespread public opposition has blocked or stalled proposed federal mandates for stepped-up collection of bank data ("Know Your Customer"), and for Social Security numbers by State drivers agencies. The quarterly match is mandated by "The Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996" (P.L. 104-193). A parallel State law (Chapter 697, 1997) exempts the program from the California right to financial privacy law. Banks have two choices: 1) provide the State Tax Board with a list of all depositors, and the board matches the list against delinquent parents; or 2) the State sends the delinquent parent list to the banks, and they match it against their depositor list, and return those that turned up "hits." About 126 banks have chosen the second option, even though it is more expensive for them to conduct the match themselves. So far, 130 banks have shipped their lists of depositors to the State. The matches were scheduled to begin February 28, and continue quarterly thereafter. Those individuals who are identified as delinquent parents are informed by their banks that they have 10 days to pay up or make other arrangements. If they fail to do so, the bank remits the funds to the State. ----- Aloha, He'Ping, Om, Shalom, Salaam. Em Hotep, Peace Be, All My Relations. Omnia Bona Bonis, Adieu, Adios, Aloha. Amen. Roads Endright © 1999, Evan Hendricks. All rights reserved. <A HREF="http://www.ctrl.org/">www.ctrl.org</A> DECLARATION & DISCLAIMER ========== CTRL is a discussion & informational exchange list. Proselytizing propagandic screeds are unwelcomed. Substance—not soap-boxing—please! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory'—with its many half-truths, misdirections and outright frauds—is used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRL gives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. ======================================================================== Archives Available at: http://home.ease.lsoft.com/archives/CTRL.html <A HREF="http://home.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html">Archives of [EMAIL PROTECTED]</A> http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ <A HREF="http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/">ctrl</A> ======================================================================== To subscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SUBSCRIBE CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] To UNsubscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SIGNOFF CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Om
