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. (a) This division shall not apply to information that is not
personally identifiable to a particular person.
(b) Notwithstanding Sections 4052.5, 4053, 4054, and 4054.6, a
financial institution may release nonpublic personal information
under the following circumstances:
(1) The nonpublic personal information is necessary to effect,
administer, or enforce a transaction requested or authorized by the
consumer, or in connection with servicing or processing a financial
product or service requested or authorized by the consumer, or in
connection with maintaining or servicing the consumer's account with
the financial institution, or with another entity as part of a
private label credit card program or other extension of credit on
behalf of that entity, or in connection with a proposed or actual
securitization or secondary market sale, including sales of servicing
rights, or similar transactions related to a transaction of the
consumer.
(2) The nonpublic personal information is released with the
consent of or at the direction of the consumer.
(3) The nonpublic personal information is:
(A) Released to protect the confidentiality or security of the
financial institution's records pertaining to the consumer, the
service or product, or the transaction therein.
(B) Released to protect against or prevent actual or potential
fraud, identity theft, unauthorized transactions, claims, or other
liability.
(C) Released for required institutional risk control, or for
resolving customer disputes or inquiries.
(D) Released to persons holding a legal or beneficial interest
relating to the consumer, including for purposes of debt collection.
(E) Released to persons acting in a fiduciary or representative
capacity on behalf of the consumer.
(4) The nonpublic personal information is released to provide
information to insurance rate advisory organizations, guaranty funds
or agencies, applicable rating agencies of the financial institution,
persons assessing the institution's compliance with industry
standards, and the institution's attorneys, accountants, and
auditors.
(5) The nonpublic personal information is released to the extent
specifically required or specifically permitted under other
provisions of law and in accordance with the Right to Financial
Privacy Act of 1978 (12 U.S.C. Sec. 3401 et seq.), to law enforcement
agencies, including a federal functional regulator, the Secretary of
the Treasury with respect to subchapter II of Chapter 53 of Title
31, and Chapter 2 of Title I of Public Law 91-508 (12 U.S.C. Secs.
1951-1959), the California Department of Insurance or other state
insurance regulators, or the Federal Trade Commission, and
self-regulatory organizations, or for an investigation on a matter
related to public safety.
(6) The nonpublic personal information is released in connection
with a proposed or actual sale, merger, transfer, or exchange of all
or a portion of a business or operating unit if the disclosure of
nonpublic personal information concerns solely consumers of the
business or unit.
(7) The nonpublic personal information is released to comply with
federal, state, or local laws, rules, and other applicable legal
requirements; to comply with a properly authorized civil, criminal,
administrative, or regulatory investigation or subpoena or summons by
federal, state, or local authorities; or to respond to judicial
process or government regulatory authorities having jurisdiction over
the financial institution for examination, compliance, or other
purposes as authorized by law.
(8) When a financial institution is reporting a known or suspected
instance of elder or dependent adult financial abuse or is
cooperating with a local adult protective services agency
investigation of known or suspected elder or dependent adult
financial abuse pursuant to Article 3 (commencing with Section 15630)
of Chapter 11 of Part 3 of Division 9 of the Welfare and
Institutions Code.
(9) The nonpublic personal information is released to an affiliate
or a nonaffiliated third party in order for the affiliate or
nonaffiliated third party to perform business or professional
services, such as printing, mailing services, data processing or
analysis, or customer surveys, on behalf of the financial
institution, provided that all of the following requirements are met:
(A) The services to be performed by the affiliate or nonaffiliated
third party could lawfully be performed by the financial
institution.
(B) There is a written contract between the affiliate or
nonaffiliated third party and the financial institution that
prohibits the affiliate or nonaffiliated third party, as the case may
be, from disclosing or using the nonpublic personal information
other than to carry out the purpose for which the financial
institution disclosed the information, as set forth in the written
contract.
(C) The nonpublic personal information provided to the affiliate
or nonaffiliated third party is limited to that which is necessary
for the affiliate or nonaffiliated third party to perform the
services contracted for on behalf of the financial institution.
(D) The financial institution does not receive any payment from or
through the affiliate or nonaffiliated third party in connection
with, or as a result of, the release of the nonpublic personal
information.
(10) The nonpublic personal information is released to identify or
locate missing and abducted children, witnesses, criminals and
fugitives, parties to lawsuits, parents delinquent in child support
payments, organ and bone marrow donors, pension fund beneficiaries,
and missing heirs.
(11) The nonpublic personal information is released to a real
estate appraiser licensed or certified by the state for submission to
central data repositories such as the California Market Data
Cooperative, and the nonpublic personal information is compiled
strictly to complete other real estate appraisals and is not used for
any other purpose.
(12) The nonpublic personal information is released as required by
Title III of the federal United and Strengthening America by
Providing Appropriate Tools Required to Intercept and Obstruct
Terrorism Act of 2001 (USA Patriot Act; P.L. 107-56).
(13) The nonpublic personal information is released either to a
consumer reporting agency pursuant to the Fair Credit Reporting Act
(15 U.S.C. Sec. 1681 et seq.) or from a consumer report reported by a
consumer reporting agency.
(14) The nonpublic personal information is released in connection
with a written agreement between a consumer and a broker-dealer
registered under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 or an investment
adviser registered under the Investment Advisers Act of 1940 to
provide investment management services, portfolio advisory services,
or financial planning, and the nonpublic personal information is
released for the sole purpose of providing the products and services
covered by that agreement.
(c) Nothing in this division is intended to change existing law
relating to access by law enforcement agencies to information held by
financial institutions.