In Brief: ABA Offers Members Privacy Policy Kit

WASHINGTON - The American Bankers Association is offering a "financial privacy toolbox" to help its member banks comply with the privacy regulations of the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act.

The kit provides information and training materials on six subjects: building a privacy program; conducting an information self-assessment; complying with Gramm-Leach-Bliley; medical privacy and identity theft; training employees; and communication with customers.

It also advises banks on how to involve senior management in building a privacy program and communicating their policy to customers.

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