It seems the White House and Congress can agree on at least one thing—financial institutions are over-burdened by current privacy notice rules. In a move that is hoped to save financial institutions significant costs on postage, printing and administrative resources, on Friday, December 4, 2015, President Obama signed the Fixing America’s Surface Transportation Act (the ‘‘FAST Act’’) (H.R. 22) into law. Somewhat oddly, the FAST Act, which applies to infrastructure like highways and bridges, also amends the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act (“GLBA”) provisions pertaining to customer annual privacy notices.
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