Civil Penalty Fund and Bureau-Administered Redress Program Records
The system will enable the CFPB to manage the distribution of Civil Penalty Fund and redress monies to consumers, including tracking the collection, allocation, and distribution of funds in the Civil Penalty Fund and redress monies.
Who is covered? Individuals covered by this system include, without limitation: (1) Individuals identified as victims or potential victims who may receive payments from the Civil Penalty Fund or through Bureau-Administered Redress, including but not limited to current, former, and prospective consumers who are or have been customers or prospective customers of entities ordered to pay a civil penalty or redress to the Bureau as a result of a Bureau enforcement action; (2) individuals associated with entities and individuals that have been ordered to pay a civil penalty or redress to the Bureau as a result of a Bureau enforcement action; and (3) others, including CFPB employees, with information relevant to, or otherwise associated with, a Bureau enforcement action that has resulted in an order to pay civil penalties or redress to the Bureau.
What information is collected? Records in this system may contain identifiable information about individuals including: (1) name, address, e-mail address, phone number and other contact information; (2) Social Security number, age, date of birth, marital status, records of consumer financial transactions, financial account information, and internal identification number assigned to identified victims; (3) accounting and financial information relevant to making payment; and (4) accounting and financial information relevant to determining when and in what amounts victims have claimed funds. Additionally, non-identifying information in the system may include the dates the Bureau authorized, instituted, settled, and/or otherwise obtained a final judgment in a judicial or administrative action; an internal case tracking number; the date the judicial or administrative order was entered; the date the judicial or administrative order became a “final order ”; the amount of civil penalties or redress ordered; the due date for payments of civil penalties and redress funds; the date and amount of payments made; the status of debt collection efforts; and the balances of the Bureau’s accounts as payments are made.
Why is the information collected? This system will collect and store the information to enable the CFPB to manage the distribution of Civil Penalty Fund and redress monies to consumers, including: (1) tracking the collection, allocation, and distribution of funds in the Civil Penalty Fund and redress monies; (2) identifying and locating victims who may receive payments from the Civil Penalty Fund and/or redress payments; (3) determining the amounts of the Civil Penalty Fund payments and redress payments that the Bureau will make to victims; (4) maintaining accounting and financial information associated with such payments; and (5) developing reports to applicable federal, state, and local taxing officials of taxable income, and reports necessary to meet other reporting requirements.
System of Records Notice
History for this System of Records Notice
78 FR 34991; 83 FR 23435