As a general rule, a bank or other financial institution is not required to produce full Social Security numbers in response to a N.Y. Information Subpoena. A bank/ financial institution should not do so unless directed by Court Order. Rather, when responding to an N.Y. Information subpoena, a subpoenaed financial institution should only provide the last four digits of a customer’s Social Security number (absent a Court Order specifically requiring the production of a customer’s complete Social Security number). We counsel our financial institution clients to follow this practice.

As a general rule, the dissemination of Social Security numbers is regulated and restricted. See, for example , New York Labor Law§ 203-d, which provides that social security numbers constitute “personal identif

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