# 2026-15955: FTC Shields 'America's Bank Account' with Privacy Notice Tweaks

2026-15955, Privacy Act of 1974; System of Records, is a Federal Register notice from Federal Trade Commission published 2026-08-06, effective 2026-10-05; PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-08-13).

- Canonical: https://policyrisk.com/federal-register/2026-15955
- As of: 2026-08-13
- Plain-text twin of the page above; the HTML and this file carry the same facts.

## Facts
- Document number: 2026-15955
- Title: Privacy Act of 1974; System of Records
- Type: Notice
- Agencies: Federal Trade Commission
- Citation: 91 FR 50838
- Published: 2026-08-06
- Effective: 2026-10-05
- Comments close: 2026-09-08
- Significant: no
- Touches household money: yes
- Regulation identifier numbers: none
- Last updated: 2026-08-13

## In one line

FTC Shields 'America's Bank Account' with Privacy Notice Tweaks

## Summary

The FTC proposes to modify its Privacy Act system of records notices (SORNs) by adding a routine use to four specific SORNs to comply with Executive Order 14249, Protecting America's Bank Account Against Fraud, Waste, and Abuse, and OMB Memorandum M-25-32, Preventing Improper Payments and Protecting Privacy Through Do Not Pay. The FTC is also separately making technical changes to three of these SORNs.

## Effects PRIA read

- FTC travel records shared with Do Not Pay: cost, low. The FTC will add a routine use to its Travel Management System (FTC-III-2) allowing disclosure of travel-related records to the U.S. Department of the Treasury's Do Not Pay Working System to help identify, prevent, or recoup improper payments. This proposed change is published for comment by Septem…
- FTC financial records eligible for Do Not Pay checks: cost, low. The FTC will add a routine use to its Financial Management System (FTC-III-3) to allow disclosure of financial records to the U.S. Department of the Treasury's Do Not Pay Working System to identify, prevent, or recoup improper payments to applicants or recipients of Federal funds, including state-a…
- Acquisition records screened by Do Not Pay: cost, low. The FTC will add a routine use to its Automated Acquisitions System (FTC-III-4) permitting disclosure of acquisition-related records to the U.S. Department of the Treasury's Do Not Pay Working System to identify, prevent, or recoup improper payments to applicants or recipients of Federal funds, inc…
- Employee transportation data may be checked: cost, low. The FTC will add a routine use to its Employee Transportation Program Records (FTC-III-5) allowing disclosure of transportation program records to the U.S. Department of the Treasury's Do Not Pay Working System to identify, prevent, or recoup improper payments, and is also revising DOT-related rout…

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## Sources
- [2026-15955 on federalregister.gov](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/08/06/2026-15955/privacy-act-of-1974-system-of-records)
- [2026-15955 as published (PDF)](https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2026-08-06/pdf/2026-15955.pdf)

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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/federal-register/2026-15955 (as of 2026-08-13).