Local Rule RULE 9037-1: PRIVACY PROTECTION - REDACTION OF A PERSONAL IDENTIFIER
Bankr. N.D.N.Y. — General rule
RULE 9037-1 PRIVACY PROTECTION - REDACTION OF A PERSONAL IDENTIFIER
(a) Personal Identifier. Unless otherwise ordered by the Court, in an electronic or paper filing made with the Court that contains an individual's social security number, taxpayer identification number, or birth date, the name of an individual, other than the debtor known to be and identified as a minor, or a financial-account number (individually and collectively referred to as "Personal Identifier"), a party or nonparty making the filing may include only:
(1) The last four (4) digits of the social security number and taxpayer identification number;
(2) The year of the individual's birth;
(3) The minor's initials; and
(4) The last four digits of the financial account number.
(b) Responsibility for Redaction. As noted in Fed. R. Bankr. P. 9037, responsibility for redacting a Personal Identifier in a pleading or other document filed with the Court rests solely with counsel and unrepresented parties filing such pleadings or other documents. The Clerk will not review each pleading or other document for compliance with Fed. R. Bankr. P. 9037 and this Rule and absent a request, as provided in paragraph (c), will not redact a Personal Identifier, erroneously included in a filing.
(c) Request for Redaction of Personal Identifier. A request for the redaction of a Personal Identifier should be made by electronically filing an application for an Order Directing Clerk to (i) Restrict Document(s) from Public Access and (ii) Substitute Redacted Document(s). The redacted document(s) should be filed as an exhibit to the application. Notice of the application must be given in compliance with Fed. R. Bankr. P. 9037. The applicant should then upload as an E-Order the proposed order that grants the application.
(d) Sanctions. The Court may impose sanctions on counsel or any party who files a pleading or other document containing a Personal Identifier in violation of Fed. R. Bankr. P. 9037.
Comment On occasion counsel or parties may have the need to file multiple requests for redaction of personal identifiers. Counsel or parties should contact the Clerk's office prior to filing the requests for redaction.