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Security and Privacy Notice

Security Notice

This is a restricted government system for official judiciary business only. All activities on this system for any purpose, and all access attempts, may be recorded and monitored or reviewed by persons authorized by the federal judiciary for improper use, protection of system security, performance of maintenance, and appropriate management by the judiciary of its systems. By using this system or any connected system, users expressly consent to system monitoring and to official access to data reviewed and created by them on the system. Any evidence of unlawful activity, including unauthorized access attempts, may be reported to law enforcement officials.

Unauthorized attempts to upload or change information on this server are strictly prohibited and may be punishable by law, including the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act of 1986 and the National Information Infrastructure Protection Act of 1996.

Privacy Policy

Our privacy policy outlines the types of information we learn when you visit our site and how such information will be used.

Information subject to routine collection and storage includes:

  1. The name of the domain from which you accessed the internet, such as a web search engine.
  2. The IP address from which you accessed the Judiciary's website. An IP address is a number automatically assigned to your computer whenever you are accessing the internet.
  3. The date and time you accessed our site.
  4. The type of browser and operating system used to access the site.
  5. The web pages you visit.
  6. If you linked to this website from another website, the address of the originating site.
  7. Other information to maintain the website's functionality and security.

We do not share this information with others, and we do not collect information for commercial marketing.

Name and Address Matching

To get all your notices electronically, the BNC must be made aware of your name(s) and address(s) and related company names to which electronic notices are to be sent. If you are interested in the Electronic Data Interchange (EDI) service you may contact the BNC at 877-837-3424 for assistance in compiling your name and address list.

The BNC maintains the name(s) and address(es) you attach to your Noticing Agreement in a database list that determines whether court notices will be generated as a printed notice or as an EDI or Email notice. The BNC will use the following process to determine if the name and address combination provided by the debtor matches one in the BNC database:

A. Matching Procedure
  1. The notice recipient name submitted by the debtor is normalized. Commas and periods are converted to spaces. Extraneous spaces are removed from the name.
  2. The standardized name is compared to the name synonyms listed on your Noticing Agreement that are maintained in the BNC database synonym list. A match occurs if the name matches one of the names in the BNC database.
  3. The notice recipient address submitted by the debtor is examined by USPS-certified address processing software to ensure that it is a valid (deliverable) address.
  4. The address from step 3 is compared to the addresses provided in your Noticing Agreement that are maintained in the BNC database. If no match is made, the notice is printed and mailed.
  5. If the notice recipient name and address do match the name(s) and address(s) in the BNC database, the BNC will send the notice electronically.

If applicable, contact the BNC to add additional names and addresses that debtors designate for you or your company. As appropriate, you must notify the BNC should your email or any names and addresses used for electronic noticing change.

B. Matching Examples

Note: The name AND address must match in order for the notice to be sent electronically.

Example 1 - Name Matching
Name(s) Provided by Noticing Partner Internal Revenue Service
Department of the Treasury
Name(s) Provided by Debtor(s) BNC Matches Name Provided by Debtor Reason
Dept of the Treasury
Revenue Department
Intern Revenu Srvice		 Yes
No
Yes		 BNC software recognizes Dept and Department as equivalent.
Insufficient similarity to one synonym name.
Name matching software allows for slight misspellings.
Example 2 - Address Matching
Address(s) Provided by Noticing Partner Address(s) Provided by Debtor(s) BNC Matches Address Provided by Debtor Reason
11400 Commerce Park Drive Ste 600 Reston, VA 20191-1558
and
11400 Commerce Park Dr. Ste 300 Reston, VA 20191-1528		 11400 Commerce Park Drive Reston Va 20191 Yes Software produces valid 4-digit zip "1558"
1140 Commerce Park Drive Reston Va 20191 No "1140" is invalid street #
11400 Commerce Park Drive Suite 300 Reston, VA 20191-1526 Yes Software produces valid 4-digit zip "1528" to replace "1526", doesn't need Ste #
11400 Commerce Park Dr Ste 600 Reston VA 20190 Yes Software produces valid 9-digit zip "20191-1558" to replace "20190"
Commerce Park Drive Reston VA 20191-1549 No No street #