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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.

XML (eXtensible Markup Language)

The U.S. Bankruptcy Courts have improved the Electronic Bankruptcy Noticing (EBN) email service by embedding case data within each PDF file using a data format known as XML. This data can easily be accessed and processed to improve your workflow. Case data is the information that changes from case to case but generally includes the following:

Examples:

Specifically, using the eXtensible Metadata Platform (XMP) and eXtensible Markup Language (XML) standards, these case data elements from the notice are now attached to the PDF document catalogs. Additionally, the courts have assigned general categories to their notices for quick reference, which are indicated by a reference code.

To download an example notice with XML, view and save the example notice.

The XML data is not typically viewable with a PDF reader. To view XML data within an electronic notice, you or your company will need a software program to extract the data from the notice. You may write a software program in any language or use a Java program (source) (binary v1.6) provided by the Bankruptcy Noticing Center.

Example: java ExtractXML yournotice.pdf > yournotice.xml Here's an example of the output of XML data from software using the Java language.

Learn more about XML by reading the Electronic Bankruptcy Notice XML Implementation Guide.

For further information please contact the BNC at 1-877-837-3424.