Confidential and Exempt Information
Here is a brief listing of the types of information protected from disclosure by the Texas Public Information Act or other laws and statutes. This list is by no means exhaustive, but it does cover the confidential items found in the documents most commonly requested from the Office of Consumer Credit Commissioner.
- Social Security numbers
- Bank account numbers
- Texas driver’s license numbers
- Criminal history reports issued by law enforcement agencies
- Copies of fingerprint cards
- Details of intimate personal affairs in which the public has no reasonable interest
- Data obtained in examinations of regulated lenders and pawnshops
- Personal financial information such as the dollar amounts or interest rates pertaining to a transaction or an individually-held bank account (unless the individual’s identity is withheld instead)
For more details on the types of information exempted from disclosure to the public, see the Attorney General’s web page on Open Government.
