Redacting Personal Identifiers

(a) Redaction Requirement. Unless the Court orders otherwise, a filer must redact “personal identifiers” from any document filed with the Court or submitted to the trustee pursuant to LBR 1007-2(f). “Personal identifiers” means Social Security numbers, taxpayer identification numbers, dates of birth, names of minor children, and financial account numbers. A filing is properly redacted if it includes only: (1) the last four digits of the Social Security number or the 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.

For cause shown, the Court may require the redaction of additional information or limit a nonparty’s electronic access to a document filed with the Court. (b) Trustee’s Authority to Redact. The trustee in an individual chapter 7, 11, or 13 case has the authority to redact any document that is inadvertently submitted with personal identifiers. However, nothing in this Rule imposes a duty on the trustee to make the redaction.