[Federal Register Volume 59, Number 84 (Tuesday, May 3, 1994)]
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From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 94-10544]
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[Federal Register: May 3, 1994]
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POSTAL SERVICE
Privacy Act of 1974, System of Records
AGENCY: Postal Service.
ACTION: Notice of new routine use applicable to a system of records.
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SUMMARY: The purpose of this document is to publish notice of a new
routine use applicable to the Postal Service's Privacy Act system of
records USPS 010.050, Collection and Delivery Records--Delivery of Mail
Through Agents. The new routine use will authorize the disclosure of
information for the purpose of identifying addresses as Commercial Mail
Receiving Agencies.
DATES: This proposal will become effective without further notice 30
days from the date of this publication, unless comments are received on
or before that date which result in a contrary determination.
ADDRESSES: Comments may be mailed to Records Office, United States
Postal Service, 475 L'Enfant Plaza SW., room 8831, Washington, DC
20260-5240, or delivered to the above address between 8:15 a.m. and
4:45 p.m., Monday through Friday. Comments received may be inspected
during the above hours in room 8831.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Betty Sheriff, Records Office, (202) 268-2924.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Pursuant to subsection (e)(11) of the
Privacy Act of 1974, 5 U.S.C. 552a, the Postal Service is publishing a
notice of a new routine use applicable to its system of records USPS
010.050, Collection and Delivery Records--Delivery of Mail Through
Agents. The new routine use will authorize disclosure of information
for the purpose of identifying addresses as belonging to Commercial
Mail Receiving Agencies (CMRAs). CMRAs are private entities which
receive mail on behalf of other persons. Often, the address provided
for a person by a CMRA appears to be a typical residential or business
address.
The Postal Service, primarily through its law enforcement branch,
the Postal Inspection Service, has been working with the credit card
industry to prevent credit card fraud. One form of credit card fraud
consists of submitting an application for a credit card under a
fictitious name. Perpetrators of this type of fraud may use an address
provided by a CMRA as a means of avoiding detection. Credit card
companies have asked the Postal Service to help them detect such fraud
by identifying CMRA addresses, and the Postal Service has concluded
that the identification of CMRA addresses would be an effective tool in
combatting credit card fraud and other types of consumer fraud.
The routine use will authorize disclosure of information only for
the purpose of identifying an address as belonging to a CMRA, and no
other information concerning CMRAs or their customers will be disclosed
pursuant to the routine use. Because the routine use will not authorize
the disclosure of the identities of CMRA customers, disclosures under
the routine use will not invade the legitimate privacy interests of
persons who receive mail through CMRAs. The information will be
disclosed primarily by means of annotations to the Postal Service's
Delivery Sequence File (DSF). DSF data, the use of which is made
available to the public through authorized licensees, contains
delivery-point addresses, and it does not include the identities of
individuals.
New Routine Use
This notice adds routine use No. 1 to Postal Service system of
records USPS 010.050, Collection and Delivery Records--Delivery of Mail
Through Agents, as follows:
``1. Information may be disclosed for the purpose of identifying an
address as an address of an agent to whom mail is delivered on behalf
of other persons. This routine use does not authorize the disclosure of
the identities of persons on behalf of whom agents receive mail.''
Stanley F. Mires,
Chief Counsel, Legislative.
[FR Doc. 94-10544 Filed 5-2-94; 8:45 am]
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