(A) As a precondition to opening a covered account in the town, each applicant shall provide the town with personal identifying information of the customer; for example, a valid government issued identification card containing a photograph of the customer, a passport, or similarly reliable information. Such applicant shall also provide any information necessary for the department providing the service for which the covered account is created to access the applicant’s consumer credit report. Such information shall be entered directly into the town’s computer system and may be filed in one other hard file location, including the customers individual account file.
(B) Each account holder will be offered an option of assigning a password to his or her account and shall be assigned an account number which shall be unique to that account. The town may utilize computer software to randomly generate assigned PINs and to encrypt account numbers and PINs.
(Ord. 09-001, passed 5-26-2009)