Notice2025-19897
Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board Public Forum
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Published
November 17, 2025
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Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board
Abstract
The Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board will hold a virtual public forum on Tuesday, December 2nd to discuss how financial tools historically used by the government to fight terrorism may now be impacting Americans' privacy and civil liberties. The forum will be held from 11:00 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Eastern Daylight Time (EDT). No registration is required to view this event, which will be livestreamed at www.pclob.gov. More information about this online forum will be posted at www.pclob.gov as it becomes available. The Board seeks public comments both in advance of and following the forum to help inform the discussion and future Board deliberations.
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[Federal Register Volume 90, Number 219 (Monday, November 17, 2025)]
[Notices]
[Page 51414]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2025-19897]
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PRIVACY AND CIVIL LIBERTIES OVERSIGHT BOARD
[Notice-PCLOB-2025-01; Docket No. 2025-0002; Sequence No. 13]
Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board Public Forum
AGENCY: U.S. Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board (PCLOB).
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: The Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board will hold a
virtual public forum on Tuesday, December 2nd to discuss how financial
tools historically used by the government to fight terrorism may now be
impacting Americans' privacy and civil liberties. The forum will be
held from 11:00 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Eastern Daylight Time (EDT). No
registration is required to view this event, which will be livestreamed
at <a href="http://www.pclob.gov">www.pclob.gov</a>. More information about this online forum will be
posted at <a href="http://www.pclob.gov">www.pclob.gov</a> as it becomes available. The Board seeks public
comments both in advance of and following the forum to help inform the
discussion and future Board deliberations.
DATES: This event will be held from 11:00 a.m. to 12:30 p.m., EDT, on
December 2nd, 2025. Public comments may be submitted any time prior to
the closing of the docket at 11:59 p.m. EDT on Friday, December 12th,
2025.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments responsive to notice PCLOB-2025-01
via <a href="http://www.regulations.gov">http://www.regulations.gov</a>. Please search by Notice PCLOB-2025-01
and follow the on-line instructions for submitting comments. Responsive
comments received generally will be posted without change to
<a href="http://regulations.gov">regulations.gov</a>, including any personal and/or business confidential
information provided. To confirm receipt of your comment(s), please
check <a href="http://regulations.gov">regulations.gov</a> approximately two-to-three business days after
submission to verify posting.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Alan Silverleib, Director of
Legislative and Public Affairs, Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight
Board, at 202-997-7719 and via email at <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#4232232d0232212e2d206c252d34"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="9cecfdf3dcecfff0f3feb2fbf3ea">[email protected]</span></a>.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
The federal government has significant authority to combat
terrorism through financial services regulation. In some cases, the
two-way flow of information between financial institutions and the
government enables intelligence analyses that can be used to identify,
disrupt, and prosecute terrorist networks. But some have argued that
the growth of government power in this area has extended beyond
terrorism and has permitted unreasonable risks to privacy and civil
liberties.
By holding this forum, PCLOB will hear from experts about how the
current regulatory system functions from both a national security and
privacy and civil liberties perspective. Specifically, the forum will
examine concerns raised by Members of Congress, businesses, and civil
liberties advocates that due to anti-money laundering and other
regulatory requirements, as well as vague regulatory supervision
standards such as ``reputational risk,'' financial institutions may be
encouraged to engage in the practice of debanking/de-risking, which may
deny banking services to innocent individuals, groups, and
organizations.
PCLOB invites input from all stakeholders including members of the
public, representing a variety of backgrounds and perspectives. If a
comment is submitted on behalf of an organization, the individual
respondent's role in the organization may also be provided on a
voluntary basis. While PCLOB currently lacks a quorum, the agency is
using this forum and the comments received to understand and scope
potential future oversight.
Alan Silverleib,
Legislative and Public Affairs Director, Privacy and Civil Liberties
Oversight Board.
[FR Doc. 2025-19897 Filed 11-14-25; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 6820-B3-P
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