Privacy principles :
Section – 20. Every credit information company, credit institution and specified user, shall adopt the following privacy principles in relation to collection, processing, collating, recording, preservation, secrecy, sharing and usage of credit information, namely:—
| (a) | the principles— |
| (i) | which may be followed by every credit institution for collection of information from its borrowers and clients and by every credit information company, for collection of information from its member credit institutions or credit information companies, for processing, recording, protecting the data relating to credit information furnished by, or obtained from, their member credit institutions or credit information companies, as the case may be, and sharing of such data with specified users; | |
| (ii) | which may be adopted by every specified user for processing, recording, preserving and protecting the data relating to credit information furnished, or received, as the case may be, by it; | |
| (iii) | which may be adopted by every credit information company for allowing access to records containing credit information of borrowers and clients and alteration of such records in case of need to do so; |
| (b) | the purpose for which the credit information may be used, restriction on such use and disclosure thereof; | |
| (c) | the extent of obligation to check accuracy of credit information before furnishing of such information to credit information companies or credit institutions or specified users, as the case may be; | |
| (d) | preservation of credit information maintained by every credit information company, credit institution, and specified user, as the case may be (including the period for which such information may be maintained, manner of deletion of such information and maintenance of records of credit information); | |
| (e) | networking of credit information companies, credit institutions and specified users through electronic mode; | |
| (f) | any other principles and procedures relating to credit information which the Reserve Bank may consider necessary and appropriate and may be specified by regulations. |