text: what can a "bank manager" leave on your answering machine? hi i had a manager of my bank call today....and left me a message that satted "my account was nagative, if i do not get in the positives i will be reported to the cheques system...i can not have a checking account once reported to them..i had a check come back returned. she also stated my name." are they allowed to do this? i thought that they could not leave personal onformaiton on a voice mail or answering machine!! any information would help!! they are not allowed to do this.  this is a part of the privacy act.  i used to work at a bank and any time that we had to call a customer, we could only say the individuals name and to return our call.  we couldn't talk to the spouse unless they are on the account - even at that, if they are on the account, we can't talk to the spouse because there is no way to verify they are indeed the individual they claim to be.