Our Privacy Policy
The following privacy principles were established
to maintain the security, integrity and confidentiality of you personal
financial information.
The type of information we collect -
We routinely collect and retain the information we
obtain from your account applications, transaction history (for deposits,
loans, credit cards, etc) and from consumer reports. This information helps us:
- To establish and administer your accounts. (Example:
We ask for personally identifying information to protect your accounts from fraud.)
- To satisfy certain regulatory requirements.
(Example: When you open an account that pays interest, we are required by the
Internal Revenue Service to obtain your social security number.)
- Better understand you so that we may
provide you with additional or improved products and services. (Example: We
require information concerning your credit history and your assets to determine
if you qualify for loan approval.)
We do not share our current or previous
customers' nonpublic personal information with affiliates or with nonaffiliated
third parties except as permitted or required by law.
How is that information protected?
Access to your personally identifiable financial
information is limited to employees with a specific business reason for
utilizing this data. Our employees are educated about the importance of
maintaining confidentiality and customer privacy. If necessary, we take
appropriate disciplinary steps to enforce our employees' responsibility to
protect your very personal information. In order to prevent unauthorized access
to your information, we maintain security standards and procedures that conform
with industry practices. These security standards and procedures are routinely
tested to verify the integrity of our systems.
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