We Are Committed to Safeguarding Customer Information
Privacy Policy
In order to better serve your needs now and in the future, we may ask you to provide us with certain information. We understand that you may be concerned about what we will do with such information – particularly any personal or financial information. We agree that you have a right to know we will utilize the personal information you provide to us. Therefore, we have adopted this Privacy Policy to govern the use and handling of your personal information.
Applicability
This
Privacy Policy governs our use of the information, which
you provide to us. It does not govern the manner in
which we may use information we have obtained from any
other source, such as information obtained from a public
record or from another person or entity.
Types of Information
- Depending
upon which of our services you are utilizing, the
types of nonpublic personal information that we may
collect include:
Information we receive from you on applications, forms and in other communications to us, whether in writing, in person, by telephone or any other means - Information about your transactions with us, our affiliated companies, or others
- Information we receive from a consumer-reporting agency
Use
of Information
We
request information from you for our own legitimate
business purposes and not for the benefit of any
nonaffiliated party. Therefore, we will not release your
information to nonaffiliated parties except: (1) as
necessary for us to provide the product or service you
have requested of us; or (2) as permitted by law. We
may, however, store such information indefinitely,
including the period after which any customer
relationship has ceased. Such information may be used
for any internal purpose, such as quality control
efforts or customer analysis. We may also provide all of
the types of nonpublic personal information listed above
to one or more of our affiliated companies. Such
affiliated companies include financial service
providers, such as title insurers, property and casualty
insurers, and trust and investment advisory companies,
or companies involved in real estate services, such as
appraisal companies, home warranty companies, and escrow
companies. Furthermore, we may also provide all the
information we collect, as described above, to companies
that perform marketing services on our behalf, on behalf
of our affiliated companies, or to other financial
institutions with whom we or our affiliated companies
have joint marketing agreements.
Former Customers
Even if you are no longer our customer, our Privacy Policy will continue to apply to you.
Confidentiality and Security
We will use our best efforts to ensure that no unauthorized parties have access to any of your information. We restrict access to nonpublic personal information about you to those individuals and entities who need to know that information to provide products or services to you. We will use our best efforts to train and oversee our employees and agents to ensure that your information will be handled responsibly and in accordance with this Privacy Policy. We currently maintain physical, electronic, and procedural safeguards that comply with federal regulations to guard your nonpublic personal information.