Members Choice WV Federal Credit Union Privacy Policy...
Members Choice WV Federal Credit Union is owned by its members and run by a board of directors you elect. You can be confident that your financial privacy is a top priority of this credit union. We are required by law to give you this privacy notice to explain how we collect, use and safeguard your personal financial information. If you have any questions, please contact us at (304) 346-5242.
We are committed to providing you with competitive products and services to meet your financial needs, which necessitates that we share information about you to complete your transactions and to provide you with certain financial opportunities. In order to do so, we have entered into agreements with other companies that provide either services to us or additional financial products for you to consider.
Under these arrangements, we may disclose all of the information we collect, as described below, to companies that perform marketing or other services on our behalf or to the other financial institutions with whom we have joint marketing agreements. To protect our members' privacy, we only work with companies that agree to maintain strong confidentiality protections and limit the use of information we provide. We do not permit these companies to sell to other third parties the information we provide to them.
INFORMATION WE COLLECT AND DISCLOSE ABOUT YOU
We collect the following nonpublic personal information about you from a variety of sources and may disclose all the information we collect to companies that perform marketing services on our behalf or to other financial institution with whom we have joint marketing agreements.
* From membership and loan applications and other forms, we obtain information such as name, address, social security number and income.
* From your transactions with us or other companies that work closely with us to provide you with financial products and services, we obtain information such as your account balances, payment history, parties to transactions, and credit card usage.
* From consumer reporting agencies, we obtain information such as creditworthiness and credit history.
* From verifications of information you provide on applications and other forms, we obtain information from current of past employers, other financial institutions and other sources listed on the application.
We may also disclose information we collect about you under other circumstances as permitted or required by law. These disclosures typically include information to process transactions on your behalf, conduct the operations of our credit union, follow your instructions as you authorize, or protect the security of our financial records.
If you terminate your membership with Members Choice WV Federal Credit Union, we will not share information we have collected about you except as permitted or required by law.
HOW WE PROTECT YOUR INFORMATION
We restrict access to nonpublic personal information about you to those employees who have a specific business purpose in utilizing your data. Our employees are trained in the importance of maintaining confidentiality and member privacy. We maintain physical, electronic, and procedural safeguards that comply with federal regulations and leading industry practices to safeguard your nonpublic personal information.
WHAT MEMBERS CAN DO TO HELP
Members Choice WV Federal Credit Union is committed to protecting the privacy of its members. Members can help by following these simple guidelines:
* Protect your account numbers, card numbers, PINs (personal identification numbers) and passwords. Never keep your PIN with your debit or credit card, this can provide free access to your accounts if your card is lost or stolen.
* Use caution when disclosing your account numbers, social security number, etc. to other persons. If someone calls you, explains the call is on behalf of the credit union and asks for your account number, you should beware. Official credit union staff will have access to your information and will not need to ask for it.
* Keep your information with us current. It is important that we have current information on how to reach you. If we detect potentially fraudulent or unauthorized activity or use of an account, we will attempt to contact you immediately. If your address or phone number changes, please let us know.
* Let us know if your have any questions. Please do not hesitate to call us- We are here to serve you!
