| Privacy
Policy
PLEASE READ THE FOLLOWING STATEMENTS PRIOR TO PROCEEDING
For your safety, we do not gather information electronically without your
consent.
We Are Committed to Safeguarding Customer Information.
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 how 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 request 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.
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