Privacy Notice

Wabash County Farm Bureau 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. These practices are followed by the credit union and its affiliate, MEMBERS Financial Services, Inc. and therefore, this notice will be applied to both. If you have any questions, please contact a member service representative at 219-563-7443.

 

Information We Collect And Disclose About You

We collect the following nonpublic personal information about you from the following sources:
· Information we receive from you on applications and other forms;
· Information about your transactions with us, or affiliate (MEMBERS Financial Services, Inc.) or others including those companies that work closely with us to provide you with diverse financial products and services;
· Information we receive from a credit reporting agency;
· Information obtained when verifying the information you provide on an application or other form(s) (this may be obtained from your current or past employers, or from other institutions where you conduct financial transactions); and
· Information we may obtain from consumer purchasing and census data providers to develop competitive marketing programs for our members.

We may disclose all of the information we collect, as described above, as permitted by law.

Parties Who Receive Information from Us

We may disclose nonpublic personal information about you to the following types of third parties:
· Financial companies, such as insurance companies and securities broker-dealers; and
· Non-financial companies such as data processing vendors, check printers, statement processors, consumer reporting agencies and census data providers.

We may also disclose nonpublic personal information about you to nonaffiliated third parties as permitted by law.

We may disclose all of the information we collect, as described above, to companies that perform marketing or other services on our behalf or to other financial institutions with whom we have joint marketing agreements so that we may provide members competitive products and services. 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 information we provide them.

If you terminate your membership with Wabash County Farm Bureau Credit Union, or its affiliate, MEMBERS Financial Services, Inc., we will not share information we have collected about you, excepts as may be 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

Wabash County Farm Bureau Credit Union and MEMBERS Financial Services, Inc. are committed to protecting the privacy of its members and customers. You can help by following these simple guidelines:
· Protect your account numbers, PINs (personal identification numbers) and passwords. Never keep your PIN with your debit card or credit card which can provide free access to your accounts if your card is lost or stolen.
· Use caution when disclosing your account numbers, social security numbers, 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 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 your account, we will attempt to contact you immediately. If your address or phone number changes, please let us know.

Let us know if you have questions.
Please don't hesitate to contact us - we're here to serve you!

 

 

 

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