Affinity Bank Consumer Privacy Statement
Affinity Bank is committed to protecting the privacy of its customers'
information. We know that your financial information is personal and
confidential. Our goals are to serve you as effectively and conveniently
as possible and to ensure that information you share with us remains
confidential.
Online Privacy Policy
The Online Privacy Policy explains how we may collect information from you online when you visit the Affinity Bank Web Site. The Policy, effective August 1, 2007, is for general guidance and subject to change. Please review periodically.
Customer Information means personally identifiable information about a consumer or a consumer’s current or former customer relationship with Affinity Bank. For more information, please refer to the Affinity Bank Consumer Privacy Statement.
Cookies & Browsers
This site uses a feature of your browser called a "cookie"
to assign a "User I.D." A cookie is a piece of data
assigned by a Web server to the browser on your PC. Cookies help Web
sites to keep track of your preferences and to recognize return visitors.
So, when you return to a Web site you've visited before, your browser
gives this data back to the server.
Cookies, by themselves, cannot be used to find out the identity of
any user. Your Affinity Bank User ID automatically identifies your
computer - but not you - to our servers when you visit AffinityBank.com.
Unless you specifically tell us who you are (for example by completing
a contact form), if you are just browsing our site, we will never
know who you are even though we assign you a cookie. This site contains
links to other sites. If you use a link to visit the site of another
company, we cannot be responsible for the privacy practices or the
content of that company or its site.
We recommend that you complete your online transactions and log off
before surfing to other sites or turning off your PC. We also suggest
that you do not surf to other sites during your online banking session.
Collecting Information
When you visit our web site, we may collect the following information in order to service your accounts and better respond to your needs:
- Information you provide to us online in applications or other forms
- Information about your online transactions with us
- Information about your online transactions with other parties such as online bill payments
Making sure your information is accurate
Keeping your account information accurate and up to date is very important. If your account information is incomplete, inaccurate or not current, please call or write to us at the following:
Affinity Bank
P.O. Box 8525
Ventura, CA 93002
800-489-2194
Protecting Children's Privacy Online
We do not knowingly collect, maintain, or use personal information
about children under age 13 from our website without obtaining verifiable
consent from their parents. If we receive personal information from
a child whom we know to be under 13, we will only use that information
to respond directly to that child, notify parents, or seek parental
consent. Affinity Bank is not responsible for the data collection
and use practices of third parties to which our web site may link.
For more information about the Children's Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA),
visit the FTC web site at http://www.ftc.gov
YOUR INFORMATION AND OTHER PARTIES
We will not disclose information about you to anyone except as disclosed in this policy or as permitted by law. Examples of this might include disclosures necessary to service your account or prevent unauthorized transactions.
AUTHORIZED SHARING - JOINT MARKETING
We may disclose the following information to other financial institutions with whom we have joint marketing agreements:
- Information you give us on an online application or other forms, such as:
- Information about your transactions with us, such as:
For more information on how Affinity Bank shares your information please refer to the Bank’s Notice of Your Financial Privacy Rights and Important Privacy Choices for Consumers in California.
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