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Privacy Policy

What Does The Farmers State Bank Do With Your Personal Information?

Rev. Date 12/17

Why? Financial companies choose how they share your personal information. Federal law gives consumers the right to limit some but not all sharing. Federal law also requires us to tell you how we collect, share, and protect your personal information. Please read this notice carefully to understand what we do.
What?
The types of personal information we collect and share depend on the product or service you have with us. This information can include:
  • Social security number
  • Credit history
  • Account balances
  • Credit card or Other debt
  • Payment history
  • Checking account information
When you are no longer our customer, we continue to share your information as described in this notice.
How? All financial companies need to share customers' personal information to run their everyday business. In the section below, we list the reasons financial companies can share their customers' personal information; the reasons THE FARMERS STATE BANK chooses to share; and whether you can limit this sharing.
Reasons We Can Share Your Personal Information Does THE FARMERS STATE BANK Share? Can You Limit This Sharing?
For our everyday business purposes
such as to process your transactions, maintain your account(s), respond to court orders and legal investigations, or report to credit bureaus
Yes No
For our marketing purposes
to offer our products and services to you
No We don't share
For joint marketing with other financial companies Yes No
For our affiliates’ everyday business purposes
information about your transactions and experiences
No We don't share
For our affiliates’ everyday business purposes
information about your creditworthiness
No We don't share
For non-affiliates to market to you No We don't share
What We Do
How does THE FARMERS STATE BANK protect my personal information?
To protect your personal information from unauthorized access and use, we use security measures that comply with federal law. These measures include computer safeguards and secured files and buildings.
 
We limit access to information to those employees for whom access is appropriate.
How does THE FARMERS STATE BANK collect my personal information? We collect your personal information, for example, when you
  • Open an account
  • Apply for a loan
  • Give us your contact information
  • Show your driver's license
  • Provide account information
We also collect your personal information from others such as credit bureaus, affiliates, or other companies.
Why can’t I limit all sharing? Federal law gives you the right to limit only
  • Sharing for affiliates’ everyday business purposes –information about your creditworthiness
  • Affiliates from using your information to market to you
  • Sharing for non-affiliates to market to you
State laws and individual companies may give you additional rights to limit sharing.
See below for more on your rights under state law.
Definitions
Affiliates Companies related by common ownership or control. They can be financial and non-financial companies.
  • The Farmers State Bank does not share with our affiliates.
Non-Affiliates
Companies not related by common ownership or control. They can be financial and non-financial companies.
  • The Farmers State Bank does not share with non-affiliates so they can market to you.
Joint Marketing
A formal agreement between non-affiliated financial companies that together market financial products or services to you.
  • Our joint marketing partners include a credit card company.
Other Important Information
For Alaska, Illinois, Maryland, and North Dakota Customers. We will not share personal information with non-affiliates--either for them to market to you or for joint marketing--without your authorization.

For California Customers. We will not share personal information with non-affiliates--either for them to market to you or for joint marketing--without your authorization. We will also limit our sharing of personal information about you with our affiliates to comply with all California privacy laws that apply to us.

For Massachusetts, Mississippi, and New Jersey Customers. We will not share personal information from deposit or share relationships with non-affiliates--either for them to market to you or for joint marketing--without your authorization.

For Vermont Members/Customers.
  • We will not disclose information about your creditworthiness to our affiliates and will not disclose your personal information, financial information, credit report, or health information to nonaffiliated third parties to market to you, other than as permitted by Vermont law, unless you authorize us to make those disclosures.
  • Additional information concerning our privacy policies can be found at www.fsbbrushakron.com or call Brush (970) 842-5101 or Akron (970) 345-2226.
 
Questions? Call Brush (970) 842-5101 or Akron (970) 345-2226 or go to www.fsbbrushakron.com
 
Who is providing this notice?
The Farmers State Bank means the following institutions:  The Farmers State Bank of Brush and The Farmers State Bank of Akron