
Fergus Federal Credit
Union, your member-owned financial institution, is committed to providing you
with competitive products and services to meet your financial needs and help you
reach your goals. We are equally committed to protecting the privacy of our
members. Under federal law, we are required to give you this privacy notice. It
describes our credit union's privacy policy and practices concerning the
personal information we collect and disclose about our members. It also includes
information about the parties who receive personal and sometimes nonpublic
information from us as we conduct the business of the credit union.
If after reading this notice you
have questions, please contact us at:
1-888-848-7478
(406) 538-7478
or write to:
Robert Bjelland
Fergus Federal Credit Union
106 E. Janeaux
Lewistown, MT 59457
robert@fergusfcu.com
INFORMATION WE COLLECT ABOUT
YOU -
We collect nonpublic personal information about you from the following sources:
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Information we receive from
you on applications and other forms.
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Information we receive from a
consumer reporting agency.
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Information obtained when
verifying the information you provide on an application or other forms; this
may be obtained from your current or past employers, or from other
institutions where you conduct financial transactions.
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:
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Financial service providers,
such as insurance companies.
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Non-financial companies,
such as consumer reporting agencies, data processors, check/share draft
printers, plastic card processors, government agencies and mailhouses.
DISCLOSURE OF INFORMATION TO
PARTIES THAT PROVIDE SERVICES TO US -
In order for us to conduct the business of the credit union, we may disclose all
of the information we collect, as described above, to nonaffiliated third
parties for the purposes of processing and servicing transactions that you
request or authorize.
We may also disclose nonpublic
personal information about you under 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.
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 the information we provide to other third parties.
DISCLOSURE OF INFORMATION ABOUT
FORMER MEMBERS -
If you terminate your membership with Fergus County Federal Credit Union, we
will not share information we have collected about you, except as may be
permitted or required by law.
HOW WE PROTECT YOUR INFORMATION
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We restrict access to nonpublic personal information about you to those
employees who need to know that information to provide products or services to
you. We maintain physical, electronic, or procedural safeguards that comply with
federal regulations to guard your nonpublic personal information.
WHAT MEMBERS CAN DO TO HELP -
Fergus County Federal Credit Union is committed to protecting the privacy of its
members. Members can help by following these simple guidelines:
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Protect your account numbers,
plastic card numbers, PINs (Personal Identification Numbers) or passwords.
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Never keep your PIN with your
card, which can provide free access to your accounts if your card is lost or
stolen.
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Use caution when disclosing
your account numbers, social security numbers, etc. to other persons. If
someone calls you explaining 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.
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Keep your information with us
current. If your address or phone number changes, please let us know. 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.
Let us know if you have questions.
Please do not hesitate to call us - we are here to serve you!