Privacy Policy

Artesia Credit Union Privacy Policy

FACTSWHAT DOES ARTESIA CREDIT UNION DO WITH YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION?
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 and account balances
payment history and credit history
account transactions and transaction history
When you are no longer our member, we continue to share your information as described in this notice.
How?All financial companies need to share members’ personal information to run their everyday business. In the section below, we list the reasons financial companies can share their members’ personal information; the reasons Artesia Credit Union chooses to share; and whether you can limit this sharing.
Reasons we can share your personal informationDoes Artesia Credit Union 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 to report to credit bureausYesNo
For our marketing purposes – to offer our products and services to youYesNo
For joint marketing with other financial companiesYesNo
For our affiliates’ everyday business purposes –
Information about your transactions and experiences
NoWe don’t share
For our affiliates’ everyday business purposes –
information about your creditworthiness
NoWe don’t share
For non-affiliates to market to youNoWe don’t share
Questions?Call 575-748-9779 or go to www.artesiacu.org
Who we areWho we are
Who is providing this notice?Artesia Credit Union (ACU)
What we doWhat we do
How does ACU 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 maintain physical, electronic and procedural safeguards. We also do not store confidential or sensitive information using cookies.
How does ACU collect my personal information?We collect your personal information, for example, when you
open an account or apply for a loan
show your driver’s license or provide employment information
give us your contact 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 law and individual companies may give you additional rights to limit sharing.
DefinitionsDefinitions
AffiliatesCompanies related by common ownership or control. They can be financial and non-financial companies.
Artesia Credit Union has no affiliates.
Non-affiliatesCompanies not related by common ownership or control. They can be financial and non-financial companies.
Artesia Credit Union does not share with non-affiliates so they can market to you.
Joint marketingA formal agreement between non-affiliated financial companies that together market financial products or services to you.
Our joint marketing partners include financial planning and investment companies and insurance companies.
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