BECAUSE YOUR TRUST IS SO IMPORTANT
Your trust is the cornerstone of our relationship.
That is why we work so diligently to safeguard your privacy. The information that
you provide us is kept in the strictest of confidence. We have no intentions of
selling personal information about our customers to third-party businesses. We are
proud to make that commitment to you, because your trust is the foundation of our
business.
The following privacy policy explains
how we use and protect the information about our customers. We ask that you read
it carefully.
NOTICE OF YOUR FINANCIAL
PRIVACY RIGHTS
We, our, and us,
when used in this notice, mean High Desert State Bank.
This is our privacy notice for our
customers. When we use the words "you" and "your" we mean the following types of
customers:
- Our consumer customers who have a continuing
relationship by purchasing or holding financial products or services such as a(n):
- Deposit account
- Loan account
- Safe deposit box
We will tell you the sources of the information
we collect about you. We will tell you what measures we take to secure that information.
We first define some terms.
- Nonpublic personal information
means information about you that we collect in connection with providing a financial
product or service to you. Nonpublic personal information does not include information
that is available from public sources, such as telephone directories or government
records. Hereafter, we will use the term "information" to mean nonpublic
personal information as defined in this section.
- An affiliate is a company
we own or control, a company that owns or controls us, or a company that is owned
or controlled by the same company that owns or controls us. Ownership does not mean
complete ownership, but means owning enough to have control.
- A nonaffiliated third party
is a person we do not employ or a company that is not an affiliate of ours. This
is also known as nonaffiliated third party, or simply, an "other party."
THE INFORMATION WE COLLECT
We collect information about you from the following
sources:
- Information you give us on applications
or other forms
- Information about your transactions
with us
- Information about your transactions
with other parties
- Information from a consumer
reporting agency
- Information we receive as a
result of verifying customer information
INFORMATION WE DISCLOSE ABOUT YOU
We do NOT disclose any information about
you to anyone, except as permitted by law. Examples of this might include disclosures
necessary to service your account or prevent unauthorized transactions.
THE CONFIDENTIALITY, SECURITY, AND INTEGRITY
OF YOUR INFORMATION
We restrict access to information about you
to those employees who need to know that information to provide products or services
to you. We maintain physical, electronic, and procedural safeguards to protect this
information.
INFORMATION ABOUT FORMER CUSTOMERS
We do not disclose information about former
customers, except as permitted by law.
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