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FACTS |
WHAT
DOES THE BANK OF FAIRFIELD DO |
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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. |
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What? |
The types of personal information we collect and share depend on the product or service you have with us. This information can include: n Social Security number and income n account balances and payment history n credit history and credit scores When you are no longer our customer, we continue to share your information as described in this notice. |
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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 Bank of Fairfield chooses to share; and whether you can limit this sharing. |
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Reasons we can share your personal information |
Does The Bank of Fairfield share? |
Can you limit this sharing? |
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For our everyday business
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No |
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For our marketing
purposes— |
Yes |
No |
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For joint marketing with other financial companies |
No |
We don’t share |
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For our affiliates’ everyday
business purposes— |
Yes |
No |
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For our affiliates’
everyday business purposes— |
No |
We don’t share |
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For nonaffiliates to market to you |
No |
We don’t share |
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Questions? |
Call 203-659-7600 or go to www.thebankoffairfield.com. |
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What we do |
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How does The Bank of Fairfield 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.
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How does The Bank of Fairfield collect my personal information? |
We collect your personal information, for example, when you n open an account or deposit money n pay your bills or apply for a loan n show your government-issued ID We also collect your personal information from others, such as credit bureaus, affiliates, or other companies. |
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Why can’t I limit all sharing? |
Federal law gives you the right to limit only n sharing for affiliates’ everyday business purposes—information about your creditworthiness n affiliates from using your information to market to you n sharing for nonaffiliates to market to you State laws and individual companies may give you additional rights to limit sharing. |
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Affiliates |
Companies related by common ownership or control. They can be financial and nonfinancial companies. n Our affiliate is The Bank of New Canaan, including its division, Stamford First Bank. |
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Nonaffiliates |
Companies not related by common ownership or control. They can be financial and nonfinancial companies. n The Bank of Fairfield does not share with nonaffiliates so they can market to you. |
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Joint marketing |
A formal agreement between nonaffiliated financial companies that together market financial products or services to you. n The Bank of Fairfield doesn’t jointly market. |
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Internet Privacy Statement
Thank you for viewing The Bank of Fairfield's Internet Privacy Statement.
The Bank of Fairfield does not require you to provide any personal information to obtain access to our website (except for information obtained through "cookies" as described below). Personal information from visitors to our website is often provided on a voluntary basis. For example, you may provide information to apply for a product or to use our Internet Banking Service. We do not disclose any personal information about visitors to our website except in accordance with our general privacy policy that is provided to our customers, or as otherwise permitted by law.
Cookies
The Bank of Fairfield web server may use a "cookie" temporarily stored in the visitor's computer memory (RAM) to allow the web server to log the pages viewed within the site and to know if the site has been visited before. We also use cookies when customers access our Internet Banking Service as part of the security system to help identify the user.Safeguards
We maintain physical, electronic and procedural safeguards that are designed to comply with federal standards to guard the nonpublic personal information of our customers. If you are a customer, and you decide to close your account(s) or become an inactive customer, we will continue to adhere to our general privacy policy, as described in the privacy notice we provide to our customers.Children's Online Privacy
The law requires parental consent to collect or use information from a child under 13. We do not knowingly collect personal information from children under the age of 13. Please do not provide us with any personal information if you are under the age of 13.Hyperlinks
The Bank of Fairfield's website and our Internet Banking System may, from time to time, contain links to other sites. The Bank of Fairfield is not responsible for the privacy or security practices employed by these third party sites and we recommend that you review their privacy and security practices before you provide any personal or confidential information. The Bank of Fairfield is not responsible for the content of third party sites hyperlinked from our web site or our Internet Banking System, nor does it guarantee the products or services offered on third party sites.Comments about this website should be directed to:
The Bank of Fairfield
Electronic Banking Department
2150 Post Road
Fairfield, CT 06824
Phone (203) 659-7600
You may also send electronic mail ("e-mail") to us at TBF@thebankoffairfield.com. Please be advised, however, that general e-mail may not be secure. Please do not send confidential information (such as social security number or account numbers) through general e-mail.
This statement is merely a summary of select aspects of policies and procedures and does not constitute a contract. We reserve the right to revise these policies and procedures from time to time.
