Hull State Bank respects its customers' privacy and has taken the
necessary steps to safeguard customer information. In accordance with
federal regulations, we are providing this notice to tell you how we
collect and use information about you or your account. The federal Gramm-Leach-Bliley
Act of 1999 requires financial institutions to provide a privacy notice
to consumers. Since Hull State Bank does not sell or otherwise share any
Customer Information outside what is permitted by law, this is strictly
a notice and no action is required by you.
The following privacy disclosure outlines our bank's practice regarding
personally identifiable information for consumers and those consumers
who become our customers.
PERSONALLY IDENTIFIABLE INFORMATION IS ANY INFORMATION:
- a consumer provides to Hull State Bank to obtain a financial product or service from Hull State Bank;
- resulting from a transaction involving a financial product or service between Hull State Bank and a consumer; or
- that Hull State Bank otherwise obtains about a consumer in connection with providing a financial product or service to that consumer.
TYPES OF INFORMATION THE BANK COLLECTS:
At Hull State Bank, we collect nonpublic personal information about
you from the following sources:
- Information we receive from you on applications or other forms, such as your name, address, and Social Security number;
- Information about your transactions with us such as your account balance and payment history; and
- Information we receive from consumer reporting agencies, such as your creditworthiness and credit history.
TYPES OF INFORMATION THE BANK DISCLOSES:
We do not disclose any nonpublic personal information about our
customers or former customers to anyone, except as permitted by
law. Federal law allows us to disclose all of the information we
collect, as described above, to companies that perform marketing
services on our behalf or to other financial institutions with
whom we have joint marketing agreements.
CONFIDENTIALITY AND SECURITY
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,
and procedural safeguards that comply with federal standards to
guard your nonpublic personal information.
SPECIAL INFORMATION APPLICABLE TO INTERNET BANKING
Hull State Bank's "Privacy Principles" will apply to customers'
confidential and private information with regard to both
traditional and non-traditional (i.e., Internet) banking
activities. However, due to the unique nature of the Internet
and the ease with which information can be exchanged, Hull State
Bank feels it is important for customers to be aware of the
unique issues surrounding Internet Banking.
To better serve legitimate Internet banking customers:
- Hull State Bank collects generic information about visitors to our Web site. This information includes the date and time of access, the Internet service provider's address, the web browser used, and the visitor's physical location.
- Hull State Bank requires customers to utilize specific passwords for access to confidential and private information. Hull State Bank reminds customers of their responsibility to safeguard Login IDs and passwords. In addition, commercial customers should carefully screen those employees to whom Login IDs and passwords are granted.
Hull State Bank utilizes encryption, firewall, router,
third-party verification procedures and other security
software and hardware to help prevent unauthorized
eavesdropping of and access to customers' confidential and
private information.
Hull State Bank utilizes virus protection software to help
prevent the spread of computer viruses.
Hull State Bank utilizes "cookies" to help authenticate our
customers' identities and to help facilitate the exchange of
information between Hull State Bank systems and our
customers' systems.
Hull State Bank reminds all of our customers that links in
the institution's Web sites can be found to Web sites not
under our control. These Web sites will not necessarily
comply with Hull State Bank's "Privacy Principles" and
security standards.
Hull State Bank reminds all of our customers that
confidential and private information may be comprised in
both traditional and non-traditional banking activities.
Hull State Bank can only establish policies and procedures
to help restrict use of and access to confidential and
private information. If any of our customers believe that
confidential and private information has been compromised,
please contact Hull State Bank immediately so that the
potential breach can be investigated.