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Our Privacy Pledge. At Northwest Resource
Federal Credit Union we respect the privacy of our members. We recognize
the importance of maintaining the confidentiality of your personal
financial information. This notice describes the privacy policy
and practices followed by Northwest Resource Federal Credit Union.
This notice explains what types of member information we collect
and under what circumstances we may share it.
Member Information We Collect. The Credit
Union collects only relevant information about members that is needed
to establish and maintain your account and services as the law allows
or requires us to collect. We may collect personal and financial
information about you (member information) which is "non-public."
The member information we collect varies depending on the accounts
and services you request and use. We collect information about you
from the following sources: Application Information. We retain
personal information we receive from you on any application you
provide to us for membership, deposit account, EFT services, loans,
financial planning, securities brokerage, insurance or other Credit
Union services. This information includes: name, address, social
security number, birth date, phone number, employment, financial
status and credit history. Your Transactions. Anytime you
make a transaction on one of your accounts, including ATM or card
transactions, loan advances, transactions through PC and Web Connection,
over the phone or at a branch, we retain the transaction information,
including: your account number, the date, amount, location of the
transaction and other pertinent information. Credit Reports.
When we evaluate your application for an account or service, we
may request a credit report about you from a consumer reporting
agency. We retain the personal and credit history information about
you, and we may use it to evaluate future account service requests.
Online. We obtain information online when you visit our web
site at www.nrfcu.org. This
includes retaining information you provide us on any online application,
PC and Web Connection transactions or information you send us by
e-mail.
Member Information We Share. In order
to provide financial services to you, we share certain information
about you with certain third party service providers. However, we
only share information to the extent necessary to service your account
or offer new services to you. If we share your information, it is
with the goal of bringing you quality services, more choices and
greater convenience. Information we may have about former members
is generally only shared or disclosed if necessary to enforce or
administer an account as required by law. Sharing Information
with Third Party Service Providers. In order for us to conduct
our operations, including servicing your account or processing your
transactions, we need to share information with our service providers,
including: data processing companies, check, ATM and other payment
processing companies, payment networks, loan service providers,
insurance companies, collection agencies, credit reporting agencies
and financial service providers with whom we have service agreements.
These service providers act on our behalf and have agreed in writing
to keep the member information we provide to them confidential.
We share the following categories of information to third party
service providers depending on the specific services provided:
- Personal information (name, address and account
number)
- Account information (type of accounts, account
balances and transaction history)
- Transaction information (dates, amounts, locations
and type of transactions)
We do not sell member information or share
your account numbers with independent third-party marketers offering
their products and services. While we may assist in offering financial
products and services of other financial service providers, we control
the member information used to make such offers. Sharing Information
as Legally Required or Permitted. We may share any member information
of yours in response to a lawful request issued by a court, government
agency, regulatory authority or as permitted by law in order to
administer or enforce your account. We may also share our experience
information about you with credit bureaus. Our reporting to credit
bureaus is governed by the Fair Credit Reporting Act, which affords
you the right to make sure that your credit bureau reports are accurate.
Our Confidentiality and Security Safeguards.
We maintain strict policies and security controls to assure that
member information in our computer systems and files is protected.
Our employees are permitted access to member information that they
may need to perform their jobs and to provide service to you. Our
employees have access to such member information as necessary to
conduct a transaction or respond to your inquiries. All employees
are trained to respect member privacy. No one except our employees
has regular access to the Credit Union computer system and records
storage. The Credit Union has established internal security controls,
including physical, electronic and procedural safeguards, to protect
the information you provide us and the information we collect about
you. We will continue to review our internal security controls to
safeguard your member information as we employ new technology in
the future.
Online Privacy Protections. At our web
site www.nrfcu.org , you may
apply for accounts and services, and you may communicate with us
via e-mail. To protect the information
you provide us online, we use multiple levels of security. The application
information we accept online and our Web Connection service relies
on industry standard "Secure Sockets Layer" (SSL) encryption
to secure your transaction information and communication. Generally,
our e-mails are not secure. However, if we ask you to e-mail us
information other than your name, address, e-mail address and phone
number, it will be obtained using a secure (SSL encryption) e-mail
form. When you visit our web site, you can access site information
without revealing your personal identity. However, in order to help
us identify you for future site visits, we use "cookies"
to track your visit. A "cookie" is a piece of information
that our web server stores on your computer hard drive and retrieves
later. The cookie will not request, require or collect personal
identity information and you remain anonymous. Your member information
is not accessed by or stored within a cookie in any way.
Protecting Children’s Information Privacy.
Our online financial services are not designed for or directed
toward children. We do not knowingly solicit or collect data from
children, and we do not knowingly market to children online. We
recognize that protecting children’s identities and online privacy
is important and that the responsibility rests with us and with
parents.
Privacy Policy Inquiries. If you have
any questions about our privacy practices, you may contact us by
calling (503) 220-2592 or 1-800-942-9408 in Oregon and Washington,
sending us an e-mail at info@nrfcu.org,
or writing to us at Northwest Resource Federal Credit Union, P.
O. Box 2788, Portland, Oregon 97208-2788.
PROTECTING YOUR CHILDREN'S INFORMATION PRIVACY
The online financial services offered through
Northwest Resource Federal Credit Union's Web site are not designed
for or directed toward children under the age of 13. We do not knowingly
solicit or collect data from children, and we do not knowingly market
to children online without express parental consent or notification.
If we receive online information from any child we will use the
information to respond directly to the child's request. We recognize
that protecting children's identities and online privacy is important
and that responsibility rests with parents and us. If you believe
your child has provided personally identifiable information to us,
please contact us so we can allow you the opportunity to review
and delete such information. Please call our Member Services Department
at 503-220-2592 or e-mail us.
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