FACTS
What does Freedom 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 Overdraft History
- Account balances and Transaction or Loss History
- Account transactions and Checking account information
When you are no longer our customer, 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 reason Freedom Credit Union chooses to share; and whether you can limit the sharing.
| Reasons we can share your personal information | Does Freedom Credit Union share? | Can you limit this sharing? |
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| For our everyday business purposes- such as to process your transactions, maintain your account(s), respond to court orders and legal investigations, or report to credit bureaus | YES | NO |
| For our marketing purposes- to offer our products and services to you | YES | NO |
| For joint marketing with other financial companies | YES | NO |
| For our affiliates' everyday business purposes- information about your transactions and experiences | NO | WE DON'T SHARE |
| For our affiliates' everyday business purposes- information about your creditworthiness | NO | WE DON'T SHARE |
| For our affiliates to market to you | NO | WE DON'T SHARE |
| For our nonaffiliates to market to you | NO | WE DON'T SHARE |
Questions?
Call 800-821-0160 or go to www.freedom.coop
| Who We are | ||
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| Who is providing this notice? | Freedom Credit Union | |
| What we do | |
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| How does Freedom Credit Union 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. |
| How does Freedom Credit Union collect my personal information? | We collect your personal information, for example, when you
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
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| Definitions | |
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| Affiliates | Companies related by common ownership or control. They can be financial and non financial companies.
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| Nonaffiliates | Companies not related by common ownership or control. They can be financial and nonfinancial companies.
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| Joint marketing | A formal agreement between nonaffiliated financial companies that together market financial products or services to you.
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| Other important information |
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| For Massachusetts Members- We will not share personal information from deposit or share relationships with non-affiliates either for them to market to you or for joint marketing - without your authorization. State law: If you give us written permission to share information about your electronic fund transfers, such permission will expire after 45 days. Mailing address: Freedom Credit Union, 1976 Main Street, P.O. Box 3009, Springfield, MA 01101-3009 |