Privacy Policy

FACTS

WHAT DOES SHORELINE 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 accounts, products or services you have with us. This information can include:

  • Name, address, Social Security Number, and income
  • Account balances and payment history
  • Credit history and credit scores

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 reasons Shoreline Credit Union chooses to share; and whether you can limit this sharing.

Reasons we can share your personal information Does Shoreline Hometown Credit Union share? Can you limit this sharing?
For our everyday business purposes —
such as to process your transactions, maintain the account(s) you have with us, 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 Yes
For our affiliates’ everyday business purposes — information about your transactions and experiences No We do not share
For our affiliates’ everyday business purposes — information about your creditworthiness No We do not share
For our affiliates to market to you No We do not share
For our non-affiliates to market to you No We do not share

To limit our sharing:

Call 920-482-3700 or toll-free at 800-614-5053 or visit us online at shorelinecu.org. Please note: If you are a new member, we can begin sharing your information thirty (30) days from the date we sent you this notice. When you are no longer our member, we continue to share your information as described in this notice. However, you can contact us at any time to limit our sharing.

Questions?

Call us at 920-482-3700 or toll-free at 800-614-5053 or visit us online at shorelinecu.org.

Who we are

Who is providing this notice?

Shoreline Hometown Credit Union

What we do

How does Shoreline Hometown 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, secured files and buildings, procedural safeguards and safe record storage. We will continue to review and modify our security controls in the future to deal with changes in products, services and technology.

How does Shoreline Credit Union collect my personal information?

We collect your personal information, for example, when you

  • start an account
  • apply for a loan
  • use your credit or debit card
  • pay your bills
  • make deposits to or withdrawals from the accounts you have with us

We also collect your personal information from others, including credit bureaus or
other companies.

Why can’t I limit all sharing?

Federal law gives you the right to limit only

  • Sharing for affiliates’ everyday business purposes — information about your creditworthiness
  • Affiliates from using your information to market to you
  • Sharing for non-affiliates to market to you

State laws and individual companies may give you additional rights to limit sharing.

What happens when I limit sharing for an account I hold jointly with someone else?

Your choices will apply to everyone on the account you have with us.

Definitions

Affiliates Companies related by common ownership or control. They can be financial and nonfinancial companies.

  • Shoreline Hometown Credit Union has no affiliates.

Non affiliates  Companies not related by common ownership or control. They can be financial and nonfinancial companies.

  • Shoreline Hometown Credit Union does not share with non-affiliates so that they can market to you.

Joint marketing  A formal agreement between non-affiliated financial companies that together market financial products or services to you. Our marketing partners include:

  • Investment companies
  • Insurance companies
  • Other financial service providers