FACTS: What DOES WESTERN VISTA FEDERAL 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
  • Income
  • Assets
  • Transaction History
  • Account Balances
  • Credit Score
  • Credit History

Western Vista collects images of checks on our mobile and desktop application to enable you to deposit funds remotely. The images are used to process deposits and display the image in your transaction history. We do not share these images. Images in our mobile application are uploaded at the user’s discretion for purposes of personalization and only used by the end user.

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 Western Vista FCU chooses to share; and whether you can limit this sharing.

Reasons we can share your personal information
  • 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
    The credit union shares this information; you may not limit this sharing
  • For our marketing purposes, to offer our products and services to you
    The credit union shares this information; you may limit this sharing
  • For joint marketing with other financial companies
    The credit union shares this information; you may limit this sharing
  • For our affiliates’ everyday business purposes – information about your transactions and experiences
    The credit union does not share this information
  • For our affiliates’ everyday business purposes – information about your creditworthiness
    The credit union does not share this information
  • For our affiliates to market to you
    The credit union shares this information; you may limit this sharing
  • For non-affiliates to market to you 
    The credit union does not share this information
To Limit our Sharing

• Call 800-310-2197 or complete this form:

Limit Sharing Request Form

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• Please Note: If you are a new member, we can begin sharing your information 30 days from the date we sent this notice. When you are no longer a member, we can continue to share your information as described in this notice.
• You may contact us at any time to limit our sharing.

Questions?

Call 800-310-2197

What we do

How does Western Vista Federal 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. We authorize our employees to get your information only when they need it to do their work, and we require companies that work for us to protect your information.

How does Western Vista Federal Credit Union collect my personal information?
We collect your personal information, for example, when you:
• Open an account or give us your contact information
• Apply for a loan
• Provide employment information
• Give us wage information

We also collect information from others such as a credit bureaus, affiliates and/or others.

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.

No mobile information will be shared with third parties/affiliates for marketing/promotional purposes. All the above categories exclude text messaging originator opt-in data and consent; this information will not be shared with any third parties.

Definitions

Affiliates Companies related by common ownership or control. They can be financial or non-financial companies and may include non depository products.
Our affiliates include financial companies such as TruStage Insurance Agency LLC.
Nonaffiliates Companies not related by common ownership or control. They can be financial and non-financial companies.
Western Vista does not share with non-affiliates so 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 joint marketing partners include an investment & insurance services company.