Fidelis values your trust and respects your expectation of privacy. As such,
we are committed to maintaining the confidentiality of your personal
financial information. This document outlines our privacy policy for
visitors to our web site, as well as for consumers who have a continuing
relationship with us, such as a client account, facilitation of loans, or
safe deposit box.
Visitors to Our Web Site. Visitors to our web site remain anonymous, unless
they register for a service or otherwise elect to disclose their identity to
us. Although we do not collect personally identifying information about
persons who simply visit our site, we do collect certain limited information
about visitors, such as their IP address (a numeric address assigned
automatically to computers when they access the Internet). We also may place
"cookies" on a computer to track a visitor's use of our web site. A cookie
is a piece of data that is stored on your hard drive. It takes up very
little room on your system and helps us to customize our site and make its
navigation easier for you. We sometimes use cookies to help estimate the
number of visitors to our site and to determine which areas are the most
popular. Unless you register with us for a service (such as our online
banking service), the cookie does not provide us with any personally
identifying information about you, such as your name or address.
Our Collection and Use of Information About You. We may collect nonpublic
personal information about you in order to understand your needs, administer
our business, process transactions, and provide you with products and
services. We obtain nonpublic personal information about you from the
following sources:
- Information we receive from you on applications or other forms (such
as your name, address, social security number, assets and income);
- Information about your transactions with us, our affiliates, or others
(such as your account balance, payment history, parties to transactions, and
credit usage); and
- Information we receive from a consumer reporting agency (such as your
creditworthiness and credit history).
Our Disclosure of Information. We may disclose all of the information we
collect, as described above, to other financial institutions with whom we
have joint marketing agreements, such as insurance agents and card issuers,
so that they can market goods and services to you. We also may disclose:
- Some of this information, such as your name and address, to companies
that perform marketing and other services on our behalf (e.g., to companies
that assist us with mailings).
- Information regarding our experience and transactions with you with
financial service providers, such as financial institutions, securities
broker-dealers, and insurance agents, with which we are related by common
ownership or affiliated by corporate control, so that they may offer or
provide additional services to you. We also may share other information we
obtain about you with those companies (e.g., information from applications
and credit reports), unless you notify us before the information is
initially communicated that you do not want us to share that information.
You can tell us not to share such information by calling us at #######
- Information about your accounts and transactions: (a) where it is
necessary or helpful to effect, process or confirm your transactions; (b) to
verify the existence, history and condition of your account for credit
reporting agencies; (c) to comply with legal process, such as subpoenas and
court orders; (d) to law enforcement authorities if we believe a crime has
been committed; (e) if you give us your consent; and f) as otherwise
permitted by law. We do not disclose nonpublic personal information about our current or former customers to unaffiliated third parties except as set forth in this policy.
State Rights. Depending on where you live, you may have additional privacy
protections under some state laws. For example, certain state laws may
restrict the types of information we may disclose about you, limit the
parties with whom we may share such information, or require us to provide
you with additional notices or opt-out rights. We will comply with
applicable state laws before sharing nonpublic personal information about
you. We may do this by sending a separate notice of those rights to you.
Maintaining Accurate Information. We have procedures in place that help us
to maintain the accuracy of the personally identifiable information that we
collect. Please contact your branch of account or call our customer service
center at ###### , if you believe that our information about you is
incomplete, out-of-date, or incorrect.
Information Security. We restrict access to nonpublic personal information
about you to those employees who have a need to know such information (e.g.,
to process your transactions or provide services to you). We maintain
physical, electronic, and procedural safeguards that comply with federal
standards to guard your nonpublic personal information.
Links to Other Web Sites. Our web site may feature links to third party web
sites that offer goods, services or information. Some of these sites may
appear as windows-within-windows at this site. When you click on one of
these links, you will be leaving our site and will no longer be subject to
this policy. We are not responsible for the information collection practices
of the other web sites that you visit and urge you to review their privacy
policies before you provide them with any personally identifiable
information. Third party sites may collect and use information about you in
a way that is different from this policy.
Services and Advertisements by Third Parties. Third parties may offer
services from time to time at our web site. If you provide them with
information, their use of that information will be subject to their privacy
policy, if any, and will not be subject to this policy. If you accept third
party goods or services advertised at our web site, the third party may be
able to identify that you have a relationship with us (e.g., if the offer
was only made through our site).
Minors. We feel strongly about protecting the privacy of children and
teenagers. As such, we do not knowingly collect personally identifiable
information from minors through our web site.
Changes to this Policy. We may amend (add to, delete, or change) the terms
of this Privacy Policy from time to time by posting a notice of the change
(or an amended Privacy Policy) at this web site. If required by law, we will
send you a notice of the change. Your continued use of our web site or any
on-line service following notification will constitute your agreement to the
revised Policy.