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Privacy Statement and Disclosure

First Choice America Community Federal Credit Union, your member owned financial institution, is committed to protecting the privacy of its members.  This notice and disclosure describes our privacy practices concerning the personal information we collect and disclose about our members, and the parties who receive personal and sometimes nonpublic information from us as we conduct the business of the Credit Union.  These practices are followed by both the Credit Union and its affiliate, First Choice America Service Corporation, and this notice is applicable to both. 

Information We Collect About You

We collect nonpublic personal information about you from the following sources:

· Information we receive from you on applications and other forms
· Information about your transactions with us, our affiliate, First Choice America Service Corporation, or others
· Information we receive from a consumer reporting agency
· Information we receive from surveys
We may disclose all of the information we collect, as described above.

Parties Who Receive Information from the Credit Union

We may disclose nonpublic personal information about you to the following types of third parties:

Financial service providers, such as insurance companies, and securities broker-dealers
· Non-financial companies, such as data processors, check/share draft printers, financial statement publishers, plastic card processors, and direct marketers
· Others, such as non-profit organizations, consumer reporting agencies, government agencies, attorneys, accountants, auditors, law enforcement agencies, and collection agencies.

We may also disclose your nonpublic personal information, with the exception of credit report information, to our affiliate, First Choice America Service Corporation, as permitted by law. 

We may also disclose nonpublic personal information about you to nonaffiliated third parties, as permitted by law. 

Disclosure of Information to Parties That Provide Services to the Credit Union

We may disclose all of the information we collect, as described above, to companies that perform marketing or other services on our behalf or to other financial institutions with whom we have joint marketing agreements.  These disclosures generally include information to process transactions on your behalf, conduct the operations of our Credit Union, to follow your instructions as you authorize, or protect the security of our financial records. To protect your privacy, we only work with companies that agree to maintain strong confidentiality protections and limit the use of information we provide.  We do not permit these companies to sell the information we provide to other third parties.

Disclosure of Information About Former Members

We do not disclose any nonpublic personal information about our former members to anyone, except as permitted by law.

How We Protect Your Information

We restrict access to nonpublic personal information about you to those employees who need to know that information to provide products or services to you.  We maintain physical, electronic, or procedural safeguards that comply with federal regulations to guard your nonpublic personal information.

 What You Can Do to Protect Your Privacy

You can help us protect your privacy by following these guidelines:

· Protect your account numbers, passwords, plastic card numbers, and PINs (personal identification numbers).  Never keep your PIN with your card.
· Use caution when disclosing your account numbers, social security numbers, etc. to other persons.
· Keep your information with the Credit Union current.  We may need to contact you if we detect possible fraudulent or unauthorized activity or use of your account.
· Please call us if you have questions – we are here to serve you!

You may contact the Credit Union at:  (800) 427-4835

Or write to:             

Compliance Officer
First Choice America Community Federal Credit Union
3501 Main Street
Weirton, WV  26062