Information assumed to be correct, we will not
be responsible for omissions or errors.
PRIVACY PRINCIPLES FOR INDIVIDUALS:
Protecting your privacy
is important to our Bank and our employees. We want you to
understand what information we collect and how we use it.
In order to provide our customers with a broad range of financial
products and services as effectively and conveniently as
possible, we use technology to manage and maintain customer
information. The following policy serves as a standard for
all employees for collection, use, retention and security
of nonpublic personal information.
We, our,
and us, when used in this notice, mean First
National Bank of Henning, Ottertail and Battle Lake.
This is our privacy notice for
our customers. When we use the words "you" and "your" we
mean the following types of customers:
- Our consumer customers who
have a continuing relationship by purchasing or holding
financial products or services such as a(n):
- Deposit account
- Loan account
- Credit card account
- Safe deposit box
- Retail installment contract
we hold and service
- Self-directed Individual
Retirement Account
- Mortgage brokerage services
We will tell you the sources
of the information we collect about you. We will tell you
what measures we take to secure that information.
We first define some terms.
Nonpublic personal information means
information about you that we collect in connection with
providing a financial product or service to you. Nonpublic
personal information does not include information that
is available from public sources, such as telephone directories
or government records. Hereafter, we will use the term "information" to
mean nonpublic personal information as defined in this
section.
An affiliate is
a company we own or control, a company that owns or controls
us, or a company that is owned or controlled by the same
company that owns or controls us. Ownership does not mean
complete ownership, but means owning enough to have control.
A nonaffiliated third
party is a person we do not employ or a company
that is not an affiliate of ours. This is also known
as nonaffiliated third party, or simply, an "other
party."
THE INFORMATION
WE COLLECT
We collect information about
you from the following sources:
- Information you give us on
applications or other forms
- Information about your transactions
with us
- Information about your transactions
with our affiliates
- Information about your transactions
with other parties
- Information from a consumer
reporting agency
- Information we receive as
a result of verifying customer information
INFORMATION WE DISCLOSE
ABOUT YOU
We do NOT disclose any information
about you to anyone, except as permitted by law. Examples
of this might include disclosures necessary to service
your account or prevent unauthorized transactions.
THE CONFIDENTIALITY,
SECURITY, AND INTEGRITY OF YOUR INFORMATION
We restrict access to information
about you to those employees who need to know that information
to provide products or services to you. We maintain physical,
electronic, and procedural safeguards to protect this information.
INFORMATION ABOUT FORMER
CUSTOMERS
We do not disclose information
about former customers, except as permitted by law.
Maintaining accurate information
We continually strive to maintain complete and accurate information about you
and your accounts. If you ever believe that our records contain inaccurate
or incomplete information about you, please let us know immediately. We'll
correct any inaccuracies as quickly as possible.
Consumer reporting agencies
If you believe we have reported inaccurate information about your account to
any consumer reporting agency, please let us know in writing. Be sure to include
your complete name, current address, social security number, telephone number,
account number, type of account, specific item of dispute and the reason you
believe the information is wrong. We'll investigate your concern and correct
any inaccuracies we find. We'll confirm any actions we take with you.
INTERNET PRIVACY
Browsing our Site
When you visit our website to view any pages, read product information, or
use our online calculators and tools, you do so without telling us who you
are and without revealing any personal information. While we do not collect
identifying information about visitors to our site, we do use standard software
to collect information for the strict purpose of tracking activity on our site.
This allows us to better understand how many people use our site and which
pages and features are most popular. To evaluate the usefulness of our site,
we may gather and analyze data regarding usage such as:
• The name of your Internet Service Provider,
• The website that referred you to us (if any),
• The date and time the pages were accessed, and
• The page or pages you requested.
About "cookies"
To provide better service and a more effective web site, we use "cookies" as
part of our interaction with your browser. A "cookie" is a small text file
placed on your hard drive by our web page server. We do not use cookies to
get data from your hard drive or to get your email address or personal identifying
information.
Cookies are commonly used on web sites and do not harm your system. By configuring
your preferences or options in your browser, you determine if and how a cookie
will be accepted. We use cookies to determine if you have previously visited
our web site and for a number of administrative purpose.
How We Handle E-Mail
When you send us an e-mail to comment on something or to ask a question, we
will use your e-mail address to reply to you and for a limited time we will
store your e-mail address, your message and our response for quality assurance.
We may also do this to meet legal and regulatory requirements. If we collect
your e-mail address in this manner, we won't use it to let you know about our
products and services unless you have given us permission.
This information is not given or sold to any other organization.
E-Mail Security
Regular non-encrypted Internet e-mail is not secure. In the instances where
our Internet e-mail addresses are provided, these are provided for information
inquiries of a non-sensitive and non-confidential nature. E-mail you send us
may not be secure unless we advise you that it is secure prior to transmitting
your message. Therefore, we recommend that you not send us confidential information
such as social security or account numbers via unsecured email. You may also
contact us by phone, U.S. mail or by visiting your nearest banking center.
On-Line Banking Security
When you bank online with us, we, along with the outside companies we work
with to bring these services to you, have access to your information. Information
is retained on our system or the system of the appropriate outside company,
depending on what is required in order to serve you.
We use state-of-the-art Internet technology, supported by the outside companies
we work with, to make online banking secure and to protect your personal information.
We also require an I.D. and password or PIN to access your accounts. If you
do not provide this information, we cannot establish an online banking service
for you.
You can also help safeguard your personal information by taking a few simple
precautions. Protect your account, PIN, and customer access numbers. Do not
share your I.D. or password with anyone, change your password regularly, and
remember to sign off. Never disclose confidential information to unknown callers.
When banking on the Internet, be sure to use a secure browser and current virus
detection software, and never open e-mail from unknown sources.
Protecting your privacy online
Whenever we ask for personal information on our web site, we use Secure Socket
Layer (SSL technology) for transferring data. This technology encrypts - or
scrambles - your account information so it's virtually impossible to read by
anyone other than employees at our Bank.
Secure Socket Layer (SSL) technology secretly encodes information that is being
sent over the Internet between your computer and our Bank, helping to ensure
that the information remains confidential.
The use of SSL requires that you have an SSL compatible browser. While older
browser versions may support SSL sessions, we strongly recommends the following
browsers.
• Windows and Unix operating systems: Netscape Navigator 4.08 of later,
Netscape Communicator 4.7 or later and Microsoft Internet Explorer 4.01 or later.
• Macintosh: Netscape Navigator 4.08 or later, Netscape Communicator 4.7
or later and Microsoft Internet Explorer 4.5 or later.
You can download the latest version from either of the links below.
http://www.microsoft.com/ie/download/
http://home.netscape.com/download/index.html
Protecting Your Children
Our website is not targeted or marketed to children under the age of thirteen.
We respect the privacy of your children, and we comply with the practices established
under the Children's Online Privacy Protection Act. We do not knowingly collect
or retain personally identifiable information from consumers under the age
of thirteen.
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