Privacy and Security Policy

We recognize the importance of protecting the privacy of personally-identifying information that may be submitted when our website is visited.

The information we receive depends on what the vistor does when viewing our site. This is how we handle the information we learn about a visitor to our website.

When information is read or downloaded from our web pages such as press releases and checking and savings account information:

We collect and store only the following information: name of the domain from which the Internet was accessed (for example, aol.com, if connecting from an America Online account, or a similar domain corresponding to the visitor's Internet Service Provider "ISP"); date and time of access to our website; pages that may have been visited on our site; and Internet address of the website originating the visit to our website.

We use the information we collect to measure the number of visitors to the different pages and sections of our site, and to help us make our site more useful to visitors.

When interactive banking tools are used such as: financial calculators and self-tests:

Personal information may be needed in order to complete the requested analysis or evaluation. This information is NOT retained.

When an e-mail is sent or forms are filled out such as applications, check reorder forms, contact forms and guest registers:

We may ask for personally-identifying information in order to process the e-mail, form or application. This information may be retained by us and our business partners for processing and to facilitate decisions. Information submitted to us is treated no differently than any information you might provide in a written format such as a brochure application, reorder slip to order checks, or a letter.

We protect and safeguard the privacy of users of our on-line services, just as we do throughout the rest of our business. We will use personal information to identify, to communicate, and to help us answer questions.

We will NOT sell personally-identifying information to a third party for the purpose of solicitation or provide personal information to a third party for its own use.

Sometimes we send our customers information about our products and services. If you do not wish to receive this information, or if you believe that your personal information is incorrect please contact us. We will investigate the situation and if appropriate update our records.

If you have any questions that are not answered in this section please contact us.

Our website brings together a combination of industry-approved security technologies to protect data for the bank and for you, our customer. It features a VeriSign-issued Digital ID for the bank's Internet Service Provider hosting our website, Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) protocol for data encryption, and a router and firewall to regulate the inflow and outflow of server traffic.