Privacy and Security
Privacy Statement
FACTS | WHAT DOES THE BANK AND TRUST SSB 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:
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How? | All financial companies need to share customers’ personal information to run their everyday business. In the section below, we list the reasons financial companies can share their customers’ personal information; the reasons The Bank & Trust ssb chooses to share; and whether you can limit this sharing. |
Reasons we can share your personal information | Does The Bank & Trust ssb share? | Can you limit this sharing? | ||
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 | Yes | No | ||
For our marketing purposes— to offer our products and services to you | No | We don’t share | ||
For joint marketing with other financial companies | No | We don’t share | ||
For our affiliates’ everyday business purposes— information about your transactions and experiences | Yes | No | ||
For our affiliates’ everyday business purposes— information about your creditworthiness | No | We don’t share | ||
For affiliates to market to you | Yes | Yes | ||
For non–affiliates to market to you | No | We don’t share |
To limit our sharing | Call Toll-free 800-833-5746 and speak with a customer service representative.Please note: If you are a new customer, we can begin sharing your information 30 days from the date we sent this notice. When you are no longer our customer, we continue to share your information as described in this notice.However, you can contact us at any time to limit our sharing. | |||
Questions? | Call 830-774-2555 or 800-833-5746 or go to www.thebankandtrust.com |
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How does The Bank and Trust SSB 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 also maintain other physical, electronic and procedural safeguards to protect this information and we limit access to information to those employees for whom access is appropriate. | |||
How does The Bank & Trust ssb collect my personal information? | We collect your personal information, for example, when you
We also collect your personal information from others, such as credit bureaus, affiliates, or other companies. |
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Why can’t I limit all sharing? | Federal law gives you the right to limit only
State laws and individual companies may give you additional rights to limit sharing. See below for more on your rights under state law. |
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What happens when I limit sharing for an account I hold jointly with someone else? | Your choices will apply to everyone on your account. | |||
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Affiliates | Companies related by common ownership or control. They can be financial and non-financial companies.Our affiliates include:
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Nonaffiliates | Companies not related by common ownership or control. They can be financial and non-financial companies.
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Joint marketing | A formal agreement between nonaffiliated financial companies that together market financial products or services to you.
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Other Important Information | ||||
For Texas Customers. The Bank & Trust ssb is chartered under the laws of the State of Texas and by state law is subject to regulatory oversight by the Texas Department of Savings and Mortgage Lending. Any consumer wishing to file a complaint against The Bank & Trust ssb should contact the Texas Department of Savings and Mortgage Lending through one of the means indicated below: In person, or by U.S. Mail: 2601 North Lamar Boulevard, Suite 201, Austin, Texas 78705-4294, Telephone No.: (877) 276-5550, Fax (512) 936-2003, or via electronic submission on the Department’s website at http://www.sml.texas.gov/consumerinformation/tdsml_consumer_complaints.html. * |
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*This link will direct you to a third-party website. The site may be less secure and may have a privacy statement that differs from The Bank & Trust. The products and services offered on this third party website are not provided or guaranteed by The Bank & Trust.