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Privacy Policy

FACTSWHAT DOES THE HARVARD STATE BANK 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:
  • Social Security number and account balances
  • credit scores and income
  • payment history and employment information

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 HARVARD STATE BANK chooses to share; and whether you can limit this sharing.
Reasons we can share your personal informationDoes THE HARVARD STATE BANK 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

Yes

No

For joint marketing with other financial companies

Yes

Yes

For our affiliates' everyday business purposes– information about your transactions and experiences

No

We don't share

For our affiliates' everyday business purposes– information about your creditworthiness

No

We don't share

For our affiliates to market to you

No

We don't share

For nonaffiliates to market to you

No

We don't share
What we do

How does THE HARVARD STATE BANK protect my personal information?

To protect your information, we use security measures that comply with federal law. We do not know your PIN or online password and will not ask for it at anytime.

How does THE HARVARD STATE BANK collect my personal information?

We collect your personal information, for example, when you
  • apply for a loan or open an account
  • make deposits or withdrawals from your account or pay your bills
  • show your government-issued ID
We also collect your personal information from others, such as credit bureaus, affiliates, or other companies.

Why can't I limit all sharing?

Federal law gives you the right to limit only
  • sharing for affiliates' everyday business purposes – information about your creditworthiness
  • affiliates from using your information to market to you
  • sharing for nonaffiliates to market to you
State laws and individual companies may give you additional rights to limit sharing.

What happens when I limit sharing for an account I hold jointly with someone else?

Your choices will apply to everyone on your account – unless you tell us otherwise.
Definitions

Affiliates

Companies related by common ownership or control. They can be financial and nonfinancial companies.
  • THE HARVARD STATE BANK does not share with our affiliates.

Nonaffiliates

Companies not related by common ownership or control. They can be financial and nonfinancial companies.
  • THE HARVARD STATE BANK does not share with nonaffiliates so they can market to you.

Joint marketing

A formal agreement between nonaffiliated financial companies that together market financial products or services to you.
  • Our joint marketing partners include investment companies.