BANK
OF WOODSTOCK
a division of United Security Bank
Woodstock, Georgia
Bank
of Woodstock is committed to protecting the privacy of it's customers'
information. As part of this commitment, we have adopted and implemented
the following privacy principles:
1.
Our Customers Expect Privacy.
We understand that you expect your personal and financial affairs to be held
in the strictest confidence. As a customer of Bank of Woodstock, you have
entrusted us to protect your privacy and to safeguard your personal information.
We take this responsibility seriously and have designed policies and procedures
to prevent misuse of this information.
2.
Why We Collect, Retain, and Use Customer Information.
We collect, retain, and use information about you only where we believe it
will help administer our business or provide products, services, and other
opportunities to you. If we collect information about you, we will do so
only for a specific business purpose; and if you request, we will tell you
why we are collecting the information. Some of the reasons we use your information
are the following: to protect and administer your records, accounts, and
funds; to comply with certain laws and regulations; to help us design and
improve our products and services; and to better understand your financial
needs.
3.
We Will Maintain Accurate Information.
Maintaining the accuracy of your personal information is important We have
procedures to help assure that your personal information is accurate, current
and complete. We also have procedures to correct inaccurate information in
a timely manner, including processes to update information or remove outdated
information. If you discover any information we have about you that is incorrect,
please let us know.
4.
We Limit Employees Access To You Information
Access to personally identifiable information about you is limited to those
employees who have a specific business reason to know such information. Our
employees are educated and trained on the importance of confidentiality and
privacy of your customer information. Appropriate disciplinary action is
taken if the Policy or procedures relating to the Policy are not adhered
to.
5.
Security Procedures Protect Your Information.
We establish and maintain security procedures designed to help prevent unauthorized
access to your private, confidential information. We also update and test
our computers, hardware, software, and other technology to assure the integrity
and security of our information systems.
6.
We Restrict Disclosure Account Information.
We do not reveal specific information about your accounts or other personally
identifiable data to parties outside our organization unless is under the
foregoing circumstances: you request or authorize disclosure; the information
is provided to help complete a transaction initiated by you; the information
is provided to a reputable credit bureau or similar information reporting
agency; or the disclosure is otherwise lawfully permitted or required.
7.
We Maintain Your Privacy When We Do Business Outside Our Organization.
It is sometimes necessary to provide personally identifiable information
about you to a party outside our organization. Some examples are when we
hire a vendor or service company to prepare your account statements or to
provide support for one or more of our products or services. When we work
with outside businesses or companies, these vendors agree to safeguard your
personal and confidential information, and these vendors must abide by applicable
law. If a vendor is hired to use your information for marketing purposes,
we will disclose this to you in advance and give you the opportunity to "opt
out" , in which case your information would not be provided to the vendor
for marketing purposes.
8.
We Will Not Share Your Information Outside Our Organization.
We maintain procedures designed to protect your confidential information.
Other than under the limited exceptions explained in paragraph seven, above,
it is our practice not to share confidential customer information outside
our organization. You do not need to request this confidentiality--it is
our standard practice.