GHS Federal Credit union privacy policy

WHAT DOES GHS FEDERAL CREDIT UNION DO WITH YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION?

  • 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.

  • 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 checking account information

    • Credit history and employment information

    • Income and payment history

  • When you are no longer our customer, we continue to share your information as described in this notice.

  • All financial companies need to share members’ personal information to run their everyday business. In the section below, we list the reasons financial companies can share their members’ personal information, the reasons GHS Federal Credit Union chooses to share, and whether you can limit this sharing.

REASONS WE CAN SHARE YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION

  • 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. GHSFCU does not share this information.

  • For our marketing purposes - to offer our products and services to members. GHSFCU does share this information.

  • For joint marketing with other financial institutions. GHSFCU does share this information.

  • For our affiliates’ everyday business purposes - information about your transactions and experiences. GHSFCU does not share this information.

  • For our affiliates’ everyday business purposes - information about your creditworthiness. GHSFCU does not share this information.

  • For non-affiliates to market to you. GHSFCU does not share this information.

HOW DOES GHS FEDERAL CREDIT UNION 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.

HOW DOES GHS FEDERAL CREDIT UNION COLLECT MY PERSONAL INFORMATION?

  • We collect your personal information, for example, when you:

    • Open an account or apply for a loan

    • Show your government issued ID Or provide account information

    • Deposit money

  • We also collect your personal information from others such as, credit bureaus, affiliates, or other companies

WHY CAN’T I LIMIT SHARING?

  • Federal law gives you the right to limit only:

    • Sharing for affiliates’ everyday business purposes – information about your credit worthiness

    • Affiliates from using your information to market to you

    • Sharing for non-affiliates to market to you

  • State laws and individual companies may give you additional rights to limit sharing.

AFFILIATES

  • Companies related by common ownership or control. They can be financial and non-financial companies.

    • GHS Federal Credit Union has no affiliates.

NON-AFFILIATES

  • Companies not related by common ownership or control. They can be financial and non-financial companies.

    • GHS Federal Credit Union does not share with non-affiliates so they can market to you.

JOINT MARKETING

  • A formal agreement between non-affiliated financial companies that together market financial products or services to you.

    • Our joint marketing partners include insurance companies.

INTERNET PRIVACY

  • In addition to the privacy information previously disclosed, you need to know the following:

    • When visiting www.ghsfcu.com, only your Internet service provider name is collected as long as you remain on the pages that are considered public. No personal identifying information is collected.

    • If you e-mail us, please remember that your e-mail address will be revealed to us in the e-mail. We will us that information only to respond to your question or comments, unless we are compelled to do so by law. If you choose to give is your email address, it will be used only by us to communicate with you and will not be sold to or shared with any third party.

    • You will have the option of using a secure form for sending e-mail to us provided on our web site. This is strongly suggested whenever you communicate with us and you include any account information or personally identifying data.

    • Online Banking and Mobile Banking: Personally identifying information is required to gain entrance to these “member only” site so that security is maintained. We will not share that information with any third party. Our web site contains links to other sites. GHS is not responsible for the privacy practices of these other sites. If you provide information on these sites, the privacy policy and practices of that party will prevail.

 

Google Play and GHS FCU Mobile App Deletion

If you would like to delete your Google Play mobile app it is important to note:

  • You can delete the GHS FCU mobile app from your phone by:

    • Opening the Google Play Store app.

    • At the top right, tap the Profile icon.

    • Tap Manage apps & devices. Manage.

    • Select the name of the app you want to delete.

    • Tap Uninstall.

  • Deleting the mobile app will not remove your access to mobile or online banking.

  • You can call – 1-800-732-4447 and press 0 to speak to a Support Services Specialist to remove access to the GHS FCU mobile app; which will remove the data link that supplies data to the app for you to view.

  • If you call GHS FCU to remove access this will not remove the mobile app from your phone. Please follow the steps above to remove the mobile app.

  • If GHS FCU removes electronic access to mobile and online banking none of your information will be available in either mobile or online banking.

  • You will need to contact GHS FCU to re-enroll in online banking to regain access to your information and online/mobile banking. GHS Federal Credit Union is a Federally Chartered financial institution (#3841). GHS will maintain your information, account documentation, and history according to Federal Law. For more information on our Privacy Policy click here.