
Information Policy
Introduction
In accordance with Regulation P, Bank of St. Augustine acknowledges the legal restrictions on the disclosure
of nonpublic personal information. It is Bank of St. Augustine's policy to disclose such information only
under the following circumstances:
As required by law
As specifically allowed by
law
As requested by the customer,
directly or indirectly
Customers with relationships
established for personal, family and household use are to receive an initial written disclosure describing this
policy prior to establishing a customer relationship and annually thereafter. Distribution of initial
disclosures will be made no later than July 1, 2001 and to all new customer relationships thereafter.
The time frame for annual notices will be the calendar year, beginning in 2001.
Information Collected
Bank of St. Augustine collects the following categories of nonpublic personal information about our consumer
customers: information received on applications and other forms, information about transactions with us (such
as information about a deposit or loan), information about transactions with nonaffiliated third parties, and
information from consumer reporting agencies.
Nonpublic Personal Information and Affiliates
According to Federal law, Bank of St. Augustine may disclose certain nonpublic personal information about our
customers to our affiliates. The information we are allowed to, by law, and may disclose to our affiliates
includes:
Transaction and experience information
from our account records
Information about our customers'
transaction and experience with Bank of St. Augustine, such as:
Name
Address
Account balances
Account activity
Types of accounts
Payment history
Deposit history
Parties to the transaction
Reasons for Disclosure to Affiliates
Bank of St. Augustine may disclose nonpublic personal information about our customers to our affiliates for
the following reasons:
To provide our customers with information about additional products and services.
To evaluate our total relationship
with a customer and our family of companies in order to give the best price that relationship deserves.
Many customers want us to know
the individual pieces of their overall plan.
To give our customers the benefit
of the entire customer relationship when paying overdrafts and determining credit limits.
Future Affiliate Disclosure
Bank of St. Augustine also reserves the right to disclose nonpublic personal information about customers to
anyone except as disclosed in this policy or as permitted by law.
Information Disclosed
This institution may disclose the following categories of nonpublic personal information about our consumer
customers and former customers: information received from applications and other forms such as name, address,
social security number, assets and income; and information about transactions with the institution such as account
balance, payment history, parties to the transaction, and information from other consumer reports such as a
consumer's creditworthiness and credit history. We will only disclose this information under the circumstances
addressed in this policy. An example of when we might disclose this information would be to a consumer-reporting
agency.
Parties to Whom Information is Disclosed
Bank of St. Augustine does not currently, but reserves the right in the future to disclose nonpublic personal
information about our customers and former customers to companies that provide financial services, securities
broker-dealers, and insurance agents, however we will only disclose information required to process the transaction
or provide the service. Under no circumstances will we disclose customer account numbers to companies
providing joint marketing services. Bank of St. Augustine also discloses nonpublic personal information
to other nonaffiliated third parties as permitted by law.
Confidentiality and Security Of Nonpublic Personal Information
Bank of St. Augustine maintains the following policies and practices designed to protect the confidentiality
and security of consumers' nonpublic personal information. Bank of St. Augustine has extensive security
measures that insure this policy is followed. We restrict access to confidential customer financial information
to those employees who need to know that information to provide products or services to our customers.
Our employees are trained to understand the importance of customer financial privacy and to properly handle
confidential information.
Internal Control
This policy will be reviewed annually in conjunction with a review of the Bank's practices to ensure that the
Bank's practice and disclosures continue to accurately reflect the Bank's policy. Compliance will be tested
semiannually through external compliance reviews.
The Compliance Officer will be
responsible for ensuring that all vendor contracts are in compliance with the Bank's regulatory requirements,
that the policy will be updated as needed, and that disclosures are provided as required.
The Compliance Officer will also
be responsible for initial training of all employees covering the provisions of the Regulation prior to implementation,
and regularly scheduled training on a semi-annual basis thereafter.
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