First State Bank Privacy Policy

Privacy Policy

First State Bank values its customers' privacy. We have protected your confidential information in many ways over the years, and will continue to do so using state-of-the-art measures. We never lose sight that our customers are our most treasured asset. First State Bank understands how important privacy and confidentiality are to you. That is why we are committed to providing the highest level of security to ensure that any information that may be collected about you is safeguarded.

Collecting Information

In the course of doing business we collect, maintain and use various types of information. We use this information to service your accounts quickly and efficiently and provide you with a full range of quality financial products and services. We also collect, retain and use information about you to assess and manage risk, to comply with legal requirements and where we believe it is helpful to conduct our business. We collect nonpublic personal information about you from the following sources:

• Information we receive from you on applications or other forms.
• Information about your transactions with us or others.
• Information that we receive from a consumer reporting agency.

Sharing Information

We do not disclose any nonpublic personal information about our customers or former customers to anyone, except as permitted by law. We restrict access to nonpublic personal information about you to those employees who need to know that information to provide products or services to you.

We maintain physical, electronic and procedural safeguards that comply with federal regulations to guard your nonpublic personal information. If you decide to close your account(s) or become an inactive customer, we will adhere to the privacy policies and practices as described in this notice.