Privacy Policy

What Does First Peoples 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
  • Account balances and payment history
  • Credit history and credit score
How? 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 First Peoples Community Federal Credit Union chooses to share; and whether you can limit this sharing.
Reasons we can share your personal information Does First Peoples 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 No
For our affiliates’ everyday business purposes
information about your transactions and experiences
Yes No
For our affiliates’ everyday business purposes
information about your creditworthiness
No Yes
For our affiliates to market to you Yes Yes
For our nonaffiliates to market to you Yes Yes
To limit our sharing: 
Request to opt out by calling 301-784-3000 or toll-free 1-800-655-8335

Please note: If you are a new member, we can begin sharing your information 30 days from the date we send this notice. When you are no longer our member, we continue to share your information as described in this notice.
However, you can contact us at any time to limit our sharing.
Questions?
Call 301-784-3000 or toll-free 1-800-655-8335
What We Do
How does First Peoples Community Federal Credit Union protect my 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.
We also maintain other physical, electronic, and procedural safeguards to protect this information and we limit access to information to those employees for whom access is appropriate.
How does First Peoples Community Federal Credit Union collect my information? We collect your personal information, for example, when you
  • Open an account
  • Apply for a loan
  • Use your credit or debit card
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 non-affiliates to market to you
State laws and individual companies may give you additional rights to limit sharing.
(we do not share information about California residents)
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 non-financial companies. Our affiliate offers:
  • Title insurance
  • Settlement services
Nonaffiliates
Companies not related by common ownership or control. They can be financial and non-financial companies such as:
  • Insurance agents
  • Life insurers
  • Property and casualty insurers
  • Investment brokers
Joint Marketing
A formal agreement between non-affiliated financial companies that together market financial products or services to you, such as:
  • Insurance agents
  • Life insurers
  • Property and casualty insurers
  • Investment brokers
Other Important Information
Except where expressly required by applicable law, we will provide all notices to the person (member) listed first on any application, agreement or other relevant document with us. The notice will be mailed to the address noted for said person on the application, agreement or other document. If this person (member) has agreed to receive notices and disclosures electronically, then we can send all such notices and notifications to the e-mail or Internet address provided by said person; or we shall post or otherwise give notice by posting a notice, providing a link or using such other electronic methods authorized under applicable laws and/or regulations. All joint owners, borrowers and guarantors agree to the receipt and sufficiency of any notice or notification sent according to this paragraph.
The Credit Union reserves the right to modify, change or amend this Privacy Policy and Agreement at any time without notice other than as expressly required by applicable law.