Facts: What does Beacon Credit Union 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
* Loss history
* Credit scores
* Mortgage rates and payments
* Payment history

When you are no longer a member, we continue to share your information as described in this notice.
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 Beacon Credit Union chooses to share; and whether you can limit this sharing.

 

Reasons we can share your personal informationDoes Beacon Credit Union 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
YesNo
For our marketing purposes -
to offer our products and services to you
YesNo
For joint marketing with other financial companiesYesNo
For our affiliates' everyday business purposes -
information about your transactions and experiences
YesNo
For our affiliates' everyday business purposes -
information about your creditworthiness
NoWe don't share
For our affiliates to market to youNoWe don't share
For nonaffiliates to market to youNoWe don't share

Questions?
Call toll-free (800) 762-3136 or email beaconcu@beaconcu.org

What we do
How does Beacon 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 Beacon Credit Union collect my personal information?We collect your personal information, for example, when you:
* Open an account
* Give us your income information
* Apply for a loan
* Provide account information
* Make deposits or withdrawals from your account

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 nonaffiliates to market to you

State laws and individual companies may give you additional rights to limit sharing.
See below for more on your rights under state law.

 

Definitions
AffiliatesCompanies related by common ownership or control. They can be financial and non-financial companies.
* Our affiliates include: Companies owned by Beacon Credit Union such as Beacon Ag Services.
NonaffiliatesCompanies not related by common ownership or control. They can be financial and non-financial companies.
* Beacon Credit Union does not share with nonaffiliates so they can market to you.
Joint MarketingA formal agreement between nonaffiliated financial companies that together market financial products or services to you.
* Our joint marketing partners include insurance companies and credit card companies.

 

Other Important Information
For Alaska, Illinois, Maryland and North Dakota Members:We will not share personal information with nonaffiliates either for them to market to you or for joint marketing - without your authorization.
For California Members: We will not share personal information with nonaffiliates either for them to market to you or for joint marketing - without your authorization. We will also limit our sharing of personal information about you with our affiliates to comply with all California privacy laws that apply to us.
For Massachusetts, Mississippi and New Jersey Members:We will not share personal information from deposit or share relationships with nonaffiliates either for them to market to you or for joint marketing - without your authorization.
For Vermont Members: We will not share personal information with nonaffiliates for them to market to you without your authorization and we will not share personal information with affiliates or for joint marketing about your creditworthiness without your authorization.