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Privacy Policy
March 27, 2001
It shall be the policy of Columbus State Bank (Bank) to protect our customers’ nonpublic personal information. At Columbus State Bank, we recognize and respect the privacy of our customers. We recognize the importance of the bank/customer relationship and we realize we have a special duty to safeguard your sensitive information.
Information Practices
Columbus State Bank collects, retains and uses information about our customers only to enable us to provide products and services to you. We do not sell nonpublic personal information about our customers to third parties for their independent use.
Employee Access
Columbus State Bank’s employees are educated on the importance of customer privacy. Our customer’s information is protected and only those employees that have a need for this information have access to it.
Disclosure of Customer Information
We do not disclose or provide information about our customers or former customers to unaffiliated third parties unless such disclosure is (1) requested or authorized by the customer; (2) necessary to complete a transaction authorized by the customer; (3) made to a reputable credit bureau, other financial institution, or merchant in accordance with standard banking industry practice; or (4) required or permitted by law or regulation.
Accuracy of Customer Information
Columbus State Bank strives to ensure that information we maintain about our customers is accurate. We have procedures in place to assure our information is correct. We also have procedures to correct, update, or remove inaccurate information.
Sharing Information with Companies that Work for Us
To assist us in offering services to you, Columbus State Bank may occasionally share information with companies that work for us, such as check printing, leasing companies, or mailing services. These companies act on our behalf in offering products and services to you. They are obligated to keep the information that we provide to them confidential.
On-Line Banking
Privacy Guidelines
Visits to Columbus State Bank’s web site remain anonymous. We do not collect identifying information about visitors to our site. We may use standard software to collect non-identifying information about our visitors, such as:
• Date and time our site was accessed
• IP address
• Web browser used
• City, state and county
The bank uses this information to create statistics of the level of interest in our site.
Links
Our visitors may elect to provide us with personal information via e-mail or online registration forms. This information is transmitted through a non-secure environment. We use this information internally to handle the sender’s request.
We will link to other Internet sites as a convenience to you. Columbus State Bank will only link to sites that uphold our corporate standards. However, we are not responsible for the content of those sites, nor their policies, for the collection of customer information.
Revised 04/2005
Eighty-eight years of banking service to Columbus and Colorado County
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