Online Privacy Policy

Keeping financial and personal information secure is one of our most important responsibilities. Attleboro Municipal Employees Federal Credit Union is committed to protecting the information of our members and other visitors who use our website. We value your trust and handle all personal information with care. As with information we collect through other means, we use the information you provide online to respond to your needs, service your accounts, and provide you with information about other services.
 
SECURE TRANSMISSIONS

To ensure information remains confidential, Attleboro Municipal Employees Federal Credit Union uses encryption technology such as Secure Socket Layer (SSL) to protect information you enter and submit from our website.

EMAIL SECURITY

Regular Internet email is not secure. You should never provide information that is sensitive or confidential such as your social security number, account number or PIN numbers. We also ask that you do not send personal or account Information through regular email.

COOKIES

Cookies are pieces of information stored directly on the device you are using. Cookies we use do not contain or capture unencrypted Personal Information. Cookies allow us to collect information such as browser type, time spent on the site, pages visited, language preferences, and your relationship with us. We use the information for security purposes, to facilitate navigation, to display information more effectively, to personalize/tailor your experience while engaging with us, and to recognize your device to allow your use of our online products and services. We collect statistical information about the usage of the site in order to continually improve the design and functionality, to monitor responses to our advertisements and content, to understand how account holders and visitors use the site and to assist us with resolving questions regarding the site. We also utilize cookies for advertising purposes. Tracking technologies also used are beacons, tags, pixels, and scripts to collect and track information and to improve and analyze our website.

LINKING TO OTHER SITES

To provide you with easy access to information, Attleboro Municipal Employees Federal Credit Union may provide links to other websites such as mortgage companies, insurance companies, government agencies. These links are provided as a convenience to our members. We do not guarantee or endorse any of the content in these links, and Attleboro Municipal Employees Federal Credit Union does not represent either the third party or the member if the two enter into a transaction. The privacy and security policies on these linked websites may differ from those practiced by Attleboro Municipal Employees Federal Credit Union. We encourage you to read the privacy policies of all websites you visit, especially before providing any personal non-public information.

GOOGLE ANALYTICS

Many websites and apps use Google services to improve their content. When they integrate Google services, these sites and apps share information with Google. We use Google Analytics to better understand how users are visiting and using our sites. Google Analytics collects information such as how often users visit this site, what pages they visit when they do so, and what other sites they used prior to coming to this site. Google Analytics collects the IP address assigned to you on the date you visit this site, rather than your name or other identifying information. We do not combine the information collected through the use of Google Analytics with personally identifiable information. Although Google Analytics plants a cookie on your web browser to identify you as a unique user the next time you visit this site, the cookie cannot be used by anyone but Google. You may review further information about how Google Analytics collects and processes data and how to control the information sent to Google at “How Google uses information from sites or apps that use our services” at google.com/policies/privacy/partners/.

PRIVACY POLICY

To learn what Attleboro Municipal Employees Federal Credit Union does with your personal information please view the posted Privacy Notice on our website or contact us by mail, phone, or email.

HOW WE PROTECT YOUR PERSONAL FINANCIAL PRIVACY

Attleboro Municipal Employees Federal Credit union will partner only with companies that agree to maintain strong confidentiality protections and limit the use of information we provide.  We will not continue a relationship with any third party vendor who violates this policy.  We may disclose nonpublic personal information about you to the following types of third party vendors:

  • Financial service providers, such as companies providing mortgage or insurance services.
  • Nonfinancial companies, such as consumer reporting agencies, data processors, check and other printers, plastic card processors and government agencies.

Although we may be permitted by law to disclose certain information about our members, Attleboro Municipal Employees Federal Credit Union will not disclose that information if we determine it does not contribute to your financial interest.  We will disclose information with your consent or if required by law.* (See Special Notices)  If you decide to terminate your membership or you become an inactive member, we will continue to adhere to the privacy policies and practices as described in this notice.

Per Regulation V, also known as the FACT ACT, Attleboro Municipal Employees Federal Credit Union may report information about your account to credit bureaus.  Late payments, missed payments, or other defaults on your account may be reflected in your credit report.

HOW WE PROTECT YOUR INFORMATION

We restrict access to nonpublic personal information about you to those employees who need to know that information to provide products and services to you.  We maintain physical, electronic, and procedural safeguards that meet or exceed federal regulations to guard your nonpublic personal information.

SPECIAL NOTICES

In accordance with Section 326 of the USA Patriot Act*, you authorize us to verify and record information that identifies each person who opens an account.  You further authorize us to check your account, credit, and employment history, and obtain a credit report from third parties, including credit reporting agencies, to verify your eligibility for any account or services you request.

DISCLOSURE OF INFORMATION PRACTICES WITH REGARD TO CHILDREN AS REQUIRED BY THE CHILDREN’S ONLINE PRIVACY ACT

Personal information such as the name, address, e-mail address, telephone number, social security number, persistent identifier, or combination of various identifying elements, of children under the age of thirteen is not collected by Attleboro Municipal Employees Federal Credit Union or www.AttleboroFCU.org.  If a child elects to send e-mail or other electronic request to us, we may respond to that e-mail or request.  However, the e-mail address of the child will be deleted and no personal information will be collected, stored or disclosed.

WHAT YOU CAN DO TO HELP

We are committed to protecting the privacy of our members.  You can help by following these simple guidelines:

  • Protect your account numbers, plastic card numbers, PIN (Personal Identification Numbers) or passwords.  Never keep your PIN with your card, enabling access to your accounts if your card is lost or stolen.
  • Use caution when disclosing your account numbers, social security numbers, etc. to other persons.  Attleboro Municipal Employees Federal Credit Union employees will never ask your account number; credit union staff would have access to your information. 
  • Keep your information with us current.  If your address or phone number changes, please let us know.  It is important that we have current information on how to reach you.  If we detect potentially fraudulent or unauthorized activity or use of an account, we will attempt to contact you immediately.
  • Let us know if you have questions.  Please do not hesitate to call Attleboro Municipal Employees Federal Credit Union.

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