Privacy Policy

FACTS WHAT DOES CAROLINA FEDERAL 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 and credit card or other debt
  • credit history and credit scores
  • payment history and transaction or loss history
How? All financial companies need to share customers’ personal information to run their everyday business. In the section below, we list the reasons financial companies can share their customers’ personal information; the reasons Carolina Federal Credit Union chooses to share; and whether you can limit this sharing.
Reasons we can share your personal information Does Carolina Federal 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 to report to credit bureaus Yes No
For our marketing purposes – to offer our products and services to you Yes Yes
For joint marketing with other financial companies Yes Yes
For our affiliates’ everyday business purposes –
Information about your transactions and experiences
No We don’t share
For our affiliates’ everyday business purposes –
information about your creditworthiness
No We don’t share
For our affiliates to market to you No We don’t share
For nonaffiliates to market to you Yes Yes
For nonaffiliates to market to you Yes Yes
To limit our sharing
  • Call toll-free 800-378-1955 – to speak with a representative or
  • Email to: management@carolinafcu.org
  • Visit us online: www.carolinafcu.org

Please note:
If you are a new customer, we can begin sharing your information 30 days from the date we sent this notice. When you are no longer our customer, 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 toll-free 800-378-1955, email management@carolinafcu.org or go to www.carolinafcu.org
What we do
How does Carolina Federal 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 Carolina Federal Credit Union collect my personal information?

We collect your personal information, for example, when you

  • open an account or apply for a loan
  • show your government-issued ID or give us your income information
  • provide employment information

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 law and individual companies may give you additional rights to limit sharing.

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.

  • Carolina Federal Credit Union has no affiliates.
Non-affiliates

Companies not related by common ownership or control. They can be financial and non-financial companies.

  • Nonaffiliates we share with can include insurance companies, government agencies, plastic card processors (credit/debit/ATM), consumer reporting agencies, data processors, check/share draft printers, and direct marketing companies.
Joint marketing

A formal agreement between non-affiliated financial companies that together market financial products or services to you.

  • Our joint marketing partners include CUNA Mutual Group’s MEMBERCONNECT and credit card companies
Other important information
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