Privacy Policy

What Does First Southwest Bank Do With Your Personal Information?

Rev. Date 9/14

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 personalinformation. 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
  • Payment history
  • Checking account information
  • Overdraft history
When you are no longer our customer, we continue to share your information as described in this notice.
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 [FinancialInstitution] chooses to share, and whether you can limit this sharing.
Reasons We Can Share Your Personal InformationDoes First Southwest Bank 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 companiesNoWe Do Not Share
For our affiliates’ everyday business purposes
information about your transactions and experiences
NoWe Do Not Share
For our affiliates’ everyday business purposes
information about your creditworthiness
NoWe Do Not Share
For our affiliates to market to youNoWe Do Not Share
QuestionsCall toll-free 1-800-555-5555
Who We Are
Who is providing this notice?First Southwest Bank
What We Do
How does First Southwest Bank 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.
We also maintain otherphysical, electronic, and procedural safeguards to protect this information, and we limit access to information to thos employees for whom access is appropriate.
How does First Southwest Bank collect my personal information?We collect your personal information, for example when you
  • Open an account or pay your bills
  • Apply for a loan or make deposits or withdrawals from your account
  • Provide your mortgage 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 nonaffiliates to market to you
State laws and individual companies may give you additional rights to limit sharing.
Definitions
AffiliatesCompanies related by common ownership or control. They can be financial and nonfinancial companies.
  • First Southwest Bank does not share with our affiliates
NonaffiliatesCompanies not related by common ownership or control. They can be financial and nonfinancial companies.
  • First Southwest Bank 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 partner(s) include debit and credit card companies, reward programs, and insuranc companies.
Other Important Information
In accordance with California law, First Southwest Bank will not share information we collect about California residents with companies outside of First Southwest Bank, except as permitted by law, such as legalprocesses or as required to service your account. We will limit sharing within our company to the extent required by applicable California law.