PRIVACY NOTICE AND DISCLOSURE

ONLINE PRIVACY NOTICE

Welcome to Kirkpatrick Bank's website. In this section, we will explain our policy regarding any personal information you might supply to us when you visit this website. As a matter of principle, Kirkpatrick Bank is committed to safeguarding your personal information obtained through our website the same way we protect information obtained through any of our other delivery channels - at our main bank, branches, our ATM's and by telephone.

At Kirkpatrick Bank the gathering, maintenance and sharing of information within our organization is paramount to providing you with effective and convenient banking products and services. Also, to serve you effectively and conveniently, we have to utilize modern technology and consumer information. However, we realize you are concerned about privacy and our use of the personal information you give us. Accordingly, we pledge to continually review our procedures and policies in the interest of protecting your privacy. Our Online Privacy Notice, briefly described below, is included in our comprehensive customer information privacy policy that has been disseminated to all of our employees.

COLLECTION, USE, RETENTION AND DESTRUCTION OF INFORMATION

Kirkpatrick Bank collects, uses and retains certain personal information through our website to identify and communicate with you. We collect and use this information to provide you with products and services you initiate; to help us respond to specific questions you ask; and to inform you about other financial services that may be of interest to you. We may also use this information to comply with certain laws and regulations that may apply to us and to help us design or improve our products and services.

As a general policy, Kirkpatrick Bank does not automatically collect or store information concerning visitors to this website. However, we will collect and store general information such as:

  • The name of the domain from which you access the Internet (e.g. cox.com if you are connecting from Cox Communications or aol.com if you connecting from America Online);
  • The Internet address of the website from which you linked to our site, if any (e.g. yahoo.com if you found us from the Yahoo search option);
  • The type of web browsing software you are using to view our site such as Microsoft Internet Explorer or Mozilla FireFox; and
  • The date and time you accessed our site.

Additionally, after consumer/customer information is collected, the Bank will retain such information only as long as it is useful to the administration of a consumer/customer's relationship or the provision of particular products and services to a consumer/customer or as required by federal and state mandates. Afterwards, such information will promptly be destroyed.

MAINTENANCE OF ACCURATE INFORMATION

We strive to ensure our records are up-to-date and precise in accordance with commercial standards. We also have procedures for timely correction of inaccurate information after we become aware of the inaccuracy. In addition, various state and federal laws impose specific obligations and standards on us with respect to the accuracy of information we maintain and the correction of erroneous information. If you ever find that our records are incomplete, inaccurate or not current, please call the telephone number on your account statement; contact us via postal mail or contact us by email. Subsequently, pending investigation, we will correct the information in a timely manner.

EMPLOYEE ACCESS TO CUSTOMER INFORMATION

All Kirkpatrick Bank employees are required to follow our customer information privacy policy. The policy provides that all employees are obligated to keep our customer's personal information confidential and never discuss or disclose such information inside or outside of Kirkpatrick Bank unless required to transact proper bank business. Kirkpatrick Bank has policies and procedures restricting access to personal customer information to those employees with a business reason to know such information. We educate our employees to recognize the importance of client confidentiality and we have reserved the right to take appropriate disciplinary measures to enforce employee confidentiality responsibilities.

PROTECTION OF INFORMATION AND ACCOUNT DATA

Customer records are stored in a secure location at all times. Computer generated customer information is protected by robust encryption technology. Kirkpatrick Bank maintains security standards and procedures to help prevent unauthorized access to your personal customer information. Additionally, we continuously update and test our technology to improve the protection of our information about you and to assure the integrity of that information.

RESTRICTIONS ON DISCLOSURE OF ACCOUNT INFORMATION

We do not disclose personal information (i.e. deposit and credit card account numbers or access codes) about customers to nonaffiliated third parties for their independent use, except for the exchange of information with reputable information reporting agencies, to maximize the accuracy and security of such information, or in the performance of bona fide corporate due diligence, unless:

  • The information is provided to help complete a customer initiated transaction;
  • The customer requests the disclosure;
  • The disclosure is required by law (e.g., subpoena, summons, or warrant, etc.); and
  • The customer has been informed about the possibility of disclosure for marketing or similar purposes through a prior communication and is given the opportunity to decline (i.e., "opt out").

DISCLOSURE OF PRIVACY PRINCIPLES TO CUSTOMERS

We want you to understand our commitment to customer information privacy and our use of information. For this reason, we have prepared these privacy guidelines.

This paragraph specifically applies to individuals. Kirkpatrick Bank reserves the right to make changes to this notice and to our related procedures at any time. As we make changes to our notice, we will update this web page. Unless specifically authorized by beneficiaries, our customer information privacy policy prohibits disclosure to parties outside the Bank, of the existence or administration of a trust, except to comply with a law, regulation or judicial proceeding or as deemed necessary in the administration of the trust.

SPECIFIC WEBSITE AND EMAIL INFORMATION

Cache Storage of Information

Internet browser software typically stores or "caches" information from the website being visited on the hard drive of the user's computer. This means that information viewed or input during a visit to a website can usually be viewed again by merely hitting the "back" button in your browser. Some websites issue a "no-cache" command to browsers to prevent this temporary storage. To provide better service to you, our visitor, we do not send this command to the browser. To better protect your personal information, you should clear your cache of information from your computer periodically. Instructions for clearing this cache are included on your browser.

Cookies

In order to provide you better service, we may use a "cookie". A cookie is a small piece of information given to your computer by a website which can later be retrieved. A cookie is a way for a website to recognize whether or not you have visited the site before. The cookie cannot be read by a website other than the one that installed the cookie. We use cookies for administrative purposes, such as storing a password or storing a customized view. Recording cookies at such points makes your online experience easier and faster. Most of our cookies last only through a single visit. They do not read your hard drive or contain any information that you have not already provided. No cookies will contain information that will enable anyone to contact you via telephone, email or postal mail. Your web browser can be set to inform you when cookies are installed or to prevent them from being installed.

Email

We preserve the content of your email, your email address and our response so that we can better serve you. Depending on the content of your email, we may be required by existing laws and regulations to keep this information. If you send email to us, please remember that email is not secure against interception. If your email contains information that is very sensitive or includes personal information such as; an account number, credit card number or social security number, you may want to send this information via postal mail.