Tuscaloosa VA Federal Credit Union (hereinafter, Credit Union) is committed to providing you with competitive products and services to meet your needs and help you reach your financial goals. The Credit Union is owned by its members and run by a board of directors you elect. Protecting personal information and using it in a manner consistent with your expectation is a top priority for everyone associated with the Credit Union. Under federal law, we are required to give you this privacy notice.

What follows is a description of the information we collect and disclose, including the parties who receive nonpublic information from us, as permitted by law, to conduct the business of the Credit Union.

If after reading this notice you have questions, please contact us at (205) 556-7819.

Information We Collect About You

We collect the following nonpublic personal information about you from the following sources:

• Information we receive from you on applications and other forms
• Information about your transactions with us, our affiliates, or others
• Information we receive from a consumer reporting agency
• Information obtained when verifying the information you provide on an application or other forms; this may be obtained from your current or past employers, or from other institutions where you conduct financial transactions.

We may disclose all of the information we collect, as described above, as permitted by law.

Parties Who Receive Information From Us

We may disclose nonpublic personal information about you to the following types of third parties:

• Financial service providers, such as insurance companies and mortgage service companies.
• Non-financial companies, such as consumer reporting agencies, data processors, check/share draft printers, financial statement publishers, plastic card processors and government agencies.

Disclosure of Information to Parties That Provide Services to Us

In order for us to conduct the business of the credit union, we may disclose all of the information we collect, as described above, to companies that perform marketing or other services on our behalf or to other financial institutions with whom we have joint marketing agreements so that we may provide members competitive products and services. We may also disclose nonpublic personal information about you under circumstances as permitted or required by law. These disclosures typically include information to process transactions on your behalf, conduct the operations of our credit union, follow your instructions as you authorize, or protect the security of our financial records.

To protect our members' privacy, we only work with companies that agree to maintain strong confidentiality protections and limit the use of information we provide. We do not permit these companies to sell the information we provide to other third parties.

Disclosure of Information About Former Members

If you terminate your membership with Tuscaloosa VA Federal Credit Union, we will not share information we have collected about you except as may be permitted or required by law.

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. . All officers, directors, members of committees and employees of this Credit Union must hold in confidence all transactions of this Credit Union with its members and all information respecting to their personal affairs, except when permitted by state or federal law. We maintain physical, electronic, and procedural safeguards that comply with federal regulations to guard your nonpublic personal information.

What Members Can Do to Help

Tuscaloosa VA Federal Credit Union is committed to protecting the privacy of its members. Members can help by following these simple guidelines:

• Protect your account numbers, plastic card numbers, PINs (personal identification numbers) or passwords. Never keep your PIN with your card, which can provide free 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. If someone calls you explaining the call is on behalf of the credit union and asks for your account number, you should beware. Official credit union staff will have access to your information and will not need to ask for it.
• 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 fraudulent or unauthorized activity or use of an account, we will attempt to contact you immediately.
• Order a copy of your credit report from different credit reporting agencies annually. Visit www.annualcreditreport.com to order your free copy.