Privacy Policy

We recognize our responsibility to keep the information you provide to us secure and confidential. Keeping your personal information safe is our priority. Access to members’ information will be reasonably limited to those employees who have a business reason for such access.

GIEFCU is owned by its members. It is governed by a Board of Directors that you elect. You can be confident that your financial privacy is a top priority of this institution. This privacy notice describes our policy and practices about your personal information.

In order to protect our members’ privacy, we only work with companies that agree to maintain strong confidentiality protections and we limit the use of information we provide. We do not permit these companies to see or transmit to third parties the information we provide to them.

How does Griffith Institute Employees 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. GIEFCU regularly tests and assesses its information security measures and adopts upgrades and enhancements as necessary.

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

How does Griffith Institute Employees Federal Credit Union collect my personal information?
We collect your personal information, for example, when you 
         • open an account 
         • apply for a loan 
         • provide employment information 
         • pay us by check 
         • show your driver’s license
We also collect your personal information from others, such as credit bureaus or other companies.

Nonpublic Personal Information for Current and Former Members and Nonaffiliated Third Parties
Since we value our member relationship with you, we will not disclose your nonpublic personal information to third parties, except as permitted by law. We do not disclose nonpublic personal information about former members.

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.

What happens when I limit sharing for an account I hold jointly with someone else? Your choices will apply to everyone on your account.

Questions? Call 716-592-9887.

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