Important Privacy Policy for Berean Credit Union
At Berean Credit Union, we respect and protect our member’s privacy. Because our relationship with you is based on trust, we are dedicated to protecting the personal information you have provided to us. By explaining our privacy policy to you, we believe that you will better understand how we keep our member information private and secure while using it to serve you better.
We collect personal information from you from the following sources:
- Membership and loan applications and other credit union forms
- Your transactions with us
- Consumer reporting agencies
WE DO NOT SELL YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION TO ANYONE. Berean Credit Union does not disclose nonpublic personal information about our members or former members to third parties , except as required or permitted by law. We are careful to restrict access to your personal information to only those of our staff who need to know that information in order to provide products or services to you. We maintain safeguards to make sure that we comply with state and federal regulations to guard your personal information. To protect your privacy we cannot accept communications from someone claiming to represent you, unless the party acting for you is your attorney, guardian, trustee or otherwise authorized by law to represent you and you provide us proof of that authority.
We are proud of the relationship Berean Credit Union maintains with our members. Your privacy is our priority.
Cookie Policy
How do we use cookies and other tracking tools?
What Are Cookies
This site uses cookies and/or scripts (collectively refer to as “cookies”), which are tiny files downloaded onto your computer, to improve your experience. Our vendors may also use these tools.
Select cookies are persistent and will remain on your device until deleted by you or your browser, while others are inactivated and automatically deleted when you close all browser windows.
For more general information on cookies see the Wikipedia article on HTTP Cookies.
How We Use Cookies
We primarily use for a variety of reasons, including but not limited to:
- provide a great experience for your visitors and customers.
- identify our registered members (users who register to our site).
- monitor and analyze the performance, operation and effectiveness of our platform.
- ensure our platform is secure and safe to use.
Disabling Cookies
You can prevent the setting of cookies by adjusting the settings on your browser (see your browser Help for how to do this). Please note, disabling cookies may affect the functionality of this site and others you may visit.
What You Can Do to Help Protect Your Privacy
- Protect your account numbers, card numbers, PINs (personal identification numbers) and passwords. Never keep your PIN with your debit or credit 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, explains 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. It is important that we have current information on how to reach you. If we detect potentially fraudulent or unauthorized activity or use of an account, we will attempt to contact you immediately. If your address or phone number changes, please let us know.
Privacy policy updates
We reserve the right to modify this privacy policy at any time, so please review it frequently. Changes and clarifications will take effect immediately upon their posting on the website. If we make material changes to this policy, we will notify you here that it has been updated, so that you are aware of what information we collect, how we use it, and under what circumstances, if any, we use and/or disclose it.
Questions
If you have any questions concerning this policy, you are invited to call us at (312) 945-8186.