Education First Credit Union Privacy Notice - Education First Credit Union

Education First Credit Union, your member owned financial institution, is committed to providing you financial products and services to meet your needs and reach your financial goals.

We are equally committed to protecting our members' privacy. You can be confident that your financial privacy is a priority of this credit union. We are required by law to give you this privacy notice to explain how we collect, use and safeguard your personal financial information. If you have any questions, please contact a member service representative at 614-221-9376.

Rev. 10/2024

FACTS	WHAT DOES EDUCATION FIRST CREDIT UNION DO WITH YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION?

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 personal information. 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 and account balances credit scores and employment information credit card or other debt and credit history When you are no longer our member, we continue to share your information as described in this notice.

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 and account balances
credit scores and employment information
credit card or other debt and credit history

When you are no longer our member, we continue to share your information as described in this notice.

How?	All financial companies need to share members’ personal information to run their everyday business. In the section below, we list the reasons financial companies can share their members' personal information; the reasons Education First Credit Union chooses to share; and whether you can limit this sharing.

Reasons we can share your personal information	Does Education First Credit Union 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	Yes	No
For our marketing purposes — to offer our products and services to you	Yes	No
For joint marketing with other financial companies	Yes	No
For our affiliates’ everyday business purposes — information about your transactions and experiences	No	We don’t share
For our affiliates’ everyday business purposes — information about your creditworthiness	No	We don’t share
For nonaffiliates to market to you	No	We don’t share

Questions?	Call 614-221-9376 or toll-free 1-866-628-6446

What we do

How does Education First 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.
How does Education First Credit Union collect my personal information?	We collect your personal information, for example, when you open an account or apply for financing pay your bills or use your credit or debit card apply for financing 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.

How does Education First 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.

How does Education First Credit Union collect my personal information?

We collect your personal information, for example, when you

open an account or apply for financing
pay your bills or use your credit or debit card
apply for financing

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

Affiliates	Companies related by common ownership or control. They can be financial and nonfinancial companies. Education First Credit Union has no affiliates
Nonaffiliates	Companies not related by common ownership or control. They can be financial and nonfinancial companies. Education First Credit Union does not share with our nonaffiliates so they can market to you
Joint marketing	A formal agreement between nonaffiliated financial companies that together market financial products or services to you. Our joint marketing partners include Insurance companies and Direct Marketing companies

Affiliates

Companies related by common ownership or control. They can be financial and nonfinancial companies.

Education First Credit Union has no affiliates

Nonaffiliates

Companies not related by common ownership or control. They can be financial and nonfinancial companies.

Education First Credit Union does not share with our nonaffiliates so they can market to you

Joint marketing

A formal agreement between nonaffiliated financial companies that together market financial products or services to you.

Our joint marketing partners include Insurance companies and Direct Marketing companies

Other important information

Notices and “Joint Relationships." Except where expressly required by applicable law, we will provide all notices to the person (member) listed first on any application, agreement or other relevant document with us. The notice will be mailed to the address noted for said person on the application, agreement or other document. If this person (member) has agreed to receive notices and disclosures electronically, then we can send all such notices and notifications, to the e-mail or Internet address provided by said person; or we shall post or otherwise give notice by posting a notice, providing a link or using such other electronic methods authorized under applicable laws and/or regulations. All joint owners, borrowers and guarantors agree to the receipt and sufficiency of any notice or notification sent according to this paragraph.

Modification. The Credit Union reserves the right to modify, change or amend this Privacy Policy and Agreement at any time without notice other than as expressly required by applicable law.

Protecting Children. We do not knowingly solicit or collect data from children and we do not knowingly market to children online. We recognize that protecting children’s identities and online privacy is important and that responsibility rests with us and with parents.