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Privacy Policy

Who We Are

This website is operated by Peoples Bank and whose registered address is [] We are committed to protecting and preserving the privacy of our visitors when visiting our site or communicating electronically with us.

This policy sets out how we process any personal data we collect from you or that you provide to us through our website. We confirm that we will keep your information secure. Please read the following carefully to understand what happens to personal data that you choose to provide to us, or that we collect from you when you visit this site. By visiting peoplesbankar.com you are accepting and consenting to the practices described in this policy.

Our website address is: www.peoplesbankar.com

Types of Information We May Collect From You

We may collect, store and use the following kinds of personal information about individuals who visit and use our website: 

Information your mobile app will request access to are Location, Contacts, and Camera

Information You Supply to Us

You may supply us with information about you by filling in forms on our website. This includes information you provide when you submit a contact/enquiry form. The information you give us may include your name and email address.

Information Our Website Automatically Collects About You

With regard to each of your visits to our website we may automatically collect information including the following:

technical information, including a truncated and anonymized version of your Internet protocol (IP) address, browser type and version, operating system and platform;
information about your visit, including what pages you visit, how long you are on the site, how you got to the site (including date and time); page response times, length of visit, what you click on, documents downloaded and download errors.
Cookies
Our website uses cookies to distinguish you from other users of our website. This helps us to provide you with a good experience when you browse our website and also allows us to improve our site. For detailed information on the cookies we use and the purposes for which we use them see our Cookies Policy.

How we may use the information we collect

We use the information in the following ways:

Information you supply to us. We will use this information:

to provide you with information and/or services that you request from us;
Information we automatically collect about you. We will use this information:

to administer our site including troubleshooting and statistical purposes;
to improve our site to ensure that content is presented in the most effective manner for you and for your computer;
security and debugging as part of our efforts to keep our site safe and secure.
This information is collected anonymously and is not linked to information that identifies you as an individual. We use Google Analytics to track this information. Find out how Google uses your data at https://support.google.com/analytics/answer/6004245.

Disclosure of Your Information

Any information you provide to us will be emailed directly to us. We use a trusted third party website and hosting provider (Flywheel) to facilitate the running and management of this website. Flywheel meet high data protection and security standards and are bound by contract to keep any information they process on our behalf confidential. Any data that may be collected through this website that Flywheel process, is kept secure and only processed in the manner we instruct them to. Flywheel cannot access, provide, rectify or delete any data that they store on our behalf without permission.

We do not rent, sell or share personal information about you with other people or non-affiliated companies.

We will use all reasonable efforts to ensure that your personal data is not disclosed to regional/national institutions and authorities, unless required by law or other regulations.

Unfortunately, the transmission of information via the internet is not completely secure. Although we will do our best to protect your personal data, we cannot guarantee the security of your data transmitted to our site; any transmission is at your own risk. Once we have received your information, we will use strict procedures and security features to try to prevent unauthorized access.

Disclosures

Electronic Communications Disclosure:

Please read this Electronic Communications Disclosure (“eCommunications Disclosure”) thoroughly – It contains important information about your legal rights. This eCommunications Disclosure covers all of your accounts, products, and services with Peoples Bank (collectively, “we”, “us”, and “our”) accessible, either currently or in the future, through Online Banking (whether accessed through a personal computer or mobile device, sometimes referred to as “Mobile Banking”), our websites, or other electronic means. This includes, but is not limited to, the following account, product, and service types: deposit accounts, loans, and other services. The words “I”, “you” and “your” mean each account holder, product owner and/or service user identified on an account, product or service.

(1) Your Legal Rights

Certain laws and regulations require us to provide specific information to you in writing, which means you have a right to receive that information on paper. We may provide such information to you electronically if we first present this eCommunications Disclosure and obtain your consent to receive the information electronically. Your consent will also apply to any other person named on your account, product or service, subject to applicable law. Since some of our accounts, products or services are provided online and use electronic means to deliver some of this information, you must consent to this eCommunications Disclosure in order to use these services. At times, we may still send you paper communications, but as a basic proposition we need to know that you are willing to receive communications electronically that we may otherwise be required to provide on paper and that you have the hardware and software needed to access to this information (in Section 3 we explain ways to obtain selected disclosures or other information on paper even after you have consented to this eCommunications Disclosure).

(2) Types of Electronic Communications You Will Receive

You understand and agree that we may provide to you in electronic format only, by posting the information on the website where you access your accounts, products or services, through e-mail (if applicable and if you have provided a valid e-mail address), or other electronic means, agreements, disclosures, notices, and other information and communications regarding your accounts, services and products, the use of our websites or our other electronic services, your relationship with us, and/or other programs, products or services that are or may be in the future made available to you (collectively, “Communications”). Such Communications may include, but are not limited to:

This eCommunications Disclosure and any updates;

The Online Banking Service Agreement, other service or user agreements for access to our websites or other electronic services, all updates to these agreements and all disclosures, notices and other communications regarding transactions you make through websites or our other electronic services;

Disclosures, agreements, notices and other information related to the opening or initiation of an account, product or service including, but not limited to, account agreements, fee schedules or other disclosures or notices that may be required by the Truth in Savings Act, Electronic Fund Transfer Act, Truth in Lending Act, the Equal Credit Opportunity Act, the Fair Credit Reporting Act, the Gramm Leach Bliley Act, the Real Estate Settlement Procedures Act or other applicable federal or state laws and regulations;

Periodic, annual, monthly or other statements, disclosures and notices relating to the maintenance or operation of an account, product or service including, but not limited to account information, account activity, account inactivity, payments made or due, or other statements, disclosures or notices that may be required by the Truth in Savings Act, Electronic Fund Transfer Act, Truth in Lending Act, the Equal Credit Opportunity Act, the Fair Credit Reporting Act, the Gramm Leach Bliley Act, the Real Estate Settlement Procedures Act or other applicable federal or state laws and regulations;

Any notice or disclosure regarding an account, product or service fee, such as a late fee, an overdraft fee, a negative balance fee, a fee for a draft, check or electronic debit returned for any reason, such as insufficient funds fee or a fee as a result of a stop payment order;

Any notice of the addition of new terms and conditions or the deletion or amendment of existing terms and conditions applicable to accounts, products or services you obtain from us;

Our Privacy Policy and other privacy statements or notices (by posting such notices on our website);

Certain tax statements or notices that we are legally required to provide to you, such as the annual IRS interest statements; and

Certain information or forms that we request from you and ask you to submit electronically, such as signature cards, W-9s, or other agreements.

(3) Setting Your Electronic Communications Preferences

After you consent to this eCommunications Disclosure, you will still be able to set your preferences to receive certain categories of Communications in (1) both electronic and paper format; (2) electronic format only; or (3) paper format only. Setting your Communications preferences may not be available for all products, accounts or services. For more information on the availability of your electronic communications preference management options, please refer to the appropriate electronic communications preference page on the website where you access your Communications. If you decide to receive some Communications in paper and some electronically, the Communications that you receive electronically will be governed by this eCommunications Disclosure.

(4) Types of Communications You Will Receive in Paper

This eCommunications Disclosure does not apply to any communications that we determine, in our sole discretion, that we are required to deliver in paper form under applicable law or that you should receive in paper rather than electronic form.

Such communications shall be mailed to the primary address we show for you in our records or otherwise delivered as required by law or the governing agreement.

(5) Hardware and Software Requirements

While you may be able to access and retain the Communications using other hardware and software, we currently support the following minimum requirements:

For Online Banking through a personal computer:

An operating system, such as:

Windows XP, Vista, Win 7, or Win 8 or

Macintosh OS 10.x

Access to the Internet and a compatible Internet browser which supports HTML 4.0 and 128bit SSL encryption and Javascript, such as:

For PC using Windows XP, Vista, Win 7 or Win 8

Microsoft Internet Explorer 7.0 and higher

Firefox 3 and higher

Chrome 3.0 and higher

For Macintosh using OS 10.x

Safari 3.0 and higher

Firefox 3 and higher

Chrome 4.0 and higher

For Online Banking through a mobile device (“Mobile Banking”):

A mobile device with a compatible operating system, such as:

iOS 4 and higher

Android OS 2.2 and higher for mobile handsets

Android OS 3.0 and higher for tablets;

and either:

Access to the Internet using the default browsers included by your mobile device manufacturer; or

The latest Any Bank Mobile Banking App compatible with your device platform

Note: “Mobile Banking” refers to tablets, smartphones and cell phones that access Online Banking through Peoples Bank’s Mobile Banking Apps or through www.peoplesbankar.com.

Most Communications provided within our websites are provided either in HTML and/or PDF format. For Communications provided in PDF format, Adobe Reader 8.0 or later versions is required – A free copy of Adobe Reader may be obtained from the Adobe website at The Adobe Website -www.adobe.com.

In certain circumstances, some Communications may be provided by e-mail. You are responsible for providing us with a valid e-mail address to accept delivery of Communications. At our option, we may also post the emailed Communications within our websites. In this situation, you agree that once we email the Communications to you and post them within our websites, that we have delivered the Communications to you in a form that you can retain.

To print or download Communications you must have a printer connected to your device or sufficient hard-drive or other storage space to store the Communications.

This eCommunications Disclosure and any updates;

The Online Banking Service Agreement, other service or user agreements for access to our websites or other electronic services, all updates to these agreements and all disclosures, notices and other communications regarding transactions you make through websites or our other electronic services;

Disclosures, agreements, notices and other information related to the opening or initiation of an account, product or service including, but not limited to, account agreements, fee schedules or other disclosures or notices that may be required by the Truth in Savings Act, Electronic Fund Transfer Act, Truth in Lending Act, the Equal Credit Opportunity Act, the Fair Credit Reporting Act, the Gramm Leach Bliley Act, the Real Estate Settlement Procedures Act or other applicable federal or state laws and regulations;

Periodic, annual, monthly or other statements, disclosures and notices relating to the maintenance or operation of an account, product or service including, but not limited to account information, account activity, account inactivity, payments made or due, or other statements, disclosures or notices that may be required by the Truth in Savings Act, Electronic Fund Transfer Act, Truth in Lending Act, the Equal Credit Opportunity Act, the Fair Credit Reporting Act, the Gramm Leach Bliley Act, the Real Estate Settlement Procedures Act or other applicable federal or state laws and regulations;

Any notice or disclosure regarding an account, product or service fee, such as a late fee, an overdraft fee, a negative balance fee, a fee for a draft, check or electronic debit returned for any reason, such as insufficient funds fee or a fee as a result of a stop payment order;

Any notice of the addition of new terms and conditions or the deletion or amendment of existing terms and conditions applicable to accounts, products or services you obtain from us;

Our Privacy Policy and other privacy statements or notices (by posting such notices on our website);

Certain tax statements or notices that we are legally required to provide to you, such as the annual IRS interest statements; and

Certain information or forms that we request from you and ask you to submit electronically, such as signature cards, W-9s, or other agreements.

(6) How to Withdraw Your Consent to this eCommunications Disclosure

Subject to applicable law, you may withdraw your consent to this eCommunications Disclosure by calling the appropriate customer service phone number. For Online Banking, the customer service phone numbers are available through the Customer Service Page. You will not be charged a fee for withdrawal of your consent.

For Online Banking, if you withdraw your consent to this eCommunications Disclosure, we may stop providing you with Communications electronically and we may terminate your Online Banking access. Your withdrawal of consent is effective only after you have communicated your withdrawal to Peoples Bank by calling the appropriate customer service phone number and Peoples Bank has had a reasonable period of time to act upon your withdrawal. Your consent shall remain in force until withdrawn in the manner provided in this section.

Remember that you can always set your Communications preferences as described in Section 3 above without withdrawing your consent to this eCommunications Disclosure.

Consent Coverage; Certain Notices From You Are Not Covered. Applicable law or contracts sometimes require you to give us “written” notices. You must still provide these notices to us on paper. Your consent here does not relate to those notices.

(7) Obtaining Copies of Electronic Communications.

 

You may print or make a copy of Communications by using the “Print” button (or otherwise using your printing functionality) or saving a copy – do this when you first review the Communications because after submission we do not necessarily keep them all in a place that you can access. Upon request, we will provide you with a paper copy of any Communications provided electronically by us to you pursuant to this eCommunications Disclosure, provided we receive your request within 12 months after the date the Communication was first made available to you electronically. You may request a paper copy of these Communications by calling us at the appropriate customer service phone number for your account, product or service. Please refer to the Customer Service Page within the Online Banking or the “Contact Us” link on the Peoples Bank website to find the appropriate customer service phone number.

Be sure to specify your account, service or product identification number, as applicable, the specific Communication for which you are requesting a paper copy, and the address to which it should be mailed. We may charge fees for paper copies of the Communications.

(8) Updating Your Contact Information

In the event that your e-mail address or other contact information is changed, you must notify us of such changes immediately through one of the following methods:

For Online Banking, access the Customer Service page within Online Banking and click the appropriate links on “Requests/Services” to update your contact information. You will need to log in to Online Banking using a desktop browser to access this page.

If you fail to update or change an incorrect or invalid e-mail address or other contact information, you understand and agree that any Communications shall nevertheless be deemed to have been provided to you if they were made available to you in electronic form on our websites, e-mailed to the e-mail address we have for you in our records, or delivered through other electronic means.

For Online Banking, if you withdraw your consent to this eCommunications Disclosure, we may stop providing you with Communications electronically and we may terminate your Online Banking access. Your withdrawal of consent is effective only after you have communicated your withdrawal to Peoples Bank by calling the appropriate customer service phone number and Peoples Bank has had a reasonable period of time to act upon your withdrawal. Your consent shall remain in force until withdrawn in the manner provided in this section.

Remember that you can always set your Communications preferences as described in Section 3 above without withdrawing your consent to this eCommunications Disclosure.

Consent Coverage; Certain Notices From You Are Not Covered. Applicable law or contracts sometimes require you to give us “written” notices. You must still provide these notices to us on paper. Your consent here does not relate to those notices.

(9) Retain Copies for Your Records

We recommend that you print or download a copy of this eCommunications Disclosure, the applicable service agreement and all other Communications to retain for your permanent records.

Tools & Resources

Mobile Banking Setup
Calculators 
Lost or Stolen Debit Cards
Overdraft Privilege
Privacy Policy/Disclosures
Fraud & Identity Theft
License Plate Giveaway
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