Privacy Policy

Please click below for a printable version of our Privacy Notice.

Facts

WHAT DOES WIDGET FEDERAL CREDIT UNION, DBA WIDGET FINANCIAL 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 income
  • Account balances and payment history
  • Credit history and credit sources

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

How?

All financial companies need to share customers’ personal information to run their everyday business. In the section below, we list the reasons financial companies can share their customers’ personal information; the reasons Widget Federal Credit Union, DBA Widget Financial chooses to share; and whether you can limit this sharing.

Reasons we can share your personal information Does Widget Financial Credit Union, DBA Widget Financial 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
Four our affiliates’ everyday business purposes – information about your transactions and experiences No We don’t share
Four our affiliates’ everyday business purposes – information about your creditworthiness No We don’t share
For non-affiliates to market to you No We don’t share

Questions?

Call (814) 456-6231 or go to www.widgetfinancial.com

Who we are
Who is providing this notice? Widget Federal Credit Union, DBA Widget Financial
What we do
How does Widget Federal Credit
Union, DBA Widget Financial
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.
We also restrict access to nonpublic personal information about you to those
employees and volunteers who need to know the information to provide products
or services to you.
How does Widget Federal Credit
Union, DBA Widget Financial
collect my personal information?
We collect your personal information, for example, when you
  • Open an account or deposit money
  • Pay your bills or apply for a loan
  • Use your credit or debit card

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 non-affiliates 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.
Definitions
Affiliates Companies related by common ownership or control. They can be financial and
nonfinancial companies.
  • We do not have any affiliates
Non-affiliates Companies not related by common ownership or control. They can be financial
and nonfinancial companies.
  • For everyday business purposes, the Credit Union may share information with non-affiliate parties such as publishers, printers and mail houses.
Joint Marketing A formal agreement between nonaffiliated financial companies that together
market financial products or services to you.
  • The Credit Union occasionally shares information during jointmarketing efforts with partner organizations such as insurance companies
  • The Credit Union operates a member discount program. The program includes, but is not limited to: insurance agencies, health and wellness providers, food services vendors, personal service and maintenance providers