Consumer
Privacy
Banking legislation requires all banks to detail the measures they
take to protect the privacy of customer's information. Even though
it is reassuring to know there is an industry standard in place, we
are pleased to report that Reliance Bank has always enforced and strongly
endorsed a strict privacy policy.
At Reliance Bank, we strive to protect the privacy of consumers and
our customers including those who visit
www.reliancebank.com. The
following notice details Reliance Bank's Online privacy policy. If
you wish to receive a complete copy of the bank's Customer Privacy
Policy, please write to: Reliance Bank, Attn: Compliance Officer,
PO Box 1968, Altoona, PA 16603 and one will be sent to you.
Our
Consumer Privacy Practices
Listed
below are some of the data protection and privacy practices that Reliance
Bank has instituted to ensure your privacy:
Established specific
security protection practices to ensure privacy of
information
Defined control
methods to limit access to consumer information.
Formalized procedures
and processes to ensure the maintenance of accurate
information.
Established procedures
and restrictions on disclosure of customer
account information.
Defined standards
for consumer data collection, use and methods of storage.
Required consumer
data privacy covenants in third-party service and business
arrangements.
Ensured our staff
is committed to protect a consumer's right to data privacy.
Disclosed to our
customers our privacy benchmarks and provided an overview of institution
privacy practices.
To ensure
that we successfully accomplished these priority practices, as an
organization we have:
Established formal
guidelines for management and staff to ensure the protection of
consumer
data and staff awareness of data privacy are top priorities.
Developed and
provided to all existing and potential customers a detailed notice
about our data protection and privacy policy and practices.
Established guidelines
to ensure proper procedures and controls are in place to
address those
situations required by law when we must disclose nonpublic
personal
information about you.
The consumer data protection/privacy notice serves as a reference
guide for consumers, customers, bank staff and management regarding
the protection of your data and your privacy. Every effort is made
to ensure our records of your information are complete and correct.
If an error is noted on your statement or in any other communication
from Reliance Bank, please contact us at (814) 949-6255 or the number
listed on your account materials as soon as possible.
Reliance
Bank Online Privacy Statement
Reliance
Bank uses standard software to collect non-identifying information
about our visitors such as:
Date and time
our site was accessed
IP address (A
numeric address given to servers connected to the Internet)
Web browser used
Pages in web site
which were reviewed
City, state, and
country
Reliance Bank uses this information to create summary statistics and
to determine the level of interest in information available on our
site. Visitors may elect to provide us with personal information via
e-mail (on-line survey or relocation information). This information
is used internally, as appropriate, to handle the sender's request.
It is not disseminated or sold to other organizations.
Children's
Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA)
The Children's Online Privacy Protection Act applies to online services
directed to children under the age of 13. If you are a child under
18 years of age, please show this to your parents; please do not enter
any information on this form or the online services of this institution
without disclosure to your parents. The law requires us to obtain
verifiable consent from a parent or guardian before personal information
is collected from children. Before doing this, we must verify the
identity of the requesting parent. Parents will be allowed to revoke
their consent.
Visitors
may elect to provide us with personal information via e-mail (online
survey or relocation information). This information is used internally,
as appropriate, to handle the sender's request. It is not disseminated
or sold to other organizations.
We
want to be very clear: We will not obtain personally identifying information
about you when you visit our site, unless you choose to provide such
information to us.
