Sweetwater Federal Credit Union, your member owned financial institution,
is committed to providing you with competitive products and services
to meet your financial needs and help you reach your goals. We are
equally committed to protecting the privacy of our members. Under
federal law, we are required to give you this privacy notice. It describes
our credit union’s privacy policy and practices concerning the
personal information we collect and disclose about our members. It
also includes information about the parties who receive personal and
sometimes nonpublic information from us as we conduct the business
of the credit union.
If after reading this notice you have questions, please
contact us at:
(307) 382-2227
Or write to:
Sweetwater Federal Credit Union
301 2nd Street
Rock Springs, WY 82901
Information We Collect About You
- We collect nonpublic personal information about you from the
following sources:
- Information we receive from you on applications and other forms
- Information about your transactions with us
- Information we receive from a consumer reporting agency
- Website Cookies
We may disclose all of the information we collect, as described
above, as permitted by law.
Parties Who Receive Information From Us
We may disclose nonpublic information about you to the following
types of third parties
Financial service providers, such as insurance companies.
Non-financial companies, such as consumer reporting agencies, data
processors, check/share draft printers, and plastic card processors.
Disclosure of Information to Parties That Provide Service
to Us
In order for us to conduct the business of the credit union, we
may disclose all of the information we collect, as described above,
to companies that perform marketing or other services on our behalf
or to other financial institutions with whom we have joint marketing
agreements so that we may provide members competitive products and
services. We may also disclose nonpublic personal information about
you under circumstances as permitted or required by law. These disclosures
typically include information to process transactions on your behalf,
conduct the operations of our credit union, follow your instructions
as you authorize, or protect the security of our financial records.
To protect our members’ privacy, we only work with companies
that agree to maintain strong confidentiality protections and limit
the use of information we provide. We do not permit these companies
to sell the information we provide to other third parties.
Disclosure of Information About Former Members
If you terminate your membership with Sweetwater Federal Credit
Union, we will not share information we have collected about you,
except as may be permitted or required by law.
How We Protect Your Information
We restrict access to nonpublic personal information about you to
those employees who need to know that information to provide products
or services to you. We maintain physical, electronic, or procedural
safeguards that comply with federal regulations to guard your nonpublic
personal information.
What Members Can Do to Help
Sweetwater Federal Credit Union is committed to protecting the privacy
of its members. Members can help by following these simple guidelines:
Protect your account numbers, plastic card numbers, PINs (personal
identification numbers) or passwords. Never keep your PIN with your
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 explaining
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. If your address or phone
number changes, please let us know. 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.
Let us know if you have questions. Please do not hesitate to call
us --- we are here to serve you!
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