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WSFCU Mobile Banking App Privacy Policy

Last Updated: August 2023

The WSFCU Mobile Banking App lets you access your accounts when and where you want, right in the palm of your hand. It’s fast, secure, and free access to your accounts anytime, anywhere. You have access to check your balances, pay bills and transfer money...while you are on the go!

The WSFCU Mobile Banking App Privacy Notice, in combination with the Winston-Salem Federal Credit Union Privacy Policy, informs you of the policies and practices regarding the collection, use and disclosure of any personal information that the WSFCU Mobile Banking App collects from or about users in connection with our mobile application (the “Services”).  The specific capabilities of the Services available to you may vary.

Depending on the services available, the WSFCU Mobile Banking App may allow you to:

  • get real-time balances for your accounts
  • manage your money
  • view your transactions and statements
  • make transfers
  • pay your bills and manage billers
  • pay other people
  • deposit a check
  • receive alerts

THE TYPES OF INFORMATION THE WSFCU MOBILE BANKING APP COLLECTS

The WSFCU Mobile Banking App may collect personal information from you in the following ways:

(a) Personal Information You Provide to us.

  • The WSFCU Mobile Banking App may collect personal information from you, such as your first and last name, address, e-mail, User IDs, telephone number, and social security number when you open a new financial account or register for other financial services. Device images/videos may be accessed when you deposit a check or use a QR code to make peer to peer payments using Zelle® or other payments functionality.  Device contacts may be accessed when you make peer to peer payments using Zelle® or other payments functionality. Device location may be accessed to detect and prevent card transaction fraud.
  • The WSFCU Mobile Banking App may collect the financial and transaction information necessary to provide you with the Services, including account numbers, payment card expiration date, payment card identification, verification numbers, and transaction and payment history.

(b) Personal Information Collected from Third Parties. The WSFCU Mobile Banking App may collect certain information from identity verification services and consumer reporting agencies, including credit bureaus, in order to provide some of our Services.

(c) Personal Information Collected Via Technology. We and our service providers may automatically log information about you, your computer or mobile device, and your interaction over time with our Services, our communications and other online services, such as:

  • Device data, such as your computer’s or mobile device’s operating system type and version, manufacturer and model, browser type, screen resolution, RAM and disk size, CPU usage, device type (e.g., phone, tablet), IP address, unique identifiers, language settings, mobile device carrier, radio/network information (e.g., WiFi, LTE, 3G), and general location information such as city, state or geographic area.
  • Online activity data, such as pages or screens you viewed, how long you spent on a page or screen, the website you visited before browsing to the Service, navigation paths between pages or screens, information about your activity on a page or screen, access times, and duration of access.
  • Cookies, which are text files that websites store on a visitor’s device to uniquely identify the visitor’s browser or to store information or settings in the browser for the purpose of helping you navigate between pages efficiently, remembering your preferences, enabling functionality, and helping us understand user activity and patterns.
  • Local storage technologies, like HTML5 that provide cookie-equivalent functionality but can store larger amounts of data, including on your device outside of your browser in connection with specific applications.
  • Web beacons, also known as pixel tags or clear GIFs, which are used to demonstrate that an email was accessed or opened, or that certain content was viewed or clicked.
  • Location Information. If you have enabled location services on your phone and agree to the collection of your location when prompted by the Services, The WSFCU Mobile Banking App will collect your location information when you use the Services; for example, to provide our fraud detection services. If you do not want The WSFCU Mobile Banking App to collect this information, you may decline the collection of your location when prompted or adjust the location services settings on your device.

HOW  THE WSFCU MOBILE BANKING APP USES YOUR INFORMATION

(a) General Use. In general, The WSFCU Mobile Banking App uses your personal information to respond to your requests as submitted through the Services, to provide you the Services you request, and to help serve you better. The WSFCU Mobile Banking App uses your personal information in the following ways:

  • facilitate the creation of, secure, and maintain your account;
  • identify you as a legitimate user in The WSFCU Mobile Banking App’s system;
  • provide improved administration of the Services;
  • provide the Services you request;
  • improve the quality of experience when you interact with the Services;
  • send you administrative e-mail and/or push notifications, such as security or support and maintenance advisories; and
  • send surveys, offers, and other promotional materials related to the Services.

(b) Compliance and protection. We may use your personal information to:

  • comply with applicable laws, lawful requests, and legal process, such as to respond to subpoenas or requests from government authorities;
  • protect our, your or others’ rights, privacy, safety or property (including by making and defending legal claims);
  • audit our internal processes for compliance with legal and contractual requirements and internal policies;
  • enforce the terms and conditions that govern the Service; and
  • prevent, identify, investigate and deter fraudulent, harmful, unauthorized, unethical or illegal activity, including cyberattacks and identity theft.

(d) Creation of Non-Identifiable Data. The WSFCU Mobile Banking App may create de-identified information records from personal information by excluding certain information (such as your name) that makes the information personally identifiable to you. The WSFCU Mobile Banking App developers may use this information in a form that does not personally identify you to analyze request patterns and usage patterns to enhance The WSFCU Mobile Banking App’s products and services. Winston-Salem Federal Credit Union reserves the right to use and disclose non-identifiable information to third parties in its discretion.

DISCLOSURE OF YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION

The WSFCU Mobile Banking App discloses your personal information as described below.

(a) Third Party Service Providers. Winston-Salem Federal Credit Union may share your personal information with third party or affiliated service providers that perform services for or on behalf of WSFCU, for the purposes described in this Privacy Notice, including: to provide you with the Services; to conduct quality assurance testing; to facilitate the creation of accounts; to optimize the performance of the Services; to provide technical support; and/or to provide other services to WSFCU.

(b) Authorities and Others. Regardless of any choices you make regarding your personal information, Winston-Salem Federal Credit Union may disclose your personal information to law enforcement, government authorities, and private parties, for the compliance and protection services described above.

LINKS TO OTHER SITES

The Services may contain links to third party websites. When you click on a link to any other website or location, you will leave the Services and go to another site and another entity may collect personal and/or anonymous information from you. WSFCU’s provision of a link to any other website or location is for your convenience and does not signify WSFCU’s endorsement of such other website or location or its contents. Winston-Salem Federal Credit Union has no control over, does not review, and cannot be responsible for, these outside websites or their content. Please be aware that the terms of this Privacy Notice do not apply to these outside websites. We encourage you to read the privacy notice of every website you visit.

YOUR CHOICES REGARDING YOUR INFORMATION

You have several choices regarding use of information on the Services.

(a) How We Respond to Do Not Track Signals. Some web browsers transmit “do not track” signals to the websites and other online services with which your web browser communicates. There is currently no standard that governs what, if anything, websites should do when they receive these signals. The WSFCU Mobile Banking App currently does not take action in response to these signals. If and when a standard is established, WSFCU may revise its policy on responding to these signals.

(b) Access, Update, or Correct Your Information.  You can access, update, or correct your information by changing preferences in your account. For additional requests, please contact Winston-Salem Federal Credit Union by phone at 336-231-5100 or by visiting our branch location at 711 E. Salem Ave., Winston-Salem, NC 27101. 

(c) Opting Out of Email or SMS Communications. If you have signed-up to receive our email marketing communications, you can unsubscribe any time by clicking the "unsubscribe" link included at the bottom of the email or other electronic communication. Alternatively, you can opt out of receiving marketing communications by contacting us at the contact information under "Contact Us" below. If you provide your phone number through the The WSFCU Mobile Banking App, WSFCU may send you notifications by SMS, such as provide a fraud alert. You may opt out of SMS communications by unlinking your mobile phone number through the Services.

(d) Opting Out of Location Tracking. If you initially consented to the collection of geo-location information through the Services, you can subsequently stop the collection of this information at any time by changing the preferences on your mobile device. Please note, however, that if you withdraw consent to The WSFCU Mobile Banking App’s collection of location information, you may no longer be able to use some features of the Services.

SAFEGUARDS AND RETENTION

We implement reasonable administrative, technical, and physical measures in an effort to safeguard the information in our custody and control against theft, loss, and unauthorized access, use, modification, and disclosure. Nevertheless, transmission via the Internet is not completely secure and we cannot guarantee the security of your information.

Federal laws and regulations require that US financial institutions retain original, active, and historical records. Your personal and financial data will be retained for a period of five to ten years, depending on applicable laws, regulations, and legitimate business needs.

PRIVACY NOTICE UPDATES

This Privacy Notice is subject to occasional revision. Winston-Salem Federal Credit Union may notify you, in their sole discretion, of any material changes in The WSFCU Mobile Banking App’s collection, use, or disclosure of your personal information by posting a notice on the Services. Any material changes to this Privacy Notice will be effective thirty (30) calendar days following notice of the changes on the Services or immediately where no notice is given. These changes will be effective immediately for new users of the Services. If you object to any such changes, you must notify WSFCU prior to the effective date of such changes that you wish to deactivate your account. Continued use of the Services following notice of any such changes (or use of the Services after any such changes) shall indicate your acknowledgement of such changes.

CONTACT WINSTON-SALEM FEDERAL CREADIT UNION

If you have any questions or complaints about this Privacy Notice, The WSFCU Mobile Banking App’s data collection or processing practices, or if you want to report any security violations to WSFCU, please contact us by email at: cuinformation@mywsfcu.org; or by mail at:

Winston-Salem Federal Credit Union
711 E. Salem Ave.
Winston-Salem, NC 27101


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