Privacy Policy

Facts

What does The Bank of Southside Virginia 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
  • Income
  • Account Balances
  • Payment history
  • Transaction history
  • Credit history

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 The Bank of Southside Virginia chooses to share; and whether you can limit this sharing.

Sharing

Reasons we can share your personal information

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

Does The Bank of Southside Virginia share?
Yes
Can you limit this sharing?
No
For our marketing purposes -

to offer our products and services to you

Does The Bank of Southside Virginia share?
Yes
Can you limit this sharing?
No
For joint marketing with other financial companies
Does The Bank of Southside Virginia share?
Yes
Can you limit this sharing?
No
For our affiliate' everyday business purposes -

information about your transactions and expenses

Does The Bank of Southside Virginia share?
No
Can you limit this sharing?
We don't share
For our affiliate' everyday business purposes -

information about your creditworthiness

Does The Bank of Southside Virginia share?
No
Can you limit this sharing?
We don't share
For nonaffiliates to market to you
Does The Bank of Southside Virginia share?
No
Can you limit this sharing?
We don't share

Questions?

Go to www.bsvnet.com

What We Do

How we collect and protect information

How does The Bank of Southside Virginia 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 maintain other physical, electronic and procedural safeguards to protect this information and we limit access to information to those employees for whom access is appropriate

How does The Bank of Southside Virginia collect my personal information?

We collect your personal information, for example, when you

  • Open an account
  • Deposit money
  • Apply for a loan
  • Give us your contact information
  • Show your driver's license
  • Apply for a credit 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 affiliate' everyday business purposes - information about your creditworthiness
  • affiliates from using your information to market to you
  • sharing for nonaffiliates to market to you

State laws and individual companies may give you additional rights to limit sharing.

Definitions

Terms used in this notice

Affiliates

Companies related by common ownership or control. They can be financial and non-financial companies.

The Bank of Southside Virginia has no affiliates.

Nonaffiliates

Companies not related by common ownership or control. They can be financial and non-financial companies.

The Bank of Southside Virginia does not share with nonaffiliates so they can market to you.

Joint Marketing

A formal agreement between nonaffiliated financial companies that together market financial products or services to you.

Our joint marketing partners include other financial companies such as investment, insurance, and credit companies.