FACTS

WHAT DOES THE PEOPLES BANK 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 numbe
• Account balances and payment history
• Transaction or loss history
• Credit history and overdraft 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 Peoples Bank chooses to share; and whether you can limit this sharing.

Reasons we can share your personal information

Does The Peoples Bank 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

No

We don’t share

For joint marketing with other financial companies

No

We don’t share

For our affiliates’ everyday business purposes—
information about your transactions and experiences

No

We don’t share

For 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 228-435-5511 or go to http://www.thepeoples.com/

What we do

How does The Peoples Bank 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.

How does The Peoples Bank collect my personal information?

We collect your personal information, for example, when you

• Open an account or withdraw money
• Apply for a loan
• Show your government-issued ID or use your debit card

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 nonaffiliates to market to you

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

Definitions

Affiliates

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

• The Peoples Bank has no affiliates. 

Non-affiliates

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

• The Peoples Bank does not share with non-affiliates. 

Joint marketing

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

• The Peoples Bank does not jointly market with other companies. 

Other important information

The Peoples Bank believes your privacy should not be compromised, and we maintain standards to insure that your information is private and secure at all times.