Privacy Policy What does Qualstar do with your personal information?

QUALSTAR'S PRIVACY POLICY - LAST UPDATED DECEMBER 5, 2022

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

  • Credit history and payment history

  • Credit card or other debt and investment experience

How?

All financial companies need to share members’ personal information to run their everyday business. In the section below, we list the reasons financial companies can share their members’ personal information; the reasons Qualstar Credit Union chooses to share; and whether you can limit this sharing.

Reasons we can share your personal information

 

Does Qualstar CU 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

Yes

Yes

For joint marketing with other financial companies

No

We don’t share

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

Yes

No

For our affiliates’ everyday business purposes—
information about your creditworthiness

No

We don’t share

For our affiliates to market to you

Yes

Yes

For our non-affiliates to market to you

No

We don’t share

TO LIMIT OUR SHARING:

  • Call 1-800-848-0018 and a representative can assist you or

  • Log-in to Mobile or Home Banking (access above) and send us a Secure Message

Please Note: If you are a new member, we can begin sharing your information 30 days from the date we sent this notice. However, you can contact us at any time to limit our sharing.

When you are no longer our member, we continue to share your information as described in this notice.

QUESTIONS?

Call 1-800-848-0018 or log-in to Mobile or Home Banking and send us a Secure Message

What we do

How does Qualstar Credit Union 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 Qualstar Credit Union collect my personal information?

We collect your personal information, for example, when you:

  • open an account or apply for a loan

  • provide account information or pay your bills

  • seek advice about your investments


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 affiliates' everyday business purposes-information about your creditworthiness

  • affiliates from using your information to market to you

  • sharing for non-affiliates to market to you

Definitions

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

  • Our affiliates include companies with a Qualstar name, such as:

    • Qualstar Financial Services

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

  • Non-affiliates we share with can include check order companies, insurance companies, and companies related to Online Services we provide. Current non-affiliate companies include:

    • TruStage for Accidental, Death,& Dismemberment (AD&D) Insurance

    • TruStage for Auto & Homeowner's Insurance

    • TruStage for Life Insurance

    • Harland Clarke for account check orders

Joint Marketing: A formal agreement between non-affiliated financial companies that together market financial products or services to you.

  • Qualstar Credit Union does not jointly market