FACTS

WHAT DOES THE BANK OF BENNINGTON 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?

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 Bennington chooses to share; and whether you can limit this sharing.

Reasons we can share your personal information

Does The Bank of Bennington 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 nonaffiliates to market to you

No

We don't share

Questions?

Call 802-442-8121 or go to www.thebankofbennington.com

Who We Are

Who is providing this notice?

The Bank of Bennington.

What We Do

How does The Bank of Bennington 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 procedural safeguards to protect this information and we limit access of information about you to those employees for whom access is appropriate.

How does The Bank of Bennington collect my personal information?

Why can't I limit all sharing?

Definitions

Affiliates

Companies related by common ownership or control. They can be financial and non-financial companies.
·     The Bank of Bennington does not share with our affiliates.

Nonaffiliates

Companies not related by common ownership or control. They can be financial and non-financial companies.
·     The Bank of Bennington 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.
·     The Bank of Bennington doesn't jointly market.

Other Important Information

For Alaska, Illinois, Maryland and North Dakota Customers. We will not share personal information with nonaffiliates either for them to market to you or for joint marketing - without your authorization.
For California Customers. We will not share personal information with nonaffiliates either for them to market to you or for joint marketing - without your authorization. We will also limit our sharing of personal information about you with our affiliates to comply with all California privacy laws that apply to us.
For Massachusetts, Mississippi and New Jersey Customers. We will not share personal information from deposit or share relationships with nonaffiliates either for them to market to you or for joint marketing - without your authorization.
For Vermont Customers. We will not share personal information with nonaffiliates either for them to market to you or for joint marketing - without your authorization, and we will not share personal information with affiliates about your creditworthiness without your authorization.