NOTICE OF PRIVACY POLICY

FACTS WHAT DOES AMERICAN RIVIERA 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 products or service you have with us. This information can include:
  • Social Security number and income
  • Account balances and payment history
  • Credit history and credit scores
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 American Riviera Bank chooses to share; and whether you can limit this sharing.
Reasons we can share your personal information Does American Riviera 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 do not share
For joint marketing with other financial companies No We do not share
For our affiliates’ everyday business purposes - Information about your transactions and experiences and information about your creditworthiness No We do not share
For nonaffiliates to market to you No We do not share
Questions? Call 805-965-5942 or go to www.americanrivierabank.com
Who We Are
American Riviera Bank 1033 Anacapa St., Santa Barbara, CA 93101
What We Do
How does American Riviera 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 American Riviera Bank collect my personal information? We collect your personal information, for example, when you:
  • Open an account or deposit money
  • Pay your bills or apply for a loan
  • Use your credit or 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
Definitions
Affiliates Companies related by common ownership or control. They can be financial and nonfinancial companies.
  • American Riviera Bank has no affiliates.
Nonaffiliates Companies not related by common ownership or control. They can be financial and nonfinancial companies.
  • American Riviera Bank does not share with nonaffiliates
Joint marketing A formal agreement between nonaffiliated financial companies that together market financial products or services to you.
  • American Riviera Bank does not do this
Other Important Information
In the California Financial Information Privacy Act ("Division 1.2"), California tightened the privacy restrictions for California residents. In the case of California residents, sharing information with nonaffiliated third parties in California is subject to opt in requirements (we must obtain your explicit prior consent to sharing). In other words, unless you have explicitly opted in (asking for your information to be shared) you have, according to Division 1.2, opted out.