Privacy Policy - HomeTown Bank

FACTS	What does HomeTown Bank, N.A. 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 Account balances Payment history Credit History Checking account information Wire transfer instructions When you are no longer our customer, we continue to share your information as described in this notice.

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
Account balances
Payment history
Credit History
Checking account information
Wire transfer instructions

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 HomeTown Bank, N.A. chooses to share; and whether you can limit this sharing.

Reasons we can share your personal information	Does HomeTown Bank, N.A. 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	No
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 (409) 763-1271 or go to www.htbna.com

What We Do
How does HomeTown Bank, N.A. 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 HomeTown Bank, N.A. collect my personal information?	We collect your personal information, for example, when you Open an account Deposit money Apply for financing Make a wire transfer Show your driver’s license 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 nonaffiliates to market to you State laws and individual companies may give you additional rights to limit sharing.

What We Do

How does HomeTown Bank, N.A. 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 HomeTown Bank, N.A. collect my personal information?

We collect your personal information, for example, when you

Open an account
Deposit money
Apply for financing
Make a wire transfer
Show your driver’s license

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 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 non-financial companies. HomeTown Bank, N.A. does not share with our affiliates.
Nonaffiliates	Companies not related by common ownership or control. They can be financial and non-financial companies. HomeTown Bank, N.A. 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. HomeTown Bank, N.A. doesn’t jointly market financial products or services.