Privacy Statement

Your privacy concerns are important to us and protecting your personal information is our first priority.

Facts:  What does First State 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 number and account balances
  • Account transactions and transaction history
  • Credit history and credit scores

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 First State Bank chooses to share; and whether you can limit this sharing.

To limit our sharing

Please Note:
If you are a new customer, we can begin sharing your information 30 days from the date we sent this notice.

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

However, you can contact us at any time to limit our sharing.

Questions?

Call 866-372-1275 or Contact Us

Who we are

Who is providing this notice?

First State Bank, a Michigan banking corporation, and its affiliate, First State Investment Services LLC.

What we do

How does First State 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 First State Bank collect my personal information?

We collect your personal information, for example, when you

  • open an account or deposit or withdrawal money
  • pay your bills or apply for a loan
  • use your credit or debit card

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

What happens when I limit sharing for an account I hold jointly with someone else?

Your choices will apply to everyone on your account.

Definitions

Affiliates

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

First State Investment Services LLC

Nonaffiliates

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

Third party credit card companies, investment companies and insurance companies

Joint Marketing

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

Third party credit card companies, investment companies and insurance companies

Reasons we can share your personal information Does First State 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 Yes No
For joint marketing with other financial companies Yes No
For our affiliates' everyday business purposes - information about your transactions and experiences Yes No
For our affiliates' everyday business purposes - information about your creditworthiness Yes Yes
For our affiliates to market to you Yes Yes
For nonaffiliates to market to you Yes Yes