Your Privacy Matters

Privacy Policy

Rev. January 2024

FACTS

What Does Avenir Financial Federal Credit Union (Avenir Financial) 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
  • Transaction or loss history
  • Credit history
  • Credit card or other debt

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

Reasons we can share your personal information Does Avenir Financial 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 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 Yes Yes

To Limit Our Sharing

  • Call 928.783.8881 (Toll Free 888.783.8881) and speak to a representative.
  • Visit a branch:
    • Yuma Central: 1780 S. 1st Ave.
    • Somerton: 530 E. Main St.
    • Foothills: 11252 N. Frontage Rd.
    • San Luis: 1565 Main Street

Please note:
If you are a new member, we can begin sharing your information 30 days from the date we sent this notice. When you are no longer a member, 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 928.783.8881 (Toll Free 888.783.8881)

What We Do
How does Avenir Financial 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 other physical, electronic and procedural safeguards to protect this information and we limit access to information to those employees for whom access is appropriate.
How does Avenir Financial collect my personal information? We collect your personal information, for example, when you:
  • Open an account
  • Pay your bills
  • Apply for a loan
  • Make a wire transfer
  • Show your government-issued ID
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. See below for more on your rights under state law.
What happens when I limit sharing for an account I hold jointly with someone else? Your choices will apply to everyone on your account unless you tell us otherwise.
Definitions
Affiliates Companies related by common ownership or control. They can be financial and non-financial companies.

Avenir Financial has no affiliates.
Nonaffiliates Companies not related by common ownership or control. They can be financial and non-financial companies.

Nonaffiliates we share with can include insurance companies and direct mail companies.
Joint Marketing A formal agreement between nonaffiliated financial companies that together market financial products or services to you.

Our joint marketing partners include insurance and other financial services companies.
Other Important Information

For Alaska, Illinois, Maryland and North Dakota Members. We will not share personal information with nonaffiliates either for them to market to you or for joint marketing - without your authorization.

For California Members. 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 Members. 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 Members.

  • We will not disclose information about your creditworthiness to our affiliates and will not disclose your personal information, financial information, credit report, or health information to nonaffiliated third parties to market to you, other than as permitted by Vermont law, unless you authorize us to make these disclosures.
  • For additional information concerning our privacy policies, call 928.783.8881 (Toll Free 888.783.8881).