Allegheny Valley Bank Privacy Policy

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Visitors to our Website
Visitors to Allegheny Valley Bank of Pittsburgh’s (the "Bank") website remain anonymous. We do not collect unique identifying information about you individually unless you voluntarily and knowingly provide us that information. The only time we will send you a "cookie" is when you have used the portal on the separate Internet Banking web site. A "cookie" is data that is given to a browser by a web server that is returned by the browser on subsequent transmissions to identify the user and specifically designated information.

We do collect general information about your visit, such as when our site was accessed, which pages were accessed and what Internet provider was used. You may elect to provide us with more specific information, such as when you give us feedback or send us an e-mail.

If you provide any additional information, it is used internally and in furtherance of the purpose for which it was provided. We do not sell customer information we collect or that is provided to us, to any third parties. From time to time information must be shared with third party vendors who assist us in delivering products and services. The Bank will seek to require third parties with whom we do business to follow appropriate privacy policies. The Bank does not bear any responsibility for any actions or policies of such third parties.

If you would like to know what information we have collected regarding your visit to our website, contact Customer Service .  After reviewing the information, if you believe any of it is in error, contact Customer Service or that specific department, explain the alleged discrepancy, and if the information is incorrect, we will update it promptly. In addition, if you believe any information we have collected about you has been used for an improper purpose, contact our Security Officer, and explain your concerns in as much detail as possible so we may take any appropriate action.

Links
We have a number of links to other sites, on our web site. These are offered as a courtesy and a convenience. We assume no responsibility for the content, safety, security, or privacy of any such site or any transactions with respect thereto. If you have questions or concerns about any other site’s policy regarding these matters, you should contact that site or its sponsor.

Amendments and changes
We reserve the right to amend or change this policy at anytime and without notice.

Kids
Be sure to ask your parents for permission before you send any information about yourself to us or anyone else over the Internet.

Information About Your Privacy

At Allegheny Valley Bank of Pittsburgh, we recognize that your privacy is a very sensitive and important matter. You entrust us with personal information about yourself and your finances and we work diligently to keep that information secure and confidential, using it only for the purpose of serving your financial needs.

Allegheny Valley Bank of Pittsburgh adheres to strict standards of security, confidentiality and privacy with respect to your personal information. We only obtain information that is necessary and exercise extreme care in the handling of that information.

We are providing this annual privacy notice to you as required by law. Please read this notice to understand out commitment to you and your privacy, how we protect your information, and how your information may be disclosed to provide you with various services.

Information We Collect

Allegheny Valley Bank collects personal information about you from the following sources:

Information provided by you on applications or other forms

Information about your transactions with us and our affiliates

Information from others, such as consumer reporting agencies, real estate appraisers, and employers

Information We Disclose

Allegheny Valley Bank does not disclose information about you or our former customers to non-affiliated third parties, except as permitted or required by law or otherwise authorized by you. Examples of this might include disclosures necessary to service your account, to provide information to a credit bureau, or to respond to subpoenas.

Federal law allows us to disclose information about you to our wealth management affiliate. The type of information we may disclose include transaction and experience information, such as account balances, account activity, and payment history. The Fair Credit Reporting Act restricts the disclosure to affiliates of certain credit or nonpublic personal information, such as information on applications and credit reports. We do not share this type of information with our affiliates.

Security Procedures

Allegheny Valley Bank takes the security of information seriously and has established standards to ensure your information remains confidential.

We restrict access to your personal and account information to those employees who need to know that information to provide products and services to you

We maintain physical, logical, and procedural safeguards, such as authentication procedures to verify identity, to guard your personal information

We carefully select our service providers who have access to your information, such as mail processors, check printing companies, Electronic Banking and Bill Payment service providers and require them to keep your information secure.

We train our employees on privacy practices