Privacy
Privacy Policy
What does Windward 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 depends on the product or service you have with us. This information can include:
- Social Security number and income
- Account balances and payment history
- Credit history and credit score
- When you are no longer our customer, we may 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 Windward Bank chooses to share; and whether you can limit this sharing.
Reasons we can share your personal information:
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
Does Windward Bank share? YES
Can you limit this sharing? NO
For our marketing purposes—to offer our products and services to you
Does Windward Bank share? YES
Can you limit this sharing? NO
For joint marketing with other financial companies
Does Windward Bank share? NO
For our affiliates’ everyday business purposes—information about your transactions and experiences
Does Windward Bank share? NO
For our affiliates’ everyday business purposes—information about your creditworthiness
Does Windward Bank share? NO
For our affiliates to market to you
Does Windward Bank share? NO
For nonaffiliates to market to you
Does Windward Bank share? NO
Who we are
Who is providing this notice?
Windward Bank
What we do
How does Windward 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. We restrict access to your personal account information to those employees who need to know that information to provide products and services to you.
How does Windward Bank collect my personal information?
We collect your personal information, for example, when you:
- Open an account or deposit money
- Apply for a loan or pay your bills
- Seek advice about your investments
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 non-affiliates 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 nonfinancial companies.
Nonaffiliates Companies not related by common ownership or control. They can be financial and nonfinancial companies
- Windward Bank does not share with non-affiliates other than in connection with joint marketing agreements as described below.
Joint marketing agreement A formal agreement between nonaffiliated financial companies that together market financial products or services to you.
- We may enter into joint marketing agreements to offer you products and services that we do not otherwise provide independently on our own, such as credit cards, insurance, and non-deposit investment products and services.
FAQs
Here are a few answers to frequently asked questions
Digital banks offer convenience, lower fees, higher interest rates on savings accounts, and innovative features such as mobile check deposit. You can manage your finances anytime, anywhere, without needing to visit a physical office.
Opening an account with us is simple and can be done entirely online. Just visit our website or download our mobile app, follow the instructions, and provide the necessary information. You may need to verify your identity using government-issued ID and other documents.
Yes, digital banks use advanced security measures such as multi-factor authentication and encryption to ensure the safety of your transactions and personal information. Additionally, digital banks are regulated by financial authorities that oversee traditional banks with physical locations.
A digital bank is a financial institution that operates entirely online without physical locations. It provides banking services such as savings accounts, checking accounts, loans, and investment opportunities through digital channels like websites and mobile apps.