FACTS |
WHAT DOES NATIONAL PENN BANCSHARES, INC. (“NATIONAL PENN”) 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:
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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 National Penn chooses to share; and whether you can limit this sharing. |
| Who We Are | |
Who is providing this notice? Our affiliates include companies with a common |
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National Penn Bancshares, Inc., affiliates
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National Penn Bank, Affiliates
* Your account may be with an insurance company that is serviced through National Penn Insurance Agency. |
| Definitions | |
| Affiliates | Companies related by common ownership or control. They can be financial and non-financial companies. |
| Non-affiliates | Companies not related by common ownership or control. They can be financial and non-financial companies such as:
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| Joint Marketing Agreements | A formal agreement between non-affiliated financial companies that together market financial products or services to you such as:
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| Reasons we can share your personal information | Does National Penn 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, to complete transactions, or as required by law |
No |
| For our marketing purposes— to offer our products and services to you |
Yes |
Yes, with Opt-Out |
| For joint marketing with other financial companies | Yes |
Yes, with Opt-Out |
| For our affiliates’ everyday business purposes— information about your transactions and experiences |
Yes |
Yes, with Opt-Out |
| For our affiliates’ everyday business purposes— information about your creditworthiness |
No |
No - We don't share, unless requested by customer |
| For our affiliates to market to you | Yes |
Yes, with Opt-Out |
| For non-affiliates to market to you | Yes |
Yes, with Opt-Out |
| What we do | |
| How does National Penn 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. If you discover inaccuracies, notify us immediately (see: “To limit our sharing”). We will investigate fully and promptly. |
| How does National Penn collect my personal information? | We collect your personal information, for example, when you
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
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 (in the case of insurance, everyone on the policy) – unless you tell us otherwise. |
| Other important information | |
| For important information concerning our online privacy practices, see our online Terms of Use Disclosure located on our web sites. You may have other privacy protections under state laws, such as California, Massachusetts, Nevada or Vermont or others. To the extent these state laws apply, we will comply with them with regard to our information security practices. | |