Privacy Policy

Union Trades Federal Credit Union is owned by its members, and run by a board of directors you elect. You can be confident that your financial privacy is a top priority of this credit union. We are required by law to give you this privacy notice to explain how we collect, use and safeguard your personal financial information. If you have any questions, please contact a member service representative at (304) 485-1421 or 1-888-524-1421.

We are committed to providing you with competitive products and services to meet your financial needs, which necessitates that we share information about you to complete your transactions and to provide you with certain financial opportunities. In order to do so, we have entered into agreements with other companies that provide either services to the credit union or additional financial products for you to consider.

Under these arrangements, we may disclose part or all of the information we collect as described below, to companies that perform marketing or other services on our behalf or to other financial institutions with whom we have contractual joint marketing agreements. To protect our members' privacy, we only work with companies that agree to maintain strong confidentiality protections and limit the use of information we provide. We do not permit these companies to sell to other third parties the information we provide to them.

Information We Collect and Disclose About You

We collect the following nonpublic personal information about you from a variety of sources.

  • From membership and loan applications and other forms, we obtain information such as name, address, and phone number.
  • From your transactions with us, or other companies that work closely with us to provide you with financial products and services, we obtain information such as your account balances, payment history, parties to transactions, and credit card usage.
  • From consumer reporting agencies, we obtain information such as your creditworthiness and credit history.
  • From verifications of information you provide on applications and other forms, we obtain information from current or past employers, other financial institutions, and other sources listed on the application.
We may also disclose information we collect about you under other circumstances as permitted or required by law. These disclosures typically include information to process transactions on your behalf, conduct the operations of our credit union, and follow your instructions as you authorize, or protect the security of our financial records.

If you decide to terminate your membership or become an inactive member, we will adhere to the privacy policies and practices as described in this notice.

How We Protect Your Information

We restrict access to nonpublic personal information about you to those employees who have a specific business purpose in utilizing your data. Our employees are trained in the importance of maintaining confidentiality and member privacy. We maintain physical, electronic, and procedural safeguards that comply with federal regulations and leading industry practices to safeguard your nonpublic personal information.