FACTS

WHAT DOES THE FARMERS AND MERCHANTS 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 depend on the product or service you have with us. This information can include:

·          Payment History

·          Overdraft History

·          Name

·          Social Security Number

·          Address

When you are no longer our customer, we continue to share your information as described in this notice.   

H ow?

All financial companies need to share customer’s personal information to run their everyday business. In the section below, we list the reasons financial companies can share their customer’s personal information; the reasons The Farmers and Merchants Bank to share; and whether you can limit this sharing.

Reasons we can share your personal information

Does The Farmers and Merchants Bank 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

No

No

For our affiliates’ everyday business purposes—
information about your transactions and experiences

No

No

For our affiliates’ everyday business purposes—
information about your creditworthiness

No

No

For nonaffiliates to market to you

No

No

Questions?

Call 765-869-5513 or go to www.fmbank.org

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Who Are We?

The Farmers and Merchants Bank

What we do

How does The Farmers and Merchants 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.

How does The Farmers and Merchants Bank collect my personal information?

We collect your personal information, for example, when you

§  Pay your bills or use your credit card

·          open an account or apply for a loan

·          apply for insurance or make deposits or withdrawals from your account

·          make a wire transfer

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.

Definitions

Affiliates

Companies related by common ownership or control. They can be financial and nonfinancial companies.

§  The Farmers and Merchants Bank has no affiliates.

Non-affiliates

Companies not related by common ownership or control. They can be financial and nonfinancial companies.

§  The Farmers and Merchants Bank does not share with non-

affiliates so they can market to you.

Joint marketing

A formal agreement between nonaffiliated financial companies that together market financial products or services to you.