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Our Privacy Policy

What Does The Cottonport Bank Do With Your Personal Information?

Rev. Date 9/14

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:
  • Social security number
  • Account balances
  • Transaction history
  • Credit Scores
  • Account transactions
  • Employment information
How?
All financial companies need t o share customers personal information t o run their everyday business
n the section below, we list the reasons financial companies can share their customers' personal
information: the reasons The Cottonport Bank / Affiliate Companies chooses t o share; and whether you can limit this sharing.
Reasons We Can Share Your Personal Information Does The Cottonport 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 Yes No
For our affiliates' everyday business purposes
information about your transactions and experiences
Yes No
For our affiliates' everyday business purposes
information about your creditworthiness
Yes No
For our affiliates to market to you No We Do Not Share
To limit our sharing
Call Bookkeeping, 318-876-3341 or your local branch - our menu will prompt you through your choice(s) or mail the form found here (link to pdf).

Please note: I
f you are a new customer, we can begin sharing your information 30 days from the date we sent this notice. When you are no longer a customer, we continue to share your information as described in this notice.
Questions
Call 318-876-3341
Who We Are
Who is providing this notice? The Cottonport Bank and these affiliate companies such as Cottonport Insurance Agency, LLC; Cottonport Investments, LLC; Eagle American Life Insurance Company; Cottonport Armored Services, LLC.
What We Do
How does The Cottonport 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 also maintain other physical, electronic, and procedural safeguards to protect this information, and we limit access to information to those employees for whom access is appropriate.
How does The Cottonport Bank collect my personal information? We collect your personal information, for example when you
  • Apply for a loan
  • Make deposits or withdrawal from your account
  • Apply for financing
  • Provide account information
  • Give us your contact information
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.
What happens when I limit sharing for an account I hold jointly with someone else? Your choices will apply t o everyone on your account.
 
Definitions
Affiliates
Companies related by common ownership or control. They can be financial and non-financial companies.
  • Our affiliates include:
    • Financial and nonfinancial companies such as: Cottonport Insurance Agency, LLC; Cottonport Investments, LLC: Eagle American Life Insurance Company: Cottonport Armored Services. LLC.
Non-affiliates Companies not related by common ownership or control. They can be financial and non-financial companies.
  • The Cottonport Bank / Affiliate Companies does not share with nonaffiliates so they can market to you.
Joint marketing A formal agreement between non-affiliated financial companies that together market financial products or services to you.
  • Our joint marketing partner(s) include banking, insurance, and investment companies