typing on computer

Facts

What does Tompkins Financial Corporation 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:

  • Social Security number and Income
  • Transaction history and checking account information
  • Account balances and payment history

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 Tompkins Financial Corporation chooses to share, and whether you can limit this sharing.


Reasons we can share your personal information

For 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 Tompkins Financial Corporation share? YES
Can you limit this sharing? NO

For our marketing purposes- to offer our products and services to you.
Does Tompkins Financial Corporation share? YES
Can you limit this sharing? NO

For joint marketing with other financial companies.
Does Tompkins Financial Corporation share? YES
Can you limit this sharing? NO

For our affiliates’ everyday business purposes- information about your transactions and experiences
Does Tompkins Financial Corporation share? YES
Can you limit this sharing? NO

For our affiliates’ everyday business purposes- information about your creditworthiness.
Does Tompkins Financial Corporation share? NO
Can you limit this sharing? We Don’t Share

For our affiliates to market to you.
Does Tompkins Financial Corporation share? YES
Can you limit this sharing? YES

For nonaffiliates to market to you.
Does Tompkins Financial Corporation share? NO
Can you limit this sharing? We Don’t Share

Who we are

Who is providing this notice? 
Tompkins Financial Corporation, including all of its affiliates.

What we do

How does Tompkins Financial Corporation 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 Tompkins Financial Corporation collect my personal information?
We collect your personal information, for example, when you

  • Provide account information or deposit money
  • Apply for a loan or use your credit or debit card
  • Apply for insurance

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 credit worthiness
  • 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.

What happens when I limit sharing for an account I hold jointly with someone else?
Your choices will apply to everyone on your account – unless you tell us otherwise

Definitions

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

  • Our affiliates include financial companies, Tompkins Community Bank; Tompkins Financial Advisors; nonfinancial companies, such as Tompkins Insurance Agencies Inc.

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

  • Tompkins Financial Corporation does not share with nonaffiliates so they can market to you.

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

  • Our joint marketing partner(s) include credit card companies.
Other Important Information
In accordance with California law, Tompkins Community Bank will not share information we collect about California residents with companies outside of Tompkins Community Bank, except as permitted by law, such as legal processes or as required to service your account. We will limit sharing within our company to the extent required by applicable California law.


To Limit Our Sharing:

You may elect to opt out of such disclosure by completing the online Privacy Opt-Out Request form.

Please note:

If you are a new customer, we can begin sharing your information 30 days from the date we provided or sent this notice.

When you are no longer our customer, we continue to share your information as described in this notice. However, you can contact us at any time to limit our sharing.

Questions?

Call toll-free 888-273-3210