Privacy Policy - Washington Federal

FACTS

WHAT DOES WASHINGTON FEDERAL DO
WITH YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION?

Revised 12/1/2009

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 account balances
Payment history and credit history
Account transactions and credit card or other debt

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

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 Washington Federal chooses to share; and whether you can limit this sharing.

Reasons we can share your personal information	Does Washington Federal 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 investigation, or report to credit bureaus	Yes	No
For our marketing purposes - to offer our products and services to you	No	We don't share
For joint marketing with other financial companies	No	We don't share
For our affiliates' everyday business purposes - information about your transactions and experiences	No	We don't share
For our affiliates' everyday business purposes - information about your creditworthiness	No	We don't share
For nonaffiliates to market to you	No	We don't share

Questions?

Call 800.955.9194

What we do
How does Washington Federal 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 Washington Federal collect my personal information?	We collect your personal information, for example, when you open an account or seek advice about your investments apply for financing or apply for a loan use your credit or debit card 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. Washington Federal has no affiliates
Nonaffiliates	Companies not related by common ownership or control. They can be financial and nonfinancial companies. Washington Federal 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. Washington Federal doesn't jointly market.