Privacy Policy - The District Credit Union
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Privacy Policy

Updated March 2024

What Does The District Credit Union 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
  • Loss History
  • Payment History
  • Credit History
  • Transaction History
  • Overdraft 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 The District chooses to share; and whether you can limit this sharing.

Reasons we can share your personal informationDoes The District share?Can you limit 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
YesNo
For our marketing purposes – to offer our products
and services to you
YesYes
For joint marketing with other financial companiesYesYes
For our affiliates’ everyday business purposes –
information about transactions and experiences
NoWe don’t share
For our affiliates’ everyday business purposes
information about your creditworthiness
NoWe don’t share
For our affiliates to market to youNoWe don’t share
For non-affiliates to market to youNoWe don’t share

To limit our sharing

Call 303-360-0987 or 877-208-2979.

Please note: If you are a new member, we can begin sharing your information 30 days from the date we sent this notice. When you are no longer our member, 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 303-360-0987 or 877-208-2979

Who we are?

Who is providing this notice?

The District Credit Union – 

751 Chambers Road, Aurora CO 80011

What we do?

How does The District 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 District collect my personal information?

We collect your personal information when you:

  • Open an account
  • Apply for a loan
  • Give us your contact information
  • Provide account information
  • Make a wire transfer

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.

What happens when I limit sharing for an account I hold jointly with someone else?

Your choices will apply to everyone on your account.

Definitions

Affiliates

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

The District Credit Union has no affiliates.

Non-affiliates

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

The District Credit Union has no non-affiliates

Joint marketing

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

  • Allied Solutions
  • CU Direct
  • CO-OP Network
  • Prolliance CUSO Solutions, LLC

About Geolocation Information

The Controls & Alerts App periodically collects, transmits, and uses geolocation information to enable features that prevent fraudulent card use and send alerts, but only if the End User expressly authorizes collection of such information. Geolocation information can be monitored on a continuous basis in the background only while the Solution is being used or not at all, depending on the End User’s selection. End Users can change their location permissions at any time in their device settings.

Security Policy

The District Credit Union safeguards information according to established security standards and procedures in order to keep your financial information secure and confidential. In addition, we continually assess new technology for protecting information and have external vendors perform regular audits of our system. The result is a safe and secure network, one that ensures protection throughout the financial transaction process, on your computer, during the transmission of information, and in the credit union’s own computer systems.

The District uses many lines of defense to protect your account information, including encryption, firewalls, timed log off, virus protection, and a secure login process. Whether you’re enrolling online for e*Teller transactions, transferring money or paying your bills, you can depend on your accounts and your account information being safe.

Error Resolution Notice

In Case of Errors or Inquiries About Your Statements

Send your inquiry in writing so that the credit union receives it within 60 days after the statement was mailed to you. Your written inquiry must include:

  1. Your name and account number.
  2. A description of the error and why (to the extent you can explain) you believe it is an error; and
  3. The dollar amount of the suspected error.

Written inquiries should be mailed to:

The District Credit Union
751 Chambers Road
Aurora, CO, 80011

We will investigate your complaint and will correct any error promptly. If we take more than 10 business days to do this, we will re-credit your account for the amount you think is in error, so that you will have use of the money during the time it takes for us to complete our investigation.

If you have authorized your Credit Union to automatically pay your loan from your share account, you can stop or reverse payment on any amount you think is wrong by mailing your notice so that the Credit Union receives it within 16 days after the statement was sent to you.

You remain obligated to pay the payment on your loans not in dispute, but you do not have to pay any amount in dispute during the time the Credit Union is resolving the dispute. During the same time, the Credit Union may not take any action to collect disputed amounts or reported disputed amounts as delinquent.

This is a summary of your rights, a full statement of your rights and the Credit Union’s responsibilities under the Federal Fair Credit Billing Act will be sent to you upon request and in response to a billing error.

Electronic Error Resolution Notice

In case of errors or questions about your Electronic Transfers call us at the numbers or address listed below as soon as you can and include the information listed below. We must hear from you no later than 60 days after we sent the FIRST statement on which the problem or error appeared.

By Telephone: (303) 360-0987 or (877) 208-2979

By U.S. Mail: 
The District Credit Union
751 Chambers Road
Aurora, CO, 80011

By Email: MemberServices@DistrictCreditUnion.com

  • Tell us your name and account number (if any).
  • Describe the error or the transfer you are unsure about, and explain as clearly as you can why you believe it is an error or why you need more information.
  • Tell us the dollar amount of the suspected error.

If you tell us verbally, we may require that you send us your complaint or question in writing within 10 business days. We may require you to provide your complaint in the form of an affidavit. We will determine whether an error occurred within 10 business days after we hear from you and will correct any error promptly. If we need more time, however, we may take up to 45* days to investigate your complaint or question. If we decide to do this, we will credit your account within 10** business days for the amount you think is in error, so that you will have of the money during the time it takes us to complete our investigation. If we ask you to put your complaint or question in writing and we do not receive it within 10 business days, we may not credit your account.

If a notice of error involves an unauthorized transaction on your Mastercard® debit card, other than a cash disbursement at an ATM, we will provide provisional credit to your account within 5 business days of your notification so you will have use of the money during the time it takes to complete the investigation.*** However, we may delay providing provisional credit if the circumstances or your account history warrants the delay, in which case we will provide provisional credit within ten (10) business days. We will tell you the results within three business days after completing our investigation. If we decide that there was no error, we will reverse the provisional credit to your account and send you a written explanation. You may ask for copies of the documents that we used in our investigation. See the Rates and Fees Schedule for any fees associated with such copies.

* For errors involving new accounts, point of sale, or foreign initiated transactions, we may take up to 90 days to investigate your complaint or question. **For new accounts, we may take up to 20 business days to credit your account for the amount you think is in error. *** Does not apply to Non-Mastercard® PIN-less transactions.

Mortgage Servicing Notice of Error Resolution & Information Request

The following outlines the Error Resolution and Information Request for your mortgage account at The District Credit Union.

If you think an error has occurred on your mortgage account or if you need specific information about the servicing of your loan, please write us at:

The District Credit Union

Attention: Mortgage Department

751 Chambers Road

Aurora, CO 80011

All written requests for information or notices of error should contain the following information:

  1. Your name
  2. Account number
  3. Property address
  4. Description of the error and explanation as to why you believe it is an error OR request for specific information regarding the servicing of your loan
  5. Current contact information so we may follow up with you

When the credit union receives a written notice of error, the credit union will provide a written response acknowledging receipt within 5 days (excluding legal public holidays, Saturdays, and Sundays). A reasonable investigation into the dispute will be conducted. No later than 30 days (excluding legal public holidays, Saturdays, and Sundays) after the receipt of the notice of error, either correct the error and provide the member with a written notice of the correction, or provide the member with written notice that no error occurred. 

When the Credit Union receives a written information request, the Credit Union will respond no later than 30 days (excluding legal public holidays, Saturdays, and Sundays) after receiving the information request. When receiving an information request for the identity of, and address or relevant contact information for, the owner or assignee of a mortgage loan, the Credit Union will respond to the member no later than 10 days (excluding legal public holidays, Saturdays, and Sundays) after the Credit Union receives the request.

Additional Online Privacy Protections

Use of Cookies The District Credit Union

At The District Credit Union, we use cookies primarily to enhance website functionality and member experience. These cookies enable user navigation and access to features like exclusive member resources and member-only resources. This approach is integral to developing targeted marketing campaigns and promotions that align with our members’ financial goals.

Our cookie usage is geared towards personalizing content and identifying the most frequented sections of our site. This practice ensures that we continuously tailor our offerings to meet and support your financial needs effectively. Your privacy remains our top priority, and we are dedicated to using cookies responsibly to serve you better.

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