Notice Of Your Financial Privacy Rights

We, Our, and Us, when used in this notice, mean American State Bank.

This is our privacy notice for our customers. When we use the words “you” and “your” we mean the following types of customers:

• All of our consumer customers who have a continuing relationship with us, such as:
• Deposit account
• Loan account
• Safe deposit box
• All persons (individuals) who do not have a continuing relationship with us but who may use a financial product or service we provide in isolated transactions. This includes, for example, someone who
• Uses our ATM machine
• Purchases traveler’s checks or money orders
• Applies for a loan that does not get completed

We will tell you the sources of nonpublic personal information we collect on our customers. We will tell you what measures we take to secure that information.

We first define some terms.

We, our, and us means American State Bank.
Nonpublic personal information means information about you that we collect in connection with providing a financial product or service to you. Nonpublic personal information does not include information that is available from public sources, such as telephone directories or government records.

An affiliate is a company we own or control, a company that owns or controls us, and a company that is owned or controlled by the same company that owns or controls us. Ownership does not mean complete ownership, but means owning enough to have control.

A nonaffiliated third party is a company that is not an affiliate of ours.

The Information That We Collect

We collect nonpublic personal information about you from the following sources:

• Information we receive from you on applications or other forms
• Information about your transactions with us
• Information about your transactions with nonaffiliated third parties
• Information from a consumer reporting agency

We do not disclose any nonpublic personal information about you to anyone, except as authorized by law.

The Confidentiality, Security And Integrity Of Your Nonpublic Personal Information

We restrict access to nonpublic personal information about you to those employees who need to know that information to provide products or services to you. We maintain physical, electronic, and procedural safeguards that comply with federal regulations to guard your nonpublic personal information.

Nonpublic Personal Information And Nonaffiliated Third Parties

Since we value our customer relationship with you, we will not disclose your nonpublic personal information to nonaffiliated third parties, except as permitted by law.

Nonpublic Personal Information And Former Customers

We do not disclose nonpublic personal information about former customers, except as permitted by law.

Texas Notice

This institution is chartered, licensed, or registered under laws of the State of Texas and by state law is subject to regulatory oversight by the Texas Department of Banking. Any consumer wishing to file a complaint against this institution should contact the Texas Department of Banking through one of the means indicated below:

• In person or U.S. Mail: 2601 North Lamar Boulevard, Suite 300, Austin, Texas 78705-4294
• Telephone No.: 877/276-5554;
• Fax No.: 512/475-1313;
• E-Mail: consumer.complaints@banking.state.tx.us;
• Website: www.banking.state.tx.us

The American State Bank also engages in the business of selling checks as an agent for a company licensed under the laws of the State of Texas and subject to regulatory oversight by the Texas Department of Banking. Any consumer wishing to file a complaint concerning sale of checks activities should contract the Texas Department of Banking.

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