"Borrower" means all borrowers obtaining a loan with Tower Loan. "Lender" means
Tower Loan and its affiliated lending companies. "Insurance Companies" means
American Federated Insurance company and American Federated Life Insurance
Company, affiliates of Lender that may provide insurance coverage on Lender's
loans. Lender and the Insurance Companies are separate companies that are in
the same corporate family and may be jointly referred to herein as "Group."
CONFIDENTIALITY AND SECURITY: Group is committed to
safeguarding its customers' financial information and has established policies
and practices that respect the privacy of its customers. Group restricts access
to protected information (known as "nonpublic personal information") to its
employees who need to know that information in order to provide products or
services to its customers. Group maintains physical, electronic, and procedural
safeguards that comply with federal regulations to guard nonpublic personal
information from unauthorized use. As permitted or required by law, Group may
disclose certain types of nonpublic personal information about its current and
former customers to its affiliates and to nonaffiliated third parties.
TYPES OF INFORMATION COLLECTED: Group may collect, retain and
use nonpublic personal information from about Borrower from the following
sources:
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Information received on Borrower's applications or other forms, such as
Borrower's name, address, social security number, assets, and income;
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Information about Borrower's transactions with Lender, the Insurance Companies,
their affiliates or others, such as account balances and payment histories; and
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Information from consumer reporting agencies and other creditors during the
loan approval process, such as credit histories.
INFORMATION SHARING PRACTICES: Group restricts the types of
information that it shares and the types of entities with whom such information
is shared. Group's reason for sharing information is to make its customers
transactions more convenient and to give its customers more choices about
financial services and products. Group may disclose all of the above
information about Borrower that it collects, except that Group does not
disclose information received from consumer responding agencies and other
creditors to nonaffiliated third parties.
PARTIES TO WHOM GROUP DISCLOSES: Group may disclose nonpublic
personal information about Borrower to the following types of third parties:
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To the affiliates within Group and to Group's affiliates such as its parent
holding company and to its affiliated finance companies. All affiliates are
separate companies that adhere to the same strict standards that Lender uses to
make sure that customer information is safe and secure;
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The administrative agent to the Insurance Companies who performs account
administration, processes insurance claims and premium payments, and performs
other functions necessary to effect and administer insurance coverage that the
Borrower requested or authorized;
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Nonaffiliated financial service providers such as other creditors who seek
information necessary to effect a transaction that Borrower has requested or
authorized;
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Nonaffiliated service providers, such as direct marketers, who do not sell this
information to third parties and are restricted by contract from doing so; and
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Others, such as attorneys who conduct transactions for Lender and Borrower and
maintain confidentiality.
Group also may disclose nonpublic personal information about Borrower to
nonaffiliated third parties as permitted or required by law, such as in
response to a court summons or subpoena, to protect against fraud, to a
consumer reporting agency in accord with the Fair Credit Reporting Act, and in
other situations.
AFFILIATES: The law permits Group to share with its affiliates
information about its experiences or transactions with Borrower or Borrower's
account (such as Borrowers account balance and payment history with Group).
Unless Borrower directs otherwise, the law also permits Group to share with its
affiliates information that it receives in applications, from credit reporting
agencies and other creditors. Borrower may direct Group not to disclose
information that does not relate solely to Lenders experiences or transactions
with Borrower or Borrower's account by "opting out" following the directions
below.
SERVICE PROVIDERS: Except for information received from
consumer reporting agencies and other creditors, Lender may disclose all of the
information that it collects about Borrower (as described above) to companies
that perform marketing services on Lender's behalf with whom Lender has
contractual agreements. Lender's contract prohibits these companies from using
or disclosing the information that Lender provides to them except as necessary
to carry out Lender's marketing services or to the extent otherwise permitted
by law. The Insurance Companies disclose no non public personal information to
third party marketing services.
FORMER CUSTOMERS: Group's treatment of nonpublic personal
information extends beyond the period of a customer relationship with Group. If
Borrower ends its customer relationship with Group, or if Group ends its
customer relationship with Borrower, Group will not disclose borrower's
information to nonaffiliated third parties other than as permitted by law.
Group's current privacy policy is provided to former customers; along with an
opportunity to opt out of information sharing, except as permitted by law.
OPT OUT RIGHTS: Borrower can exercise the opt out rights
described at any time during the course of its customer relationship. Borrowers
decision will last in perpetuity, unless changed in writing by Borrower or
Borrower's legal representative. Even if Borrower opts out, the law permits,
and business purposes require, that Group shares certain information about
borrower. If two or more co-borrowers jointly obtain a loan or other product or
service from Group, one borrower may opt out on behalf of all of the
co-borrowers, or, if the co-borrowers prefer, each borrower may opt out
separately.
OPT OUT FOR NONAFFILIATES: Group's ability to share information
about its customers with nonaffiliated third parties enables Group to offer
more products and services and makes it more convenient for customers to do
business with Group. If Borrower prefers that Group not disclose nonpublic
personal information about Borrower to nonaffiliated third parties, Borrower
may opt out of those disclosures; that is, Borrower may direct Group not to
make disclosures (other than disclosures permitted by law) by signing and
mailing an "Opt Out Notice" to Group. The notice should include your name(s)
and social security number(s) and request the lender and/or insurance companies
NOT share your nonpublic personal information, except as required or permitted
by law, and should be mailed to: Tower Loan, P.O. Box 320001, Flowood, MS
39232-0001.
OPT OUT FOR AFFILIATES: Group's ability to share information
about customers with its affiliates enables Group to offer better products and
services that meet customer needs. If Borrower chooses to prohibit the sharing
of Borrower information among Group's affiliates, Borrower may miss out on
receiving valuable communications and services. Borrower cannot limit Group's
ability to share among its affiliates information about Group's experiences or
transactions with Borrower or Borrower's account. Group is permitted by law to
share that information, However, by signing and mailing an "Opt Out Notice" to
Lender, Borrower can direct Group to share with its affiliates only Borrower's
account information, information needed to process transactions or provide
services that the Borrower has requested or initiated and any other information
required or permitted by law.
REVISIONS TO PRIVACY POLICY: Each of Lender and the Insurance
Companies reserves the right to revise its privacy policy as necessary. If and
when amendments are made to this policy, Lender and/or the Insurance Companies
will notify Borrower of the new policy and give Borrower an opportunity to opt
out, before any of them makes new types of disclosures about the Borrower.