Mechanics Bank

	Rev. 4/2010

FACTS	WHAT DOES MECHANICS BANK 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
account balances and payment history
credit history and credit scores

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 Mechanics Bank chooses to share; and whether you can limit this sharing.

Reasons we can share your personal information	Does Mechanics Bank 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 investigations, or report to credit bureaus	YES	NO
For our marketing purposes— to offer our products and services to you	YES	NO
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 our affiliates to market to you	NO	We don't share
For nonaffiliates to market to you	NO	We don't share

Questions?

Call 1-800-556-2261 or go to www.mechanicsbankms.com/privacy.htm

Who we are
Who is providing this notice?	We are a state-chartered bank and our primary federal regulator is the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC).

What we do
How does Mechanics Bank 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 Mechanics Bank collect my personal information?	We collect your personal information, for example, when you open an account or deposit money pay your bills 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. Mechanics Bank has no affiliates.
Nonaffiliates	Companies not related by common ownership or control. They can be financial and nonfinancial companies. Mechanics Bank 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. Mechanics Bank doesn’t jointly market.

Other important information

In the future, we may disclose information about you to affiliates, even though we are not doing so now. Federal law allows us to disclose certain information, such as your name, address, account balances, etc., with our affiliates. You do not have the right to opt out of the disclosure of this information.