Privacy Policy

FACTS	WHAT DOES Cottonwood Financial 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 service you have with us. This information can include:
	■ Social Security Number ■ Account balances and Income
	■ Checking account information ■ Credit scores and Transaction history

How?	All financial companies need to share customer's personal information to run their everyday business. In the section below, we list the reasons financial companies can share their customer's personal information: the reasons Cottonwood Financial chooses to share; and whether you can limit this sharing.


Reasons we can share your personal information		Does Cottonwood Financial 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	Yes
For joint marketing with other financial companies		Yes	Yes
For our affiliates' everyday business purposes - information about your transactions and experiences		Yes	No
For our affiliates' everyday business purposes - information about your creditworthiness		Yes	Yes
For our affiliates to market to you		Yes	Yes
For nonaffiliates to market to you		Yes	Yes

To limit our sharing	■ Mail the form below
	Please note:
	If you are a new customer we can begin sharing your information 30 days from the date we sent this notice. When you are no longer our customer, 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 1-888-968-5265

Mail-in Form

Mark any/all you want to limit:

Cottonwood Financial marketing purposes.

Do not share my personal information to market to me.

Do not share information about my creditworthiness with your affiliates for their everyday
business purposes.

Do not share my personal information with other financial institutions to jointly market to me.

Name

Address

City, State, Zip

Account #

Mail To:

Cottonwood Financial

Attn: Opt-Out

1901 Gateway Drive, Suite 200

Irving, Texas 75038

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Who we are
Who is providing this notice?	Cottonwood Financial d/b/a The Cash Store means Cottonwood Financial Ltd. and its affiliates and subsidiary companies.
What we do
How does Cottonwood Financial 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. Only employees actively engaged in their assigned duties, who need access to such customer information to administer our business, may access or use customer information.
How does Cottonwood Financial collect my personal information?	We collect your personal information, for example, when you
	■ Open an account or Apply for a loan
	■ Show your driver's license or Provide employment information
	■ Give us your contact information
	We also collect your personal information from 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.
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.
	■ Our affiliates include companies with a Cottonwood Financial or Cash Store name.
Nonaffiliates	Companies not related by common ownership or control. They can be financial and nonfinancial companies.
	■ Nonaffiliates we share with can include direct marketing companies, financial service providers, banks, and retailers.
Joint Marketing	A formal agreement between nonaffiliated financial companies that together market financial products or services to you.
	■ You cannot Opt-Out of information shared with Service Provider/Joint Marketing companies.
Other important information
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