How do we protect the confidentiality and security of Personal Information?
• People. We educate our employees to treat Personal Information with care, and work to limit access to this information to individuals who need it for the purposes stated in this Pledge. • Policies and procedures. We maintain and monitor our physical, electronic and procedural safeguards to comply with applicable regulations, updating them as needed so that we may protect Personal Information. • Security. We take technical and organizational security measures, that are generally accepted in the industry as reasonable standards, to keep Personal Information confidential and secure against unauthorized or unlawful processing, and to prevent loss, destruction or damage. • Children’s Online Information Privacy. Merrick Bank typically provides consumer services to adults only and does not intend to collect or knowingly collect any information from or about children. It is possible that a child may impersonate an adult and attempt to apply for a Merrick Bank issued credit card or may apply
