Privacy Policy

Metropolitan Commercial Bank Privacy Policy Notice:Rev. 11/2020

FACTS 

WHAT DOES METROPOLITAN COMMERCIAL 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
  • Account balances
  • Transaction history
  • Account transactions
  • Checking account information
  • Wire transfer instructions

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

 

Reasons we can share your personal information 

Does Metropolitan Commercial 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

Yes

No

 

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 nonaffiliates to market to you

No

We don't share

 

Questions? 

Call 1-866-363-8226 or go to  www.mcbankny.com

 

What We Do 

 

How does Metropolitan Commercial 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.
We also maintain other physical, electronic and procedural safeguards to protect this information and we limit access to information to those employees for whom access is appropriate.

 

How does Metropolitan Commercial Bank collect my personal information?

We collect your personal information, for example, when you

  • Open an account or give us your contact information
  • Apply for financing or show your driver's license
  • Provide account information
     

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. See below for more on your rights under state law.

 

Definitions 

 

Affiliates 

Companies related by common ownership or control. They can be financial and nonfinancial companies.

  • Metropolitan Commercial Bank does not share with our affiliates.
 

Non-affiliates 

Companies not related by common ownership or control. They can be financial and nonfinancial companies.

  • Metropolitan Commercial 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.

  • Our joint marketing partners include credit card account companies.
 
           

 

Other Important Information

 

For Alaska, Illinois, Maryland, and North Dakota Customers. We will not share personal information with nonaffiliates either for them to market to you or for joint marketing without your authorization.

For California Customers . We will not share personal information with nonaffiliates either for them to market to you or for joint marketing without your authorization. We will also limit our sharing of personal information about you with our affiliates to comply with all California privacy laws that apply to us. Further, we may collect personally identifiable information about you through our website, including but not limited to your first and last name, home address, e-mail address, telephone number, or any other identifier that permits the physical or online contacting of a specific individual. If we change our privacy policy for our website, you will be notified as required by law.

For Massachusetts, Mississippi, and New Jersey Customers. We will not share personal information from deposit or share relationships with nonaffiliates either for them to market to you or for joint marketing without your authorization.

For Vermont Customers. 

  • We will not disclose information about your creditworthiness to our affiliates and will not disclose your personal information, financial information, credit report, or health information to nonaffiliated third parties to market to you other than as permitted by Vermont law, unless you authorize us to make those disclosures.
  • Additional information concerning our privacy policies can be found at www.mcbankny.com or call 1-866-363-8226.