SYNCHRONY BANK PRIVACY POLICY
FOR AT HOME CONSUMER CREDIT CARD(S)
Rev. 6/17 |
FACTS | WHAT DOES SYNCHRONY 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:
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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 Synchrony Bank chooses to share; and whether you can limit this sharing. |
Reasons we can share your personal information | Does Synchrony 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 |
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 |
If you are a new customer, we can begin sharing your information 30 days from the date we sent this notice, or earlier if you consent or for types of information for which you do not have the right to limit our sharing. 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 1-855-474-7024 |
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What we do | |
How does Synchrony 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 Synchrony Bank collect my personal information? | We collect your personal information, for example, when you
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Why can't I limit all sharing? | Federal law gives you the right to limit only
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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.
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Nonaffiliates | Companies not related by common ownership or control. They can be financial and nonfinancial companies.
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Joint marketing | A formal agreement between nonaffiliated financial companies that together market financial products or services to you.
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Other important information |
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If your account has a California or Vermont billing address, you are automatically treated as if you have chosen to limit our sharing of information with affiliates and non-affiliates. If your account has a California billing address, we will not share information for joint marketing purposes with other financial companies. If your account no longer has a California or Vermont address, these special rules will stop applying and you will need to notify us if you want to exercise your right to restrict our sharing of information with affiliates or non-affiliates. |
* | Please keep in mind that, as permitted by federal law, if you choose to limit our sharing of information with nonaffiliates, your choice will not prohibit us from sharing your information with At Home Stores LLC (and its affiliates) in connection with maintaining and servicing the At Home Credit Card program, including marketing of such programs. The above notice applies only to consumer At Home Credit Card Accounts with Synchrony Bank and does not apply to any other accounts you have with us. It replaces our previous privacy notice disclosures to you. We can change our privacy policy at any time and will let you know if we do if/as required by applicable law. For helpful information about identity theft, visit the Federal Trade Commission's (FTC) consumer website at https://www.identitytheft.gov/ . |
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