• Providing you with products or services you have requested
• Servicing your account
• Improving our services
• Developing and/or information you of additional products or services that may be of interest Accessing Bridges Financial Services, Inc.'s web sites

In these cases, your browsing will no longer be anonymous to us. To provide these services, we may need to ask you directly to provide, among other things, your name, social security number, physical address, zip code, e-mail address and phone number.

Please note that we do not knowingly solicit information from children and we do not knowingly market our products or services to children.

Cookies
If you are browsing, a cookie is used to help us measure the number of visits, average time spent, page views and other statistics relating to our Web site. This cookie, by itself does not reveal to us your e-mail address or who you are. If you decide to register online with one of Bridges Financial Services, Inc.'s  business units, we may collect additional information to provide tailored offerings or content to you. In this case, we use cookies to recognize you on subsequent visits and make your online experience more convenient.

Cookies are small pieces of data stored by your internet browser on your computer's hard drive. They cannot be used to collect data from your hard drive, obtain your e-mail address or personal-identifying information about you. You may set your browser to notify you when you receive a cookie or to prevent cookies from being sent. Please note, however, that by not accepting cookies, you may limit the functionality we can provide you when you visit our site.

Sharing information and consumer choice
When you provide information to us, we may share your information with our affiliated companies and third parties for the purpose of fulfilling your requests as well as offering you other services that may be of interest to you. It is not shared with any third party, unless requested by you or permitted by law. We may also aggregate statistics that we gather about our customers, sales, traffic patterns, and services and provide these statistics to third parties; however, when we do, these statistics will not include any personal information that identifies individuals.

How is your information secured and protected?
Bridges Financial Services, Inc. uses encryption and authentication tools to protect your personal information. The information you provide us through our web site is secure.

We instruct our employees with access to your information that it is to be used only in adherence with the principles set forth in this Privacy Policy and the laws applicable to each specific business. Employees who misuse customer information are subject to disciplinary action.

To contact us or correct your information
You may access the data collected by Bridges Financial Services, Inc. about you by sending a request to the address listed below. If you believe that an error has been made in the accuracy of the data collected from you, Bridges Financial Services, Inc. will correct such error upon adequate verification of the error and the identity of the person seeking the correction.

If you wish to access, remove or correct any personally identifying data you have supplied to Bridges Financial Services, Inc., or if you have any questions about this Privacy Policy, you may contact us by sending a letter via the U.S. Mail to:

Bridges Financial Services, Inc.
110 E. Main St.

Elkland, PA  16920

Please understand that in order to protect your privacy and security, we may also need to take reasonable steps to verify your identity before granting access or making corrections.

What if we change our Privacy Policy?
Bridges Financial Services, Inc. reserves the right to modify or supplement this Privacy Policy statement at anytime. If we make any material change, we will update our Web site to include such changes.