Discover Card Privacy Policy
Rev. 8/10
| Facts | What Does Discover BankDo With Your Personal Information? |
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| 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 Discover Bank chooses to share; and whether you can limit this sharing. |
| Reasons we can share your personal information | Does Discover Bank share? | Can you limit this sharing? |
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| For our everyday business purposes— | Yes | No |
For our marketing purposes— | 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 |
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 1-800-347-2683 |
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| Who we are | |
| Who is providing this notice? | This privacy policy is being provided by Discover Bank and applies to the family of Discover cards for consumers and the products and services offered in connection with those cards. |
| What we do | |
| How does Discover 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 Discover Bank collect my personal information? | We collect your personal information, for example, when you
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
State laws and individual companies may give you additional rights to limit sharing. See below for more on your rights under state law. |
| 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 | |
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| 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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| Vermont Residents – Your state law requires financial institutions to obtain your consent prior to California Residents – Your state law requires financial institutions to obtain your consent prior to sharing information about you with non-affiliated third parties. Except as permitted by law, we will not share information we collect about you with non-affiliated third parties while you are a resident of California. |
Privacy Policies
We provide our privacy policies online so you can understand the steps we have taken to safeguard your personal information. Read more by clicking the links below.
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