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While Bank of York works to protect your banking privacy, you
will also play an important role in protecting your accounts.
There are a number of steps you can take to ensure that your
BANK OF YORK INTERNET BANKING account information is protected:
- Don't reveal your User ID or PIN to anyone else.
Your User ID and PIN are designed to protect your banking information,
but
they will only work if you keep them to yourself.
- Change
your BANK OF YORK INTERNET BANKING PINs frequently.
- Don't walk away
from your computer if you are in the middle of a BANK OF YORK
INTERNET BANKING session.
- Once you have finished your BANK OF YORK INTERNET BANKING
session, sign off before visiting other Internet sites.
To assure the utmost
security of your account, be sure to click the EXIT button, clear
your browser's cache to erase any stored
information and close your browser window. This is especially
true if you are using a public Internet device.
If you notice
any suspicious or unusual activity related to any of your accounts,
contact us immediately at (803) 684-4249.
Bank of York is committed to making your BANK OF YORK INTERNET
BANKING experience safe and secure. We have taken many measures
to ensure
your privacy, including:
- Information Encoding
We use the latest encoding technology to ensure that your private
information cannot be intercepted. Encryption is a way to rewrite
something in code, which can be decoded later with the right "key".
When you request information about your accounts, the request
is sent encrypted to Bank of York. We decode your request and
send the requested information back to you in an encrypted
format. When you receive the information, it is decoded so
that you can
read it.
- Personally Selected Account Names
Bank of York does not display your account numbers over the
Internet. Instead, we ask you to choose a "pseudo" name
for each of your accounts. You can change your “pseudo” account
name under the “Management” section of our online
banking service.
- Individual ID & PIN Information
In order to access BANK OF YORK INTERNET BANKING, you must
enter a unique User ID and PIN.
- PIN Security System
To keep unauthorized individuals from accessing your account
by guessing your PIN, we have instituted a PIN security system.
If your PIN is entered incorrectly three consecutive times,
the user is "locked out" of the system. If you have forgotten
your password and have accidentally locked yourself out of
your BANK OF YORK INTERNET BANKING account, please contact us at (803) 684-4249.
- Automatic
logoff
If you are logged on to BANK OF YORK INTERNET BANKING, but do not perform
an activity for 10 minutes, you will not be able to proceed
until you “re-log” on to the system.
- Additional Security Measures
In addition to the above safeguards, we have sophisticated
firewalls and an authentication process to ensure that only
authorized
individuals are allowed to enter our system.
- Email Communications
Please remember that e-mail is not necessarily secure against
interception, and you should be cautious when sending
e-mail with personal information. If your information is
very sensitive,
or includes personal or confidential information-such
as your bank account, charge card or Social Security number-you
may
want to contact us by postal mail or telephone. (You may access a
list of our locations on our Web site.)
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