US Patriot Act (Uniting and Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate Tools Required to Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism Act):

In order to prevent the use of the U.S. banking system in terrorist and other illegal activity, federal regulations require all financial institutions to obtain, verify, and record identification from all persons opening new accounts or being added as signatories to existing accounts. This institution cannot waive this requirement—U. S. Treasury

Effective immediately, Pinal County Federal Credit Union is required by the US PATRIOT act to verify the identity of members applying for and opening new accounts or services with the credit union.

Information we are required to obtain include name, mailing and residence address, tax identification number or social security number or employer identity number, date of birth and a copy of a government issued photo id. Additional data may also be gathered depending on the type of account applied for or opened. Data on existing members will be gathered as they open or use additional services offered by the credit union.

The Act requires us to maintain records of the identification verification and periodically update this information. Confidentiality of the information maintained by the credit union will be maintained as required under the Privacy Act.