This Privacy Policy is provided to help you understand how we protect Customer information. Bank of St Helena Limited (herein referred to as ‘the bank’, we, us or our) values all customers and takes your privacy seriously.
When you visit or contact us either throughout website, Head Office in St Helena or our Branch on Ascension Island, you are likely to provide personal information about yourself. This personal information that you provide will be treated by the bank in accordance with our Privacy Policy.
The Privacy Policy is in no way a legal document, however, it is a mandatory compliance for all employees and associated personnel of the bank to adhere to this policy. We may change this policy at any time in which amended versions will be made available, in a timely manner, on our website. You are advised to check for details of any amendments when you use this website.
We observe a strict adherence to confidentiality in handling your personal details and will not give out your personal details to any third party without your written consent except where:
We will not give your name and address to anyone else for marketing purposes.
We will only give account details and information over the telephone or via any online banking arrangement if our security screening has been met. Should you choose to contact us via email and request communication through this format, it is understood that this will be at your own risk. The bank is not liable for any disclosure of customer information and subsequent actions that may arise from using this format.
Unless we have made other specific and documented arrangements, all changes to your customer details or instructions for the operation of your account must be made to our office in writing carrying a valid signature. Please contact us if you would like to know more about these arrangements.
The bank adheres to best practice with regard to data protection of our customers’ personal and financial information.
The personal information you give us will be treated in confidence and will not be disclosed to any third parties except where permitted by law or where your consent has been received (see above). Under our adherence to best practice in privacy and data protection, a customer’s information will be held on our systems and may be used in the following ways:
See also the bank’s Customer Data Security Guidance.
What is a Cookie?
A cookie is a small text file that is placed on your computer (or other device such as iPads) by websites that you visit. They are widely used in order to make websites work and to improve browsing experiences. Cookies are also used in order to provide information to website owners and their partners in order to analyse website use and to tailor advertising.
We use cookies to improve the experience of using our website including use of our Online Banking Services (www.sainthelenabank.com and www.sainthelenabankonline.com). We may use cookies to:
Some of the advertisers and web analytics organisations we work with also place cookies on your computer via our website in order to tailor advertising that you see on other websites and to help us analyse the effectiveness of our online marketing.
When accessing this site, if you choose not to disable the cookies you will be indicating that you are happy for cookies to be placed on your computer. You can disable these cookies at any time by adjusting the settings in your browser. The help function in your browser should tell you how to do this. However, you may not be able to use some of the features on our website(s) without some of the cookies. Please see our website and Online Banking website terms and conditions for cookie requirements and required compliance.
The default cookie setting for any browser is to accept all website cookies. Users can however control whether their browser accepts or rejects cookies. Visit your browser’s online help centre for guidance on enabling cookies.
If you have an enquiry about the information we hold about you, please contact us using the information below.