U.S. Consumer Privacy Notice

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.

The types of personal information we collect and share depend on the product or service you have with us. This information can include:

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 Synovus chooses to share; and whether you can limit this sharing.

For our everyday business purposes -
such as to process your transactions, maintain your account(s), respond to court orders and legal investigations, or report to credit bureaus

For our marketing purposes -
to offer our products and services to you

For joint marketing with other financial companies

For our affiliates' everyday business purposes -
information about your transactions and experiences

For our affiliates' everyday business purposes -
information about your creditworthiness

For our affiliates to market to you

For nonaffiliates to market to you

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.

Call toll-free 1-800-695-0987 or go to www.synovus.com/privacy

Synovus Bank; Synovus Securities, Inc.; Creative Financial Group, a division of Synovus Securities, Inc.

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 Synovus 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

• sharing for affiliates' everyday business purposes - information about your creditworthiness
• affiliates from using your information to market to you
• sharing for nonaffiliates to market to you

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.

Companies related by common ownership or control. They can be financial and non-financial companies.
  • Our affiliates include companies with a Synovus name; Creative Financial Group,
   a division of Synovus Securities, Inc.

Nonaffiliates

Companies not related by common ownership or control. They can be financial and non-financial companies.
  • Synovus does not share with nonaffiliates so they can market to you. 

Joint Marketing

A formal agreement between nonaffiliated financial companies that together market financial products or services to you.
  • Synovus does not jointly market.

For California Customers only. We will not share information we collect about you with nonaffiliated third parties, except as permitted by California law, such as to process your transactions or to maintain your account.

For Vermont Customers only. We will not share information we collect about you with nonaffiliated third parties, except as permitted by Vermont law, such as to process your transactions or to maintain your account. In addition, we will not share information about your creditworthiness with our affiliates without your authorization.