Links to Third Party Websites
Our Site may contain information from third party sites or links to third party websites such as websites that provide tips and tools related to fraud prevention or links to governance regulator websites for additional information. These links, pointers, and information from third party websites or applications are not part of our Site. Citizens does not make any representations or warranties regarding these third party websites. We are not responsible for any losses or damages in connection with the information, security, privacy practices, availability, content or accuracy of materials of such third party websites or applications. These third party websites or applications might have Terms of Use or Privacy Policies different from us and third party websites may provide less privacy and/or security than our Site. We encourage you to review the Terms of Use and Privacy Policy of all third party websites before you share any personally identifiable information with them.
Third Party Widgets
Please also be aware that we allow certain widgets (e.g., social share buttons) on our Sites that enable users to easily share information on another platform, such as a social media platform. The third parties that own these widgets may have access to information about your browsing on pages of our Sites where these widgets are placed.
Cookies
Cookies are small text files that are placed on your computer to distinguish you from other visitors to our Site. The use of cookies helps us to improve your experience on our website by providing data on which of our website’s features and services is popular. The use of cookies is a standard practice. We or our third party advertising service providers may place cookies or similar files on your hard drive. Certain web browsers can inform you every time a cookie is being sent to you and certain web browsers allow you to choose not to accept cookies. You can also delete cookies from your computer at any time. If you refuse cookies, the functionality of our website may be impacted or become non-functional. Since every browser and computer is different, you will need to follow your browser’s instructions for disabling or deleting cookies.
Pixels, Web Beacons, and Other Technologies
We or our third-party advertising service providers may also use technologies to track users’ interactions with our Site. Some of these technologies include web beacons (transparent graphical images placed on a website), pixels, tags, and Flash objects (also referred to as “Local Shared Objects”). Please refer to your browser’s instructions to remove cached Sites, history, and images from your Computer.
Additional Information on Online Behavioral Advertising
We and other third parties may collect information about your online activities over time and across different websites when you use our Site. Some of the advertisements that click-through to our Site and/or may be on our Site contain cookies that allow for the monitoring of your response to these advertisements (sometimes referred to as interest-based advertisements), to help understand campaign effectiveness. This information is used by us and others to, analyze and track data, determine the popularity of certain content, and deliver content targeted to your interests on our Services and other web sites, to better understand your online activity. Our advertisements may also appear on other websites that use the same advertising service providers as us. These advertising service providers may use your browsing history across websites to choose which advertisements to display to you.
We currently do not process or comply with any web browser's "do not track" signal or other similar mechanism that indicates a request to disable online tracking of individual users who visit our websites or use our services.
If you do not wish to have us or our third-party advertising service providers know which advertisements and subsequent websites you have viewed, you may opt-out at AboutAds (established by the Digital Advertising Alliance). The Digital Advertising Alliance website contains important information on cookies, behavioral advertising, and what opting out will and will not do and choices you can make regarding interest-based advertisements.
Please note: opting out of behavioral advertising will not stop you from receiving advertisements. You will still see the same number of advertisements as before, but they may not be as relevant to you. If you use other Computers or browsers and want to opt out of interest based advertisements, you will need to repeat this process for each Computer or browser. If you delete your Cookies and want to continue to be opted out of interest based advertisements you will have to repeat this opt-out process.
Secure Submission of Personal Information
Please only submit Personal Information to Citizens through secure channels such as online applications, over the phone, or as otherwise directed by a Citizens representative. Do not provide sensitive Personal Information, such as your social security number or account number, in public forums, such as social media websites. Please carefully review the Terms of Use and Privacy Policies on these social media and other sites as they may be different than our own policies.