STERLING STATE BANK'S LINKEDIN PAGE GUIDELINES

Welcome to Sterling State Bank's LinkedIn Page. We invite you to communicate with us and other customers in order to share your thoughts, insights, and views about Sterling State Bank and our services. If you have customer service questions, we invite you to email us at [email protected] or call our customer service department at 1-866-396-6800.

We want your visit to our LinkedIn Page to be a positive experience and request you abide by the following Guidelines.

COMMENT AND POSTING POLICY

Sterling State Bank reserves the right in its sole discretion to prohibit, remove, restrict, edit, modify, or reformat any comments or content submitted to its LinkedIn Page. This specifically includes, but is not limited to, any comments or content, which we deem to be:

  1. Content containing confidential or proprietary business/personal information or personally identifying information, such as addresses, phone numbers, social security numbers, or other sensitive information;
  2. Slanderous, libelous, malicious, offensive, obscene, threatening, profane, or discourteous;
  3. Promoting, fostering, or perpetuating discrimination on the basis of race, creed, color, age, religion, gender, marital status, status with regard to public assistance, national origin, sexual orientation, physical or mental disability, or any other form of discrimination;
  4. Off topic, repetitive in nature, or posted by the same user under different aliases;
  5. Advertising;
  6. Encouraging illegal, harmful, or offensive activity;
  7. Promoting a competitor or a competitive product or service;
  8. Promoting a political message;
  9. Content violating a legal ownership interest of any other party, such as a copyright, patent, trademark, intellectual property, or trade secret; and
  10. Spam or content containing or linking to any kind of virus, malware, spyware, or similar program that could cause harm to a user's computer.

MODERATION

Our employees moderate our LinkedIn Page only during our regular posted banking hours. In order to promote compliance with these Guidelines, Sterling State Bank may not allow "real time" posting. We have put this limitation into place in an attempt to limit the dissemination of harmful or offensive content and any private/confidential information you may inadvertently place in your posts. However, no system is infallible and you should never post your private/confidential information, such as social security number, account number, date of birth, telephone numbers, email address, or other similar information. As to any harmful or offensive content, please remember the views, opinions, and experiences expressed by users are solely those of the author and do not necessarily reflect the views or opinions of Sterling State Bank or its employees. When we discover or become aware of harmful and offensive content, we will endeavor to remove it as soon as possible. If you discover any harmful or offensive content, please contact our customer service department. When we limit real time posting, Sterling State Bank will attempt to review all posts and comments to ensure they comply with our Guidelines within two business days of the initial posting.

CUSTOMER SERVICE INQUIRIES

If you are an existing customer with a question about a Sterling State Bank account or service, you should contact our customer service department at 1-866-396-6800 or by email at [email protected]. Please be aware you should never provide and we will never ask you for your confidential/private information on LinkedIn or any other public forum. If we require additional information regarding a question or concern raised by you on LinkedIn, we may attempt to contact you offline. This means you may receive a telephone call or a request from Sterling State Bank to contact us privately. We do this in order to protect the confidentiality of your information and to help address your questions as quickly and effectively as possible.

ADDITIONAL LEGAL NOTICES

  1. This LinkedIn Page is presented by Sterling State Bank on LinkedIn.com. An unaffiliated third party owns LinkedIn.com ("LinkedIn"). When visiting Sterling State Bank's LinkedIn Page you are subject to LinkedIn's terms of service and privacy policy, these Guidelines, our privacy policy, and any other agreement between you and Sterling State Bank. You may review LinkedIn's terms of service and privacy policy at https://www.linkedin.com/legal/user-agreement. Sterling State Bank reserves the right to amend these Guidelines, our privacy policy, and general internet use policy at any time without notice.
  2. By posting comments, posts, tagged photos, videos, ideas, or any other content in our LinkedIn Page, you are granting Sterling State Bank and its corporate affiliates the nonexclusive worldwide rights to republish, redistribute, or otherwise use this content in perpetuity in any way we see fit. This includes, but is not limited to, marketing and advertising materials.
  3. By posting on our LinkedIn Page you agree to defend, indemnify, and hold Sterling State Bank and its corporate affiliates harmless from and against any and all losses, claims, damages, attorney's fees, settlements, costs, and liabilities of any nature whatsoever, arising as a result of, or in any way connected with your posting of any content to our LinkedIn Page and any breach or infringement of any copyright, patent, trademark, trade secret, intellectual property, or other proprietary rights, or right of publicity or privacy.
  4. Our LinkedIn Page may not be used for the submission of any credit application, request for credit, claim, demand, informal or formal complaint, or any other form of legal and/or administrative notice or process, or for the exhaustion of any legal and/or administrative remedy or to place us on notice regarding the foregoing.
  5. Sterling State Bank reserves the right to ban any user from its LinkedIn Page without notice or consent. Any comment(s) posted which we deem to be criminal in nature, or instigates or implies violence toward oneself or another may be reported to the proper authorities.
  6. The information contained on this website is for informational purposes only and does not constitute the rendering of financial, investment, consulting, legal, accounting, tax, career, or other advice or services on any topic or issue. The information contained on our LinkedIn Page should not be relied upon by you for making any accounting, financial, business, investment, insurance, legal, tax, career or other personal or business decisions, or otherwise be considered a substitute for consultation with professional advisors on these topics or issues.
  7. Our LinkedIn Page may contain links to third-party websites. These links are provided only as a convenience. The inclusion of any link does not imply an affiliation, sponsorship, endorsement, approval, or verification by Sterling State Bank of any information, service, or product contained in said sites. In no event shall Sterling State Bank be responsible for the information contained in these sites or your use or reliance upon any information, service, or product, which results in a loss of any kind to you or any other third party. You should further be aware the terms and conditions of such sites and the sites' privacy policy and security might be different from those applicable to your use of our LinkedIn Page or website.
  8. You acknowledge and agree Sterling State Bank, along with our services providers, licensors and suppliers, own all rights and title to our LinkedIn Page and the content, design, and works of authorship displayed therein along with all trademarks, copyrights, and service marks contained therein, unless otherwise indicated. You are authorized to view such information and materials only for your own informational purposes and may not copy, distribute, disseminate, sell, reproduce, display, link to, license, create derivative works of or republish our LinkedIn Page or any portion thereof for any commercial or public purpose without Sterling State Bank's prior express written consent.
  9. By posting or by using Sterling State Bank's LinkedIn Page in any manner, you acknowledge having read and agree to be bound by these Guidelines without any conditions, restrictions, or limitations. Sterling State Bank in its sole discretion and without notice may and will change the terms, conditions, and provisions set forth herein. You are responsible for reviewing these Guidelines each time you post or use our LinkedIn Page. Your continued use of our LinkedIn Page represents your acknowledgement and acceptance of these Guidelines as they may be amended from time to time. If you do not fully accept and agree with these Guidelines then you may not post or use our LinkedIn Page in any manner.

STERLING STATE BANK'S FACEBOOK PAGE GUIDELINES

Welcome to Sterling State Bank's Facebook Page. We invite you to communicate with us and other customers in order to share your thoughts, insights, and views about Sterling State Bank and our services. If you have customer service questions, we invite you to email us at [email protected] or call our customer service department at 1-866-396-6800.

We want your visit to our Facebook Page to be a positive experience and request you abide by the following Guidelines.

COMMENT AND POSTING POLICY

Sterling State Bank reserves the right in its sole discretion to prohibit, remove, restrict, edit, modify, or reformat any comments or content submitted to its Facebook Page. This specifically includes, but is not limited to, any comments or content, which we deem to be:

  1. Content containing confidential or proprietary business/personal information or personally identifying information, such as addresses, phone numbers, social security numbers, or other sensitive information;
  2. Slanderous, libelous, malicious, offensive, obscene, threatening, profane, or discourteous;
  3. Promoting, fostering, or perpetuating discrimination on the basis of race, creed, color, age, religion, gender, marital status, status with regard to public assistance, national origin, physical or mental disability or sexual orientation, or any other form of discrimination;
  4. Off topic, repetitive in nature, or posted by the same user under different aliases;
  5. Advertising;
  6. Encouraging illegal, harmful, or offensive activity;
  7. Promoting a competitor or a competitive product or service;
  8. Promoting a political message;
  9. Content violating a legal ownership interest of any other party, such as a copyright, patent, trademark, intellectual property, or trade secret; and
  10. Spam or content containing or linking to any kind of virus, malware, spyware, or similar program that could cause harm to a user's computer.

MODERATION

Our employees moderate our Facebook Page only during our regular posted banking hours. In order to promote compliance with these Guidelines, Sterling State Bank may not allow "real time" posting. We have put this limitation into place in an attempt to limit the dissemination of harmful or offensive content and any private/confidential information you may inadvertently place in your posts. However, no system is infallible and you should never post your private/confidential information, such as social security number, account number, date of birth, telephone numbers, email address, or other similar information. As to any harmful or offensive content, please remember the views, opinions, and experiences expressed by users are solely those of the author and do not necessarily reflect the views or opinions of Sterling State Bank or its employees. When we discover or become aware of harmful and offensive content, we will endeavor to remove it as soon as possible. If you discover any harmful or offensive content, please contact our customer service department. When we limit real time posting, Sterling State Bank will attempt to review all posts and comments to ensure they comply with our Guidelines within two business days of the initial posting.

CUSTOMER SERVICE INQUIRIES

If you are an existing customer with a question about a Sterling State Bank account or service, you should contact our customer service department at 1-866-396-6800 or by email at [email protected]. Please be aware you should never provide and we will never ask you for your confidential/private information on Facebook or any other public forum. If we require additional information regarding a question or concern raised by you on Facebook, we may attempt to contact you offline. This means you may receive a telephone call or a request from Sterling State Bank to contact us privately. We do this in order to protect the confidentiality of your information and to help address your questions as quickly and effectively as possible.

ADDITIONAL LEGAL NOTICES

  1. This Facebook Page is presented by Sterling State Bank on Facebook.com. An unaffiliated third party owns facebook.com ("Facebook"). When visiting Sterling State Bank's Facebook Page you are subject to Facebook's terms of service and privacy policy, these Guidelines, our privacy policy, and any other agreement between you and Sterling State Bank. You may review Facebook's terms of service and privacy policy at https://www.facebook.com/terms.php. Sterling State Bank reserves the right to amend these Guidelines, our privacy policy, and general internet use policy at any time without notice.
  2. By posting comments, posts, tagged photos, videos, ideas, or any other content in our Facebook Page, you are granting Sterling State Bank and its corporate affiliates the nonexclusive worldwide rights to republish, redistribute, or otherwise use this content in perpetuity in any way we see fit. This includes, but is not limited to, marketing and advertising materials.
  3. By posting on our Facebook Page you agree to defend, indemnify, and hold Sterling State Bank and its corporate affiliates harmless from and against any and all losses, claims, damages, attorney's fees, settlements, costs, and liabilities of any nature whatsoever, arising as a result of, or in any way connected with your posting of any content to our Facebook Page and any breach or infringement of any copyright, patent, trademark, trade secret, intellectual property, or other proprietary rights, or right of publicity or privacy.
  4. Our Facebook Page may not be used for the submission of any credit application, request for credit, claim, demand, informal or formal complaint, or any other form of legal and/or administrative notice or process, or for the exhaustion of any legal and/or administrative remedy or to place us on notice regarding the foregoing.
  5. Sterling State Bank reserves the right to ban any user from its Facebook Page without notice or consent. Any comment(s) posted which we deem to be criminal in nature, or instigates or implies violence toward oneself or another may be reported to the proper authorities.
  6. The information contained on this website is for informational purposes only and does not constitute the rendering of financial, investment, consulting, legal, accounting, tax, career, or other advice or services on any topic or issue. The information contained on our Facebook Page should not be relied upon by you for making any accounting, financial, business, investment, insurance, legal, tax, career or other personal or business decisions, or otherwise be considered a substitute for consultation with professional advisors on these topics or issues.
  7. Our Facebook Page may contain links to third-party websites. These links are provided only as a convenience. The inclusion of any link does not imply an affiliation, sponsorship, endorsement, approval, or verification by Sterling State Bank of any information, service, or product contained in said sites. In no event shall Sterling State Bank be responsible for the information contained in these sites or your use or reliance upon any information, service, or product, which results in a loss of any kind to you or any other third party. You should further be aware the terms and conditions of such sites and the sites' privacy policy and security might be different from those applicable to your use of our Facebook Page or website.
  8. You acknowledge and agree Sterling State Bank, along with our services providers, licensors and suppliers, own all rights and title to our Facebook Page and the content, design, and works of authorship displayed therein along with all trademarks, copyrights, and service marks contained therein, unless otherwise indicated. You are authorized to view such information and materials only for your own informational purposes and may not copy, distribute, disseminate, sell, reproduce, display, link to, license, create derivative works of or republish our Facebook Page or any portion thereof for any commercial or public purpose without Sterling State Bank's prior express written consent.
  9. By posting or by using Sterling State Bank's Facebook Page in any manner, you acknowledge having read and agree to be bound by these Guidelines without any conditions, restrictions, or limitations. Sterling State Bank in its sole discretion and without notice may and will change the terms, conditions, and provisions set forth herein. You are responsible for reviewing these Guidelines each time you post or use our Facebook Page. Your continued use of our Facebook Page represents your acknowledgement and acceptance of these Guidelines as they may be amended from time to time. If you do not fully accept and agree with these Guidelines then you may not post or use our Facebook Page in any manner.