Thank you for visiting the American Bancshares Corporation (ABC) web site and for reviewing our privacy policy. The ABC policy on the collection of personal information is as follows:

Unless you provide additional information, ABC collects only the following information as you browse through the ABC web site

:· the domain name and browser you use to access the Internet
:· the date and time of your visit
:· the pages you visited
:· the address of the web site you visited immediately prior to visiting the

ABC collects this information for statistical purposes and for evaluating the web site to make it more useful to visitors.

If you send an e-mail message to ABC or complete a questionnaire, form, or other online survey found on the ABC web site, ABC will maintain the information in accordance with applicable federal law.

ABC does not disclose, give, sell, or transfer any personal information about ABC web site visitors unless required for law enforcement or otherwise required by law.

For site security purposes and to ensure that this service remains available to all users, ABC employs software programs to identify unauthorized attempts to upload or change information, or otherwise cause damage.

Certain pages on the ABC web site may use "cookies", which are small amounts of information stored by your web browser software on your workstation. In most cases, this information is temporary in nature (called session cookies) and is deleted as soon as you leave the ABC web site. The use of temporary cookies is solely for the purpose of allowing the user to interact with the ABC web site in an effective manner. In a few cases, the ABC web site may use cookies to store information for a longer period than the current session (persistent cookie).

As noted above, in no case does ABC disclose, give, sell, or transfer any personal information about ABC web site visitors unless required for law enforcement or otherwise required by law.