Privacy Statement

The Firemen’s Annuity and Benefit Fund of Chicago (“the Fund”) is committed to maintaining your online privacy. The Fund’s online Privacy Statement applies to data collected from the Fund’s website.

We do not collect personal information without your permission. Any information that you volunteer, or that we send to you in response to a website inquiry, is transferred using industry standard encryption technologies.

Never share usernames and passwords with anyone to protect against unauthorized access to your on-line accounts. Never share more information than what is required to complete a transaction. For more information about being safe online, visit the U.S. Department of Homeland Security’s Stop. Think. Connect.

Please be aware that fraudulent email scams called "phishing" have been increasing in frequency. "Phishing" involves a victim receiving an e-mail appearing to be from a legitimate business. The "from" line is often forged and the e-mail usually contains authentic looking graphics making it appear to be legitimate. The email may also contain what appears to be a legitimate link to that organization (e.g., fabf.gov). When the victim clicks on this link, they are then taken to what appears to be a legitimate looking website. Criminals can even make your browser's address bar contain the address of the legitimate organization even though the website is a forgery. Victims are then encouraged to enter personal information including credit card numbers and expiration dates.

The Fund will not request confidential personal or financial information from our members via an unsolicited email. The Fund will also never send you an unsolicited e-mail containing a link to a third-party website where confidential personal or financial information is requested. If you receive such an email, purportedly from the Fund, you are encouraged to immediately contact info@fabf.org. For more general information about "phishing" visit the Federal Trade Commission web site.
If you send the Fund an email or provide your email contact, to request information, submit data, submit questions or comments about our programs or services, or to access or obtain such Fund services or Pension Code benefits, we do collect your email address and any other information that you optionally provide [such as address and phone number]. We do this to improve our services.

Data Sharing

The Fund understands the value of personal information and works to protect the personal information of our members. The Fund does not sell or rent data, including personally identifiable information.

As a governmental entity in the State of Illinois, the Fund is subject to the Local Records Act, which defines how records should be managed. Further, almost all information that government entities, including the Fund, collect are subject to public disclosure request. This ensures that the public can find out what information has been collected about them and provide a way to know more about how our government operates. The State of Illinois Freedom of Information Act outlines legal requirements that govern requests for government records, and specifies which records are exempt.

Links to other Web Sites

This site contains links to other sites. The Fund is not responsible for the privacy practices or the content of such sites. You should check the privacy policy of each of these sites if you have concerns about how they handle personally identifiable information.

Telephone calls

Individuals may contact the Fund via phone for certain services. The phone system automatically logs the phone number and other characteristics of calls. It is not possible to opt-out of this collection.

LAST UPDATED DECEMBER 2023

Disclaimer – ID.me and (NEW) Member Portal

While the Fund endeavors to direct you to helpful, trustworthy resources, the Fund cannot endorse, approve, or guarantee software, information, products, or services provided by or at a third-party resource such as ID.me. Thus, the Fund is not responsible for the content or accuracy of ID.me or for any loss or damage of any sort resulting from your use of, or for any failure of, products or services provided at or from the ID.me software.

When you use a third-party resource such as ID.me, you will be subject to its terms and licenses and no longer be protected by our privacy policy or security practices, which may differ from the third policy or practices or other terms. You should familiarize yourself with any license or use terms of, and the privacy policy and security practices of, ID.me, which will govern your use of that resource.

The use of the ID.me links on this website is done at your own risk and with the agreement that you will be solely responsible for any damage to your computer system or loss or compromise of your data that may occur from your use of the ID.me software. You are solely responsible for adequate protection and backup of the data and equipment used in connection with your use of the ID.me link, and the Fund will not be liable for any damages that you may suffer connection with downloading, installing, using, modifying, or distributing such software. No advice or information, whether oral or written, obtained by you from the Fund shall create any warranty for the ID.me software.

In no event shall we be liable to you or any third parties for any special, punitive, incidental, indirect or consequential damages of any kind, or any damages whatsoever, including, without limitation, those resulting from loss of use, lost data or profits, or any liability, arising out of or in connection with the use of this ID.me software.

Additionally, the Fund makes no warranty that:

• The ID.me software will meet your requirements.
• The ID.me software will be uninterrupted, timely, secure or error-free.
• The results from the use of the ID.me software will be effective, accurate or reliable.
• The quality of the ID.me software will meet your expectations.