The perfect secure password is easy to remember, but difficult for outsiders to guess. Keep these tips in mind when creating your User ID and Password.

You should:

• Review the current Citibank Vulgar Language Policy.
• Make your User ID and Password two distinct entries.
• Make your User ID and Password different from the Security Word you provided when you applied for your card.
• Use phrases that combine spaces and words (i.e., "An apple a day"). NOTE: 1 space only between each word or character.

You should not:

• Use your name.
• Use multiple consecutive spaces.
• Use more than three consecutive or sequential digits unless your User ID is an email address (i.e. 1111 or 1234).
• Use a single word that can be found in the dictionary.
• Use something readily identifiable, such as your name, birthday, spouse or child's name, Social Security Number, phone number or street address. These can be traced directly to you and are easy for potential hackers to guess.
• Use letters or numbers that are near each other on the keyboard (i.e. hjkl;).
• Share your information with anyone — ever.

Need more suggestions? Have some fun and try one of these formulas:

• Choose a meaningful phrase with 6-8 words in it (e.g. we bought our home 9 years ago) and take the first character of each word to make your password: wboh9ya.
• Insert two digits into a word (e.g. Decem51ber).
• Replace the vowels or other letters in a short phrase with numbers or other characters.
• Misspell a word, drop some letters, add other characters, or make up crazy words using symbols instead of vowels or consonants.
• Drop the vowels in a long word (e.g. ‘corporation’ would be crptn). Even better, add some numbers (e.g. 2crptn9).

Email Privacy

At Citi Cards, we are dedicated to protecting your privacy. We want you to feel comfortable about giving us your email address. The following Email Policy was developed to help you understand how we use email and what your choices are.

How We Use Email

When you give us your email address, we may then send you emails on a variety of subjects, such as:
• General notices or important news about your account (rest assured your account number would never be included)
• Updates on special deals and offers that might interest you
• Opportunities to provide feedback or complete online surveys, so you can tell us what you think.

Your Choices

We believe you should be able to choose what kinds of information you receive. Thus, if you do not want to receive marketing material by email, just indicate your preference on your email profile. If you do so, please note that you could continue to receive some marketing information until your request is processed.

Important Note:

Please keep in mind that Citi reserves the right to continue to notify you by email regarding your account.

To enroll in paperless for your account, start by reading the terms and conditions below. You are agreeing to receive your statements electronically only and some of your legal notices electronically only.

Enrollment in Credit Card Paperless Statements and E-Communications

We send cardholders various types of legal notices, including notices of increases or decreases in credit lines, privacy notices, account updates and statements. Currently, we can provide some of these legal notices, including statements, electronically. We are working towards being able to provide all of these legal notices electronically. When we are able to provide all legal notices electronically, we will notify you by email.

In the meantime, if you choose to receive legal notices electronically, you will need to monitor both your U.S. postal mailbox and your email inbox for legal notices.

To receive your legal notices electronically, your computer must be capable of printing or storing email, web pages and documents in PDF format and your browser must meet minimum system requirements.

Minimum System Requirements

Your privacy and security are important to us. That is why we require you to use a browser with 128-bit security encryption to proceed with your application. This protection helps to ensure that the information you send and receive will remain confidential.

Getting Paper Copies

If you choose to receive legal notices and statements electronically and then want a paper notice, call us at the number on the back of your card and we will mail it to you.

Updating Email Address

We will send notifications regarding the availability of your statement online and legal notices to the email address you provided to us until you contact us to change it. It is your responsibility to update promptly any changes in this information. If your email address changes, please update it through Account Online or call us at the number on the back of your card.

Credit Card Paperless Statements and E-Communications Authorization

I agree to receive my billing statements and other legal notices electronically as available. I understand that when I receive an electronic notice it will replace a paper copy. I also understand that I will need to check both my U.S. postal mailbox and email inbox for legal notices until you let me know by email that all legal notices will be sent electronically.

You will receive paperless notifications at the email address currently associated with your account.

By providing your phone number, you agree that we or our service providers can contact you at that number by text message, artificial voice, pre-recorded or autodialed calls. Your phone plan charges may apply.

If you are currently enrolled in Alerts for your account, any updates you make to your phone number in your profile will also update the phone number your alerts are sent to.

To enroll in paperless for your account, start by reading the terms and conditions below. You are agreeing to receive your statements electronically only and some of your legal notices electronically only. If you do not wish to enroll, choose Cancel and deselect the Paperless Statements and Letters checkbox.

Enrollment in Credit Card Paperless Statements and E-Communications

We send cardholders various types of legal notices, including notices of increases or decreases in credit lines, privacy notices, account updates and statements. Currently, we can provide some of these legal notices, including statements, electronically. We are working towards being able to provide all of these legal notices electronically. When we are able to provide all legal notices electronically, we will notify you by email. In the meantime, if you choose to receive legal notices electronically, you will need to monitor both your U.S. postal mailbox and your email inbox for legal notices.

To receive your legal notices electronically, your computer must be capable of printing or storing email, web pages and documents in PDF format and your browser must meet minimum system requirements.

Minimum System Requirements

Your privacy and security are important to us. That is why we require you to use a browser with 128-bit security encryption to proceed with your application. This protection helps to ensure that the information you send and receive will remain confidential.

Getting Paper Copies

If you choose to receive legal notices and statements electronically and then want a paper notice, call us at the number on the back of your card and we will mail it to you.

Cancelling Paperless Statements and E-Communications

You may cancel through account online or by calling us at the number on the back of your card.

Updating Email Address

We will send notifications regarding the availability of your statement online and legal notices to the email address you provided to us until you contact us to change it. It is your responsibility to update promptly any changes in this information. If your email address changes, please update it through Account Online or call us at the number on the back of your card.

Credit Card Paperless Statements and E-Communications Authorization

I agree to receive my billing statements and other legal notices electronically as available. I understand that when I receive an electronic notice it will replace a paper copy. I also understand that I will need to check both my U.S. postal mailbox and email inbox for legal notices until you let me know by email that all legal notices will be sent electronically.

You will receive paperless notifications at the email address currently associated with your account.

The alerting service allows you to request and receive messages about your credit card account(s).

Subject to the terms and conditions of your Internet service provider or mobile carrier, you may receive alerts from us via email sent to computers and/or mobile phones (supported by certain mobile phone carriers only), as well as text messages sent to your mobile phone. As a condition to using and receiving Account Alerts, you consent to receiving, from us, automatically dialed text messages on your mobile phone at the mobile phone number you provide. If you have any questions regarding privacy, please read our privacy policy.

Alerts are effective as soon as you set them up in Account Online. You accept that each alert may not be encrypted, and may include your name and information pertaining to your account(s).

Receipt of each alert may be delayed, or prevented by factors affecting your Internet service provider, mobile carrier, and/or other factors outside of our control. Neither we, nor our affiliates, will be liable for losses or damages arising from (a) non-delivery, delayed delivery, or misdirected delivery of an alert; (b) inaccurate or incomplete content in an alert; or (c) your use or reliance on the contents of any alert for any purposes.

We reserve the right to terminate the alerting service, in whole or in part, at any time without notice. The information in any alert may be subject to certain time lags and/or delays. The types and timing of your alerts will be managed by you, and the alerts may be stopped or suspended by you at any time.

Authorization

By enrolling in, or editing wireless alerts you previously enrolled in, you agree to the Terms and Conditions.

Note: No funds will be transferred at this time. Setting up Online Bill Payment authorizes your bank to transfer funds from your account only when you complete a payment request each month.

Enrollment or Changing Bank Account

You can make an Online Payment once you enroll. Your payment will credit to your account as described in the paragraph titled "Same Day Crediting". If you use a bank account for the first time, we may hold the available line of credit equal to the payment for up to 3 business days.

Payments

You can only make one online payment per day. You may schedule future payments as far as 45 days in the future.

If you do not make one Online Payment at least once every eighteen (18) months, you may have to re-register your bank account as though using it for the first time.

If a scheduled payment exceeds the current balance at the time of execution, you agree that we will reduce the scheduled payment amount to the amount of your current balance.

Same Day Crediting

The payment cutoff time for Online Bill and Phone Payments is midnight ET. This means we will credit your account as of the calendar day, based on Eastern Time, that we received your payment request. If we receive your request to make an online payment after that time, we will credit your payment as of the next day.

Any payment made on a weekend or holiday will be applied as of the day you make it. However, it will not be posted until the next business day.

Please note that there may be a delay between the time your payment is posted and the amount of your available credit is updated.

If any electronic payment is returned unpaid by your financial institution for any reason, we may charge, and you agree to pay, a returned payment fee. You may also be charged a late fee based on the terms and conditions of your Card Agreement. Subsequent scheduled payments may also be canceled.

Authorization

By authorizing Online Bill Pay, I authorize Citibank, N.A. to initiate an electronic payment from my bank account and I authorize my bank to honor the withdrawal. This authority is for my My Best Buy® Credit Card account noted above and is to remain in effect until canceled in writing by Citibank, N.A., my financial institution, or me.