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HBI Insurance Services, Inc.
Consumer
Privacy Policy
Effective Date: April, 2006
HBI appreciates the trust you place in us when you purchase
insurance from one of our companies. We are committed to
protecting your nonpublic personal information ("personal
information") and we value you as a customer.
To learn more about how HBI collects and uses your personal
information, please read the following notice.
HBI's sources of information about you
We collect personal information about you from different
sources, including:
- The information you provide on applications or other forms
(such as your name, address and Social Security number)
- Your transactions with us, our affiliates or others (such
as your payment history and claims information)
- The information we receive from a consumer reporting agency
or insurance support organization (such as your credit
history, driving record or claims history)
- Your independent insurance distributor (such as updated
information pertaining to your account)
HBI's use of your personal information
We only disclose personal information about our customers
and former customers as permitted by law. Generally, this
includes disclosures to third parties to effect, administer
or enforce your transactions with us, or in connection
with servicing your insurance policy. These third parties
may
include our partners, independent contractors (such
as automobile repair facilities and property inspectors),
independent claims representatives, insurance support organizations,
auditors, attorneys, courts and government agencies. We
may also disclose your personal information to other financial
institutions with whom we have joint marketing agreements.
Before disclosing your personal information, we require
these
parties to enter into an agreement with us that includes
a confidentiality provision.
We may also share information about our transactions
(such as payment history and products purchased) and
experiences
(such as claims made) with you within our HBI family of
companies.
HBI does not sell your personal information to others
and we do not provide your information to third parties for
their own marketing purposes.
Information about HBI web site
Information collected:
We collect personal information (for example, name, address,
e-mail address) on our web site only when you voluntarily
provide it to us. Only your domain is recognized when you
visit our web site; your individual e-mail address is not.
Information sharing and use:
HBI does not sell information about you to others. If
you only browse our web site and do not supply any information,
you will not receive unsolicited e-mail, telephone calls,
or other marketing materials from HBI as a result of
your visit.
Information Collected When You Visit this Website:
When visiting this website, our server automatically collects
and stores the following information about your visit:
- The Internet Protocol address and domain name of your Internet
service provider. The Internet Protocol address is a numerical
identifier assigned either to your Internet service provider
or directly to your computer, which can be used to direct
Internet traffic to you
- The type of browser and operating system you used
- The date and time you visited this site
- The web pages or services you accessed at this site
- The URL or web site address of the web site you visited
prior to coming to this website and from which any web
page on
this site was linked. This information is used to improve
this website's content and to help us understand
how people are using this website. This information is collected
for statistical analysis, to determine what information is
of most and of least interest to our visitors, and to identify
system performance or problem areas. The information is not
collected for commercial marketing purposes and HBI
does not sell or distribute the information collected from
the Portal for commercial marketing purposes.
Browsers & Security:
HBI has security measures in place
to protect the loss, misuse, and alteration of
information. Our
servers are located in the United States of America and are
designed to prevent unauthorized access.
Links to other sites:
HBIInsurance.com contains links to other web sites. These
other web sites are not under HBI's direct control, and
they
may collect information about you that HBI does not.
We are not responsible for the privacy practices or the
content of linked web sites.
Your medical information
If HBI obtains medical information about you, it is done
only in connection with specific claims.
We will not use or share personally identifiable medical
information for any purpose other than the administration
of your claim or as otherwise disclosed to you when the
information is collected.
Reviewing Your Information
You can request
a copy of the information about you that we have in our
files to review it for completeness and accuracy. Your
request must be in writing. Within 30 business days (or
as required by law) of receiving your written request, we
will send you the
information.
Changes to this Statement
Please be aware that we may periodically
update or revise this Statement. Please check our Consumer
Privacy Statement
frequently for changes. |