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PRIVACY STATEMENT FOR: www.pwlinsurance.com
Welcome to Putnam White Lewis Insurance Agency, we have created this privacy statement in order to demonstrate our firm commitment to protecting your privacy. The following discloses for both current and former clients, our information gathering, dissemination practices, and data protection for this web site: www.putnamins.com. We provide one copy of this notice to joint policy of contract holders; please share this information with everyone covered by your policy.
We use your IP address to help diagnose problems with our server, and to administer our web site. Your IP address is also used to help identify you and your interests. We also gather broad demographic information for assisting us with making our site user friendly and to offer information that meets people’s needs with regard to the products we offer. If you request information about our products, we have information forms that need completing for us to reply with correct information for you as explained below. Users may opt-out of receiving information and news items sent or other contacts by noting the choice/opt-out section below. Our opt-out choice would not apply to normal and accepted activities that would involve the proper administration of your account, or otherwise required or specifically permitted by federal or state law.
Our information forms & applications
Our site's information forms require users to give us contact information like their social security number, financial information, current insurance policy information, and demographic information like addresses, phone numbers, email addresses, household information as to residences income level, and likes and dislike as to risk management. We use this contact and financial information to assist us in identifying you and to determine your qualifications for the correct products and pricing for products that we offer that will meet your needs which you request information on or that you may assume we will give you because of the nature of our business and or relationship with you. This information is also used to help us properly administrate your accounts with us. For example we need account information to transact payments and such with you. Users may opt-out of receiving information and news items sent to our clients or other contacts by noting the choice/opt-out section below. Your choice to opt-out could make it difficult for us to service your account with us to your satisfaction.
Supplementation information
This site supplements the information that you provide with information that is received or gathered from third parties, as credit reporting agencies, motor vehicle records, former insurance companies, The Medical Information Bureau, financial institutions, employers, health providers, and such other parties as needed for proper account administration, reporting, investigating, or preventing fraud or material misrepresentation, processing premiums, processing insurance claims, administering insurance benefits (including utilization review activities) participating in research projects, or otherwise required or specifically permitted by federal or state law.
Information we disclose to third parties
We know that the security of your information is so important to you, therefore, we do not sell or give information to a nonaffiliated third party for use in telemarketing, direct mail, or electronic marketing whether or not an opt out has been provided. There are exceptions to sharing your information:
· With consumer reporting agencies to collect data, insurance companies affiliated with Putnam Insurance Agency, financial service providers, such as mortgage lenders and brokers, to prove coverage certification.
· Governmental or quasi-governmental entities, such as state insurance departments to protect against fraud, guaranty funds or rate advisory organizations.
· Independent contractors, such as technical system consultants, who program our software or maintain our systems to help us administer their security and integrity.
· Companies who we have retained to provide services on our behalf or companies whe have retained to administer your policy or account. For instance we may provide a body shop or contractor your name, address, phone number, and policy coverages to hasten the repair and claim process.
· Other third parties otherwise required or specifically permitted by federal or state law to assist us in the administration, service, and underwriting of your accounts, reporting, investigating, or preventing fraud or material misrepresentation, processing premiums, processing insurance claims, administering insurance benefits (including utilization review activities), and participating in research projects.
Cookies
This site does not use cookies in our relationship with our users.
Children's Security
We strive to protect the integrity of provided information and its use for this site's intended use to support proper business dealing and as such this site is not aimed at use for children. We encourage parents to be actively involved in their children's activities with this site since we are concerned that if children were using this site and requesting information it's integrity could not be valid. We therefore monitor information that comes and goes on this site with this protection in mind as a concerned parent and business owner.
Security of your information
This site has security measures in place to protect the confidentiality of customer and consumer information and data, its loss, misuse and alteration of the information under our control. We want to assure you that any information that we gather is used strictly to affect, administer, or enforce a transaction requested or authorized by you. This includes: limiting nonpublic personal information to employees who need the information in order to perform their job duties in servicing your accounts, maintaining user passwords, and protecting information through security enhancing software, such as virus and intrusion detection software. We back up the data several different ways so as to protect the integrity of it. We do not sell or give information or data to a nonaffiliated third party for use in telemarketing, direct mail, or electronic marketing whether or not an opt out has been provided. If we change our policy, we will give you a supplemental notice with instructions on how you may opt out of this information sharing.
Correct/update of data and information
We encourage your participation in periodical reviews of your records with us so that we know that your data and information is correct. This will assist us in properly administrating your accounts and make sure your products are meeting your needs, and are at the correct pricing for you. We all deal with change in our lives and with our busy living often forget to relay these to those that assist us with events and matters of our life. Thank you for your concern and attention in working us on this. This will help us to have a growing and beneficial relationship with you.
This site gives users the following options for changing and modifying information previously provided.
- Email: pia@putnamins.com with the corrections or a request to meet with us.
- Call the following number 614-267-1269 with the corrections or a request to meet with us.
- Periodically we will notify you that we would like to meet with you to review your data and update it.
Choice/opt-Out
Our site provides users the opportunity to opt-out of receiving communications from our business, related partners, and affiliates at the point where we request information about the visitor.
This site also gives users the following options for removing their information from our database so not to receive future communication or to no longer receive our services if they have chosen not to do business with our firm.
This site also gives users the opportunity of opt-out if they have purchased any of our products or services as to sharing your nonpublic personal information with a third party or nonaffiliated party, except or otherwise required or specifically permitted by federal or state law for the proper administration of your account with our firm.
- You can send an email stating your requested opt-out choice to: pia@putnamins.com.
- You can call us toll free at 614-267-1269 and request a similar opt-out choice.
Links to other web sites
This web site provides links to external web sites maintained by individuals or organizations external to Putnam Insurance Agency. Once you access information that links you to another Web site, you are subject to the privacy policy of that web site, containing the information you have linked to.
Contacting the web site
If you have any questions about this privacy statement, the practices of this site, or your dealing with this Web site, you can contact us at.
Putnam White Lewis Insurance Agency, Inc.
P.O. Box 14319
4161 N. High St.
Columbus, Ohio 43214
Telephone: 614-267-1269
Fax: 614-267-6380
Email: pia@putnamins.com
Changes to this site
www.putnamins.com reserves the right to make changes to this privacy policy at any time and requests that you review this policy for updates.
Last updated 05/08/02
© Putnam White Lewis Insurance Agency, Inc. 2002 All rights reserved
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