HEALTHCONNECT
SYSTEM’S PRIVACY POLICY
We know that you care how your information is used, and we
appreciate your trust that we will use it carefully and sensibly. This notice
describes our privacy policy for consumer users of our Individual and Family plan
website. By visiting us, you are accepting the privacy policy described below.
1.
What Personal Information Do We Collect?
Information
You Provide. We
receive and store information you enter. For example, when you log in or
personal information to run a quote (gender, date of birth, etc), or when you
supply information such as your employee’s address, phone number, email address
and other identifying information. You can choose not to provide certain
information, but then you might not be able to take advantage of some of our
features.
Information
Provided by Your Employer. We receive
and store information provided by employers about their business and employees
such as employee identifying information, employer documents, medical
applications, etc. Employers can choose
not to provide certain information, but then they might not be able to take
advantage of some of our databases and functionality.
Cookies. Like many websites, we use
"cookies". A cookie is a small file that we transfer to your hard drive
that allows us to recognize you and grant access to the application. The file
contains no personal information about you nor is it used to collect
information about you. It serves only to recognize that you have used the
application in the past. You may
configure your browser so that you are notified before a cookie is downloaded
or so that your browser does not accept cookies.
2.
How Do We Use Your Information?
To Provide You an Accurate
Quote. We need personal information in order
to provide you with the most accurate quote possible. In most markets, date of birth and gender for
you and covered family members are required to determine the appropriate rate
for the available insurance products.
Personal information may be used by your chosen insurance agent to
follow up on your request for a quote.
All of the data you enter will be seen by the insurance agent with whom
you accessed our quoting site through their website.
To Facilitate Processing of COBRA,
Payroll, Flexible Spending Account Administration and other Human
Resource-Related Events. We need personal information in order to provide you administration of
payroll processing, COBRA processing and other Human Resource-related
administration duties.
To Facilitate Processing of Your
Application. If you enroll online we may provide the chosen
insurance carrier information entered on this site to facilitate the processing
of your application.
Customization. We use your information to better
serve you by providing a customized quoting experience.
Business
Transfers. As we
continue to develop our business, we might sell or buy assets. In such
transactions, customer information generally is one of the transferred business
assets. In the event that we are acquired, customer information will be one of
the transferred assets.
Aggregate Quoting
Reports:
Company may sell information about or distribute reports on aggregated quoting and
other activity on HealthConnect as long as (a) Client’s quoting activity is not
specifically identified and does not comprise more than 33% of any activity in
any report. No user-identifying
information will be used in this manner.
Law
Enforcement. If we
receive a lawful court order to release account or other personal information
then we will comply with the law. We will also release information when
necessary to protect the life, safety or property of others. This includes
exchanging information with other companies and organizations for fraud
protection.
Contacts by
HealthConnect Employees.
Persons who supply us with their telephone numbers or email addresses on-line
may receive telephone contact from us with information regarding new products
and services or upcoming events. If you do not wish to receive such telephone
calls, please let us know by sending us at marketing@healthconnectsystems.com, or
calling us at (877)805-2828 ext 250. Please provide us with your name, company
name, and phone number
3. How Do We Protect the Security of Your
Information?
Your contact
information as well as the personal information you enter can be viewed by
officials at the Insurance Agency that is licensing the application you are
using. Access to that information is password-protected. At your request we
will tell you who those officials are.
Certain
HealthConnect employees also have access to your contact information and will
only view this information for testing and maintenance purposes. It is
important for you to protect against unauthorized access to your password and
to your computer. Be sure to sign off when finished using a shared computer.
However, we automatically sign you off after 20 minutes of inactivity.
No system can
guarantee absolute security, just as the finest lock can not guarantee physical
security. However, we take every reasonable precaution to assure that your data
is secure.
4. Other Websites
Various Web sites may be linked to from this site. If you link to another site,
your privacy depends on the policy of that site. We strongly urge you to check
their privacy policy. Not all sites guarantee that they will not share your
personally identifiable information with others. You may also wish to consult
privacy guidelines such as those recommended by the Online Privacy Alliance
(www.privacyalliance.org).
Affiliated HealthConnect Services on other sites – We
offer some of our services on or through other web sites (both ours and our
partners). Personal information that you provide to those sites may be sent to HealthConnect
or HealthConnect Partners’ sites in order to deliver the service. We process
such information under this Privacy Policy. The affiliated sites through which
our services are offered may have different privacy practices and we encourage
you to read their privacy policies.
5. Contact Us
If you would like to learn more about our privacy policy you may contact us at
webmaster@healthconnectsystems.com. You will be required to provide identifier
information to assure that this information is not released to others. When we
receive formal written complaints at this address, it is HealthConnect’s policy
to contact the complaining user regarding his or her concerns. We will
cooperate with the appropriate regulatory authorities, including local data
protection authorities, to resolve any complaints regarding the transfer of
personal data that cannot be resolved between HealthConnect and an individual.
We reserve the right to modify this policy in the future. If we do so, a
notice will be posted on the site.
Revised 8/20/2009