| Privacy Policy Notice | ||||||||||
| PURPOSE OF THIS NOTICE | ||||||||||
| Title V of the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act (GLBA) and the laws of the State of California generally prohibit us from sharing | ||||||||||
| nonpublic personal information about you with a third party unless we provide you with this notice of our privacy policies | ||||||||||
| and practices describing the type of information that we collect about you and the categories of persons or entities to | ||||||||||
| whom that information may be disclosed. In compliance with the GLBA and California law, we are providing you with this | ||||||||||
| document, which notifies you of the privacy policies and practices of Jerry Baird Agency, Inc. | ||||||||||
| OUR PRIVACY POLICIES AND PRACTICES | ||||||||||
| 1. | Information we collect: | |||||||||
| A. | Categories of Information Collected and Sources From Which We Collect It. | |||||||||
| We collect nonpublic personal information about you from the following sources: | ||||||||||
| 1) | Information that you provide us on applications and other forms | |||||||||
| 2) | Information about your transactions with us from the insurance companies we contact to | |||||||||
| underwrite your insurance. | ||||||||||
| 3) | Information we receive from the Department of Motor Vehicles or other consumer reporting | |||||||||
| agencies. | ||||||||||
| 4) | Information contained in medical records or from medical professionals that is related to | |||||||||
| insurance claims. | ||||||||||
| Unless it is specifically stated otherwise in an amended Privacy Policy Notice, no additional | ||||||||||
| information will be collected about you. | ||||||||||
| B. | Persons From Whom Information is Collected | |||||||||
| We may collect nonpublic personal information from individuals other than those proposed for coverage. | ||||||||||
| 2. | Information we may disclose to third parties: | |||||||||
| We do not disclose information about you to third parties whose only use of the information is to market a product or | ||||||||||
| service. However, in the course of our general business practices, we may disclose the information that we collect (as | ||||||||||
| described above) about you or others without your permission to the following types of institutions for the reasons | ||||||||||
| described below: | ||||||||||
| A. To a third party if the disclosure will enable that party to perform a business, professional or insurance | ||||||||||
| function for us. | ||||||||||
| B. To an insurance institution, agent, or credit reporting agency in order to detect or prevent criminal | ||||||||||
| activity, fraud or misrepresentation in connection with an insurance transaction. | ||||||||||
| C. To an insurance institution, agent, or credit reporting agency for either this agency or the entity to whom | ||||||||||
| we disclose the information to perform a function in connection with an insurance transaction | ||||||||||
| involving you. | ||||||||||
| D. To a medical care institution or medical professional in order to verify coverage or benefits, inform you | ||||||||||
| of a medical problem of which you may not be aware, or conduct an audit that would enable us to verify | ||||||||||
| treatment. | ||||||||||
| E. To the California Department of Insurance or other insurance regulatory authority, law enforcement, or | ||||||||||
| other government authority in order to protect our interests in preventing or prosecuting fraud, or if we | ||||||||||
| believe that you have conducted illegal activities. | ||||||||||
| F. To a group policyholder for the purpose of reporting claims experience or conducting an audit of our o | ||||||||||
| operations or services. | ||||||||||
| 3. | Your right to access and amend your personal information: | |||||||||
| You have the right to request access to the personal information that we record about you. Your right includes the right | ||||||||||
| to know the source of the information and the identity of the persons, institutions or types of institutions to whom we have | ||||||||||
| disclosed such information within 2 years prior to your request. Your right includes the right to view such information and | ||||||||||
| copy it in person, or request that a copy of it be sent to you by mail (for which we may charge you a reasonable fee | ||||||||||
| to cover costs). Your right also includes the right to request corrections, amendments or deletions of any information in | ||||||||||
| our possession. Please be aware that we do not control the personal information about you obtained from other third | ||||||||||
| parties such as, consumer reporting agencies or Department of Motor Vehicles. You will need to contact these third | ||||||||||
| parties directly to correct your personal information. We will provide you with the name and address of these third parties. | ||||||||||
| The procedures that you must follow to request access to or an amendment of your information are as follows: | ||||||||||
| To obtain access to your information: You should submit a request in writing to Manager of Information Systems, | ||||||||||
| Jerry Baird Agency, Inc. P.O. Box 9050 Fresno, CA 93790. The request should include your name, address, social | ||||||||||
| security number, telephone number, and the recorded information to which you would like access. The request should | ||||||||||
| state whether you would like access in person or a copy of the information sent to you by mail. Upon receipt of your | ||||||||||
| request, we will contact you within 30 business days to arrange providing you with access in person or the copies that | ||||||||||
| you have requested. | ||||||||||
| To correct, amend, or delete any of your information: You should submit a request in writing to Manager of Information | ||||||||||
| Systems, Jerry Baird Agency, Inc. P.O. Box 9050 Fresno, CA 93790. The request should include your name, address, | ||||||||||
| social security number, telephone number, the specific information in dispute, and the identity of document or record | ||||||||||
| that contains the disputed information. Upon receipt of your request, we will contact you within 30 business days to | ||||||||||
| notify you either that we have made the correction, amended or deletion, or that we refuse to do so and the reasons for | ||||||||||
| the refusal, which you will have any opportunity to challenge. | ||||||||||
| 4. | Our practices regarding information confidentiality and security: | |||||||||
| We restrict access to nonpublic personal information about you to those employees who need to know that information in | ||||||||||
| order to provide products or services to you. We maintain physical, electronic, and procedural safeguards that comply | ||||||||||
| with federal regulations to guard your nonpublic personal information. | ||||||||||
| 5. | Our policy regarding dispute resolution: | |||||||||
| Any controversy or claim arising out of or relating to our privacy policy, or the breach thereof, shall be settled by arbitration | ||||||||||
| in accordance with the rules of the American Arbitration Association, and judgment upon the award rendered by the | ||||||||||
| arbitrator's) may be entered in any court having jurisdiction thereof. | ||||||||||
| 6. | Reservation of the right to disclose information in unforeseen circumstances: | |||||||||
| In connection with the potential sale or transfer of it's interests, Jerry Baird Agency, Inc., and its affiliates (if any), reserve | ||||||||||
| the right to sell or transfer your information (including but not limited to your name, address, age, sex, zip code, state and | ||||||||||
| country of residency, and other information that you provide through other communications) to a third party entity that | ||||||||||