Builders Advantage Insurance Services, Inc. is committed to protecting your privacy and developing technology that gives you the most powerful and safe online experience. This Statement of Privacy applies to the Builders Advantage Insurance Services, Inc. site and governs data collection and usage. By using the Builders Advantage Insurance Services, Inc. site, you consent to the data practices described in this statement.
Collection of your Personal Information
Builders Advantage Insurance Services, Inc. collects personally identifiable information, such as your email address, name, home or work address or telephone number. Builders Advantage Insurance Services, Inc. also collects anonymous Builders Advantage Insurance Services, Inc. graphic information, which is not unique to you, such as your ZIP code, age, gender, preferences, interests and favorites.
There is also information about your computer hardware and software that is automatically collected by Builders Advantage Insurance Services, Inc.. This information can include: your IP address, browser type, domain names, access times and referring website addresses. This information is used by Builders Advantage Insurance Services, Inc. for the operation of the service, to maintain quality of the service, and to provide general statistics regarding use of the Builders Advantage Insurance Services, Inc. site.
Please keep in mind that if you directly disclose personally identifiable information or personally sensitive data through Builders Advantage Insurance Services, Inc. public message boards, this information may be collected and used by others. Note: Builders Advantage Insurance Services, Inc. does not read any of your private online communications.
Builders Advantage Insurance Services, Inc. encourages you to review the privacy statements of Web sites you choose to link to from Builders Advantage Insurance Services, Inc. so that you can understand how those Web sites collect, use and share your information. Builders Advantage Insurance Services, Inc. is not responsible for the privacy statements or other content on Web sites outside of the Builders Advantage Insurance Services, Inc. and Builders Advantage Insurance Services, Inc. family of Web sites.
Use of your Personal Information
Builders Advantage Insurance Services, Inc. collects and uses your personal information to operate the Builders Advantage Insurance Services, Inc. Web site and deliver the services you have requested. Builders Advantage Insurance Services, Inc. also uses your personally identifiable information to inform you of other products or services available from Builders Advantage Insurance Services, Inc. and its affiliates. Builders Advantage Insurance Services, Inc. may also contact you via surveys to conduct research about your opinion of current services or of potential new services that may be offered.
Builders Advantage Insurance Services, Inc. does not sell, rent or lease its customer lists to third parties. Builders Advantage Insurance Services, Inc. may, from time to time, contact you on behalf of external business partners about a particular offering that may be of interest to you. In those cases, your unique personally identifiable information (e-mail, name, address, telephone number) is not transferred to the third party. In addition, Builders Advantage Insurance Services, Inc. may share data with trusted partners to help us perform statistical analysis, send you email or postal mail, provide customer support, or arrange for deliveries. All such third parties are prohibited from using your personal information except to provide these services to Builders Advantage Insurance Services, Inc., and they are required to maintain the confidentiality of your information.
Builders Advantage Insurance Services, Inc. does not use or disclose sensitive personal information, such as race, religion, or political affiliations, without your explicit consent.
Builders Advantage Insurance Services, Inc. keeps track of the Web sites and pages our customers visit within Builders Advantage Insurance Services, Inc., in order to determine what Builders Advantage Insurance Services, Inc. services are the most popular. This data is used to deliver customized content and advertising within Builders Advantage Insurance Services, Inc. to customers whose behavior indicates that they are interested in a particular subject area.
Builders Advantage Insurance Services, Inc. Web sites will disclose your personal information, without notice, only if required to do so by law or in the good faith belief that such action is necessary to: (a) conform to the edicts of the law or comply with legal process served on Builders Advantage Insurance Services, Inc. or the site; (b) protect and defend the rights or property of Builders Advantage Insurance Services, Inc.; and, (c) act under exigent circumstances to protect the personal safety of users of Builders Advantage Insurance Services, Inc., or the public.
Use of Cookies
The Builders Advantage Insurance Services, Inc. Web site use "cookies" to help you personalize your online experience. A cookie is a text file that is placed on your hard disk by a Web page server. Cookies cannot be used to run programs or deliver viruses to your computer. Cookies are uniquely assigned to you, and can only be read by a web server in the domain that issued the cookie to you.
One of the primary purposes of cookies is to provide a convenience feature to save you time. The purpose of a cookie is to tell the Web server that you have returned to a specific page. For example, if you personalize Builders Advantage Insurance Services, Inc. pages, or register with Builders Advantage Insurance Services, Inc. site or services, a cookie helps Builders Advantage Insurance Services, Inc. to recall your specific information on subsequent visits. This simplifies the process of recording your personal information, such as billing addresses, shipping addresses, and so on. When you return to the same Builders Advantage Insurance Services, Inc. Web site, the information you previously provided can be retrieved, so you can easily use the Builders Advantage Insurance Services, Inc. features that you customized.
You have the ability to accept or decline cookies. Most Web browsers automatically accept cookies, but you can usually modify your browser setting to decline cookies if you prefer. If you choose to decline cookies, you may not be able to fully experience the interactive features of the Builders Advantage Insurance Services, Inc. services or Web sites you visit.
Security of your Personal Information
Builders Advantage Insurance Services, Inc. secures your personal information from unauthorized access, use or disclosure. Builders Advantage Insurance Services, Inc. secures the personally identifiable information you provide on computer servers in a controlled, secure environment, protected from unauthorized access, use or disclosure. When personal information (such as a credit card number) is transmitted to other Web sites, it is protected through the use of encryption, such as the Secure Socket Layer (SSL) protocol.
Changes to this Statement
Builders Advantage Insurance Services, Inc. will occasionally update this Statement of Privacy to reflect company and customer feedback. Builders Advantage Insurance Services, Inc. encourages you to periodically review this Statement to be informed of how Builders Advantage Insurance Services, Inc. is protecting your information.
Contact Information
Builders Advantage Insurance Services, Inc. welcomes your comments regarding this Statement of Privacy. If you believe that Builders Advantage Insurance Services, Inc. has not adhered to this Statement, please contact Builders Advantage Insurance Services, Inc.. We will use commercially reasonable efforts to promptly determine and remedy the problem.