Privacy Policy
Thank you for choosing CAPITAL SHIELD INC. We value you, respect your privacy and work hard to protect your personal information.
This statement is provided on behalf of CAPITAL SHIELD INC. and the affiliates (collectively, “Capital Shield”) listed at the end of this notice. We would like to explain how we collect, use and share the information we obtain about you in the course of doing business. It also describes the choices available to you regarding the use of, your access to, and how to update and correct your personal information.
Our Privacy Assurance
We do not sell your personal or medical information to anyone.
We do not share your information with non-affiliate companies that would use it to contact you about their own products and services, unless permitted pursuant to a joint marketing agreement.
We require persons or organizations that represent or assist us in servicing your policy and claims to keep your information confidential.
We require our employees to protect your personal information and keep it confidential.
As you can see, protecting your personal information is important to us. In addition to the practices described above, we use a variety of physical, technical and administrative security measures that help to safeguard your information. For Social Security Numbers (SSN), Date of Birth (DOB), payment information, and other sensitive personal information, this includes restricting access to our employees, agents and others who use such information only as permitted by law, such as to comply with the law, to provide you with products and services or to handle your claims. Our privacy practices continue to apply to your information even if you cease to be an Capital Shield customer.
What Personal Information Do We Have and Where Do We Get It?
We gather personal information from you and from outside sources for business
purposes, including carrying out the requested product or services, responding to customer service requests, administering your account, and sending you newsletters and other service related correspondence. Some examples of the information we collect from you may include your name, phone number, home and e-mail addresses, driver’s license number, date of birth, social security number, marital status, family member information, payment information, and
healthcare information. Also, we maintain records that include, but are not limited to, policy coverages, premiums, and payment history. We also collect information from outside sources that may include, but is not limited to, your driving record, claims history, medical information and credit information.
We may also collect third-party information from you to carry out the necessary services and/or requests, including adding another driver to your existing policy. If you provide us personal information about others, or if others give us your information, we will only use that information for the specific reason for which it was provided to us In addition, Capital Shield and its business partners gather information through Internet activity, which may include, for example, your operating system, links you used to visit our website, web pages you viewed while visiting our site or applications, Internet Protocol (IP) addresses, and cookies. We use cookies, analytics and other technologies to help:
Evaluate our marketing campaigns
Analyze how customers use our website and applications
Develop new services
Know how many visitors have seen or clicked on our ads
Also, our business partners assist us with monitoring information including, but not limited to, IP addresses, domain names and browser data, which can help us to better understand how visitors use this website.
Mobile Analytics
We use Mobile analytics software to allow us to better understand the functionality of our Mobile Software on your phone. This software may record information such as how often you use the application, the events that occur within the application, aggregated usage, performance data, and where the application was downloaded from. We will link the information we store within the analytics software to any personally identifiable information you submit within the mobile app.
Location Services
If you choose, your location is obtained from the mobile device or the network using your device’s GPS functionality, or directly from you. We use your location information to search for information you request – including agent searches
Your location information is stored on Capital Shield’s servers and retained by Capital Shield until you delete the application from your device. When we execute such searches on your behalf we do not transfer your identity or personally identifiable information to third parties, other than with service providers necessary to help perform this function. This information is not used to create a profile about you or your activities.
To prevent Capital Shield from using your current location, you can disable the GPS functionality on your mobile device or choose not to submit current location when prompted.
How We Use and Share Your Personal Information
In the course of normal business activities, we use and share your personal information. We may provide your information to persons or organizations within and outside of Capital Shield. This would be done as required or permitted by law. For example, we may do this to:
Fulfill a transaction you requested or service your policy
Market our products
Handle your claim
Prevent fraud
Comply with requests from regulatory and law enforcement authorities. In certain situations, we may be required to disclose personal data in response to lawful requests by public authorities, including to meet national security or law enforcement requirements. We may also disclose your personal information as required by law, such as to comply with a subpoena or other legal process, when we believe in good faith that disclosure is necessary to protect our rights, protect your safety or the safety of others, investigate fraud, or respond to a government request.
Participate in insurance support organizations
Send you push notifications. If you no longer wish to receive these types of communications, you may turn them off at the device level. To ensure you receive proper notifications, we will need to collect certain information about your device such as operating system and user identification information.
The persons or organizations with whom we may share your personal information may include, among others:
Your agent, broker or Capital Shield-affiliated companies
Companies that perform services, such as marketing, credit/debit card processing, and communication services on our behalf
Business partners that assist us with tracking how visitors use our website
Other financial institutions with whom we have a joint marketing agreement
Other insurance companies that play a role in an insurance transaction with you
Independent claims adjusters
A business or businesses that conduct actuarial or research studies
Those who request information pursuant to a subpoena or court order
Repair shops and recommended claims vendors
We will share your personal information with third parties only in the ways that are described in this privacy statement.
Social Media
Our Web site includes Social Media Features, such as the Facebook Like button and Widgets, such as the Share this button or interactive mini-programs that run on our site. These Features may collect your Internet protocol address, which page you are visiting on our website, and may set a cookie to enable the Feature to function properly. Social Media Features and Widgets are either hosted by a third party or hosted directly on our Site. Your interactions with these Features are governed by the privacy policy of the company providing it.
The Internet and Your Information Security
Our web sites, provides information about us, our products, and the agencies and brokers that represent us. You may also perform some transactions on the web site. This Privacy Statement applies to users of our website, regardless of whether the user is a Capital Shield customer.
As true of most sites, we gather certain information automatically and store it in log files. This information may include internet protocol (IP) addresses, browser type, internet service provider (ISP), referring/exit pages, operating system, date/time stamp, and/or clickstream data.
Use of Cookies and Other Similar Tracking Technologies
We or our third party marketing partners (such as Google Analytics and Adobe Analytics) use cookies, analytics, remarketing and other technology to help us provide users with a better service and a more customized web experience. Additionally, our business partners use tracking services, analytics and other technologies to monitor visits to our website. The website may also use web beacons (also called “clear GIFs” or “pixel tags”) in conjunction with cookies. If you prefer, you can choose to not accept cookies by changing the settings on your web browser. Many commercial Internet sites use cookies; a cookie enables the site to label you as a particular user, but it does not identify you by name or address unless you have provided us with such information (over the Internet or otherwise) or set up preferences in your browser to do so
automatically.
Cookies allow us to provide you with a more customized service and are used to track and measure Web site usage. This information may be used to manage and customize our Web site’s content, layout, and services in order to improve our site, enhance customer service, and provide tailored messages.
You may opt out of accepting cookies by changing the settings on your browser. However, rejecting cookies may prevent you from using certain functions and you may have to repeatedly enter information to take advantage of services or promotions.
We partner with third parties to display advertising on our website. Our third party partner may use cookies or similar technologies in order to provide you advertising based upon your browsing activities and interests. If you wish to opt out of interest-based advertising click here. Please note you will continue to receive generic ads.
Although we believe that each of the sites to which we target our ads or from which we collect data should post a privacy statement that fully describes the advertising and data collection activities on its site, we cannot guarantee that all of those sites post such a statement.
We may also use customer information to send you promotional communications about products, features, and options that we believe may be of interest to you. If we have your e-mail address, we may do this by e-mail. If you do not wish to receive promotional e-mails from us, please contact us at the following address:
info@getcapitalshield.com We will respond to your request within a reasonable timeframe.
How You Can Review and Correct Your Personal Information?
You can request to review your personal information contained in our records at any time. To do this, please send a letter to the address below requesting to see your information for the previous two years. If you believe that our information is incomplete or inaccurate, you can request that we correct it. Please note we may not be able to provide information relating to investigations, claims, litigation, and other matters. We will be happy to make corrections
whenever possible. We will respond to all such requests within a reasonable timeframe.
Please send requests to:
Seth Zuckerman
Attorney
Capital Shield Inc.
c/o Greenberg Traurig LLP
500 Campus Drive
Suite 400
Florham Park, NJ 07932
or email Zuckermans@gtlaw.com
If you wish to update, delete inaccuracies, or modify your profile information, you may do so at any time by logging into your account. If you no longer wish to receive certain email communications from us, you may opt-out by following the unsubscribe link located at the bottom of each communication or by contacting us at the e-mail address listed above.
Who Should Use Our Web Site?
Our Web site is for insurance and financial products and services and is not intended for children; we do not market any products or services to children under the age of thirteen or knowingly collect any information from children under the age of thirteen. If we become aware that information is or has been submitted by or collected from a child under the age of thirteen, please contact us directly at.
Seth Zuckerman
Attorney
Capital Shield Inc.
c/o Greenberg Traurig LLP
500 Campus Drive
Suite 400
Florham Park, NJ 07932
or email Zuckermans@gtlaw.com
Once such request has been received, we will delete this information within a reasonable timeframe.
What Security Procedures Do We Use to Guard Against the Loss, Misuse, Alteration, or Theft of Information While That Information Is Being Submitted to Capital Shield Over the Internet?
To help ensure the security of your personal and financial information that you submit to this site, (other than via an e-mail message), we use security software to encrypt the information before and during its transmission through the Internet. We only allow information to be submitted for transmission if your browser is compatible with our security software. If your browser is not compatible, you will receive a message indicating your transaction can be completed but at a lower level of security. No method of transmission over the Internet, or method of electronic storage, is 100% secure, however. Therefore, we cannot guarantee its
absolute security.
E-mail messages are not secure. Our security software does not encrypt e-mail messages. E-mail messages traveling through the Internet are subject to viewing, alteration, and copying by potentially anyone on the Internet.
You should exercise discretion with respect to the submission of any personal or financial information via e-mail. If you are concerned about the security of your communication, we encourage you to send your correspondence through the postal service or use the telephone to speak directly to us. We are not responsible for the security or confidentiality of communications you send to us through the Internet using e-mail messages.
What Can You Do as a Customer to Help Maintain the Security of Information When Accessing Capital Shield Over the Internet?
Some steps you can take to maintain the security of your information include:
Utilize the latest, updated version of your Web browser.
Keep your User ID and PIN or password confidential. Utilize a PIN or password unique to you and, if possible, change it frequently.
Make sure others are not watching you enter your User ID, PIN or password on your keyboard when using the Customer Care Center or when using other protected areas of our website.
Do not leave your computer unattended while logged onto our Customer Care Center or other protected areas of our website. After you’ve finished accessing your information, exit the Customer Care Center or other protected area within our website, and close your browser
window.
Whose Privacy Statement Applies to Links and External Sites?
Capital Shield provides links to other sites as a convenience to persons who visit the Capital Shield web site. If you choose to use the services provided by those sites, you may be asked by those sites to provide certain personally identifiable information (some of which may be shared with Capital Shield). Please be aware that Capital Shield is not responsible for the privacy practices of those sites. We encourage you to be aware when you leave our site and to read the privacy policies of every Web site that you visit, as the privacy policies of those sites may differ from ours. Our Privacy Statement applies solely to this Web site.
Changes to the Online Privacy Policy
Please be aware that we may periodically update or revise this Privacy Statement. Please take a look at the revised date at the top of this page to see when this Privacy Policy was last revised. Each of our customers receives a copy of our privacy policy annually.
Your Preference for Sharing Personal Information
We would like to share your personal information with one or more Capital Shield affiliates in order to make you aware of different products, services and offers they can provide. However, you can request that Capital Shield and its affiliate companies not share your personal information with our affiliates for marketing products and services.
To request that we not allow other Capital Shield affiliates to use your personal information to market their products and services, you can contact us by calling [239.900.1877] twenty-four hours a day, seven days a week. Please keep in mind that it may take up to four weeks to process your request. If you previously contacted us and asked us not to allow other Capital Shield affiliates to use your personal information, your previous choice still applies and you do not need to contact us again. If you would like to change your previous choice please call the number above at any time.
We hope you have found this Important Notice helpful. If you are not comfortable with any of the terms or policies described in this Privacy Statement, we ask that you discontinue use of our site.
We Appreciate Your Business
Thank you for choosing Capital Shield. We understand your concerns about privacy and confidentiality and hope this notice has been helpful to you
We reserve the right to change our Privacy practices, procedures, and terms.
State Specific Information
For California residents:
Pursuant to California law, we need to disclose to you that we would obtain your consent before sharing medical information for marketing purposes.
For Montana residents:
Pursuant to Montana law, you may also request a record of any disclosure of your medical information during the preceding three years. Please send requests to:
Seth Zuckerman
Attorney
Capital Shield Inc.
c/o Greenberg Traurig LLP
500 Campus Drive
Suite 400
Florham Park, NJ 07932
or email Zuckermans@gtlaw.com
For Nevada Residents:
Capital Shield is committed to serving you when and where you prefer as we help you protect what you have today and prepare you for the future. To that end, and as Nevada law requires, if you do not want to receive sales calls from Capital Shield, you have the option to be placed on our internal “do not call” list. (Please disregard this notice if you have already been added to Capital Shield’s internal “do not call” list.) You may make this request in the following convenient ways:
Contact your local Capital Shield agency
Call [CSI 800 NUMBER] and speak with a customer representative
Visit our website, click on Contact Us and send us an e-mail
Write to us at:
Seth Zuckerman
Attorney
Capital Shield Inc.
c/o Greenberg Traurig LLP
500 Campus Drive
Suite 400
Florham Park, NJ 07932
or email Zuckermans@gtlaw.com
In your discussion or correspondence with us, please be sure to provide us with your name, address and all telephone numbers you wish to include on our list. If you have questions about this notice, you may contact us at the address listed above or you may also contact the Nevada Attorney General’s office at:
Office of the Nevada Attorney General
Bureau of Consumer Protection
555 E. Washington Avenue.; Suite 3900
Las Vegas, NV 89101
Phone: (702) 486-3132
Email: BCPINFO@ag.state.nv.us
Please note that Capital Shield’s “do not call” list is limited only to telephone solicitation calls. We may still contact you about your Capital Shield policy, billing issues, claims and other service matters.
For Vermont residents:
We won’t share your personal information with Capital Shield companies for marketing purposes except as allowed by Vermont law.