Your Privacy Is Important!
Your privacy on the Internet is important to us, and because we gather certain types of information about our users, we want you to understand the terms and conditions surrounding the capture and use of that information. This privacy statement discloses what information we gather, how we use it,
and how to correct or change it. If you have any question please
contact us.
What Information Do We Gather?
Auto Protection gathers two types of information about users:
1) Personal data, provided through voluntary registration.
2) Aggregated data, which tracks users as a whole.
Personal data may be requested when you sign up for Auto Protection's member services or
register for contests, sweepstakes or other promotional programs offered on our service.
We ask for this in order to provide you with the best Web experience possible. This
information might include member name, password, age, gender, zip code and/or country
information. Except as described below, it is not disclosed to parties other than Auto
Protection and its parent companies in any way that personally identifies you without your
prior permission.
Aggregated data, which tracks Auto Protection user activity as a whole rather than on an
individual basis, is gathered through several methods. This tracking data follows Auto
Protection's traffic in general, and is not used to identify you personally.
Aggregated tracking information helps us to determine which areas of our site users like
and don't like based on traffic to those areas. Auto Protection does not track what you
read, but rather how well each page performs overall. This helps us continue to build a
better service for you. We may disclose such aggregated information to third parties such
as our advertisers and partners.
How Auto Protection Uses Information
Auto Protection uses any personal information that's voluntarily given by you in order to
enhance your experience, whether to provide interactive or personalized elements on the
site or to better prepare future content based on the interests of our users. Auto
Protection also uses information that you voluntarily provide in order to send electronic
newsletters, warranty quotes via email or by telephone, or mailers.
Auto Protection will disclose information that personally identifies you to
parties other than Auto Protection in the following situations:
1) When the purpose and manner of disclosure is clearly defined in advance.
2) When the user requests information. For example, requesting auto warranty and insurance quotes.
3) When we believe in good faith that disclosure is legally required or to protect our rights.
Auto Warranty and Insurance Quote Application Information
This is information we receive from you through our free auto warranty and insurance quote application. It includes information such as: your name, address, and telephone number, driver’s license number, date of birth, length of employment, gender, marital status, prior insurance information, home ownership status, length of residency, vehicle descriptions, miles driven, and driving history. Application Information may be disclosed for insurance underwriting purposes or to other call centers / advertisers for purpose of providing a quote.
Consumer Report Information
This is information an insurance company receives from a consumer reporting agency. It is used to confirm or supplement Application Information so that the insurance company may underwrite your insurance and provide an accurate quote. It may include motor vehicle reports, claims history reports, and credit report information. Consumer Report Information is disclosed only as deemed necessary to provide an auto insurance quote, and as permitted or required by law.
Auto Fleet Sales Shopping Request
Certain information that you provide about yourself when requesting an auto fleet quote
may be shared with Auto Protection's partners. This information may include, but is not limited to, vehicle type, year, make model, mileage, price range and any other information we deem necessary in providing a competitive quote. This allows us to match your request with
the most suitable dealer and offer fleet pricing and benefits.
Contests and Promotional Events
Auto Protection may occasionally offers contests and promotional events in which we request
certain personal information on a voluntary basis. These contests and promotional events
are conducted in full accordance with United States federal and state laws. The full rules
and all information about such contests are clearly posted during the event, including
how information gathered will be used.
Cookies and Tracking
A cookie is a small data file that Web sites commonly write to your hard drive when you
visit them. A cookie file contains information that can identify you anonymously in order
to track traffic patterns on our site. The data is encrypted for your added security.
Auto Protection uses cookies in certain areas in order to continually improve your
experience. Cookies don't identify you personally, but rather identify your computer when
you visit our site. A cookie can't read data off your hard disk or read cookie files
created by other sites.
Your browser can be set to warn you before accepting cookies in this case, you will
receive the warning message with each cookie. You can choose to refuse cookies by turning
them off in your browser. You do not need to have cookies turned on to use most areas
within Auto Protection.
Newsletters
Auto Protection offers free, electronic newsletters as a service to our users, based on a
voluntary subscription. You will only receive a newsletter if you have requested it
directly from our signup form. We do not sell newsletter mailing lists to any third
parties, including advertisers or partners, however we do place ads within our letter.
Auto Protection Purchases
Information you provide about yourself during a purchase through our site is strictly
confidential and is not used for anything other than the purchase and verification.
This includes credit card and personal contact information.
Auto Protection Advertisers and Partners
Auto Protection cannot control the practices of other partners and advertisers.
If you have provided personal information to a party or advertiser connected with Auto
Protection and have not been informed by Auto Protection as to its purpose, contact them
directly by going to their home page and looking for a company profile or information
area.
It is important to note that Auto Protection contains many links to sites other than
Auto Protection, and that those sites may not follow the same privacy policies as us.
For instance, if you click an ad or a search result on Auto Protection, this
will take you away from Auto Protection and to an entirely different site. This includes
links from advertisers, content providers and partners who may use Auto Protection's Logo
of a co-branding agreement. These sites may send their own cookies to you, and as a
result, may collect data and ask for personal information that Auto Protection would not.
Changes to Policy
Auto Protection reserves the right to change this policy at any time with or without
notifying members of the existence of a revised privacy policy. It is the members
responsibility to keep up to date on any revisions to our privacy policy.
Delete/Deactivate Policy
You may unsubscribe to our electronic newsletter at any time simply by unsubscibing
yourself in the same place you signed up. Or you may follow the instructions contained at
the end of newsletters.
