Who we are
Our website address is: https://insurethefleet.com.
Privacy Policy
The purposes of this Privacy Policy are to describe the information collection, use, and dissemination and all related websites owned or registered to it, and applies to its collection, use, storage, and disclosure of such information on its (a) web sites, including all divisions, subsidiaries, and related companies, (b) on various third party Affiliate web sites, and (c) other information collection, including the acquisition of customer information from third parties. We expressly disclaims all responsibility and liability for the information collection or privacy practices of third parties, Affiliates, Agents, or other third party services and web sites or applications.
Please read the following legal notices carefully. Your use of this web site and associated services constitutes your agreement with the terms and conditions set forth below. These terms and conditions may be changed or updated at any time. You are responsible for reviewing them periodically for current information. Additional legal notices regarding specific products, services, as well as conditions, restrictions or disclosures may be described on “sub sites” within the main web site.
I. PRIVACY STATEMENT
We understand that you entrust us with your private information to help us match you with an insurance agent (we refer to all of these as “Agents”) or affiliate insurance service web sites (we refer to all of these as “Affiliates”) who can meet your insurance needs. Please know that we protect your privacy. Under no circumstances will we sell or share any personal information about you to or with any person or organization except as provided in this Privacy Policy or as may be required by law or court order. This Privacy Policy describes the standards we adhere to in handling information about you and your insurance quote request.
II. THE PROCESS
We are a leader in the marketplace for helping consumers with fleet insurance needs like yours. In AL,AR,FL,IA,IN,KS,MI,MO,NC,NE,NJ,NY,OH,PA,SC,TN & VA we are acting as a licensed insurance agency and provide quotes directly to consumers.
III. THE INFORMATION WE COLLECT
A. Personal Information
The personal information that our Agents or brokers, and our affiliated companies may collect includes, but is not necessarily limited to, the items listed below.
Full Legal Name
Postal address(s)
Email address(s)
Telephone Number(s)
Fax Number(s)
Date of Birth
Social Security Number / FEIN
Gender
Marital status
Occupation
Driving records
Vehicles owned
Credit reports
Credit Card, Checking Account, or other Financial Institution account information
Level of education
Insurance claim history
Except as otherwise provided in this Privacy Policy, we may store all information provided by you on our secure data servers for a period of at least three (3) years. We use reasonable modern security efforts to ensure that such information is secure and to protect against its loss, misuses, and alteration of the information under our direct control. Notwithstanding the foregoing,
IMPORTANT: NOTICE OF CONSUMER REPORT PRACTICES:
A. All proposed named insured’s listed on quote applications must be made aware of the following:
In some cases, Agents, insurance companies and Affiliates may need to obtain additional background information about you. For example, consumer reports (including credit reports) may be ordered in connection with your insurance application. These reports provide information that may assist in determining your eligibility for insurance and the price you may be charged. Consumer reports may also be used for updates, renewals or extensions of this insurance. Insurance companies may also obtain and use a credit-based insurance score based on information contained in your credit report. Agents, insurance companies, and Affiliates may use a third party in connection with the development of your insurance score and rate quote. By providing the information described above in this paragraph through the web site(s), you are giving your express consent to Agents, insurance companies, and Affiliates to obtain and use said information for the purposes set forth herein.
B. Technical Information
We may collect and track certain technical information to ensure that your consumer experience is a beneficial one, including by not limited to the following:
Cookies – a cookie is a small file stored on a user’s computer that contains information about the user. We may use either session ID cookies (which terminate once a browser is closed) or persistent cookies (which are small text files stored on a user’s hard drive for an extended period of time). Cookies allow us to see how and when you use our sites, but they cannot be used to track personal information such as email address or phone number. Cookies also allow us to store the personal preferences that you set during each visit to our sites which can speed up your future visits.
Log files to track how our sites are being accesses and used. Log files track anonymous user information such as IP addresses, browser types, Internet service providers, referring and exit pages, platform type, date and time stamps, and number of clicks to, from, and within our sites.
C. Survey Information
Insure The Fleet website may collect and use information from you when you voluntarily complete a survey, order form, registration page, or other form of data collection through any means, including but not limited to, U.S. mail, internet, wireless communications, SMS, facsimile, and telephone solicitations. Please understand that by providing such information, you are giving your express consent for NJ Direct Insurance Brokerage, LLC , its Agents, and its Affiliates to contact you through electronic means, mail, wireless communications, SMS, facsimile, or via telephone (even if your telephone number is registered on any national or local so-called “Do Not Call” registry). Such consent remains fully intact until Insure The Fleet website receives written request by you to rescind such consent pursuant to the “Opt-Out Policy” in this Privacy Policy.
D. “Contact Us” Information
If you decide to communicate with us through a “Contact Us” section on our web site, we may ask you for personal information such as your name, email address, or phone number. This information may be shared with third parties in order to resolve any problems you may have. Please understand that by providing such information, you are giving your express consent for Insure The Fleet website , its Agents, and its Affiliates to contact you through electronic means, mail, wireless communications, SMS, facsimile, or via telephone (even if your telephone number is registered on the so-called “Do Not Call” registry). Such consent remains fully intact until Insure The Fleet website receives written request by you to rescind such consent pursuant to the “Opt-Out Policy” in this Privacy Policy.
E. Third Party Information
Insure The Fleet website may collect information from you when you provide such to a third party and Insure The Fleet website subsequently acquires or uses the information provided by the third party. Such information may include, but is not necessarily limited to, the information listed in Section III. A., above. Please understand that by providing such information to such third parties, you are giving your express consent for Insure The Fleet website, its Agents, and its Affiliates to contact you through electronic means, mail, wireless communications, SMS, facsimile, or via telephone (even if your telephone number is registered on the so-called “Do Not Call” registry). Such consent remains fully intact until Insure The Fleet website receives written request by you to rescind such consent pursuant to the “Opt-Out Policy” contained in this Privacy Policy.
F. No Information Collected From Children
Insure The Fleet website will never knowingly collect any personal information about children under the age of 18. If NJ Direct Insurance Brokerage, LLC obtains actual knowledge that it has collected such information, that information will be immediately destroyed and/or deleted from our databases. Because we do not collect such information, we have no such information to use or to disclose to third parties. Insure The Fleet website has designed this policy to comply with any applicable provisions of the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act (“COPPA”) promulgated by the Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”).
G. Opt-Out Policy
As stated above, please understand that by providing personal information to Insure The Fleet website Affiliates to contact you through electronic means, mail, wireless communications, SMS, facsimile or via telephone (even if your telephone number is registered on the so-called “Do Not Call” registry). Such consent remains fully intact until Insure The Fleet website receives written request by you to rescind such consent (e.g., an “opt out” notification). If you did not give such express consent, or if you would like to remove such express consent, you may send such notification to Insure The Fleet website. If your consent to be contacted was originally sent via SMS, you may also submit written notification of cancellation of such consent via SMS by sending “STOP”, “END”, or “QUIT” to any SMS message you received directly from Insure The Fleet website. To ensure timely removal of consent, please provide all information that was originally provided by you and please allow approximately ten (10) business days to process such request.
Please understand that this Opt-Out Policy impacts only future delivery of solicitations to you sent directly by Insure The Fleet website. You may still receive solicitations from third parties, and the personal information that you provided may still be shared with such third parties. By following this Opt-Out Policy, please understand that you will not automatically be unsubscribed from solicitations sent directly by any third parties, Agents, or Affiliates. Such third parties may maintain their own separate databases from ours, and you will need to contact them directly to unsubscribe from each source individually. This allows you the freedom to pick and choose which subscriptions to maintain and which to discontinue.
H. Email Solicitations
Insure The Fleet website only sends email solicitation to users who have agreed, through this Privacy Policy, on third party web sites, or by other means, to receive email from Insure The Fleet website. As such, Insure The Fleet website does not send any unsolicited email solicitations.
I. Wireless Communications
If the email address(s) you provide are wireless address(s), you agree to receive messages at such address(s). You understand that your wireless carrier’s standard rates apply to these messages. You represent and warrant that you are the owner or authorized user of the wireless device(s) on which messages will be received, and that you are authorized to approve the applicable charges associated therewith.
J. Short Message Service
Insure The Fleet website may make available a service through which you can receive messages on your wireless device via short message service (“SMS”). Data obtained from you in connection with this SMS may include but is not limited to your name; address; cellular/wireless device telephone number; wireless provider’s name; and the date, time, and content of your message(s). By submitting such information you thereby represent and warrant that you are 18 years of age and the owner or authorized user of the wireless device on which messages will be received, and that you are authorized to approve the applicable charges associated with such messages. In addition to any fee which you are notified, your wireless provider’s standard messaging rates apply to all SMS correspondence. All such charges are billed by and payable to your wireless provider. Insure The Fleet website disclaims any liability for any delay in receipt of any SMS message. Your wireless provider and other service providers may collect data pertaining to your SMS usage, and such practices are not governed by the provisions of this Privacy Policy. You acknowledge that SMS is provided via wireless systems, and the submission of information over such systems may not be private or secure. Insure The Fleet website disclaims any liability for any unauthorized access to information transmitted via SMS. Insure The Fleet website may use any information you have submitted via SMS to provide requested services, including services that display customized content and advertising. Insure The Fleet website may also use such information for auditing; research and analysis; transmission of such information to Agents and Affiliates; and other uses as provided in this Privacy Policy. You may opt out of future SMS messages by complying with the “Opt-Out Policy” contained in this Privacy Policy.
IV. HOW WE USE YOUR INFORMATION
A. How We Share Your Information with Agents and Affiliates
When you submit a quote request to Insure The Fleet website, your information is used to match you with an average of five qualified, licensed agents who can best serve your insurance needs. In order to provide you with as many insurance options as possible, your information may also be transmitted to one of our Affiliates in an effort to ensure you receive as many competitive quotes as possible.
B. How We Use Technical Information Internally
Insure The Fleet website uses the technical information described in Section III, above, to study how our web sites are being used. We can also use cookies to track your preferences so that when you return to our web site, you can navigate more easily without having to re-enter certain information. By analyzing the data that cookies and web logs provide, we can determine how to improve our web sites and affiliate and banner ad campaigns to better serve our customers.
C. How We Use Survey Information
Insure The Fleet website uses information from our consumer satisfaction survey(s) to better understand the consumer experience and improve our services and web sites.
D. Other Uses of Your Information By Third Parties
Affiliates – The information from your quote request may be transmitted to one of our Insurance Carriers. In these circumstances, we pass your quote request only to companies that we have an existing contractual relationship. Insure The Fleet website only enters into relationships with reputable highly rated insurance companies and our contract requires they follow applicable laws and not misuse the data provided to them.
Companies that perform information processing on our behalf may contract with companies who manage our email and data systems and conduct surveys on our behalf. Your personal information is shared with these companies on a limited basis-only to the extent necessary to perform such information processing on our behalf.
Law Enforcement – Insure The Fleet website will share your personal information in response to law enforcement officers, government personnel, court order or subpoena. This information will only be shared in order to comply with a legal obligation, and only to the extent required by such law or court order or subpoena.
V. COMMUNICATIONS YOU CAN EXPECT
A. Insure The Fleet website Communications
You may expect to receive confirmation emails for submitted quote request(s), newsletters, surveys, follow-up telephone inquiries, telephone solicitations, direct mail solicitations, wireless solicitations, SMS solicitations, and facsimile solicitations and courtesy communications from Insure The Fleet website.
B. Agent Communications
By submitting a quote request through Insure The Fleet website, our licensed insurance agents will contact you using the contact information that you provided in the quote request form. In order stop these communications, you must contact the Agents directly and request that they stop contacting you. Such communications sent directly from Agents are expressly excluded from this Privacy Policy.
VI. QUOTE REQUESTS
Insure The Fleet website is a multi-state licensed insurance agency. We are a free matching service that instantly connects you with our own quality insurance Agents and Brokers. After you submit your quote request via our Insure The Fleet website immediately matches you to our in-house Licensed Agents and sends your information to them. This process happens instantly; therefore, there is not an opportunity for you to edit your original information after it’s been submitted. We recommend that you communicate the needed changes directly to our Agents and Brokers with whom you were matched.
VII. CONTENT DISCLAIMER
Insure The Fleet website provides its web sites and the information provided therein as a service to its customers. The information and materials provided are provided for general information purposes and may not be relied on as a substitute for professional or legal advice. The information is not intended to create any legal relationship between NJ Direct Insurance Brokerage, LLC and the user. Neither the transmission nor receipt of these materials will constitute a legal relationship between the sender and the receiver. Insure The Fleet website makes no warranty, expressed or implied, about the accuracy or reliability of the information, or at any other web site to which the Insure The Fleet website is linked. Insure The Fleet website also assumes no responsibility for the content and accuracy of materials contained in external sites to which links are provided to its web sites.
VIII. RESTRICTED AREAS
Certain areas of Insure The Fleet website, such as areas only available to our Agent and Brokers, may have additional or different terms and conditions than those addressed in this policy. If you access any of these areas, you should consult the privacy policies posted in those areas.
IX. CHANGES TO THIS PRIVACY POLICY
Insure The Fleet website may, at its sole discretion, revise this Privacy Policy at any time in a manner consistent with applicable laws and regulations. When we revise this policy, including changes to Insure The Fleet websites use of your personal information, we will incorporate the revisions into this policy and will revise the “last revised” date at the top of this web page. We recommend that you regularly visit this policy in order to remain informed about any changes that we may implement.
X. CALIFORNIA USER CONSUMER RIGHTS
In accordance with California Civil Code Sec. 1789.3. California resident users are entitled to know that they may file grievances and complaints with the California Department of Consumer Affairs, 400 R Street, STE 1080, Sacramento, CA 95814; or by telephone at (916) 445-1254 or (800) 952-5210; or by email to dca@dca.ca.gov. For more information about protecting your privacy, you may wish to visit: www.ftc.gov.
XI. Insure The Fleet website WEB SITE(S)
You acknowledge that the personal information you provide to Insure The Fleet website is collected and stored in the United States and therefore consent to the transfer of information to and storage of the information in the United States, regardless of your country of domicile.
If Insure The Fleet website changes ownership through, but not limited to, acquisition, merger, sale, or other change of business status, it reserves the right to transfer or assign the right to use your personal information.
XII. ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
By completing forms provided by Insure The Fleet website and providing personal information through the web site, you hereby represent and warrant that:
You have read, understand and agree to our Privacy Policy, and Insure The Fleet website may send you electronically (via email or otherwise) any notices with respect to the Privacy Policy, but is not required to do so;
Insure The Fleet websites agents or brokers may contact you using the information you provide.
You are an actual person of at least 18 years of age, you have the right to provide the information you submit, and the information you submit is accurate, complete and truthful.
If you do not agree to the terms of this Privacy Policy, then do not enter your information and do not continue with this process and do not provide your information to Insure The Fleet website. In such case, Insure The Fleet website will not be able to provide quotes or information for insurance provided to you, and is relieved of any of its obligations to you as set forth in this Privacy Policy.