Website Visitors
Like most website operators, Insurance People of North Carolina collects non-personally-identifying information of the sort that web browsers and servers typically make available, such as the browser type, language preference, referring site, and the date and time of each visitor request. Insurance People of North Carolina’s purpose in collecting non-personally identifying information is to better understand how Insurance People of North Carolina’s visitors use its website. From time to time, Insurance People of North Carolina may release non-personally-identifying information in the aggregate, e.g., by publishing a report on trends in the usage of its website.
Insurance People of North Carolina also collects potentially personally-identifying information like Internet Protocol (IP) addresses. Insurance People of North Carolina does not use such information to identify its visitors, however, and does not disclose such information, other than under the same circumstances that it uses and discloses personally-identifying information, as described below.
Gathering of Personally-Identifying Information
Certain visitors to Insurance People of North Carolina’s websites choose to interact with Insurance People of North Carolina in ways that require Insurance People of North Carolina to gather personally-identifying information. The amount and type of information that Insurance People of North Carolina gathers depends on the nature of the interaction. For example, we ask visitors who sign up for an account at this website to provide a username and email address. Those who engage in transactions with Insurance People of North Carolina are asked to provide additional information, including as necessary the personal and financial information required to process those transactions. In each case, Insurance People of North Carolina collects such information only insofar as is necessary or appropriate to fulfill the purpose of the visitor’s interaction with Insurance People of North Carolina Insurance People of North Carolina does not disclose personally-identifying information other than as described below. And visitors can always refuse to supply personally-identifying information, with the caveat that it may prevent them from engaging in certain website-related activities.
Use of Personal Data
Insurance People of North Carolina may collect aggregated statistics about the behavior of visitors to its websites. For instance, Insurance People of North Carolina may monitor the most popular website account on this site. Insurance People of North Carolina may display this information publicly or provide it to others. Insurance People of North Carolina does not disclose personally-identifying information other than as described below.
Protection of Certain Personally-Identifying Information
Insurance People of North Carolina discloses potentially personally-identifying and personally-identifying information only to those of its employees, contractors and affiliated organizations that (i) need to know that information in order to process it on Insurance People of North Carolina’s behalf or to provide services available at Insurance People of North Carolina’s websites, and (ii) that have agreed not to disclose it to others. Some of those employees, contractors and affiliated organizations may be located outside of your home country; by using Insurance People of North Carolina’s websites, you consent to the transfer of such information to them. Insurance People of North Carolina will not rent or sell potentially personally-identifying and personally-identifying information to anyone. Other than to its employees, contractors and affiliated organizations, as described above, Insurance People of North Carolina discloses potentially personally-identifying and personally-identifying information only when required to do so by law, or when Insurance People of North Carolina believes in good faith that disclosure is reasonably necessary to protect the property or rights of Insurance People of North Carolina, third parties or the public at large. If you are a registered user of an Insurance People of North Carolina website and have supplied your email address, Insurance People of North Carolina may occasionally send you an email to tell you about new features, solicit your feedback, or just keep you up to date with what’s going on with Insurance People of North Carolina and our products. We expect to keep this type of email to a minimum. If you send us a request (for example via a support email or via one of our feedback mechanisms), we reserve the right to publish it in order to help us clarify or respond to your request or to help us support other users. Insurance People of North Carolina takes all measures reasonably necessary to protect against the unauthorized access, use, alteration or destruction of potentially personally-identifying and personally-identifying information.
Cookies
A cookie is a string of information that a website stores on a visitor’s computer, and that the visitor’s browser provides to the website each time the visitor returns. Insurance People of North Carolina uses cookies to help Insurance People of North Carolina identify and track visitors, their usage of Insurance People of North Carolina website, and their website access preferences. Insurance People of North Carolina visitors who do not wish to have cookies placed on their computers should set their browsers to refuse cookies before using Insurance People of North Carolina’s websites, with the drawback that certain features of Insurance People of North Carolina’s websites may not function properly without the aid of cookies.
Privacy Policy Changes
Although most changes are likely to be minor, Insurance People of North Carolina may change its Privacy Policy from time to time, and in Insurance People of North Carolina’s sole discretion. Insurance People of North Carolina encourages visitors to frequently check this page for any changes to its Privacy Policy.
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