Important Notice About Our Information Practices And The Protection Of Your Privacy


R. P. Ryan Insurance values your business and the trust you’ve placed in us.  That’s why we want to assure you that we are serious about keeping your personal information private. This notice describes our policy regarding the collection and disclosure of non-public personal information.

Information We Collect.
We obtain most of our information directly from you.  Depending on the nature of your insurance transaction, we may need additional information about you or other individuals proposed for insurance.  We collect non-public personal information about you from the following sources:

Information we collect:                                        We collect information from:
Name, address & phone number                       Completed applications & forms
Social Security Number                                         Consumer Reporting Agencies
Motor Vehicle & Medical Records                        Other vendors (e.g., Dept. of Motor Vehicles)
Claim & Payment History                                      Other insurance companies

We may disclose the information we collect about you or others to third parties, such as insurance companies and other insurance businesses. We may make these disclosures to:

  • Obtain a premium quotation for you
  • Compare different insurers for coverage and price
  • Facilitate the renewal or replacement of coverage
  • Transfer insurance business to a different entity
  • Report or prevent fraud and other illegal activities
  • Verify coverage, benefits, or treatment
  • Obtain premium financing for you
  • Perform other insurance transactions

Information We May Disclose To Affiliates And Third Parties. 
We do not disclose any non-public personal information about our customers to anyone, except as permitted by law.  We may disclose non-public personal information about you to the following affiliates and non-affiliated third parties to effect, administer, or service your insurance transaction:

  • Claims administrators
  • Other insurance companies that might write your policies on renewal
  • Appraisers, inspectors, and other insurance support services
  • Consumer reporting agencies
  • Governmental agencies when required to do so
  • Third parties to market products or services to you under a joint marketing agreement
  • Affiliate or third parties for the purpose of conducting an audit of the insurance institution or agent in connection with the operations or services provided
  • A lien holder, mortgagee, assignee, or other person having a legal or beneficial interest in the insurance policy
  • Persons or agencies lawfully entitled pursuant to a subpoena or court order

Your Right To Opt Out.  If you do not want us to disclose personal information about you to non-affiliated third parties, you may tell us so. This is known as "opting out". You may opt-out at any time. If you wish to opt out, complete and return the form that appears below. Even if you opt-out, we may still disclose information as allowed by law. This includes disclosing information to our affiliates to market other products or services to you.

Our Practices Regarding Information Confidentiality And Security.            We restrict access to non-public personal information about you to those employees who need to know that information to provide products or services to you.  We maintain physical, electronic, and procedural safeguards that comply with federal regulations to guard your non-public personal information.

Access To And Correction of Your Information.  You may write to us if you have any questions about the information we may have in our records about you.  You may inspect this information in person or receive a copy at a reasonable charge by sending us a written request. You can notify us in writing if you believe any information should be corrected, amended, or deleted and we will review your request.  We will either make the requested change or explain why we can not do so. You may send your written request to us at R. P. Ryan Insurance, Inc., 18501 N. 40th Street, Phoenix, AZ 85032.  All written requests must include your name, address, telephone number, and policy number.


We reserve the right to change this policy and apply changes retroactively, as permitted by law.  We will inform you of these changes, as required by law.  If you cease to be our customer, this Privacy Policy will continue to apply to the extent we retain your information collected while you were a customer.

IMPORTANT PRIVACY CHOICES

 

OPT-OUT FORM

 

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  • Please do not share my “non-public personal financial information” with another insurer in an effort to obtain a renewal policy or more favorable terms than my existing policy.
  • Please do not share my “non-public personal financial information” with joint marketing partners in order to offer other me other products or services I might need or want.

 

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Copyright © 2009 by the Independent Insurance Agents and Brokers of Arizona, Inc.  Permission granted for use and reproduction only to members of that Association who are in good standing.


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Privacy Policy

Website Privacy Policy for R. P. Ryan Insurance.

This notice describes our privacy policy (“Notice”). By visiting our Web Site (“Web Site”), you are accepting the practices described in this Notice.

ARTICLE I– PRINCIPLES:

Section 1.01 -- Principles: We may gather and use information as follows:

(1) Notice: We may gather and use information as follows:

(a) Volunteered Information: We will receive and  store any information you enter on the Web Site or give us in any other way that personally identifies you to improve your experience at the Web Site, to get a better general understanding of the type of individuals visiting the Web Site, and to enable us to contact you when needed.  Typically you will provide information on the Web Site for the purchase of products or services or when you  submit comments or questions for review by us.

(b) Automatic Information: To enable us to provide content that users need and desire, we collect aggregated site-visitation statistics using cookies. A Cookie is simply a small data file we place on your computer’s hard drive when you first visit the Web Site (“Cookie”). This file contains a unique number that helps us identify you when you return to the Web Site. Cookies are employed by thousands of web sites to enhance users’ web viewing experience. Cookies can neither damage user files nor can they read information from users’ hard drives. We combine all usage information provided by such Cookies and we do not monitor your use of the Web Site. Allowing us to create a Cookie on your hard drive will not give us or any other site access to the rest of your computer’s hard drive, and only we will be able to read the Cookie that the Web Site creates.

(c) Information Use: We use information for personal identification; to get a better general understanding of the type of individuals visiting the Web Site; to respond to your requests for purchases, comments, or questions; to improve your experience at the Web Site; to collect aggregated site-visitation statistics; and to alert you to product enhancements, special offers, updated information, and other new services from us. We also use information to alert you of subscription renewal discounts, to automatically renew your subscription and advise you of upcoming service offerings and events.

We may disclose information to third parties, including selling or disclosing customer lists to commercial or charitable users thereof. Disclosure for such purposes is limited to your name, company, position, address, phone and fax numbers, and web site and email addresses. If you do not wish to have such information disclosed, please let us know by contacting us . To enable us to process your request, please include your name and address. Once properly notified, we will remove your name from the lists and disclosures as soon as we practicably can in the course of normal business practices.

When you order products or services from us, we ask for your credit card number and billing address. We use this information only to bill you for the products or services you order at that time and for no other purpose. Annual subscriptions are payable on the purchase date of the Subscription and renew automatically each anniversary unless canceled in writing thirty days in advance of each anniversary date.

Any user questions or comments submitted to us may become available in the public sections of the Web Site, including a section entitled “Frequently Asked Questions,” immediately after such questions or comments are submitted to us. If we publicize any user questions, such questions will not contain facts that identify the user or the specific parties involved. We also reserve the right to use any user comments submitted to us for promotional purposes and by submitting such comments to us you agree that we may do so.

We may release any user information if required to comply with law; to enforce or to apply the Web Site Terms and Conditions; or under the good faith belief that disclosure is otherwise necessary or advisable including, without limitation, to protect the rights, properties, or safety of us or our users.

(2) Choice: We give you a choice as to the type and amount of private information we have, as follows:

(a) Volunteered Information: You can always choose not to provide certain information to us. If you choose not to provide personal information, you can still use many parts of the Web Site. However, you will not be able to purchase products and services and you will not be able to take advantage of many of our features. If you have previously provided certain information to us and you desire to remove such information from our databases, or if you do not wish for your information to be disclosed to third parties, you may contact us to remove such information.

(b) Automatic Information: Most web browsers automatically accept Cookies, but if you prefer, you can edit your browser options to block Cookies in the future. The “Help” portion of the toolbar on most browsers will explain how you can prevent your browser from accepting new Cookies, how to set the browser to inform you when you receive a new Cookie, or how to reject Cookies altogether.

(3) Access: We provide you with the ability to ensure that your personal information is correct and current. You may review and update your personal information by contacting us. For security purposes, we require user verification via user’s user name and password to receive personal information.

(4) Security: We protect the security of your personal information. We takes steps to protect your data from loss, misuse, alteration, destruction, or unauthorized access. We use sophisticated security technologies to secure users’ ordering information, user name, and password. We encrypt users’ ordering information, user name, and password (including users’ credit card account number) using Secure Socket Layer (“SSL”) technology. SSL is a proven coding system that lets your browser automatically encrypt, or scramble, data before you send it to us. To support this technology, users must have an SSL-capable browser. SSL is one of the safest encryption technologies available. While we use such sophisticated security technology to secure users’ ordering information, user name, and password, we cannot guarantee that any electronic commerce is totally secure.

Section 2.01 -- User Safeguards: You are responsible for maintaining the secrecy of your user name, password, and any account information. It is important for you to be responsible and protect your user name, password, and computer against unauthorized users. It is important to sign off when you have completed using a computer accessible by others.

Section 3.01 -- Children: We do not sell products for children. Users of the Web Site must be at least eighteen years old. If a child has provided us with personal information, that child’s parent or guardian should contact us  to delete such information from our records.

Section 4.01 -- Third Party Web Sites: Please be aware that the Web Site may have links to third party web sites that may collect personally identifiable information about you. When you click on one of these third party links, you are entering another web site for which we have no responsibility. This Notice does not cover the information practices or policies of such third party web sites. We encourage you to read the privacy statements of all such web sites since their privacy policies may be materially different from our Notice.

Section 5.01 -- Agreement and Modification: By using and accessing the Web Site you indicate that you have read and understand this Notice and you consent to the collection and use of information by us in the manner explained in this Notice. This Notice and the Web Site Terms and Conditions, including without limitation, provisions covering limitations on damages, arbitration of disputes, and the application of Texas law govern any dispute over privacy. By using and accessing the Web Site you agree to indemnify us for any and all third party claims resulting from your breach of this Notice or the Web Site Terms and Conditions. If you have any questions or concerns about your privacy at the Web Site, please contact us. If you do not accept this Notice, do not access and use the Web Site. We may revise this Notice at any time without notice by updating this Notice. Any modifications in the way we use personal information will be provided in future updates of this Notice so you are always aware of what information we collect, how we use it, and under what circumstances we disclose such information. Modifications will be effective immediately and will be available on the Web Site. You should visit this web page periodically to review the Notice. User accepts any such modifications to this Notice by continued use of the Web Site after such modifications are made.