Morton Insurance LLC dba Morton Insurance & Risk Management Privacy Policy
Last Updated 8/12/2011 Morton Insurance LLC dba Morton Insurance & Risk Management (?Morton?) provides insurance brokerage, risk management and related services to its corporate, association and individual clients. PRIVACY POLICY Morton is committed to protecting your privacy and the confidentiality of your Personal Information. We understand your privacy and security concerns regarding the information we collect, use and disclose to third parties for the purpose of allowing us to provide and offer our products and services to you. To notify you about our practices, we have developed this Privacy Policy. Any personally identifiable information collected on this Site is considered Personal Information (?Personal Information?) and will be treated in accordance with this Privacy Policy. COLLECTION, USE AND DISCLOSURE OF PERSONAL INFORMATION Morton is committed to protecting the privacy of Internet users who visit Morton’s web site located at www.mortoninsurance.com as well as those that communicate with us in person, via phone, fax, and email. The information gathered by Morton falls into the following categories: (1) information voluntarily supplied by visitors to our Site. (2) tracking information gathered as visitors navigate through our Site. (3) Information we receive from you on applications for insurance and other forms to provide insurance brokerage services to you (such as your name, home address, social security, telephone number, and financial information such as the fair market value of property you wish to insure. (4) Information you authorize us to collect or information we are authorized or required by law to collect (such as medical records in a workers? compensation case). (5) Information that we generate to service your account (such as loss claim information). (6) Information we receive from a consumer reporting agency such as motor vehicle and driver data, credit history, and employment information. (7) Information about your transactions with us and our affiliates such as your policy coverage, premium payment history, the premium you pay and claims information. Information You Voluntarily Provide When using this Site, you may choose to provide us with information to help us serve your needs. For example, you may provide us your e-mail address to request information, or you may send us your mailing address so we may send you the material you have requested. Any Personal Information that you send us will be used only for the purpose indicated on the Site or in this policy.? We may also use your information to provide you with information about other services and products that are offered by Morton or our affiliates that we think may be of interest to you. Cookies This Site may use cookies. Cookies are pieces of information stored by your web browser on behalf of a web site and returned to the web site on request. The only Personal Information a cookie can contain is information you supply. A cookie cannot read data off your hard drive. If this Site uses cookies, certain pages of the Site may not function properly if the cookies are turned off.? Please consult your web browser’s Help documentation for more information about how to turn cookies on and off for your browser. Cookies are placed on your computer, and accordingly we neither store cookies on our computers nor forward them to any external parties. Discussion Forum and Chat Room Use If you participate in a Morton discussion forum or chat room, you should be aware that the information you provide there will be made available to Morton employees and other users of the service. Also, please recognize that the individual forums and chat rooms may have additional rules and conditions. Each participant?s opinion on a forum or chat room is his or her own and should not be considered as reflecting the opinion of Morton. Disclosure or Use of Personal Information We will not exchange or sell or otherwise distribute your Personal Information without your consent, except to the extent required by law, in accordance with your instructions, or as identified in this privacy policy:
Legal Matters Morton may preserve and has the right to disclose without your prior permission any information about you or your use of this Site if Morton has a good faith belief that such action is necessary to: (a) Protect and defend the rights, property or safety of Morton or its affiliates, employees, other users of this Site, or the public; (b) Enforce the terms and conditions that apply to use of this site, or (c) Respond to claims that any content violates the rights of third-parties. We may also disclose information as we deem necessary to satisfy any applicable law, regulation, legal process or governmental request. External Links Morton includes links to other websites whose privacy policies we do not control. Once you leave our servers (you can tell where you are by checking the URL in the location bar on your browser), use of any information you provide is governed by the privacy policy of the operator of the site you are visiting. That policy may differ from ours. If you can’t find the privacy policy of any of these sites via a link from the site’s homepage, you should contact the site directly for more information. Information Storage and Security Information collected through this Site is processed and stored in the United States. If you are located outside the United States, by providing information to Morton through the use of the Site you are consenting to the transfer of the information to the United States for processing in accordance with this Privacy Policy. We have in place physical, electronic, and procedural safeguards appropriate to the sensitivity of the Personal Information we collect, use, and maintain. However, as effective as our security measures are, no security system is impenetrable. We cannot guarantee the security of our database, nor can we guarantee that information you supply will not be intercepted while being transmitted to us over the Internet. We ask that you do your part by maintaining in strict confidence any computer passwords you use to access the Internet or this Site. Information Related To Employment This Site may provide an opportunity to submit your r?sum? or an application form to us or apply for a position through this Site.? If you submit information for such purposes, we will use (which may include transferring) the Personal Information you provide to evaluate your qualifications and contact you regarding any positions at Morton or any of its affiliated companies in which we believe you may be interested. Morton Insurance, LLC and Minors You must be at least 18 years old and possess the legal authority to form legally binding contracts under applicable law to use this Site and the services provided on it. Morton does not knowingly collect Personal Information from those under the age of 18. In an instance where such information was collected, it would be purely accidental and unintentional. Morton encourages parents to discuss the Internet with their children and monitor Personal Information that a child may provide via the Internet. Policy Updates This privacy policy was last updated on August 12, 2011. We may update this privacy policy from time to time.? When we do so, changes in our privacy policy will be effective immediately. If you are a regular visitor to this Site, we recommend that you check this privacy policy on a regular basis. 1) Privacy Policy Questions regarding this Privacy Policy should be directed to or by contacting Morton at: 2) Opting Out If when using this Site, you have previously furnished us with contact information but now do not want to receive further communications which are not necessary to provide you with services, please let us know by sending an email to contact@mortoninsurance.com.? In the subject field, place the term ?opt-out and we will remove you from future communications. |