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COLUMBIA INSURANCE GROUP
PRIVACY PROTECTION POLICY NOTICE
NO RESPONSE IS REQUIRED
It is Columbia Insurance Group’s policy to safeguard the confidentiality of information concerning you and your business with us. This notice describes our privacy policy with respect to the collection, disclosure and protection of such information.
COLLECTION OF INFORMATION
We obtain most of the information we need directly from you and your insurance agent. You provide this information when you apply for our products or services or when you file claims for benefits. We may also obtain information about your transactions with us, our affiliates or others to assist us in evaluating requests for insurance and benefit claims, to administer and process transactions which you have requested or initiated, or other business purposes.
DISCLOSURE OF INFORMATION
Information may be shared among our companies in order to provide you better service. We may disclose information to third parties when we believe it is necessary to conduct our business or when disclosure is permitted by law. Information may be disclosed to others who assist us in providing business services such as helping us evaluate requests for insurance or benefits, performing general insurance activities for us, or assisting us in processing transactions which you have requested or initiated. Information may also be disclosed for audit purposes, to help us prevent fraud, to law enforcement or regulatory agencies, to consumer reporting agencies or as otherwise permitted by law. This information may include your policy coverages, as well as your claims, premium and payment history. We do not share medical or health information except as you have authorized to provide services you have initiated.
PROTECTION OF INFORMATION
We restrict access to non-public personal information about you to authorized persons who need the information to provide services related to your policy or transaction with us. We also maintain physical, electronic, and procedural safeguards that comply with applicable law to guard your non-public personal information.
We require any organization who assists us in providing business services to maintain the confidentiality of your non-public personal information and not use such information for any other purpose. We strive to keep all information about you accurate and up to date. If you discover any inaccuracy, please notify us immediately.
If you have any questions or would like to contact us regarding your information, you may do so by writing to us at:
Columbia Insurance Group
Attn: Legal Department
2102 White Gate Drive
Columbia, Missouri 65202
or telephoning us at: 1-573-474-6193
We promise to strive to
keep you informed about how we protect your privacy. We reserve the right to change these
privacy principles at any time.
Edition 5/05
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