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Last updated: April 5, 2023
This Privacy Policy describes how PetInsuranceQuotes.com (the “Site”) collects, uses, and shares personal information in the course of operating our business. It also describes the privacy choices and rights available to you. The Site is owned and operated by Pet Insurance Quotes LLC (“PIQ,” “we,” or “us”), which provides online insurance brokerage, insurance coverage quotes and estimates, and related services.
This Privacy Policy applies to the personal information we collect in association with your interactions with us. This includes, but is not limited to, when you use our desktop or mobile websites, seek insurance quotes using our Site, and/or otherwise transact with us. This also includes when you interact with us via social media or other third-party sites, such as Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram, as well as when you view our online advertisements or emails; interact with our authorized service providers, business partners, and vendors; contact or communicate with us via phone, email, or other methods; and when you interact with us offline (“Offline Services”). The Site and Offline Services are collectively referred to in this Privacy Policy as the “Services.” By using or accessing the Services, you agree that you have read and agreed to the collection, use, and sharing of your personal information as described in this Privacy Policy, and you agree to our Terms of Use, which are incorporated by reference. If you do not agree, please do not access or use the Services.
For ease of reference, you may click on the following links to directly access one of the sections of this Privacy Policy:
1.SUMMARY OF OUR PRIVACY PRACTICES
We collect personal information when you use our Services when you interact with us, and from our business partners and other authorized third parties. The table below summarizes the categories of personal information we collect, the sources from which we collect this information, how we use the information, and the categories of recipients who receive the information from us. For more information about our practices, please see Sections 2, 3, and 4.
Personal Information We Collect | Sources From Which We Collect the Information | Our Purpose for Collecting the Information | Types of Recipients to Whom We Disclose the Information |
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Personal Identifiers such as: Names; email addresses; zip codes; telephone numbers; devices and online or advertising identifiers; IP addresses; social media handles; usernames; and photos of you or your pet that you send to or share with us. |
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Transactional & Commercial Information such as: Products or services purchased, obtained, or considered; purchasing histories or tendencies. |
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Browsing Activity & Usage Data such as: Browsing and search history and information about your interactions with our Site, emails, and advertisements; Internet Service Providers; mobile carriers; entry and exit URLs; language settings; and time zones; and aggregate information. |
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Transactional & Commercial Information such as: Products or services purchased, obtained, or considered; purchasing histories or tendencies. |
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Browsing Activity & Usage Data such as: Browsing and search history and information about your interactions with our Site, emails, and advertisements; Internet Service Providers; mobile carriers; entry and exit URLs; language settings; and time zones; and aggregate information. |
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Profiles & Inferences such as: Preferences, interests, and other characteristics related to consumer trends. |
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Location information such as: Zip code, GPS coordinates, latitude and longitude, and precise geolocation information. |
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Audio or Visual Recordings, such as: Call recordings created when you call customer support. |
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We collect certain demographic information, such as gender, date of birth, or age, in aggregate form through certain technologies such as Google Analytics, as described further below in the section titled “Digital Tracking Tools and Interest Based Advertising.” Aggregated data is data that has been combined or collected together in summary and cannot be identified or tied to an individual (“Aggregate Data”). In addition to Google Analytics, sources of this information may include our affiliates, businesses that provide services to us, such as data analytics or marketing providers, and other social media platforms. We use this aggregated information to provide information related to the Services, improve our products and offerings, and learn about our customers. We may share such information with our affiliates or business units, service providers, or other third parties.
Because of the nature of our Services, we may ask for information about your pet, such as name, breed, sex, and date of birth. This information is strictly related to your pet, not You as the pet owner. As such, this information is not considered personal information as that term may be described under applicable data privacy and security legislation.
We collect certain demographic information, such as gender, date of birth, or age, in aggregate form through certain technologies such as Google Analytics, as described further below in the section titled “Digital Tracking Tools and Interest Based Advertising.” Aggregated data is data that has been combined or collected together in summary and cannot be identified or tied to an individual (“Aggregate Data”). In addition to Google Analytics, sources of this information may include our affiliates, businesses that provide services to us, such as data analytics or marketing providers, and other social media platforms. We use this aggregated information to provide information related to the Services, improve our products and offerings, and learn about our customers. We may share such information with our affiliates or business units, service providers, or other third parties.
Because of the nature of our Services, we may ask for information about your pet, such as name, breed, sex, and date of birth. This information is strictly related to your pet, not You as the pet owner. As such, this information is not considered personal information as that term may be described under applicable data privacy and security legislation.
2. HOW WE COLLECT YOUR INFORMATION
Information You Provide to Us
We collect your personal information when you provide it to us, such as by soliciting pet insurance quotes or offers on our Site; using or registering for our Services; providing reviews or ratings of our Services; or when you otherwise contact or communicate with us. This includes your name, zip code, and email address. We also collect certain personal information from you in connection with specific interactions you have with us. For example:
Automatically Collected Information
Device & online information collected by digital tracking tools.Like many businesses, we use digital tracking tools such as browser cookies, flash cookies, pixel tags, server logs, and web beacons to automatically collect information when you use our Site, when you interact with our emails, and when you engage with our digital offerings. We also partner with third parties that place tracking tools on our Site, emails, and advertisements in order to facilitate advertising, tracking, analytics, and performance measurement. These digital tracking tools collect information about your activities over time on various digital platforms and services offered by us or others. These tools collect, for example, your browser type and settings; device attributes such as type and model; operating system; software and hardware information; IP address; mobile device identifiers; advertising identifiers; unique device and online identifiers including device serial numbers, IMEIs, and UDIDs; Internet Service Providers; mobile carriers; entry/exit URLs; your clickstream through our Site; your clicks within and other interactions you have with our emails; language settings; time zones; other software or services in use; and your geolocation, GPS location, on-Site shopping location if you visit our affiliated retail stores, or other location information as described more fully below under “Location Information.” We also automatically collect information about your use of our online platforms and offerings, including the date and time you visit; the areas or pages that you visit; the amount of time you spend viewing or using the Site; the number of times you return to the Site; clickstream or usage data from our Site and advertisements; other sites or mobile applications that you may visit; and your interactions with our promotional or transactional emails, advertisements, online content, and texts from us or our business partners. For more information on your choices related to digital tracking tools, please see Section 5 (“Digital Tracking Tools & Interest-Based Advertising”).
Information Collected from Other Sources
We also obtain personal information from third parties who have the right to provide such information to us. For example, if we acquire another business that you have shopped at or visited, that business may provide us with your personal information as part of our acquisition. In addition, we acquire certain information from data brokers and other third parties, including address information that we use to validate or update your postal address or prevent fraud; demographic and lifestyle information (such as the size of your household, age, and gender) to help us analyze our business’ performance or improve the Services; and information about your online and offline transactions and purchases to help us analyze or improve the Services. We may also receive your information from other Site customers who choose to provide your information to us. We also receive personal information, such as your name, address, phone number, email address, transaction details, and pet information, from our business partners when you participate in joint marketing promotions, events, transactions, or similar partnerships or Services we offer with third parties with whom we share a joint venture or similar business relationship.
3. HOW WE USE YOUR INFORMATION
We collect, use, retain, and share personal information collected from or about you for the following purposes:
4. HOW WE SHARE YOUR INFORMATION
We may share or disclose the personal information we collect from or about you. We will share or disclose your information when we notify you or obtain your consent; when our service providers or vendors need to receive or process such information in order to provide a business service in partnership with us; and/or in any of the below contexts.
5. DIGITAL TRACKING TOOLS & INTEREST-BASED ADVERTISING
Certain parts of our Site use cookies and other digital tracking tools to deliver more relevant advertising to you, perform analytics, and link data collected across other devices, websites, and apps you may use. These tools help us improve your online experiences, deliver personalized advertising, improve our operations, and save you from having to re-enter information each time you visit our Site. Some of the tools we use are operated by third parties, such as Google Analytics, a web analytics service provided by Google which uses cookies and similar technologies to collect and analyze information to understand the use of our Site and to compile reports on activities and trends. The technologies used by Google may collect information such as your IP address, time of visit, whether you are a returning visitor and any referring website. The information generated by Google Analytics will be transmitted to and stored by Google and will be subject to Google’s privacy policies. You can learn about Google’s practices here, and you can remove Google Analytics from your browser by installing the Google Analytics browser add-on, available here.
In addition, our Site may use third-party tools known as “session replay” technology, which allows us to understand how users interact with our Site. These tools recreate a “replay” of a user’s online experience, including clickstreams and other interactions with our content, which we use to de-bug our Site, perform analyses, and improve our operations. For example, we may use Hotjar in order to better understand our users’ needs and to optimize this service and experience. Hotjar is a technology service that helps us better understand our users’ experiences (e.g., how much time they spend on which pages, which links they choose to click, what users do and do not like, etc.), and this enables us to build and maintain our service with user feedback. Hotjar uses cookies and other technologies to collect data on our users’ behavior and their devices. This includes a device’s IP address (captured and stored only in anonymized form), device screen size, device type (unique device identifiers), browser information, geographic location (country only), and preferred language used to display our Site. Hotjar stores this information in a pseudonymized user profile. Hotjar is contractually forbidden to sell any of the data collected on our behalf. For further details, please see Hotjar’s privacy policy. You can opt-out to the creation of a user profile, Hotjar’s storing of data about your usage of our Site, and Hotjar’s use of tracking cookies on other websites by following the directions found here.
Our digital tracking tools may also collect information regarding your use of other websites, applications, and online resources. We also use third-party advertising networks to serve ads on our behalf on our own Site, and on third-party websites and mobile applications. These networks may collect information about your visits to our platforms in order to provide you with ads about goods and services that may be of interest to you. They may also keep track of your interaction with our ads and your visits to our Site.
Some browsers or operating systems allow you to adjust your settings to limit certain tracking or to decline cookies. You can refer to your browser’s or operating system’s website or the “Help” section for more information on how to delete and/or disable cookies and options for controlling your tracking preferences. Some browsers offer a “Do-Not-Track” feature. We may not respond to Do-Not-Track requests or headers from some browsers. Please note that you may need to separately disable cookies on each browser and device you use to access the Services. If you choose to opt out of personalized advertising, you will still continue to receive generic advertising. If you disable, delete, or block cookies, you may not be able to place orders or use all of the features on our Site. If you disable, delete, or block cookies, not all of the tracking described in this Privacy Policy will stop, and you will still receive generalized advertising. To learn more about the use of cookies and other technologies used to deliver more relevant advertising and to know your choices with respect to the collection and use of the data by these external tools and participating companies, please visit the Digital Advertising Alliance’s opt-out pages, available here and here. You can also download the free “AppChoices” app from the Digital Advertising Alliance to control how much information about your interests is used for in-app advertising on your mobile device by participating companies. More information is available here from the Digital Advertising Alliance.
6. YOUR STATE PRIVACY RIGHTS AND ADDITIONAL DISCLOSURES
Depending on the state in which you reside, you may have certain privacy rights regarding your personal data. If you are a California resident, please see our “California Privacy Rights and Reporting” section below. For other state residents, your privacy rights may include (if applicable):
Depending on how the applicable privacy law defines a “sale,” we may sell personal data to third parties. For instance, if you are a resident of Colorado or Connecticut, our use of cookies and tracking technologies constitutes the sale of personal data to third-party advertisers. We also use cookies and other tracking technologies to display advertisements about our products to you on nonaffiliated websites, applications, and online services. This is “targeted advertising” under applicable privacy laws. We do not use personal data for profiling in furtherance of decisions that produce legal or similarly significant effects concerning individuals.
To exercise your rights, please submit a request through our interactive web form available here or by emailing us at privacy@petinsurancequotes.com. If legally required, we will comply with your request upon verification of your identity and, to the extent applicable, the identity of the individual on whose behalf you are making such a request. To do so, we will ask you to verify data points based on information we have in our records. If you are submitting a request on behalf of another individual, please use the same contact methods described above. If we refuse to take action regarding your request, you may appeal our decision by replying to the email you received from us in response to your request.
7. CALIFORNIA Privacy Rights & Reporting
If you are a California resident, this section applies to you. The California Consumer Privacy Act (“CCPA”) and the Shine the Light law afford California residents certain rights with respect to their personal information. The CCPA defines “personal information” as any information that identifies, relates to, describes, is reasonably capable of being associated with, or could reasonably be linked, directly or indirectly, to, a particular consumer or household. The CCPA gives California residents the following rights related to their personal information:
The table in Section 1 summarizes for the preceding 12 months the categories of personal information we have collected, the sources from which we collected this information, the business or commercial purpose for the collection, and the categories of recipients to whom the information was disclosed.
How to Exercise Your Right to Know and Your Right to Delete
If you are a California resident or an authorized agent acting on behalf of a California resident and you wish to exercise the Right to Know or the Right to Delete, you may submit by completing our web form or by emailing us at privacy@petinsurancequotes.com. You may submit a Right to Know and/or a Right to Delete request at no charge up to two times every 12 months.
When you submit a Right to Know or Right to Delete request, we will verify your identity by matching the information provided by you with the information we have in our records. In some cases, we may need to request additional information in order to verify your identity or, where necessary, process your request. If we are unable to adequately verify your identity or the legitimacy of your request, we will notify you or the requester. If you fail to timely respond to our request to verify your identity, your request may be denied. Please note that, even if your Right to Delete request is granted, we may retain certain limited personal information where necessary under applicable law, such as to fulfill a contract with you, to comply with other laws, to prevent fraud, for dispute resolution, to protect information security, and to enforce our Terms of Use and other agreements.
You may submit a Right to Know or Right to Delete request on your own behalf, or you may designate an authorized agent to make a request on your behalf. If an agent submits a Right to Know or Right to Delete request, the agent must present signed, written authorization to act on your behalf. You will also be required to independently verify your own identity directly with us and to confirm with us that you provided the agent permission to submit the request. This verification process is not necessary if your authorized agent provides documentation reflecting that the agent has the power of attorney to act on your behalf under California Probate Code sections 4121-4130.
How to Exercise Your Right to Opt-Out of Sales
If you are a California resident or an authorized agent acting on behalf of a California resident and you wish to exercise the Right to Opt-Out of Sales, you may do so by completing our web form or by emailing us at privacy@petinsurancequotes.com. If an authorized agent submits the request, they must provide us with a signed, written authorization to act on your behalf. To process your request, our privacy vendor will place a cookie on your browser to automatically prevent the sale of your personal information when you use that browser to visit our Site. You will need to submit a separate Opt Out of Sale request on each browser and device that you use to visit our Site. Please note that after we process your request, you may still see advertising regarding our products and services. This advertising is designed for a general audience, or it may be delivered by service providers in ways that do not involve sales of your personal information.
Notice of Financial Incentives
From time to time, we may invite you to participate in different surveys or user experience testing in exchange for a financial incentive. You will be informed if there is a financial incentive and what such financial incentive is at the time of your invitation to participate. Categories of personal information that we may collect when you participate in these offerings include your name, email address, and any information you choose to provide in the context of the offering. Participating is entirely voluntary.
California’s ‘Shine the Light’ Law
Under California’s “Shine the Light” law, a California resident with whom we have an established relationship has the right to request information about our disclosure of personal information to affiliated companies or third parties for their direct marketing purposes within the immediately preceding calendar year, subject to certain exceptions. To exercise this right, please contact us as described herein.
8. NEVADA RESIDENTS
Nevada residents have the right to request that we do not sell certain personal information to select third parties for monetary consideration, even if their personal information is not currently being sold. If you are a Nevada resident and wish to exercise this right, please email privacy@petinsurancequotes.com.
9. How to Update Your Information & COMMUNICATION PREFERENCES To change your communication preferences, please follow the instructions below:
Your instructions to limit the use of your information for these purposes will be processed as soon as reasonably practicable.
10. Data Security
We have taken certain physical, administrative, and technical steps designed to safeguard the personal information we collect from and about our customers. However, please be aware that despite these measures, no e-commerce platform, website, application, or system is 100% secure. You should take reasonable steps to protect your personal information against unauthorized access to your passwords, phone, and computer by, for example, signing off after using a shared computer; choosing a unique password for each account that no one else knows or can easily guess; and keeping your log-ins and passwords private. We are not responsible for any lost, stolen, or compromised passwords or for any activity on your account via unauthorized password activity.
11. Transfer of Data from Outside the United States
We are located in the United States, and therefore collect, process, and store your information in the United States. If you use any of our Services from outside of the United States, personal information that we collect from or about you will be transferred to and stored on servers inside the United States. Your use of the Services or provision of information to us constitutes your consent to the collection, transfer, use, processing, sharing, and storage of your information in the United States.
12. Children
Our Services are directed at a general audience and are not targeted to children. We do not knowingly collect personal information from children. If we learn that we have collected personal information from an individual under age 16, we will use reasonable efforts to promptly remove such information. If you believe that we may have information from a child, please contact us as described herein.
13. EXTERNAL Content, Links, and Plug-Ins
The Site may have links to external websites or applications, which may have privacy policies that differ from our own. We are not responsible for the practices of such third parties. The Site may also offer you the ability to interact with social plug-ins from external social media sites, which may allow us and/or the social media site to receive personal information from or about you. In some cases, we may know that you clicked on a social media plug-in, such as a Facebook “Like” or Twitter “Follow” button, and we may receive other information from the social media sites. Similarly, if you have previously provided personal information to an external party operating a plug-in on the Site, then such an external party may recognize you on our platform. Your use of social network plug-ins is subject to each social media site’s privacy policy, which may be different from ours, so please read these policies carefully. As with linked sites, we have no control over the information that is collected, stored, or used by social network plug-ins, and we are not responsible for the practices of such sites.
14. Changes to this Privacy Policy
We reserve the right to make changes to this Privacy Policy at any time. When we do, we will post the changes on the Site. Please visit this page periodically so that you will be apprised of any such changes. If we change the Privacy Policy in a material way, we will provide appropriate notice to you.
15. Contact Us
If you have any questions or comments regarding this Privacy Policy or any of the practices described herein, you can contact us by emailing us at privacy@petinsurancequotes.com.