Wage Armor Privacy Policy

Wage Armor is a marketing name for the mutual holding company, Wage Armor Group Inc. and its subsidiaries. Those subsidiaries include, but are not limited to, Wage Armor Life Insurance Company and Wage Armor Life Insurance Company of New York. Insurance products and services are offered by Wage Armor Life Insurance Company in all states except New York. In New York, insurance products and services are offered by Wage Armor Life Insurance Company of New York, Albany, NY. Product availability, features and rates may vary by state

Wage Armor recognizes the importance of protecting information that users of Wage Armor websites provide to us. We adopted this Online Privacy Policy to tell you how we collect, use, maintain, protect and disclose information collected online.

You may browse pages within any Wage Armor website for general information about Wage Armor and its business without providing us access to any of your personal information except as described herein. If you choose to take advantage of certain Wage Armor website features or services, you may be asked to provide certain personal information that can be used to personally identify or contact you. In addition, certain pages on Wage Armor websites provide online access to personal information (such as your policy) and allow you to complete or request certain transactions online.

This Policy applies to information we collect:

  • On any webpage contained within an Wage Armor website.
  • In email or other electronic messages between you and Wage Armor or any Wage Armor website.
  • Through mobile and desktop applications you download from any Wage Armor webpage, which provides dedicated non-browser-based interaction between you and any Wage Armor website.

It does not apply to information collected:

  • Offline, directly from you, or through any other means
  • From any third party, including through any application or content that may link to or be accessible from an Wage Armor website.

By accessing or using any Wage Armor website, you agree to this Online Privacy Policy, so please review it carefully to understand Wage Armor’s treatment of online information. If you do not agree with this Policy, you should cease use of Wage Armor online resources and contact us by telephone at 800-869-0355. Please know that this Policy may change from time to time, and your continued use of any Wage Armor website is conditioned upon your acceptance of those changes. Please review this Policy periodically. We will post notice of any material changes on the home page for a reasonable time.

Topics:

  • Information we collect about you and how we collect it
  • How we use your information
  • Disclosure of information
  • Data security
  • Monitoring
  • Links to third-party websites
  • Children under the age of 13
  • Changes to our online privacy policy
  • Contact information

INFORMATION WE COLLECT ABOUT YOU AND HOW WE COLLECT IT

Wage Armor collects various types of information from and about users of our websites, including the following information that is designated by certain laws as “personal information”:

  • Information by which you may be personally identified, such as name, postal address, e-mail address, or telephone number.
  • Information relating to an identified or identifiable natural person, such as about your internet connection, the equipment you use to access any Wage Armor website, and usage details.

We collect this information:

  • Directly from you when you provide it to us, either through any Wage Armor website or via email.
  • Automatically as you navigate through the website. Information collected automatically may include usage details, IP addresses, and information collected through cookies and other tracking technologies, such as Google Analytics.
  • As you use or view our website via your browser’s cookies.

Information You Provide to Us:

The information we collect on or through any Wage Armor website may include:

  • Information that you provide by completing forms or requesting transactions on any Wage Armor website or by other electronic means. This includes information provided at the time of registering to use any Wage Armor website or when requesting services or transactions related to your Wage Armor insurance policy.
  • Records and copies of your correspondence (including email addresses), if you contact us.
  • Details of transactions you request that we complete through any Wage Armor website.

Information We Collect Through Automatic Data Collection Technologies:

As you navigate through and interact with any Wage Armor website, we may use automatic data collection technologies, such as cookies and Google Analytics, to collect certain information about your equipment, browsing actions, and patterns, including:

  • Details of your visits to any Wage Armor website, including traffic data, location data, logs, and other communication data and the resources that you access and use on any Wage Armor website.
  • Information about your computer and internet connection, including your IP address, operating system, and browser type.

The information we collect automatically is generally statistical data and we may maintain it or associate it with personal information we collect elsewhere or from third parties. This helps us to improve our websites and to deliver a better and more personalized service. This includes enabling us to:

  • Estimate our audience size and usage patterns.
  • Store information about your preferences, allowing us to customize our websites according to your individual interests.
  • Speed up your searches.
  • Recognize you when you return to our websites.

The technologies we use for this automatic data collection may include:

  • Cookies (or browser cookies). A cookie is a text file that is placed on your hard disk by a webpage server. Cookies are uniquely assigned to you, and can only be read by a web server in the domain that issued the cookie to you. One of the primary purposes of cookies is to provide a convenience feature to save you time, in order to tell the web server that you have returned to a specific page. For example, if you personalize Wage Armor pages, or register with an Wage Armor website or service, a cookie helps Wage Armor to recall your specific information on subsequent visits. Most web browsers automatically accept cookies, but you can usually modify your browser setting to decline cookies if you prefer. If you choose to decline cookies, some interactive features of the Wage Armor website may not function optimally or at all.
  • Google Analytics. Google Analytics is a web analytics service offered by Google that tracks and reports website traffic.

HOW WE USE YOUR INFORMATION

We use information that we collect about you or that you provide to us, including any personal information, in the following ways:

  • To present Wage Armor websites and their contents to you.
  • To provide you with the information that you request.
  • To fulfill any other purpose or transaction for which you provide the information.
  • To provide you with notices and other information about your Wage Armor insurance policy.
  • To notify you about changes to Wage Armor websites and any products or services we offer or provide through our websites.
  • In any other way, we describe at the time you provide information on any Wage Armor website.
  • For any other purpose with your consent.
  • As described in our Customer Privacy Policy and, where applicable, our HIPAA Notice of Privacy Practices.
  • As permitted or required by law.

DISCLOSURE OF INFORMATION

We do not sell personal information collected from users of our websites. We may disclose personal information that we collect or you provide as described in our Customer Privacy Policy and, where applicable, our HIPAA Notice of Privacy Practices. Without your consent, we may share your information with persons or organizations in and out of Wage Armor and our affiliated companies as permitted or required by law, such as with service providers, companies pursuant to a potential merger or acquisition, and law enforcement.

  • Information is shared with Assurity
  • Continued use of Wage Armor operates as consent to sharing with the third parties identified above
  • To decline or prevent disclosure of information to third parties, you should not use the site.
  • Click here to view Assurity’s separate privacy policy and terms of use that apply when the user commences the process to procure an Assurity product.
  • Upon receipt of shared information, Assurity may seek to initiate contact directly with the user.

DATA SECURITY

Wage Armor has implemented measures designed to secure your personal information from accidental loss and from unauthorized access, use, alteration, and disclosure. All information you provide to us is stored on our secure servers behind firewalls and we have implemented various physical, technical and administrative safeguards. Any payment transaction information is protected in accordance with industry standards, including Payment Card Industry (PCI) data security standards.

The safety and security of your information is also your responsibility. Where you have chosen a password for access to certain parts of any Wage Armor website, you are responsible for selecting a strong password and keeping the password secret. We ask that you use a password unique to Wage Armor websites and never share your password with anyone. If you believe your password may have been compromised, please contact us immediately.

The transmission of information via the internet is not completely secure. Although Wage Armor does its best to protect your personal information, we cannot guarantee the security of information transmitted across the interest to any Wage Armor website, or that Wage Armor websites will be free from malware or malicious attack that could result in compromise of your information. Any transmission of personal information is at your own risk. We are not responsible for circumvention of any privacy settings or security measures contained on any Wage Armor website. WAGE ARMOR MAKES NO WARRANTY RELATED TO USE OF ANY WAGE ARMOR WEBSITE AND ASSUMES NO LIABILITY FOR COMPROMISE OF YOUR SYSTEM. In the event of a data security incident and as required by law, we may notify you by posting to an Wage Armor website, or by email, mail, or telephone.

MONITORING

To protect Wage Armor websites from unauthorized use and to ensure proper function, we may monitor activities on any Wage Armor website. Anyone using an Wage Armor website expressly consents to such monitoring and is advised that if such monitoring reveals possible evidence of criminal activity, Wage Armor may provide the evidence of such monitoring to law enforcement.

LINKS TO THIRD-PARTY WEBSITES

Wage Armor websites may contain links to third-party websites ("linked sites"). Linked sites are not under the control of Wage Armor and Wage Armor is not responsible for the privacy practices of these websites. When you access a linked site, you agree to independently review the privacy information provided on that website to determine its privacy practices.

CHILDREN UNDER THE AGE OF 13

Wage Armor websites are not intended for children under 13 years of age. No one under age 13 may provide any personal information to or on any Wage Armor website. We do not knowingly collect personal information from children under 13 via any Wage Armor website. If you are under 13, do not use or provide any information on any Wage Armor website or on or through any of its features, register on the website, or provide any information about yourself to us, including your name, address, telephone number, email address, or any screen name or user name you may use. If we learn we have collected or received personal information from a child under 13 without verification of parental consent, we will delete that information. If you believe we might have any information from or about a child under 13, please contact us.

CHANGES TO OUR ONLINE PRIVACY POLICY

Wage Armor will post any changes we make to our Online Privacy Policy on this page and the date last modified is displayed at the end of the policy.

CONTACT INFORMATION

If you have questions or comments about this privacy policy or our privacy practices, contact us via our toll-free number.