At CarInsuranceQuote.com, your privacy is a critical concern. We understand that you entrust us with your private information to help us match you with an insurance agent (we refer to all of these as “Agents”) who can meet your insurance needs. In exchange for your trust, you expect and deserve our dedication to treat your information with respect. CarInsuranceQuote.com will not sell or share any personal information about you to or with any person or organization except: as authorized by you, to participating agents or other parties involved in your transaction, or as may be required by law or court order. The Privacy Policy below describes the standards we adhere to in handling information about you and your insurance quote request.s.
1. CarInsuranceQuote.com- Who we are and what we do CarInsuranceQuote.com is a well respected online insurance resource site that connects consumers with insurance agents to compete for their business across a variety of insurance policy types. CarInsuranceQuote.com is not an insurance agency and does not provide quotes directly to consumers. Rather, CarInsuranceQuote.com is a free service that connects you with our nationwide network of quality insurance agents, agencies and carriers.
After you submit your quote request via our web site, we instantly match you to local and national agents who can meet your car insurance needs. We establish this connection by having matching agents contact you via email or phone. These agents will use the information you provided in your quote request to run your quote and contact you with the details. Please note that there are instances where CarInsuranceQuote.com does not have a matching agent based on your location and car insurance needs. If this occurs, your information may be passed to one of our partner companies to ensure that you receive as many competitive quotes as possible.
CarInsuranceQuote.com does not charge a fee to use our service. CarInsuranceQuote.com is paid a fee by the insurance agents and/or insurance affiliate partners who purchase leads through our service.
2. Information Collected CarInsuranceQuote.com collects the following personal information for each of our car insurance quote requests. We pass this information on to your matching agents so they can generate accurate quotes for you. The information we provide to agents can include:
This information is not required, but is helpful in generating your quotes.
We collect and track certain technical information to make sure your consumer experience is a beneficial one. We may also use technical information to store your preferences and make future visits to our site quicker for you.
Cookies – a cookie is a small file stored on a user’s computer that contains information about the user. Cookies allow us to see how and when you use our sites, but they cannot be used to track personal information such as email address or phone number. Cookies also allow us to store the personal preferences that you set during each visit to our sites which can speed up your future visits.
Log files – CarInsuranceQuote.com uses log files to track how our sites are being accessed and used. Log files track anonymous user information such as IP addresses, browser types, Internet service providers, referring and exit pages, platform type, date and time stamps, and number of clicks to, from, and within our sites. Web logs are tracked only on our company servers and do not place anything on your computer.
Information from Banner Ads – if you arrive at CarInsuranceQuote.com through a banner ad, we can track where you arrived from, as well as clicks that might have impacted our servers. This information is anonymous and cannot be used to gather personal information about you. Information from the “Contact Us” section of the web site
If you decide to correspond with us via the “Contact Us” section on our site, we may ask you for personal information such as your name, email address, or phone number. This information is not sold to any third parties. Your information may, however, be shared with outside sources in order to resolve any problems you may have.
Information gathered from agents Our agent web site contains preliminary information for insurance agents who might like to join our network. If you are an agent and submit information through the “Request More Information” page, your email address and phone number will be used for contact purposes but not shared with any outside parties.
Information gathered from affiliates The affiliate section of our web site contains preliminary information for people who might like to join our affiliate network. If you sign up as an affiliate we will gather personal information such as name, postal address, and phone number. This information is used to contact you with information such as payment delivery notifications and a monthly affiliate newsletter. This information is never shared with any outside parties.
3. How Your Information is Used How we share information with agents When you submit a quote request on the CarInsuranceQuote.com website, your data is used to match you with an average of three to five qualified licensed insurance agents who will look to your insurance needs. In the event that we cannot match you with an agent, your information may be passed on to one of our partner companies in an effort to ensure you receive as many competitive quotes as possible.
How we internally use technical information to improve marketing CarInsuranceQuote.com uses technical information such as cookies and web logs to study how our sites are being used. We can also use cookies to track your preferences so that when you return to our web site, you can navigate more easily without having to re-enter certain information. By analyzing the data that cookies and web logs provide, we can determine how to improve our web sites and banner ad campaigns to better serve our customers.
Other uses of your information by third parties Partner companies – in the event that no CarInsuranceQuote.com agents can serve your insurance needs, the information from your information request form may be distributed to one of our partner companies. We do this because we feel strongly that if we cannot provide you the information you requested, one of our trusted partner sites should. We consider this part of our commitment to provide excellent customer service. In these circumstances, we pass your quote request only to partner companies that we have an existing contractual relationship. We only partner with reputable companies and our contract requires they follow applicable laws and not misuse the data provided to them. Any contact from partner companies is not covered under this policy, nor are any further communications you may have with agents from those partner companies. Companies that perform information processing on our behalf – CarInsuranceQuote.com partners with companies who manage our email systems and conduct surveys on our behalf. Your personal data may be shared with these companies on a limited basis so that we can create and target our marketing campaigns. Law Enforcement – CarInsuranceQuote.com will share your personal information in response to law enforcement officers, government personnel, court order or subpoena. This information will only be shared in order to comply with any CarInsuranceQuote.com legal obligation.
4. Communications You Can Expect Confirmation email Moments after you submit a quote request through CarInsuranceQuote.com, you will receive a confirmation email.
Follow up calls and emails from agents Your quote request is matched with qualified, licensed agents. These agents may contact you via the information that you provided in your quote request.
Newsletter You may be presented with the opportunity to sign up for our newsletter on the last page of each quote request, within the newsletter center within CarInsuranceQuote.com, or on the designated areas located throughout the site. After signing up to receive this newsletter, you will receive a welcome email to confirm your subscription and provide you an opportunity to unsubscribe for any reason.
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CarInsuranceQuote.com provides the website and the information provided herein as a service to consumers. The information and materials provided on this site are provided for general information purposes and may not be relied on as a substitute for professional or legal advice. The views or opinions expressed by the authors included herein do not necessarily reflect the views or opinions of CarInsuranceQuote.com or its affiliates. This information is not intended to create any legal relationship between CarInsuranceQuote.com and the user. Neither the transmission nor receipt of these materials will constitute a legal relationship between the sender and the receiver. The information is not guaranteed to be correct, complete, or current. CarInsuranceQuote.com makes no warranty, expressed or implied, about the accuracy or reliability of the information expressed herein, or at any other website to which this site is linked. CarInsuranceQuote.com also assumes no responsibility for the content and accuracy of materials contained in external sites to which links are provided on this website.
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Agent communications When you submit an quote inquiry form with CarInsuranceQuote.com, insurance agents will contact you using the phone number and email address provided. In order stop these communications, you must contact the agents directly and request that they stop contacting you.
If you decide to purchase insurance from one of the insurance agents matched to you through CarInsuranceQuote.com, all further contact with that agent is not covered under this policy. You should thoroughly read the Privacy Policy of the agent you select in order to make sure that you are comfortable with their policy.
Quote requests CarInsuranceQuote.com is not an insurance agency. We are a free service that instantly connects you with a nationwide network of qualified and licensed insurance agents and carriers. After you submit your quote request via our web site, we immediately match you to local agents and/or carriers directly or through one of our trusted affiliate partner sites and sends your data to them. This process happens immediately. Because of this, there is not an opportunity for you to edit your original information after it’s been submitted. We recommend that you communicate any needed changes directly to the agents and/or carriers with whom you were matched.
6. Policies applicable to restricted areas within the site Certain areas of the CarInsuranceQuote.com site, such as areas only available to our agents may have additional or different terms and conditions than those addressed in this policy. If you access any of these areas, please consult the privacy policies posted in those areas.
7. Notification of Changes to this Privacy Policy We may, at our sole discretion, revise this policy at any time in a manner consistent with applicable laws and regulations. When we revise this policy, including changes to CarInsuranceQuote.com use of your personal information, we will incorporate the revisions into this policy and will revise the “last revised” date at the top of this web page. We recommend that you regularly visit this policy in order to remain informed about any changes that we may implement.
CarInsuranceQuote.com LLC Privacy Notice By filling out the forms and providing information about yourself on this and the following pages, you acknowledge and agree that:
You have read, understand and agree to the CarInsuranceQuote.com Privacy Policy, and CarInsuranceQuote.com may send you electronically (via email or otherwise) any notices with respect to the Privacy Policy
CarInsuranceQuote.com may provide the data you submit to third parties for the purposes of providing you information and quotes about insurance, that such third parties may contact you by the email addresses, physical address or phone numbers that you provide, and that such third parties may use your information to gather additional information about you, such as insurance or credit scores. You further agree that CarInsuranceQuote.com is not responsible for the third parties’ compliance with any applicable law concerning telephone, e-mail, or facsimile communications with you. CarInsuranceQuote.com may contact you using the information you provide.
You are an actual person, you have the right to provide the information you submit, and the information you submit is accurate, complete and truthful. If you do not agree to the terms of this Privacy Notice and the Privacy Policy, then do not enter your information and do not continue with this process and do not provide your information to CarInsuranceQuote.com, in which case CarInsuranceQuote.com will not be able to have any quotes or insurance related information provided to you.