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Westwinds Insurance , is committed to protecting your privacy. This policy outlines our personal information handling practices for both online and offline data. If you give us personal information, we will treat it according to this policy. Personal Information Collected
Westwinds Insurance Inc. obtains your personal information through our brokers and licensed staff but only with your consent. Whether you are looking for a quote or have purchased insurance through our offices, we need to collect & store information such as: - Name
- Address
- Birth date
- Marital status
- Phone Number
- E-mail address
- Policy type and number
- Driver's license Number
- Accidents & ticket history
- Information about other operators of your vehicle
- Vehicle information
- Liens or leaseholders
- Mortgage holders
- Bank or Credit Card Information
How do we Obtain Your Consent?
We obtain your consent (which may be written or implied) at the time your personal information is being collected, but only information needed to provide you with a quote to obtain the insurance you request, as permitted or required by law.
Why do we collect personal information?
When you first become a client or whenever you acquire or renew a product from us, we need to collect some of your personal information. Common purposes for which we collect your personal information are to: - Enable us to acquire or renew an insurance policy for you;
- Assist you and assess your ongoing needs for insurance;
- Assess your need for other products, such as financial products, and to offer them to you;
- Ensure your information is accurate and up-to-date; and
- Protect us both against error or fraud.
Who do we disclose your personal information to?
For many of the purposes identified above, we will need to share your personal information with others in order to serve your needs. These other parties commonly include: - Insurance companies
- Other insurance brokers or agents
- Credit organizations
- Professionals working with us such as adjusters or lawyers
- Financial institutions. For example, the organization that carries your mortgage.
How we protect your personal information.
In order to protect your personal information and right to privacy, we will: - Not collect, use or disclose your personal information for any purpose other than those that we identify to you.
- Keep your personal information only for as long as we need it to fulfill the stated purpose or as required by law.
- Maintain your personal information in as accurate, complete and up-to-date a form as possible.
- Safeguard your personal information to the best of our ability.
- Respond to any request you may make to access or correct the personal information we hold about you.
- Obtain the appropriate consent from you for the collection, use or disclosure of your personal information.
Privacy Internet Communication
As the privacy of communication over the Internet cannot be guaranteed, we do not assume any responsibility for any harm, loss, or damage that might occur by the sending of personal and confidential information. Consent
In using this site, you signify your consent to our privacy policy. If you are not in agreement, please do not use the site. We reserve the right, at our discretion, to update, change, modify, add, or remove this policy from time to time, as appropriate. Should we make changes, we will publish these on the site in a timely fashion. Please do not hesitate to contact our Privacy Officer should you have any questions. Westwinds Insurance Inc #103, 15566 McIvor Blvd SE Calgary, AB T2Z4Y2 Tel: 403-285-1799 Fax:403-285-1709 e-mail:
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