Privacy Policy
Last Update: 11/19/24
Welcome to our website (the: "Website").
Our website provides different email notifications, widgets, applications and other services (“Services”). The purpose of this Privacy Policy is to explain which information is collected when visiting the Website, how it is used and shared.
This Website and the Services are intended for U.S. residents only.
Consent to Receipt of Messages and Telemarketing
The submission of your telephone number on the Website constitutes express consent for us and Service Providers and their agents and partner companies to contact you, at the number given by you, to provide marketing information by means of text messages, SMS and MMS, as well as live and pre-recorded telephone calls, including calls made through automated telephone dialing system, on landlines and wireless numbers, even if the phone number you provide is on a corporate, state or national Do Not Call list. The consent provided by you shall not be treated as consent for purchasing goods or services. Rates may apply for the data and messages sent. Your consent for being contacted may be revoked at any time by contacting us at: sureint.com/contact or by writing to us at [email protected].
Information Collection
Our goal is to assist consumers in finding insurance and other products by putting consumers in touch with insurance companies, insurance agents, discount program representatives and vendors who also help to connect consumers with insurance providers and other third parties (“Service Providers”). To this end, when using our Website, you may voluntarily provide information about yourself, including your name, home address, telephone number, email address, date of birth, gender, and income We may also collect current insurance information, type of automobile you drive, home ownership status, military affiliation, credit score, and other demographic information that you provide to us.
We (and other entities) may also automatically collect information relating to your interactions with us and our Website, including Internet protocol (IP) addresses, Internet service provider (ISP), browser type, device type, operating system, date and time of visit, referring/exit pages, Internet tags, clickstream data and other activities on the Website. This automatically collected information may be used together with other information gathered about you. The purpose thereof is to improve our services, analytics, marketing, and the operation of the Website. This data is collected through cookies, tags, beacons and scripts by us, our marketing partners, affiliates, analytics and services providers in order to analyze trends, track users’ movements around the Website and to gather demographic information about our user base. If you do not wish that information will be collected about you through cookies, you can set your browser to reject them. You will still be able to access the Website, however, your ability to use some features or areas of our Website may be limited.
Information Use
We may use your information for any lawful purpose, including the following:
- To deliver our products and services to you (including matching you with insurance providers and Service Providers);
- To perform services, such as account servicing, processing orders and payments, and analytics;
- To maintain and improve our services;
- To display customized content and advertising;
- To conduct research and analysis (including internal research for technological improvement);
- To ensure that the Website is functioning properly (including debugging);
- To aid us in developing new services;
- To aid us in internal operations (including auditing our interactions with you);
- To alert you to product updates, special offers, updated information, and other new services;
- To contact you in response to your requests for information;
- To send newsletters and other information to you;
- To provide you quotes from Service Providers who may contact you using the information you provide;
- To detect and protect against security incidents, fraud, and illegal activity;
- To ensure legal compliance;
- To obtain additional information needed from you; and
- With your consent, or as otherwise disclosed at the time information is collected.
Information Sharing
We may share the information we collect with other parties, including the following:
- Insurance providers and Service Providers;
- Advertising networks;
- Internet service providers;
- Data analytics providers;
- Operating systems and platforms;
- Social networks;
- Consumer data resellers;
- Our subsidiaries, corporate affiliates, and related companies, including any that we may have in the future;
- Our vendors and service providers for the purpose of verifying data and where such access is incidental to their providing us services, such as phone number verification services and email service providers;
- As part of a promotion or program (e.g. sweepstakes, contests, giveaways, or other promotions) that you choose to participate in that is offered by us, either alone or with third parties;
- With your consent or as otherwise disclosed at the time of data collection and sharing.
We may share information that has been de-identified or aggregated without limitation.
Opting Out
By submitting your personally identifiable information, you grant permission to receive email, fax, telephone, text messages and other forms of communications from or on behalf of us and third parties to whom we transfer your information. If you do not agree to this and would like to opt-out from this option, please follow the opt-out instructions located at the bottom of each promotional or marketing email communication or email us at [email protected]. However, you should be aware that you may continue to receive messages concerning any transaction you make with us or comments or inquiries you submit to us even if you opt-out of receiving marketing messages.
If you do not agree that your information will be shared with third parties for marketing purposes, please write to us at [email protected]. If you do not wish to receive communications from any person or entity with whom we have shared your information for their marketing purposes, you must contact them directly.
Third Party Sites Connecting through our Website
We may use third-party services, such as Google Analytics (as explained in more detail below), to help us understand how users use the Website or Service and to improve the ways in which we interact with users, including the refinement of interest-based ads displayed to users. Such services, including Google Analytics, may collect information about your use of the Website or Service through cookies, advertising identifiers and other technologies. The collection and use of data by such third parties, including Google Analytics, is subject to their privacy policies and is not governed by this Privacy Policy.
You need to be aware that other websites and services may collect personally identifiable information about you, which includes the websites of third parties that you connect with through our Website or Service. This Privacy Policy does not govern the information practices of those third-party websites, and we are not responsible or liable for the content and activities of such websites. Additionally, please note that certain personally identifiable information may be made available to third parties using our Application Programming Interface (“API”). Use of third-party applications developed using our API are subject to the terms of use and privacy policies of such third party developers. You should be aware that such third party applications may share user information.
Analytics and Digital Advertising
This Website adheres to the Digital Advertising Alliance (“DAA”) Self-Regulatory Principles in connection with interest-based advertising . It is possible that we will cooperate with third parties that gather data about your use of the Website and other sites or apps for purposes other than advertising. We use Google Analytics and other third-party services to improve the performance of the Website and for analytics and marketing purposes. If you are interested in finding out more about how Google Analytics collects and uses data when you use our Website, please visit www.google.com/policies/privacy/partners, and to opt out of Google Analytics, visit tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout.
Furthermore, it is possible that we will enter into partnerships with ad networks and other ad serving providers (“Advertising Providers”) whose task is to provide advertisements on behalf of us and other entities on non-affiliated platforms. It could be that some of those advertisements will be interest-based, that is personalized to match your interest on the basis of information collected by Advertising Providers about your use of the Website and other websites or apps over time, including information about relationships among different devices and browsers.
To learn more about internet-based advertising you may visit the DAA Webchoices tool at www.aboutads.info. This page also provides information on how to opt out of advertising on websites by companies participating in the DAA self-regulatory program. You can also exercise choices regarding interest-based advertising on your mobile device by downloading the appropriate version of the DAA’s AppChoices tool at https://youradchoices.com/appchoices.
Please note that if you use a different browser or mobile device or delete your cookies, it may be necessary for you to renew your opt-out choices exercised through the DAA Webchoices tool. Electing to opt out may make the ads you see less relevant to your interests, but will not stop advertising from appearing in your browser or applications. Your browser may also provide tools to delete cookies or limit their; but if you resort to this measure, it may cause our Website not to function as intended.
State Privacy Rights
Residents of certain states of have rights under state privacy laws with respect to we collect. If you are a resident of such states, this section of the Privacy Policy contains disclosures required by law and explains rights that may be available to you. To submit such a request, please contact us online at: sureint.com/contact or by sending an email to: [email protected]
Personal Information We Collect and Disclose. In the preceding 12 months, we collected, disclosed for a business purpose, and sold the following categories of personal information about consumers.
- Personal and online identifiers (such as first and last name, email address, or unique online identifiers);
- Recordkeeping information (such as physical characteristics or description, insurance policy number, bank account number, credit card number, debit card number, or any other financial information, medical information, or health insurance information);
- Characteristics of legally protected classifications (such as race, gender);
- Status as transgender or nonbinary;
- Commercial or transactions information (such as records of personal property or products or services purchased, obtained or considered);
- Internet or other electronic network activity information (such as browsing history, search history, interactions with a website, email, application, or advertisement);
- Geolocation information;
- Professional or employment-related information;
- Education information;
- Inferences drawn from the above information about your predicted characteristics and preferences;
- Sensory information (such as audio, electronic, visual, thermal, olfactory, or similar information); and
- Other information about you that is linked to the personal information above.
Sensitive Personal Information. Some of the categories of personal information listed above are considered sensitive personal information under certain state privacy laws. NOTICE: We may sell your sensitive personal data.
Categories of Sources. We collect personal information from the following categories of sources:
- Consumers; and
- Service providers.
Our Purposes for Processing Personal Information. We use and disclose the personal information we collect for our commercial and business purposes, as further described above in the “Information Use“ section of this Privacy Policy.
Recipients of Personal Information. We disclose the categories of personal information designated above in the “Information Sharing“ section of this Privacy Policy for commercial and business purposes.
We sell the categories of personal information designated above to the categories of third parties listed below:
- Advertising/marketing companies;
- Advertising networks;
- Marketing data companies;
- Data analytics providers;
- Operating systems and platforms;
- Consumer data resellers;
- Financial services companies; and
- Insurance companies and Brokers.
Your Rights Regarding Personal Information. Residents of certain states have rights with respect to the personal information collected by businesses. If you are a resident in one of these states, you may exercise the following rights regarding your personal information, subject to certain exceptions and limitations:
- The right to confirm whether we are processing personal information about you.
- The right to correct inaccuracies in the personal information we have collected about you.
- The right to know the categories and specific pieces of personal information we collect, use, disclose, and sell about you, the categories of sources from which we collected your personal information, our purposes for collecting or selling your personal information, the categories of your personal information that we have either sold or disclosed for a business purpose, and the categories of third parties with which we have shared personal information.
- Depending on your state, the right to receive a portable and readily usable copy of the personal information we have collected about you, to the extent feasible.
- The right to correct inaccuracies in the personal information we have collected about you.
- The right to request that we delete the personal information we have collected from you.
- The right to opt out of (i) the sharing of personal information for targeted advertising; (ii) the sale(s) of personal information; or (iii) profiling for decisions that have significant effects. Please note that if you opt out of certain types of sales, we will be unable to provide you with the services that rely on such sales.
- Choice regarding sensitive information. Depending on your state, you can:
- Limit our processing of certain “sensitive” personal information;
- Opt out of our processing of certain “sensitive” information; or
- Withdraw consent for such processing if you previously gave it.
- The right not to receive discriminatory treatment for the exercise of the above privacy rights.
To exercise any of the above rights, please contact us using the following information and submit the required verifying information, as further described below:
- To opt out of sales of personal information or the sharing of personal information for interest-based advertising, click the “Do Not Sell or Share My Personal Information” This should link directly to the updated Privacy Rights Request Form;
- By email at [email protected]
- Online at Do Not Sell or Share My Personal Information ;
Additionally, for residents of certain states, if you have submitted a request that we have not reasonably fulfilled, you may contact us to appeal our decision by sending an email with the subject link “Appeal – [Insert Your State of Residence]” to [email protected].
Designating an Authorized Agent
Depending on your state of residence, you may designate an authorized agent to make requests on your behalf. In such case, we will require the agent to submit proof of your written authorization by email at [email protected] , as well as your verification details, including your first and last name, telephone number, email address, zip code and city. Please note that additional information may be requested for verifying the request.
Verification of Identity
Upon receipt of a request for the exercise of your special rights, we may require you to provide certain information to verify your identity or understand the scope of your request. However, please note that you will not have to create an account with us to submit a request or have it fulfilled. In order to verify your identity and fulfil your request, you will be asked to provide at least your first and last name, telephone number, email address, city and zip code. It may be impossible for us to assist you, if we cannot successfully verify your identity or if the information is too sensitive to be disclosed.
Minors’ Rights. We do not have actual knowledge that we sell the personal information of minors (individuals under 18 years of age).
Changes to our Privacy Policy
We may occasionally update this Privacy Policy. When we make changes, we will also post the “last update” on the Privacy Policy. We encourage you to periodically review this Privacy Policy to stay informed about how we use and share the information we collect.
Contact Us
If you have any questions, concerns, comments or requests in relation to this Privacy Policy, please contact us by email at [email protected].