Your Privacy
Protecting the Privacy of Information
(California Residents)
Intrastate Bail Bonds ("IBB") is committed to protecting your privacy by keeping the nonpublic personal information we collect from you confidential and secure, This policy applies to our relationships with individual consumers who inquire about and/or obtain products or services from IBB for personal, family and household purposes. Please read this Privacy Policy that details IBB's information use policies and practices.
Strict Security Measures
IBB takes the security of information very seriously and has established security standards and procedures to prevent unauthorized access to customer information. In addition, IBB has policies and procedures to limit employee access to information only to those employees with a business reason for accessing such information.
Why IBB Collects Information
IBB collects information about you to:
- Accurately identify you;
- Properly evaluate your request for a bond; and
- Comply with certain laws and regulations.
Information We Collect
IBB may collect the following types of nonpublic personal information from you and outside sources:
- Data you provide on your application and other forms you provide IBB, such as name, address and occupation;
- Your transactions with IBB, such as your account balance, payment history and claims history;
- Credit history from consumer reporting firms.
IBB has established procedures so that the information we collect is accurate, current and complete, You have the right to access and request correction of recorded nonpublic personal information and may do so by referring to IBB's Notice of Information Practices statement below. You should also be aware that information obtained from a report prepared by an insurance-support organization may be retained by the insurance-support organization and disclosed to other persons.
Information We Share
Depending on the type of relationship you have with IBB, we may share or disclose the information we collect from you, such as your claims history and payment history, with IBB affiliates, as well as with unaffiliated third parties, to the extent necessary to service you and your bond as completely as possible. IBB reserves the right to share all information we collect as this policy describes.
Under the law, IBB is permitted to share identification information with its affiliates, as well as information related to the transactions and experiences we have with our customers. We also disclose information to complete transactions initiated by you when you request or authorize the disclosure, or if the disclosure is required by law. At times it is necessary to disclose information to enforce or apply the terms and conditions of any agreement we have with you and to protect the rights, property, or safety of IBB, our customers, or others. This includes exchanging information with other companies and organizations, including governmental law enforcement authorities, to detect or prevent fraud, criminal activity, material misrepresentations or material nondisclosures in connection with insurance transactions.
We may also disclose the information we collect from you to nonaffiliated third parties, as permitted by law, For example, we may provide information to:
- Outside companies to perform services on our behalf, such as data analyses, bill payment and collection services;
- Government and administrative entities to respond to subpoenas, search warrants, orders and audits;
- Reinsurers and financial auditors;
- Another party, or its representative, involved in the purchase, sale or merger of all or part of IBB and its affiliates.
Whatever the reason for sharing information, we require strict confidentiality by the receiving parties and limit the use of the information to the purpose for which it was disclosed. IBB will not sell your personal information to unaffiliated third parties, nor will it provide your personal information to third parties, doing business on IBB's behalf, for their own marketing purposes.
Former Customers
If you end your relationship with IBB, we will adhere to the information policies and practices described in this policy.
Changes to our Privacy Policy
We reserve the right to change our Privacy Policy. If we make a material change to our Privacy Policy, it will be posted here on the internet for your review.
Notice of Information Practices
In some circumstances, it may be necessary for IBB to collect additional information about you from third parties. For example, IBB may collect your credit history from consumer reporting firms.
In certain situations, in order to correctly underwrite your bond, it may be necessary for IBB, without your authorization, to disclose some of the personal or privileged information we collect about you to third parties. For example, in order to conduct our business we must exchange some information about you with our underwriters and claims representatives and with other insurance companies that may reinsure your bond or with whom you have had other insurance policies.
Of course, you have the right to have access to the information collected about you contained in our file, as well as the right to request that we correct, amend, or delete information that you feel is incorrect If we agree with you, we will correct our information and reconsider our decision. If we disagree, you may submit a brief statement explaining what you feel is the correct information. We will include your statement in our file.
If you have any questions, please contact IBB at Intrastate Bail Bonds at P.O. Box 25739, Santa Ana, CA 92799-5739