Our Privacy Policy

WHAT IS IN THIS PRIVACY POLICY?

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• Your Consent to Collection, Use and Disclosure

• Meaning of Personal Information

• Personal Information We Collect

• Aggregated and Anonymized Information We Collect

• How We Use Your Personal Information

• How We Share Your Personal Information

• Retention of Personal Information

• Third-Party Websites and Services

• International Transfer and Storage of Information

• Information Security

• Accessing and Updating Your Personal Information

• Children’s Information

• Newsletters and Marketing

• Opting Out of Communications

• Privacy Policy Updates

• Contact Us

 

YOUR CONSENT TO COLLECTION, USE, AND DISCLOSURE

 

Methods

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• Where appropriate, we collect, use and disclose your personal information with your consent, or as permitted or required by law.

• How we obtain your consent (i.e. the form we use) will depend on the circumstances, as well as the sensitivity of the information collected.

• Subject to applicable laws, your consent may be express or implied, depending on the circumstances and the sensitivity of the personal information in question.

• Some information is collected automatically when you visit the website.

• If you choose to provide us with your personal information after reviewing this Policy, we will assume that you consent to the collection, use and disclosure of your personal information. However, we will require your consent when necessary as required by applicable privacy laws.

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Purposes

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• Typically, we will seek your consent at the time your personal information is collected.

• Where we want to use your personal information for a purpose not previously identified to you at the time of collection, we will seek your consent prior to our use of such information for those additional purposes.

 

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Withdrawing Consent

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• To provide you with access to our website or Services, we may collect personal information. Without such information, we may not be able to provide our Services.

• You may withdraw your consent to our collection, use or disclosure of your personal information at any time by contacting us using the contact information in the “Contact Us” section below. However, note that:

       o withdrawal of your consent may prevent us from providing our Services and website access to you, in whole or in part, or prevent those from functioning as intended;
      o before we implement the withdrawal of consent, we may require proof of your identity; and
      o even if you withdraw your consent, we may keep using, disclosing or retaining some of your personal information to the extent required by applicable law.

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Consent and Other Individuals

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• If you provide personal information about another individual to us, it is your responsibility to obtain the consent of that individual to enable us to collect from you, use and disclose their information as described in this Policy. By providing personal information about another individual to us, you represent and warrant that you have obtained their prior consent to our collection of his/her personal information from a third party, and made them aware of this Policy.

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MEANING OF PERSONAL INFORMATION

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This Policy applies to personal information. "Personal information" means recorded information that is reasonably capable of identifying an individual. This information may include, but is not limited to, your name, mailing address, e-mail address, and telephone number. It may also include information that, when used in combination with other information allows you to be identified, such as location.

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Generally under Canadian privacy laws, personal information does not include any business contact information that is solely used to communicate with you in relation to your employment, business or profession, such as your name, position name or title, work address, work telephone number, work fax number or work electronic address.

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Personal information also does not include information that has been anonymized according to generally accepted best practices and in such a way that it is, at all times, reasonably foreseeable in the circumstances that it irreversibly no longer allows an individual to be identified, whether on its own or in combination with other information.

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PERSONAL INFORMATION WE COLLECT

The information we may collect about you varies depending on the nature of our relationship with you. It may be collected directly from you through application forms, surveys, online forms, over the phone, through use of our website, or in person at our offices. It may also be provided to us through our broker partners, by dealerships, or repair services in conjunction with the provisions of our services to you.

 

Generally, the personal information we collect falls into the following categories (not all of which may apply to you):

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A. Vehicle Insurance Services

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• Sign Up Information: For individuals who inquire about or obtain insurance products from us, we may collect certain personal information in order to prepare quotes, generate policies, and provide you with our insurance Services. The types of information we may collect include name, address, email address, vehicle information and identification numbers, driving record, underlying insurer information, and plate number.

• Financial Information: For individuals who obtain insurance products through us, we may collect financial and payment information to facilitate payments. This may include payment methods (name, credit card number, CVC), and bank account information. Further, in connection with processing and managing claims, we may collect banking information.

• Claims Information: For individuals who report claims and use our claims management Services, we may collect information necessary to process your claim and facilitate associated repairs. This may include name, email address, phone number, policy number, vehicle identification number, and whatever information you may choose to provide in the description, including photographs.

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B. Mode Insurance Website

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Information We Collect Directly:

• Visitor Information: When users visit our website located at www.modeinsuranceservices.com and its associated sub-domains, we may collect information they submit to us directly through the site. We may collect your name, address/location, phone number, and email address when you submit inquiries through the website.

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Information We Collect Automatically

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• Log Information: To the extent permitted under applicable law, we automatically log information about use of the website. This information may include some or all of the following items: the name of the domain and host from which you access the Internet, including Internet Protocol (IP) address and the IP address of your Internet Service Provider; the type and version of Internet browser software you use and your operating system; the date and time you access our website, the length of your stay and the specific pages, images, video or forms that you access while visiting the website; the Internet address of the website from which you linked directly to our website, and if applicable, the search engine that referred you and any search strings or phrases that you entered into the search engine to find our website; and demographic information concerning the country of origin of your computer and the language(s) used by it. Usage and personal information may be logged as well for the purpose of tracking down technical issues.

• Device Information: We automatically collect information about the computer or mobile devices used to access the website, including the hardware model, operating system and version, unique device identifiers and mobile network information.

• Information Collected by Cookies and Other Tracking Technologies: To the extent permitted under applicable law, we may use third-party analytics tools to better understand the user base of our websites. To do so, we use various technologies to collect information, and this may include sending cookies to user computers or mobile devices or enlisting third party services which use cookies to track your activities on our website.

• Information Collected by Cookies and Other Tracking Technologies: To the extent permitted under applicable law, we may use third-party analytics tools to better understand the user base of our websites. To do so, we use various technologies to collect information, and this may include sending cookies to user computers or mobile devices or enlisting third party services which use cookies to track your activities on our website.

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Cookies are small data files transferred to your computer’s hard-drive by a website, if your browser is enabled to accept cookies. They keep a record of your preferences, making your subsequent visits to the site more efficient. Cookies may store a variety of information, including the number of times that you access a site, your registration information and the number of times that you view a particular page or other item on the site. The use of cookies is a common practice adopted by most major sites to better serve their users. We may aggregate this data to analyze the viewing habits of our website visitors such as date/time of visits, pages viewed, time spent on site, and the website visited just before and after a visit to our site.

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Most internet browsers will allow you to erase cookies from your computer hard drive, block acceptance of cookies, or receive a warning before a cookie is stored. You should refer to your browser instructions or “Help” screen to learn more about how to manage cookies. Please note, however, that if you block cookies, some portions of the website may not function properly.

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C. Other Interactions

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• For individuals who otherwise interact with us, whether in person, on the website, by phone or email, through social media or otherwise, including individuals who request information about our products or services, or who enter a contest or respond to surveys and questionnaires, we may collect information they provide to us during these interactions. This information may include name, e-mail address and other contact information.

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AGGREGATED AND ANONYMIZED INFORMATION WE COLLECT

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General, aggregated, demographic, and non-personal information may be collected by us through our websites or Services, but any such information will not be linked to any of your personal information. This type of anonymous, aggregated profiling and session data may include information that you have provided to us through surveys, polls, etc., and may also include aggregated anonymous information about website usage and the customer base.

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We will take reasonable measures to ensure the aggregated/anonymized information cannot be associated with an individual, we will maintain and use such information only in an aggregated/anonymized form, and we will not attempt to reidentify such information except as permitted by law. We may disclose aggregated information about you, and information that does not identify any individual, without restriction.

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HOW WE USE YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION

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We use the information we collect from users in connection with our business, website, services to provide, maintain, analyze, and improve our products and services, including to:

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• Provide you with support, respond to your inquiries, generate quotes, and to provide you with products and Services requested.

• Administer and manage claims and facilitate vehicle repairs.

• Administer our Services and to contact you for mailing and renewal purposes.

• To the extent permitted under applicable law, monitor and analyze trends, usage and activities in connection with our website, products and services, to understand our customers’ purchasing habits and needs, and to personalize and improve our website, products and services.

• Process and deliver contest entries and rewards and to display relevant advertising.

• Notify you about important changes to our website, services, and applicable terms and

• policies.

• Train our staff and agents and for compliance purposes.

• Detect, investigate and prevent fraudulent transactions and other illegal activities and protect the rights and property of Mode and others.

• Enforce this Policy or our Terms of Service;

• Carry out any other purpose for which consent is obtained, or as otherwise permitted or

• required by law.

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Whatever the purpose may be, we will collect and process your personal information to the extent you have provided us with your consent, or alternatively as reasonably necessary to fulfill our contracts with you, or as may be required by applicable law. We may use your personal information and other information for purposes for which we have obtained your consent, and for such other purposes as may be permitted or required by applicable law.

 

HOW WE SHARE YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION

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Information we collect may be shared as follows or as otherwise described in this Privacy Policy:

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• With insurance companies who underwrite the policies, agents, and brokers, and reinsurers as may be required to generate and obtain insurance Services;

• With dealerships, repair shops and/or body shops, as may be necessary as part of administering ongoing claims and repairs.

• With payment processors, credit card-issuers, or other financial institutions as may be required to complete a transaction and/or process payments;

• With vendors, consultants and other service providers who need access to such information to carry out work on our behalf;

• In response to a request for information if we believe disclosure is in accordance with any applicable law, regulation or legal process, or as otherwise required by any applicable law, rule or regulation;

• For any other purpose for which your consent is obtained;

• If we believe an individual’s actions are inconsistent with the spirit or language of our user agreements or policies, or as we believe is appropriate to protect the rights, property and safety of Mode, our users, or others;

• In connection with, or during negotiations of, any merger, sale of company assets, joint venture, financing or acquisition, or in any other situation where personal information may be disclosed or transferred as one of the business assets of Mode. We may share aggregated or anonymized information that does not constitute personal information, such as sharing analytics and other aggregate information about users’ activities that do not contain any personal information; and

• Additionally, we may use and disclose your information when we believe such use or disclosure is permitted, necessary or appropriate: (a) under applicable law, including laws outside your country of residence; (b) to comply with legal process; (c) to respond to requests from public and government authorities, including public and government authorities outside your country of residence; (d) to enforce the terms of the agreements for our products and services; (e) to protect our operations or those of any of our affiliates or subsidiaries; (f) to protect our rights, privacy, safety or property, and/or those of our affiliates, you or others; and (g) to allow us to pursue available remedies or limit the damages that we may sustain.

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If we provide your information to third party service providers, we take reasonable measures to ensure that this Policy and its principles are complied with and these third parties provide sufficient guarantees to implement appropriate security measures. We also require that they only use your personal information for the limited purposes for which it is provided. When our service providers no longer need your personal information for those limited purposes, we require that they dispose of the personal information. We do not authorize the service providers to disclose your personal information to unauthorized parties or to use your personal information for their direct marketing purposes.

 

In some circumstances, we may permit our service providers to retain aggregated, anonymized or statistical information that does not identify you. We do not authorize the service providers to disclose your personal information to unauthorized parties or to use your personal information for their direct marketing purposes.

 

We do not sell your personal information for monetary or other consideration.

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RETENTION OF PERSONAL INFORMATION

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We will use, disclose or retain your personal information only for as long as necessary to fulfill the purposes for which that personal information was collected and as permitted or required by law. These times vary depending on the purpose for which the information was collected and the need for the information. We will destroy records containing personal information or in some cases, anonymize all personal information in the records, when we no longer need the information for the purpose for which it was collected, or for other business or legal purposes, or its retention is no longer required by law.

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THIRD PARTY WEBSITES AND SERVICES

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We rely on third party services providers to perform a variety of services on our behalf. This may include technical and information technology support providers, hosting, data storage and processing service providers, and research and analytics providers. This Policy applies only to our websites and products. It does not extend to any websites, products, social media platforms or services provided by third parties.

 

Our website may include references or links to third-party websites, online services, or other digital applications which are not owned by or otherwise affiliated with Mode. We also operate social media pages on third-party platforms. There may be times where a third party may ask to collect your personal information themselves. When you provide your personal information to such third parties, they will use your personal information in accordance with their own privacy policies and not this Policy. Therefore, you should read their privacy policies carefully before providing them with your personal information. We are not responsible for the privacy practices of such third parties, and we encourage you to review all third party privacy policies prior to using third party websites or products or services.

 

If you would like more information about our service providers, please contact us using the contact information in the “Contact Us” section below.

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INTERNATIONAL TRANSFER AND STORAGE OF INFORMATION

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Mode is based in Canada, and we process and store information in Canada. Your personal information may also be stored and processed in any country where we have facilities or in which we engage third party service providers, or in the jurisdictions where our partners operate.

 

As a result, to the extent permitted under applicable law, your personal information may be transferred to countries outside your country of residence, which may have different data protection rules than in your home country. While such information is outside of your country, it is subject to the laws of the country in which it is located, and may be subject to disclosure to the governments, courts or law enforcement or regulatory agencies of such other country, pursuant to the laws of such country.

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INFORMATION SECURITY

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We have implemented reasonable physical, organizational, contractual and technological security measures with a view to protecting your personal information and other information from loss or theft, unauthorized access, disclosure, copying, use or modification. We have taken steps to ensure that the only Mode personnel who are granted access to your personal information are those with a business ‘need-to-know’ or whose duties reasonably require such information.

 

While we take precautions against possible breaches in our data storage and databases, no website or Internet transmission is completely secure, so unfortunately we cannot guarantee that unauthorized access, hacking, data loss, or other breaches will never occur. Your use of our website and Services are at your own risk. We assume no liability for disclosure of your personal information due to transmission errors, unauthorized access, or causes beyond our control, including security failures on the part of our partners and third party service providers and processors.

 

If you have reason to believe that your interaction with us is no longer secure (for example, if you feel that the security of any information that you provided to us has been compromised), please contact us immediately using the contact information in the “Contact Us” section below.

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ACCESSING AND UPDATING YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION

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We make reasonable efforts to ensure that your personal information is kept as accurate, complete and up-to-date as reasonably necessary. We will not routinely update your personal information, unless such a process is necessary. We expect you, from time to time, to supply us with updates to your personal information, when required.

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You may make a written request to review any personal information about you that we have collected, used or disclosed, and we will provide you with any such personal information to the extent required and/or permitted by law. You may also challenge the accuracy or completeness of your personal information in our records and request corrections. If you successfully demonstrate that your personal information in our records is inaccurate or incomplete, we will amend the personal information as required. To exercise these rights, please contact us by using the contact information in the “Contact Us” section below.

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We may require that you provide sufficient identification to fulfill your request to access or correct your personal information. Any such identifying information will be used only for this purpose.

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CHILDREN’S INFORMATION

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Our website is not intended for children under the age of 16. Children under the age of 16 should not use our website(s). If we learn we have collected or received personal information from a child under 16 without verification of parental consent, we will delete that information. If you believe we might have any information from or about a child under 16 without the consent of their parent or legal guardian, please contact us using the information “Contact Us” section below.

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OPTING OUT OF COMMUNICATIONS

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If you no longer want to receive marketing-related emails from us, you may opt-out of receiving marketing-related emails by clicking the “unsubscribe” link at the bottom of any email you receive from us. You may also opt-out by contacting us directly using the contact information in the “Contact Us” section below.

We will endeavour to respond to your opt-out request promptly, but we ask that you please allow us a reasonable time to process your request. Please note that if you opt-out from receiving promotional communications, we may still need to send you communications about your use of our products, Services, or non-promotional communications.

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PRIVACY POLICY UPDATES

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This Policy is current as of the “updated” date which appears at the top of this page. We may modify this Policy from time to time. When changes are made to this Policy they will become immediately effective when published in a revised privacy policy posted on our website unless otherwise noted. We may also communicate the changes through our services or by other means. By submitting your personal information to us, by accessing or using any of the products or services we offer, by using our website, or by voluntarily interacting with us after we publish or communicate a notice about the changes to this Policy, you consent to our collecting, using and disclosing your personal information as set out in the Policy.

 

CONTACT US

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Any comments, questions, concerns or complaints regarding your personal information or our privacy practices may be sent to our Privacy Officer as follows:

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Address: Attention: Privacy Officer

Mode Insurance Services 2603 Railway Street, Abbotsford, BC, V2S 2H1

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By e-mail: privacy@modeins.com

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