Scope
This Privacy Policy (“Policy”) describes how Chubb Group of Insurance Companies, and our brands, affiliates, and subsidiaries (“Chubb,” “we,” “us” and “our”) collect, use, and disclose your information, including Personal Information, when you visit our websites, including www.chubb.com (the “Sites”), download our mobile applications, or use any of our products or services that link to or otherwise reference this Policy (collectively, the “Services”). This policy does not apply to www.combinedinsurance.com (except when Combined insurance products are sold under the Blink℠ by Chubb brand), www.rainhail.com, or www.streamlabswater.com, nor to any non-Chubb websites or mobile applications that you may access via the Services. Those websites and services are governed by the privacy policies that appear on those sites and applications. Depending upon your relationship with us, you may receive other privacy notices from us providing additional detail about our privacy practices. If you are a California resident, please see the Additional Notice to California Residents below for more information.
Your use of the Services is subject to this Policy and the Chubb Terms of Use, including applicable terms of limitations on liability and the resolution of disputes.
Personal Information We Collect
We collect information that identifies, describes, or is reasonably capable of being associated with you (“Personal Information”). Personal Information does not include publicly available information, such as information lawfully made available from government records, information we have a reasonable basis to believe is lawfully made available to the general public by you or by widely distributed media, or by a person to whom you have disclosed the information and not restricted it to a specific audience, or deidentified or aggregated information.
As described below, we collect Personal Information directly from you, automatically through your use of the Sites and Services, and from third-party sources. To the extent permitted by applicable law, we may combine the information we collect from publicly available or third-party sources. The Personal Information we collect varies based on your relationship with us.
Personal Information We Collect Directly From You
In order to access certain Services, we may collect Personal Information directly from you, including throughout the quoting, application, or claims handling processes. The Personal Information you provide directly to us may include:
- Identifiers and Contact Information. We may collect personal identifiers and contact information such as your name, address, email address, phone number.
- Government-Issued Identifiers. We also may collect information such as your driver’s license number, social security number, or other government-issued identifiers.
- Account Details. If you register an account with us, we collect information such as your email, phone number, or user ID, and password used to login to your account.
- Policy or Claims Information. This includes policy information, claim information, including materials you submit as part of your claim, information provided for roadside assistance services, or other information you choose to provide us.
- Payment Information. If you pay a bill, we may collect information necessary to process your payment such as bank account information, billing address, and any other related information.
- Commercial Information. We may also collect information about the products, services, or coverage you purchase.
- Message Contents. If you contact our customer service team, including through our online web forms, we may collect your messages, emails, or any other information you so choose to provide.
- Audio or Similar Information. If you speak with our customer service team by phone, we may collect a recording for quality assurance and training purposes.
- Preferences. We may also collect information about the types of Services you use, your communications preferences, wish lists and other preferences you may select in your account or profile.
- Other Information. We also collect information when you complete online forms, surveys, or leave us product reviews. We also collect any other information you so choose to provide.
- Device Identifiers. We automatically collect IP address, unique device ID, device type, browser type, location information, and information about your browser and browser language.
- Network Activity. We may also collect information related to how you interact with the Services and advertisements, such as page views, links and items clicked and other activity information, referring URL, browsing history, and other similar information. We may use analytics providers and technologies, including cookies and similar tools, to collect this information.
- Geolocation. We may also collect geolocation information, such as physical location or movements. Additionally, depending on your device settings, if you visit our Sites or use our mobile applications, we may collect geolocation information from your IP address which links to the region you live in.
How We Use Personal Information
We may use the Personal Information we collect for the following purposes:
- Operate Our Business. We use the Personal Information we collect to allow you to maintain your account and otherwise run our day-to-day operations.
- Provide You Products and Services. We use the Personal Information we collect to provide you with, renew or modify products and services. We also use this information to maintain your coverage and memberships, including to set up a product or service, service your policy, change your policy, handle a claim, or complete a transaction.
- Communicate With You. We use the Personal Information we collect to communicate with you about your use of our Sites and Services, to respond to your inquiries, to provide you with the information and documents you request, and for other customer service purposes.
- Evaluate and Improve Our Products and Services. We use the Personal Information we collect to evaluate, analyze, improve, and develop our products and Services, including this Site. We also use this information to tailor the content and information that we may send or display to you, to offer location customization and personalized help and instructions, and to otherwise personalize your experiences while using our Services.
- Analytics Models to Support our Business. We use the Personal Information we collect in analytics models, including actuarial, underwriting, claims, and loss control models, to facilitate and service our business (e.g., to create new products and features). We may also use this information to conduct actuarial or research studies to maintain and develop our products and Services, and to create new offerings or features. We also use this information to administer surveys and questionnaires, such as for market research or member satisfaction purposes.
- Marketing and Advertising. We may use your Personal Information for marketing and promotional purposes, including to send you promotional communications about products, services, features, and options we believe may interest you. We may send communications via e-mail, regular mail or may send push notifications via a mobile device. We may also use your information to serve you advertisements or customized content online.
- Inferences. We may use the information we collect to better understand how you access and use our Sites and the products and Services available on our Sites, both on an aggregated and individualized basis.
- Find Locations on Request. At your request, we may use your information to obtain your location from the mobile device or the network using your device’s Global Positioning System (GPS) functionality, or directly from you. We may use your location information to help you search for information, including searching for an agent, searching for a service provider, identifying the location of an accident or identifying the location of a roadside event you are reporting. If you do not want location information used, you can disable the GPS functionality on your mobile device.
- Fraud and Security Purposes. We may use the Personal Information we collect to mitigate fraud and protect Chubb and others. We also use this information to prevent and detect fraudulent, malicious, deceptive, infringements of our policies and contracts and other potential misuse of or illegal activity relating to our products, assets, and Services.
- Legal Requirements. We use the Personal Information we collect to investigate, enforce, and apply this Policy and our Terms of Use, and to otherwise protect our own rights and interests, such as to resolve any disputes or to respond to requests from law enforcement, court orders, regulators, or other legal processes.
- Business Transfers. We may also use the Personal Information we collect and receive to consider and implement mergers, acquisitions, reorganizations, refinancing, and other business transactions, and for the administration of our general business, accounting, recordkeeping, and other legal functions.
- Other Operational and Business Purposes. We may use your Personal Information for other operational purposes, including to refer you to our third-party partners as part of a referral program, to comply with contracts related to products or services that we provide to you.
How We May Disclose Personal Information
When permitted by applicable law, including in cases that require your consent, we may disclose your Personal Information to our affiliates, business partners, vendors and services providers, and others as follows:
- Affiliates, Subsidiaries, and Business Partners. We may disclose the Personal Information we collect with our affiliates, subsidiaries, and agents and brokers. Chubb also partners with other businesses to offer products and services, and we may disclose your Personal Information to those organizations, including those that play a role in insurance transactions such as independent claims adjusters, repair shops, and other claims related companies. If required by law, we will obtain consent prior to disclosing Personal Information.
- Vendors and Service Providers. We may disclose the Personal Information we collect with vendors and service providers who perform functions on our behalf, such as helping complete transactions and process payments, handling claims, servicing your policy or membership, and engaging in credit reporting. We may also disclose your information to vendors and service providers who provide website hosting and analytics, marketing and advertising, email or other communication services, development and research or actuarial studies, customer support, and tax, accounting, and legal services.
- Marketing and Advertising Partners. We may also disclose your Personal Information, such as name and contact information, with our marketing and advertising partners to send you content about certain products and Services.
- Business Transfers. As we continue to develop our business, we may buy, merge, or partner with other companies. We may disclose Personal Information as part of those commercial transactions (e.g., mergers, acquisitions, financings, asset sales or transfers, bankruptcy or reorganization or other similar business transactions), as well as in contemplation of such transactions (e.g., due diligence). Where possible we will do so under appropriate confidentiality agreements. Similarly, if all or part of our business, assets, or Sites are merged with or sold to another company, or as part of a bankruptcy proceeding, your Personal Information may be transferred to the surviving or acquiring company.
- In Response to Legal Process. Personal Information may be disclosed to third parties, as required by law or subpoena, or if we reasonably believe such action is necessary to comply with the law and the reasonable requests of regulators, law enforcement or other public authorities. We also may disclose the information we collect in order to comply with a judicial proceeding, court order, or other legal process, including responding to national security or law enforcement disclosure requirements.
- To Prevent Fraud and Protect Us and Others. We also may disclose the Personal Information we collect from you where we believe it is necessary to investigate, prevent, or take action regarding illegal activities, suspected fraud, situations involving potential threats to the safety of any person, violations of this Policy or our Terms of Use, or as evidence in litigation in which we are involved. We may also disclose Personal Information to protect our rights and the rights of others. This may include exchanging information with other companies and organizations for fraud prevention, spam/malware mitigation, and similar purposes.
- Aggregate and De-Identified Information. We may disclose aggregate or de-identified information about users with third parties for marketing, advertising, research or other purposes.
- With Your Permission. We may disclose Personal Information in other ways not described above. If we do so, we will notify you and, if necessary, obtain your consent.
How We Collect, Use and Protect Social Security Numbers
Chubb may collect Social Security numbers (“SSNs”) in the course of our business. We strive to protect the confidentiality and security of SSNs in our possession, custody or control by: (i) limiting access to SSNs and (ii) maintaining reasonable administrative, technical and physical safeguards to protect against the loss, misuse or unlawful disclosure of SSNs. We do not share SSNs for marketing purposes.
Children’s Information
Our Services are not designed for children, and we do not knowingly collect Personal Information from children under the age of thirteen (13). If we learn that we have received information directly from a child who is under the age of 13, we will delete such information from our systems. If you are a parent or legal guardian and you believe we have collected your child’s information in violation of applicable law, please contact us using the contact information below.
External Links
When you use our Services, you may find links to other websites that we do not own or control. We are not responsible for the privacy practices of these other sites, including their collection of your Personal Information. You should review the terms and conditions and privacy policies of these other sites before providing your information.
Blogs and Other Features
We may offer blogs, online forums or other interactive features in connection with our Services that enable you to share information about the Services or other issues of interest. You should be aware that any communications you submit or post to any such interactive features on the Services may be viewable by other participants or users. By submitting or posting to such interactive features you acknowledge and agree that you have no expectation of privacy or confidentiality in the content you submit for such features, whether or not it contains Personal Information about you.
Security
We have implemented safeguards designed to protect Personal Information from loss, misuse, and unauthorized access, disclosure, alteration, and destruction. Please be aware that despite our efforts, no data security measures can guarantee security.
Changes to This Policy
This Policy is current as of the Effective Date set forth above. We may change this Policy at any time and from time to time. Any amendments or modifications to this Policy will become effective immediately upon posting. We will let you know of amendments or modifications by appropriate means such as by posting the revised statement on this page with a new “Last Updated” date. Your continued use of any of our Services following the posting of a revised version of this Policy will constitute your acceptance of the revised Policy. If you do not agree with the revised Policy, do not use any of our Services.
Contact Us
If you have questions about this Policy or our privacy practices, please contact us using the contact information provided below.
Chubb Group
Attention: Privacy Inquiries
202 Hall’s Mill Road, P.O. Box 1600
Whitehouse Station, NJ 08889-1600
Telephone: 1-800-258-2930
E-mail: privacyinquiries@chubb.com
Consent
By using the Services or by consenting using a consent mechanism where provided you signify your consent to this Policy and this site’s Terms of Use. If you do not agree to this Policy or the site’s Terms of Use, please do not use the Services. The Services are not for use within any country or jurisdiction or by any persons where such use would constitute a violation of law. If this applies to you, you are not authorized to access or use any of the Services.
ADDITIONAL NOTICE TO CALIFORNIA RESIDENTS
If you would like to exercise your rights under the California Consumer Privacy Act of 2018, as amended by the California Privacy Rights Act of 2020 (“CCPA”), please visit us at our Data Subject Request web page or call us at the following toll-free telephone number 1-833-3249798.
You can find Chubb’s CCPA Notice at Collection below.
This section of our Privacy Policy provides additional information for California residents pursuant to the CCPA and applies to “Personal Information” as defined in the CCPA, whether collected online or offline. This section of our Privacy Policy applies to www.chubb.com and other websites or mobile applications that link to this Privacy Policy (the “Services”), as well as offline activities where California residents are directed to this section of the Privacy Policy. It does not apply to www.combinedinsurance.com (except when Combined insurance products are sold under the Blink℠ by Chubb brand), www.rainhail.com, www.streamlabswater.com and any non-Chubb websites or mobile applications that you may access via the Services. Those services are governed by the privacy policies that appear on those sites and applications. As used in this section of our Privacy Policy, “Personal Information” means any information that identifies, relates to, describes, is reasonably capable of being associated with, or could reasonably be linked, directly or indirectly, with a particular California resident or household.
Service Provider
Some Chubb business units and groups act as service providers under the CCPA. This means that they collect and use Personal Information on behalf of another company (for example, where ESIS, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Chubb, provides claims management services to third party insurers and insureds). Where your Personal Information is processed by ESIS or another Chubb company acting as a service provider, that other company’s privacy policy will explain its privacy practices, and you should submit any request to exercise CCPA rights directly to that company. Please note that in some instances, ESIS and other Chubb companies or business units may be acting as a service provider for other members of the Chubb Group of Insurance Companies, and, in those instances, this section of the Policy will apply. If you make a request to exercise CCPA rights to Chubb where it acts as a service provider under the CCPA, we may be required to disclose your request to the relevant company.
Personal Information Not Covered by this California Section of the Privacy Policy
There are a number of exemptions from the application of the CCPA. The following sets out some of the categories of Personal Information that are not subject to the CCPA, and therefore are not covered by this California section of the Privacy Policy. Note that other sections of the Privacy Policy may still apply in addition to other privacy notices that we may issue addressing our specific relationship with you, including privacy notices that are sent to individuals.
- Health or medical information that we collect and that is subject to the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (“HIPAA”), the California Confidentiality of Medical Information Act or the Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health Act. For example, where we provide you with a covered health insurance plan. Chubb provides a separate HIPAA privacy notice to certain individual consumers as required under applicable laws and regulations.
- Information we collect in connection with the issuance of financial products or services to you that are to be used primarily for your personal, family, or household purposes and that is subject to the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act (“GLBA”) or the California Financial Information Privacy Act. For example, where we provide you with a personal insurance policy, or where we handle a claim from you as an individual. Note that this exclusion may not apply to all of your Personal Information, including to personal information collected before you become a customer. Chubb provides a separate GLBA privacy notice to certain individual consumers as required under applicable laws and regulations.
- Information we collect and provide for use that is subject to the Fair Credit Reporting Act.
- Information we collect as a motor vehicle record and that is subject to the Driver’s Privacy Protection Act of 1994.
- Publicly available information from government records, and information we have a reasonable basis to believe is lawfully made available to the general public by you or by widely distributed media, or by a person to whom you have disclosed the information and not restricted it to a specific audience.
- Deidentified or aggregated information.
California Notice At Collection
Categories of Personal Information Collected & Disclosed
The following identifies the categories of Personal Information we may collect about you (and may have collected in the prior 12 months). Note that our collection, use and disclosure of Personal Information about you will vary depending upon the circumstances and nature of our interactions or relationship with you. Depending on how you use our Services, we may collect the following categories of Personal Information:
- Identifiers, such as real name, alias, job title, address, email address, date of birth, policy number, salary information, social security number, driver’s license number, other government identifiers, credit card number, and tax ID.
- Online Identifiers, such as unique personal identifiers, device IDs, ad IDs, IP addresses, and cookie data.
- Customer or Claimant Records, such as paper or electronic customer or claimant records containing Personal Information, as well as information provided by an insurance broker/agent or reinsurer for underwriting purposes and information included in a list of claims, such as name, signature, physical characteristics or description, address, telephone number, education, current employment, employment history, social security number, passport number, driver’s license or state identification card number, insurance policy number, bank account number, payment card number, gender, height, weight, medical information (including reports and medical bills), health insurance information, details about home address, security and travel plan arrangements, records of personal property, products or services purchased or obtained.
- Financial Information, such as your bank account or credit card number and other payment details.
- Characteristics of Protected Classifications under California Law, such as age (40 years or older), race, national ancestry, national origin, citizenship, religion or creed, marital status, pregnancy, medical condition, physical or mental disability, sex, sexual orientation, and veteran or military status.
- Usage Data, such as Internet or other electronic network activity information regarding a California resident’s interaction with portals, Internet websites, applications, or advertisements, including, but not limited to, browsing history, clickstream data, search history and content of public posts.
- Biometric Information, such as individual biological or behavioral characteristics including measurements of physical characteristics such as height, weight and blood pressure, sleep, health, or exercise data that contain identifying information.
- Education Information, such as education records directly related to a student maintained by an educational institution or party acting on its behalf, such as grades, transcripts, class lists, student schedules, student identification codes and student disciplinary records.
- Geolocation Data, such as physical location or movements.
- Audio, Video and Other Electronic Data, such as audio information including call recordings, video and photographs, recorded meetings and webinars, and CCTV footage to secure our offices and premises.
- Professional or Employment-Related Information, such as employment history, qualifications, licensing, and disciplinary record.
- Inferences and Preferences, such as inferences drawn from any of the information described in this section about a consumer including inferences reflecting the consumer’s preferences, characteristics, behavior and abilities.
- Sensitive Personal Information, such as social security number, driver’s license number, racial or ethnic origin, religious or philosophical beliefs, medical condition, and physical or mental disability.
- Directly from you and automatically;
- Our affiliates and subsidiaries;
- Brokers and agents;
- Corporate policyholders; and
- Our vendors and service providers (e.g., third party administrators).
- Operate our business;
- Provide you products and services;
- Communicate with you;
- Evaluate and improve our products and services;
- Analytics models to support our business;
- Marketing and advertising;
- Inferences;
- Find locations on request;
- Fraud and security purposes;
- Legal requirements;
- Business transfers; and
- Other operational and business purposes.
- Affiliates, subsidiaries, and business partners;
- Vendors and service providers;
- Acquirers of business assets;
- Advisors, auditors, consultants, and representatives;
- Agents and brokers;
- Reinsurers;
- Regulators, government entities, and law enforcement;
- Operating systems and platforms; and
- Others as required by law.
- The categories of Personal Information we collected about you;
- The sources from which we have collected that Personal Information;
- Our business or commercial purpose for collecting, selling, or sharing that Personal Information;
- The categories of third parties to whom we have disclosed that Personal Information; and
- A copy of the specific pieces of your Personal Information we have collected.
- Accessing our Data Subject Request web page; or
- Calling us at 1-833-324-9798