CONNECTICUT MEDICAL INSURANCE COMPANY
Privacy Policy

In the course of business of Connecticut Medical Insurance Company, information comes into the Company's possession from time to time that may contain facts about a person's medical, financial, family, educational or personal affairs or is otherwise capable of being associated with a particular individual through one or more identifiers. It is the policy of Connecticut Medical Insurance Company that such information (hereinafter "personal information") be protected to the extent required by law.

Anyone in possession of personal information about another person shall use such information only for legitimate Company purposes and shall safeguard such information from misuse. Any data, computer files and documents containing personal information shall be destroyed, erased, or otherwise made unreadable prior to disposal.

With regard to Social Security Numbers, this policy prohibits: 

1. Communicating or otherwise making available to the general public an individual's Social Security number; 
2. Printing anyone's Social Security number on a card that the person or entity must use to access the person or entity's products or services;
3. Requiring anyone to transmit his or her Social Security number over the Internet, unless the connection is secure or the number is encrypted; or
4. Requiring anyone to use his or her Social Security number to access an Internet web site, unless a password or unique personal identification number or other authentication is also required to access it.

As used in this policy, "personal information" means information capable of being associated with a particular individual through one or more identifiers, including, but not limited to, a Social Security number, a driver's license number, a state identification card number, an account number, a credit or debit card number, a passport number, an alien registration number or a health insurance identification number, but does not include publicly available information that is lawfully made available to the general public from federal, state or local government records or widely distributed media.