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As required by Title V of the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act (GLBA), California state law, and Big Dan's Insurance Agency's own good business philosophy, we are providing you with a full disclosure of our Policies and Practices regarding nonpublic personal information about you that we will, or have collected and/or disclosed.

Categories of Information We Collect and From Whom
We collect nonpublic personal information about you from the following sources; information provided by you on applications and other forms, information from and/or about transactions by insurance companies, you, and/or us, information from consumer reporting agencies and/or the Departments of Motor Vehicles, permitting, or licensing departments from any state, territory or country, information from medical professionals and/or medical records relating to claims and/or insurability, individuals other than those proposed for coverage.

Categories of Information We May Disclose and to Whom
We may disclose the following kinds of nonpublic personal information about you; minimum amount (necessary and legal) of any information we have obtained to allow any third party to perform a function for us related to our business and/or you, minimum amount (necessary and legal) of any information we have obtained to allow any law enforcement, government office or department, insurance company, or insurance institution, and/or credit reporting agency to compile information (statistical or otherwise), investigate, prosecute, and/or prevent any criminal activity, fraud, and/or misrepresentation in connection with you and/or Big Dan's Insurance Agency, minimum amount (necessary and legal) of any information we have obtained to allow any medical care institution or professional to verify coverages and/or benefits for you or anyone on your policy(ies) with us, minimum amount (necessary and legal) of any information we have obtained to allow audit of our operations and/or services by any law enforcement, government office or department, insurance company, insurance institution, and/or credit reporting agency.

Big Dan's Insurance Agency restricts access to non-public personal information about you to those employees who need to know said information in order to provide information, products, and/or services to you, requested by you, and/or as necessary in the operation of our business.

Your Right to Access and Amend your Personal Information
You have the right to request access to the personal information that we have obtained, maintain and may have disclosed about you. You have the right to know the source of the information and the identity of any individual, law enforcement agency, government office or department, insurance company or institution, and/or credit reporting agency we have disclosed information about you to. You have the right to view said information in person, or request a copy of it be sent to you (for which we may charge you a reasonable fee to cover our costs to provide them to you).

To Request Access to and Amend your Information
To obtain access to your information: Submit a request in writing to Big Dan's Insurance Agency including your name(s), address(s), social security number(s), drivers license number(s), policy numbers(s), telephone number(s) (both current and when you were a customer of Big Dan's Insurance Agency), and the specific information you would like access to. Indicate whether you wish to view the information in our office or have the information sent to you. Currently (and subject to change without notice) our fee for locating, copying, and sending documents and/or information is $2.00 per copy of each document required to fulfill your request. To amend your information: Submit a request in writing to Big Dan's Insurance Agency including your name(s), address(s), social security number(s), drivers license number(s), policy numbers(s), telephone number(s) (both current and when you were a customer of Big Dan's Insurance Agency), along with the identity of the document(s) and the disputed information(s) contained therein. Include the changes requested and any supporting documentation and/or information substantiating the requested change.

Dispute Resolution
It is agreed that any claim or controversy arising out of or relating to procurement and disbursement of nonpersonal information by Big Dan's Insurance Agency and about you will be settled by arbitration under the rules set up by the American Arbitration Association, without rights to appeal.