Privacy Policy

The Texas Auto Title & Insurance Company's Website Privacy Policy

We respect and are committed to protecting your privacy. That is why we have adopted this Privacy Policy. This Privacy Policy lets you know how and for what purposes your personal information is being collected, processed and used. We pledge that we will take reasonable steps to ensure that your personal information will only be used in ways that are in compliance with this Privacy Policy. This web site is an the official website for The Texas Auto Title & Insurance Company for authorized use only and provided as a public service. This policy describes The Texas Auto Title & Insurance Company privacy and security practices regarding information collected from visitors to the site, including what information is collected and how that information is used.

Regardless of the information being transmitted to The Texas Auto Title & Insurance Company, we will protect all such information consistent with applicable law. The privacy of our customers and the security of this site are of utmost importance to The Texas Auto Title & Insurance Company. This policy applies to all pages beginning with www.thetexasautotitlecompany.com

Note: This policy does not apply whenever visitors leave the The Texas Auto Title & Insurance Company domains and follow a link to another site, including the sites of state agencies and local governments.

This Privacy Policy is only in effect for any web pages, mobile applications, third party social media sites, e-mail lists, non user-specific information and personal information collected and/or owned by The Texas Auto Title & Insurance Company as well as any online features, services and/or programs offered by The Texas Auto Title & Insurance Company (collectively, the "Website").

This Privacy Policy is not applicable to any other web pages, mobile applications, third party social media sites, e-mail lists, non user-specific information and personal information collected and/or owned by any entity other than The Texas Auto Title & Insurance Company. Users of the foregoing resources should refer to the Privacy Policy in effect for the applicable owner.

Your use of the Website is also governed by Terms and Conditions located at http://www.thetexasautotitlecompany.com /terms & conditions.

This Privacy Policy does apply to information collected by The Texas Auto Title & Insurance Company through a means other than the Web Site. If the same information is collected through the Web Site and through a means other than the Web Site, the terms of this Privacy Policy shall apply.

We will make an effort to update this web page with any changes to this Privacy Policy and you are encouraged to review this Privacy Policy frequently (the date of the most recent revision to this Privacy Policy appears at the end of this Privacy Policy).

Use of Information

Information collected by The Texas Auto Title & Insurance Company is used for four main purposes. First, we collect information to enable the features of the Website. Second, we collect information to improve the Website by determining which of our products, features and services are most popular. Third, we may now or in the future collect information to personalize the experience of the users of the Website. Finally, we collect information to communicate with you and to inform you about The Texas Auto Title & Insurance Company and third parties' products and services.

The types of personal information The Texas Auto Title & Insurance Company collects may include (1) names; (2) mailing addresses; (3) e-mail addresses; (4) biographical information such as household data, preferences, and demographic information; (5) home and/or mobile telephone numbers; (6) drivers' license numbers; (7) credit and debit card numbers; (8) purchase information regarding our products and services; and (9) vehicle identification numbers (VIN's).

We may collect and store the number of visitors to the site for statistical purposes. We may count the number of visitors to the different sections of our site, for example, to help us make them more useful to visitors. This information is also gathered for anonymous File Transfer Protocol (ftp), remote account login, or for other comparable connections.

The means by which The Texas Auto Title & Insurance Company collects such personal information may include when you: (1) purchase, order, or request information about our products and services through the Web Site; (2) access a The Texas Auto Title & Insurance Company social media platform; (3) sign up for e-mail notifications, electronic newsletters, mobile messages (including SMS), or social media notifications from, or on behalf of, The Texas Auto Title & Insurance Company; (4) enter or participate in a The Texas Auto Title & Insurance Company contest, event, promotion or sweepstakes, or respond to one of our surveys; (5) provide The Texas Auto Title & Insurance Company with comments, suggestions or other input through the Web Site; and (6) create a user account for use in connection with the Website (your "User Account"). The Texas Auto Title & Insurance Company also collects such personal information in our marketing efforts on third party websites.

The Texas Auto Title & Insurance Company or a partner may sponsor promotions, sweepstakes or contests through the Website. Your participation is entirely voluntary. Users may be asked to provide personal information including, among other things, name, email address or home address or to answer questions in order to participate. The Texas Auto Title & Insurance Company may also transfer personal information to certain advertising or marketing partners from whom you have requested to receive information.

Additional Ways that Information is Collected

Browser Log Files

Our servers automatically log each visitor to the Website and collect and record certain information about each visitor. This information includes or may include your "Internet Protocol", or IP, address, browser language, browser type, operating system, domain names, browsing history (including time spent at a domain, time and date of your visit), referring/exit web pages and URLs, and number of clicks. The domain name and IP address reveal nothing personal about the user other than the IP address from which the user has accessed the Website.

Cookies

The Texas Auto Title & Insurane Company website may use cookies to provide interactive pages, such as web-based forms and surveys. From time to time, The Texas Auto Title & Insurance Company and/or our advertisers or other third parties may send a "cookie" to your computer. A cookie is a small piece of data that is sent to your Internet browser from a web server and stored on your computer's hard drive and that can be re-sent to the serving website on subsequent visits. A cookie, by itself, cannot read other data from your hard disk or read other cookie files already on your computer. A cookie, by itself, does not damage your system. We, our advertisers and other third parties may use cookies to identify and keep track of, among other things, those areas of the Website and third party websites that you have visited in the past in order to enhance your next visit to the Website. You can choose whether or not to accept cookies by changing the settings of your Internet browser, but some functionality of the Website may be impaired or not function as intended. See the Third Party Opt Out section below.

Email

By sending us an e-mail message, such as a request for information, you may be sending us personal information (i.e., name, address, e-mail address). We may store the name and address of the requestor in order to respond to the request or to otherwise resolve the subject matter of your e-mail.

Registering

Information which may be collected at this site through questionnaires, feedback forms, or other means, enables us to determine a visitor's interests, with the goal of providing better customer service.

Web Beacons

Some of our web pages and electronic communications may contain images, which may or may not be visible to you, known as Web Beacons (sometimes referred to as "clear gifs"). Web Beacons collect only limited information that includes a cookie number; time and date of a page view; and a description of the page on which the Web Beacon resides. We may also carry Web Beacons placed by third party advertisers. These Web Beacons do not carry any personally identifiable information and are only used to track usage of the Website and activities associated with the Website. See the Third Party Opt Out section below.

Unique Identifier

We may assign you a unique internal identifier to help keep track of your future visits. We use this information to gather aggregate demographic information about our visitors, and we use it to personalize the information you see on the Website and some of the electronic communications you receive from us. We keep this information for our internal use, and this information is not shared with others.

Third Party Opt Out

We may allow third-party companies to serve advertisements and/or collect certain anonymous information when you visit the Website. These companies may use non-personally identifiable information (e.g., click stream information, browser type, time and date, subject of advertisements clicked or scrolled over) during your visits to the Website in order to provide advertisements about goods and services likely to be of greater interest to you. These companies typically use a cookie or third party Web Beacon to collect this information, as further described above. Through these technologies, the third party may have access to and use non-personalized information about your online usage activity.

  • You can opt-out of our online behavioral services through any one of the ways described below (you don't need to go to each opt-out site, one is sufficient). After you opt-out, you will continue to receive advertisements, but those advertisements will no longer be as relevant to you.
  • You can opt-out via the Network Advertising Initiative industry opt-out at www.networkadvertising.org
  • You can opt-out via the Consumer Choice Page at www.aboutads.info.
  • For those in the U.K., you can opt-out via the IAB UK's industry opt-out at www.youronlinechoices.com.
  • You can configure your web browser (Chrome, Firefox, Internet Explorer, Safari, etc.) to delete and/or control the use of cookies. More information can be found in the Help system of your browser. It is at your discretion whether you use the opt-out described above or manage cookies via the browser.
Note: If you opt-out as described above, you should not delete your cookies. If you delete your cookies, you will need to opt-out again.

When Information Is Disclosed By The Texas Auto Title & Insurance Company

In addition to the other times or occasions on which we might disclose information about users of the Website, we might also disclose information when required by law or in the good-faith belief that such disclosure is necessary to: (1) comply with a legal process and applicable laws; (3) enforce this Privacy Policy; (3) respond to claims that any materials, documents, images, graphics, logos, designs, audio, video and any other information provided from or on the Website violates the rights of third parties; or (4) protect the rights, property or personal safety of The Texas Auto Title & Insurance Company, its users or the public.

We use reasonable precautions to keep the information that is disclosed to us secure. We provide personally identifiable information and non-personally-identifiable information to our parent, subsidiary, affiliated companies, and other businesses or persons for the purposes of processing such information on our behalf and promoting the goods and services of our trusted business partners (for example, navigation system map updates), some or all of which may store your information on servers outside of the United States. We require that these parties agree to process such information in compliance with our Privacy Policy or in a similar, industry-standard manner, and we use reasonable efforts to limit their use of such information and to use other appropriate confidentiality and security measures. The use of your information by one of our trusted business partners may be subject to that party's own Privacy Policy.

We may share non-personally identifiable information (such as anonymous user usage data, referring/exit pages and URLs, platform types, number of clicks, etc.) with third parties to demonstrate the usage patterns for The Texas Auto Title & Insurance Company's advertisements, content, functionality promotions and/or services on the Website and/or on third party websites.

We also reserve the right to disclose personally identifiable information and/or non-personally-identifiable information in connection with the enforcement of our Terms and Conditions located at Jaguar [http://www.thetexasautotitlecompany.com /terms&conditions.], take precautions against liability, to investigate and defend against any third-party claims or allegations, to assist government enforcement agencies, to protect the security or integrity of the Website, and to protect the rights, property, or personal safety of The Texas Auto Title & Insurance Company, our users or others.

We reserve the right to transfer your personally identifiable information, as well as any other information, in connection with the sale or other disposition of all or part of the The Texas Auto Title & Insurance Company business and/or assets. We also cannot make any representations regarding the use or transfer of your personally identifiable information or other information that we may have in the event of our bankruptcy, reorganization, insolvency, receivership or an assignment for the benefit of creditors. Furthermore, we cannot and will not be responsible for any breach of security by any third parties or for any actions of any third parties (including other users of the Website) that receive any of the information that is disclosed to us. The Website also links to a wide variety of other websites and the Website may contain advertisements of third parties. We are not and cannot be responsible for the privacy policies of those websites of third parties or how they treat information about their users.

Release of Information

All information collected or maintained by The Texas Auto Title & Insurance Company is subject to the provisions of the Texas Public Information Act (Chapter 552, Texas Government Code). The identity of most members of the public who communicate with us through the Internet is confidential under Texas law. Exceptions to confidentiality may be reviewed at Texas Government code, Section 552.137.

The Texas Auto Title & Insurance Company complies with the State Web Site Link and Privacy Policy. The Texas Auto Title & Insurance Company encourages organizations that link to this web site to comply with the provisions of the State Web Site Link and Privacy Policy, especially regarding protection of the privacy rights of individuals, and to make reasonable efforts to provide accessible sites.

User Account, Password, and Security

For certain features available through the Website, we may require the use of encryption technologies provided for your protection and/or User Account. We use reasonable precautions to protect the privacy of your UserID, password and User Account information. You, however, are ultimately responsible for protecting your UserID, password and User Account information from disclosure to third parties, and you are not permitted to circumvent the use of required encryption technologies. You agree to: (a) immediately notify The Texas Auto Title & Insurance Company of any unauthorized use of your UserID, password and/or User Account, and/or any other breach of security; and (b) ensure that you exit from your User Account at the end of each session. While we may provide certain encryption technologies and use other reasonable precautions to protect your confidential information and provide suitable security, we do not and cannot guarantee or warrant that information transmitted through the internet is secure, orthat such transmissions are free from delay, interruption, interception or error.

Employment Opportunity Information Collection

For individuals interested in job opportunities with The Texas Auto Title & Insurance Company, the Website links prospective employees to a partner's website. The partner's website, which has its own Privacy Policy, collects personal information from prospective employees for human resources recruitment purposes. This information is then shared with The Texas Auto Title & Insurance Company human resources department and others within The Texas Auto Title & Insurance Company who are involved in the recruitment process.

Information From Children

The Website is not intended or designed to attract children under the age of thirteen (13). We do not collect personally identifiable data from any person that we know to be under the age of thirteen (13). You affirm that you are either more than 18 years of age, or an emancipated minor, or possess legal parental or guardian consent, and are fully able and competent to enter into the terms, conditions, obligations, affirmations, representations, and warranties set forth in this Privacy Policy, and to abide by and comply with this Privacy Policy. In any case, you affirm that you are over the age of 13, as THE WEBSITE IS NOT INTENDED FOR CHILDREN UNDER 13 THAT ARE UNACCOMPANIED BY HIS OR HER PARENT OR LEGAL GUARDIAN.

Parents should be aware that The Texas Auto Title & Insurance Company's Privacy Policy will govern our use of personal data, but also that information that is voluntarily given by children – or others – in e-mail exchanges, bulletin boards or the like may be used by other parties to generate unsolicited communications. The Texas Auto Title & Insurance Company encourages all parents to instruct their children in the safe and responsible use of their personal data while using the Internet.

Privacy Outside the Website

The Website may contain various links to other websites, including links to various third party service providers. The Texas Auto Title & Insurance Company is not and cannot be responsible for the privacy practices or the content of any of those other websites. Other than under agreements with certain reputable organizations and companies, and except for third party service providers whose services you voluntarily elect to utilize, we do not share any of the personal information that you provide to us with any of the websites to which the Website links, although we may share aggregate, non-personally identifiable data with those other websites. Please check with those websites in order to determine their privacy policies and your rights under them.

Choices With Your Personal Information

Whether you submit personally identifiable information (i.e., financial information and personal information specifying medical or health conditions, racial or ethnic origin, political opinions, religious or philosophical beliefs, trade union membership or information specifying the sexual orientation or activities of the individual) to The Texas Auto Title & Insurance Company is entirely up to you. You may decide not to submit personally identifiable information through the Website, in which case The Texas Auto Title & Insurance Company may not be able to provide certain services to you.

You may choose to prevent The Texas Auto Title & Insurance Company from disclosing or using your personally identifiable information under certain circumstances ("opt out"). You may opt out of any disclosure or use of your personally identifiable information for purposes that are incompatible with the purpose(s) for which it was originally collected or for which you subsequently gave authorization by notifying us by one of the methods at the end of this Privacy Policy, or by following the procedures set forth in an electronic communication from us, if applicable. Furthermore, even where your personally identifiable information is to be disclosed and used in accordance with the stated purposes in this Privacy Policy, you may elect to opt out of such disclosure to and use by a third party that is not acting as an agent of The Texas Auto Title & Insurance Company. There are some uses from which you cannot opt-out, such as our use of your personally identifiable information in connection with your ownership status of a vehicle or vehicle recall (and similar) notification procedures.

Please note that opting out of the disclosure and use of your personally identifiable information as a prospective employee may prevent you from being hired as an employee by The Texas Auto Title & Insurance Company to the extent you are using this Website to apply for an open position.

If The Texas Auto Title & Insurance Company collects personally identifiable information, such information will not be disclosed or used by The Texas Auto Title & Insurance Company for purposes that are incompatible with the purpose(s) for which it was originally collected or for which you subsequently gave authorization unless you affirmatively consent to such disclosure and use.

You may opt out of online behavioral advertising by following the instructions set forth above under the above section "Additional Ways That Information Is Collected," subsection "Third Party Opt Out."

Access and Correction

To access your personal information in the possession of The Texas Auto Title & Insurance Company and correct inaccuracies of that information in our records, please contact us in the manner specified at the end of this Privacy Policy. We ask individuals to identify themselves and the information requested to be accessed and amended before processing such requests, and we may decline to process requests in limited circumstances as permitted by applicable privacy legislation.

Your Consent To This Privacy Policy

By using the Website, you consent to the collection and use of information by us as specified above or as we otherwise see fit, in compliance with this Privacy Policy, unless you inform us otherwise by means of the procedure identified below. If we decide to change this Privacy Policy, we will make an effort to post those changes on this web page so that you will always be able to understand what information we collect, how we use that information and under what circumstances we may disclose that information to others. Your use of the Website following your acceptance of any amendment of this Privacy Policy will signify your assent to and acceptance of its revised terms for all previously collected information and information collected from you in the future. We may use comments, information or feedback that you may submit in any manner that we may choose without notice or compensation to you.

Notice of Monitored Use

This site is monitored to ensure proper operation, to verify the function of applicable security features and for similar purposes. Unauthorized attempts to upload information, change information on this site, or otherwise cause damage, copyrights, trademarks and logos are strictly prohibited and may be punishable under Texas Penal Code Chapters 33 (Computer Crimes) or 33A (Telecommunications Crimes).

If you have additional questions or comments of any kind, or if you see anything on the Website that you think is inappropriate or incorrect, please let us know by e-mail or by sending your comments or requests to:

The Texas Auto Title & Insurance Company
txtitleandinsurance@gmail.com
Attn: Customer Care – Privacy Issues


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EFFECTIVE AS OF: March 1, 2013