Privacy Facts Statement
Scope
This statement summarises our full Privacy Policy. It applies to personal information we collect about our customers who live in Australia.
Personal Information
We collect personal information about you for the purposes of quoting and servicing your insurance policy. More information.
In most cases, we collect personal information directly from you. For rating and insurance claims purposes, we will also obtain information from third parties.
Information we collect includes identifying and contact information for you and other drivers, prior insurance details, and driving, claims and bankruptcy histories. Without this information, we may not be able to provide a quote for or service your insurance policy.
We use cookies, Web beacons, and other technology to track non-personally identifiable information about your use of our Web site and to save information that you enter on it. More information.
Uses
We will use and disclose your personal information only for the purposes for which it was given to us, for related secondary purposes that you’d reasonably expect, with your consent, or as otherwise may be required or authorised by law. More information.
Recipients may include claims representatives, other insurance companies, our related entities, service providers (including insurance claim data collectors), law enforcement, courts, and government agencies.
Your information will be transferred to our data processing systems in the United States, which are shared with and operated by our related entities.
We will not use or share your personal information with other organisations for their marketing purposes.
Your Choices
You may access and correct personal information that we hold about you. More information.
We will not send you promotional emails without your consent. More information.
You can have your computer warn you about or reject all Web site cookies by changing the settings on your browser. More information.
Important Information
We are covered by the Privacy Act 1988 and are committed to complying with the act’s National Privacy Principles.
Details concerning this Statement are available in our full Privacy Policy.
Our Web site may contain links to other sites that are not maintained by us. Please be sure to read the privacy and security policies of these sites.
How To Contact Us
For questions or concerns about our Privacy Policy, please email us from the tab below or at customersupport@progressivedirect.com.au.
Privacy Policy
About this notice
We are committed to protecting your privacy and earning your trust. This notice describes the personal information we collect about you and how we use and protect it.
It applies to our current and former customers who live in Australia, and replaces earlier versions that we may have given to you. This notice is from
Progressive Direct Insurance Company ABN 28 140 389 528 AFSL 342 902. As a private sector organisation, we are covered by the Privacy Act 1988 and we are committed to
complying with the act’s National Privacy Principles. Under the National Privacy Principles, we are required to have clearly expressed policies on our management of personal
information. For questions or concerns about our Privacy Policy, please contact us using the tab at the bottom of this page.
By purchasing a policy from us, you consent to the collection, use, disclosure, storage, and processing of your personal information as described in this Privacy Policy. In
addition to you, this Privacy Policy applies to covered drivers about whom you give us personal information, other persons who have cover under this policy, and persons who
claim against a driver with cover under this policy. We may collect, use, disclose, store, and process the personal information of those persons like we do your personal
information.
By providing personal information to us about covered drivers, you are representing that you are authorised by them to do so. You also represent that you have informed the covered
drivers, and any other person whom you authorise to use your vehicle, of the terms of our Privacy Policy and they have consented to them.
Information Collection
We collect personal information about you and other drivers for the purposes of quoting and servicing your insurance policy. This includes underwriting and rating the insurance, investigating and settling any insurance claims, communicating with you, and conducting research and actuarial analyses to improve our products and pricing. Without this information, we may not be able to provide a quote for or service your insurance policy.
In most cases, we collect personal information directly from you. This information may include your name, street and email addresses, phone number, date of birth, gender, marital status, education level, length of home ownership, licence status and history, driving history, information about other drivers, vehicle details, garaging address, and prior insurance details. For rating and claim purposes, we will also obtain from third party service providers information concerning any past bankruptcies, driving history and claim information.
If you have an accident that may be covered by your insurance policy, we will obtain additional information about you and the accident in order to investigate and settle your insurance claim. We will obtain this information from you, police reports, and third parties, such as witnesses and people involved in the accident.
Our Web site will also obtain information that is unique to Internet transactions. It includes the Web site that linked you to ours, your computer operating system, and the pages you viewed on our site. Our Web site will also store "cookies" on your computer. Cookies collect technical data, like your Internet protocol (IP) address, operating system, and session ID. They can also save certain information entered by you.
Use and Disclosure
We will use and disclose your personal information only for the purposes for which it was given to us, for related secondary purposes that you’d reasonably expect, with your consent, or as otherwise may be required or authorised by law, such as applicable exemptions under the Privacy Act 1988.
Disclosures include those that we feel are required to provide insurance claims or customer service, prevent fraud, perform research or comply with the law. Recipients may include, for example, claims representatives, other insurance companies, our related entities, service providers (including insurance claim information data collectors), law enforcement, courts, and government agencies.
Your information will be transferred to our data processing systems in the United States. These systems are shared with and operated by our related entities in the United States who will have access to your information in order to quote and service your insurance policy, as described above.
We will not use or share your personal information with other organisations for their marketing purposes without your consent.
Data Security
We restrict access to your personal information to our employees and others who we feel must use it to provide our products and services. Their use of the information is limited by law, our employee code of conduct, and written agreements where appropriate. We also maintain physical, electronic and procedural safeguards to protect your information.
Access and Correction
To review information we have about you, email us from the tab below. You must describe the kind of information you want to review and state that your request is in response to this Privacy Policy. Include your full name, mailing address, and policy number (if applicable). Within 10 business days, we will describe what is available and how you may request corrections.
You may receive a copy of the information for a fee to cover our costs. We may not provide access to certain information, such as privileged information about insurance claims or lawsuits, but we will provide a reason for denying any such access.
To correct information about you, send a written request as described above, explaining your desired correction. Within 10 business days, we will either make the requested correction or tell you why we will not.
If we make your requested correction, we will notify you in writing. If we do not make the requested correction, you may file with us a concise written statement about why you object, including the information you think is correct. Your statement will then become part of your file.
Complaints About Your Privacy or Personal Information
You may appeal if you are refused access to a document, or we have refused to amend information on your personal records, or believe you have a general privacy matter to resolve.
We will endeavour to resolve any dispute you may have quickly and fairly. However, if you feel your matter is unresolved, you can make an appeal by emailing your Progressive Direct Customer Ombudsman at ombudsman@progressivedirect.com.au. If, after contacting the Progressive Direct Customer Ombudsman, you are not satisfied with the outcome, you can refer the matter to the Federal Privacy Commissioner by telephone 1300 363 992 or email privacy@privacy.gov.au.
Web Site Practices
When you visit our Australian Web sites, we use the information we collect to provide services to you and to help understand what you want so that we can enhance your online experience. For example, if you start an insurance quote on our Web site, but decide to finish it later, we will save your information so you can pick up where you left off. We also use this information to analyse use of our Web sites.
We advertise on other companies’ Web sites. Some of these sites may use cookies and “Web beacons” when you click on or move your cursor over our ads. This technology will transmit non-personally identifiable information about you to us or our service providers. We use the information to analyse our marketing efforts.
We may use advertising companies to display our ads on Web sites. These companies may use non-personally identifiable information about your visits to Web sites, together with non-personally identifiable information about your purchases and interests from other online and offline sources, to provide ads about goods and services of interest to you. In addition, we may share Web site usage information with these companies to manage and target ads and for market research. We and our ad companies may note some of the pages you visit on our site through Web beacons. While serving ads to this site, our ad companies may place or recognize unique cookies on your computer.
You can choose to have your computer warn you each time a cookie is being sent, or you can choose to reject all cookies. In most cases, you can do this by changing the settings on your browser (e.g., Internet Explorer, Google Chrome, Mozilla Firefox, etc.). Each browser is a little different, so look at your browser’s “Help” menu to learn how to modify its settings to reflect your cookie preferences. However, if you choose to reject cookies, you may not have access to many features that make your Web experience smoother, and some of our services may not function properly. Flash cookies may be managed using the Adobe Flash Player™ Setting Manager available at adobe.com.
Email addresses
When you quote or buy insurance on our Web site, we collect your email address so that we can send you emails concerning your transactions with us, and other information we think you’ll find useful.
We will also use your email address to provide updates about our products and services. You can stop receiving promotional updates by using the links provided in the emails. Customers may also manage their preferences in the policy services area of our Web site.
To ensure you get our emails, our service provider or we may receive confirmations when you open them or click through email links. These confirmations may also show whether your email application supports graphics, so we can tailor our messages to you.
Web site security
Our security measures help ensure that your data is secured and encrypted, so that others cannot access it while in transit. We limit access to our servers and require our employees to adhere to high standards of ethics and integrity in performing their jobs.
We use a secure server and security protocol to safeguard information you provide during the purchase process. Our secure server uses a Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) to interact with you when you provide personal information during the purchase process. We handle your information via 128-bit encryption. Every secure page on our Web sites has a digital certificate by RSA Data Security/Secure Server CA. This is shown via the site certificate that resides on all secure pages. To view this certificate, click on the image of the "closed lock" or the "solid key" on the bottom of your browser window. A small frame displaying security information will appear. Click on "subject" to verify that you are on our site. Click on "Issuer" to verify the site certification authority.
Links to other Web sites
Our Web site may contain links to other sites that are not maintained by us. These links are solely for your convenience. We make no warranties or representations about other Web sites. We recommend that you read the privacy and security policies of these sites.
Technical Jargon Defined
Cookie:
A small text file saved in your computer when you access certain Web pages. Cookies identify you to the Web site that gave you the cookie. Back
Digital certificate:
A small file that can be transferred to your computer and used for authentication. Once installed, it can be automatically used as needed. Back
Internet protocol (IP) address:
A string of numbers that are translated into a domain name. Back
Operating system:
The program responsible for overseeing the basic hardware resources of a computer. UNIX, DOS, Windows, and Macintosh System 7 are examples of operating systems. Back
Secure server:
A computer system set up to provide privacy, integrity, and authentication in communications. (See SSL). Back
Security protocol:
A specification that describes how computers will talk securely to each other on a computer network. Back
Secure Sockets Layer (SSL):
A protocol that delivers server authentication, data encryption, and message integrity. SSL encrypts Internet communications. Back
Session ID:
The code used to keep track of a person as they interact with a server. Back
Site certificate:
This is the same as a digital certificate, but it is used on the server rather than at the browser. Back
128-bit encryption:
A way of making data unreadable to everyone except the receiver. It’s a common way of sending credit card numbers and data over the Internet. It is used by SSL. Back
Web beacon:
Also called a Web bug, pixel tag or clear GIF, a Web beacon is a clear graphic image placed in Web pages. Web beacons are used in conjunction with cookies to monitor user activity on a Web site. Back
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