Internet Privacy Statement
Welcome to the OptaComp Internet website. At OptaComp, we strive to earn your continued respect and trust every day. We want you to understand how we collect, use, and protect the confidentiality of personal information. This statement pertains to information collected from you via this website (www.optacomp.com). You may receive other privacy notices from OptaComp or its parent, Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Florida, from time to time related to privacy and confidentiality of personal information, and such privacy notices may govern the treatment of information collected via this website as well.
Collecting and Using Personal Information
When you visit and navigate our website, and when you communicate with us via our site, we may collect personal information about you. Most of this information you have provided, but we also collect personal information about you from several other sources, depending on the nature of the product or service.
We obtain personal information about you from the following sources:
- Information you provided us, or an affiliate, on an application for insurance or other services
- Information you provided us, or an affiliate, about your transactions with other entities
- Information your physician or other health care practitioner provided us (with your consent)
- Information from consumer reporting agencies (with your consent)
- Information your employer provides us
- Information we maintain about you from other products or services you purchased from us
- Information received from other sources
This information is collected in order to provide benefits and services to you and to continue to improve and enhance our service offerings. This information may include, but is not limited to, that which you provide voluntarily through your interactions with the site, as well as information about how you use and navigate through the site.We will not sell, license or transfer personal information we gather from you outside OptaComp and its parent BCBSF, except as necessary to provide you with information, services or products that we offer independently or jointly with others, as required by law or in connection with judicial or governmental proceedings, or in connection with the sale of all or substantially all of OptaComp assets.
Confidentiality of Personal Information
OptaComp uses reasonable efforts to protect the privacy and confidentiality of your personal information, including encrypting personal information as it is transmitted between your computer and OptaComp via our website. In addition, employees of OptaComp are subject to confidentiality and compliance policies relating to personal information.
Non-Personal Information
We may use and disclose to others information about you and your use of the website by which you are not identified, such as the type of browser you use, the files you request, the URL (Uniform Resource Locator) and geographic location from which you request information, the URL that you came from and go to and similar information, and information compiled in the form of statistical, demographic, or aggregated information about visitors generally to the website. This information is referred to in this document as "Non-Personal Information."
We utilize technical mechanisms such as cookies and pixel tags (also called clear gifs) to gather non-personal site usage information. Cookies are small pieces of information that are stored by your browser on your computer's hard drive. Most web browsers automatically accept cookies, but you can usually change your browser to prevent the use of cookies. If you turn off cookies in your browser, however, some portions of our site may not be available to you. Pixel tags are imbedded in the web page and note visits to certain site locations. They may also be used in email communications to note if you have received and opened email communications from us.
Children
This site is not intended for use by children (children under the age of 13).
Links to Other Sites
OptaComp may provide links to other websites. Please be aware that once you leave our website and enter another website, you may be subject to different privacy practices and policies over which OptaComp has no control and for which OptaComp is not responsible. Please use prudence in utilizing such links and in disclosing any personal information on those sites.
Changes to this Internet Privacy Statement
The foregoing Internet Privacy Statement is effective as of August 1, 2008. OptaComp may change this statement periodically without notice. Changes to our Internet Privacy Statement will be noted here so that you can be informed about the privacy protections we provide. This statement is not intended to and does not create any contractual or other legal rights in or on behalf of any party.
Related Information
For more information related to your use of this website, please refer to our Terms of Use.
If you have any questions or comments regarding these notices, please contact us at 1-888-207-4215.