Privacy Statement
Eastern Insurance is committed to protecting your privacy and developing technology that gives you the most powerful and safe online
experience. This Statement of Privacy applies to the Eastern Insurance Web site and governs data collection and usage. By using the
Eastern Insurance website, you consent to the data practices described in this statement.
Collection of your Personal Information
Eastern Insurance collects personally identifiable information, such as your e-mail address, name, home or work address or telephone
number. Eastern Insurance also collects anonymous demographic information, which is not unique to you, such as your ZIP code, age,
gender, preferences, interests and favorites.
There is also information about your computer hardware and software that is automatically collected by Eastern Insurance . This
information can include: your IP address, browser type, domain names, access times and referring Web site addresses. This information is used by
Eastern Insurance for the operation of the service, to maintain quality of the service, and to provide general statistics regarding use
of the Eastern Insurance Web site.
Please keep in mind that if you directly disclose personally identifiable information or personally sensitive data through
Eastern Insurance public message boards, this information may be collected and used by others. Note: Eastern Insurance
does not read any of your private online communications.
Eastern Insurance encourages you to review the privacy statements of Web sites you choose to link to from
Eastern Insurance so that you can understand how those Web sites collect, use and share your information.
Eastern Insurance is not responsible for the privacy statements or other content on Web sites outside of the
Eastern Insurance and Eastern Insurance family of Web sites.
Use of your Personal Information
Eastern Insurance collects and uses your personal information to operate the Eastern Insurance Web site and deliver the
services you have requested. Eastern Insurance also uses your personally identifiable information to inform you of other products or
services available from Eastern Insurance and its affiliates. Eastern Insurance may also contact you via surveys to
conduct research about your opinion of current services or of potential new services that may be offered.
Eastern Insurance does not sell, rent or lease its customer lists to third parties. Eastern Insurance may, from time to
time, contact you on behalf of external business partners about a particular offering that may be of interest to you. In those cases, your unique
personally identifiable information (e-mail, name, address, telephone number) is not transferred to the third party. In addition,
Eastern Insurance may share data with trusted partners to help us perform statistical analysis, send you email or postal mail, provide
customer support, or arrange for deliveries. All such third parties are prohibited from using your personal information except to provide these
services to Eastern Insurance , and they are required to maintain the confidentiality of your information.
Eastern Insurance does not use or disclose sensitive personal information, such as race, religion, or political affiliations, without
your explicit consent.
Eastern Insurance keeps track of the Web sites and pages our customers visit within Eastern Insurance , in order to
determine what Eastern Insurance services are the most popular. This data is used to deliver customized content and advertising within
Eastern Insurance to customers whose behavior indicates that they are interested in a particular subject area.
Eastern Insurance Web sites will disclose your personal information, without notice, only if required to do so by law or in the good
faith belief that such action is necessary to: (a) conform to the edicts of the law or comply with legal process served on
Eastern Insurance or the site; (b) protect and defend the rights or property of Eastern Insurance ; and, (c) act under
exigent circumstances to protect the personal safety of users of Eastern Insurance , or the public.
Use of Cookies
The Eastern Insurance Web site use "cookies" to help you personalize your online experience. A cookie is a text file that is placed on
your hard disk by a Web page server. Cookies cannot be used to run programs or deliver viruses to your computer. Cookies are uniquely assigned to you,
and can only be read by a web server in the domain that issued the cookie to you.
One of the primary purposes of cookies is to provide a convenience feature to save you time. The purpose of a cookie is to tell the Web server that you
have returned to a specific page. For example, if you personalize Eastern Insurance pages, or register with
Eastern Insurance site or services, a cookie helps Eastern Insurance to recall your specific information on subsequent
visits. This simplifies the process of recording your personal information, such as billing addresses, shipping addresses, and so on. When you return
to the same Eastern Insurance Web site, the information you previously provided can be retrieved, so you can easily use the
Eastern Insurance features that you customized.
You have the ability to accept or decline cookies. Most Web browsers automatically accept cookies, but you can usually modify your browser setting to
decline cookies if you prefer. If you choose to decline cookies, you may not be able to fully experience the interactive features of the
Eastern Insurance services or Web sites you visit.
Security of your Personal Information
Eastern Insurance secures your personal information from unauthorized access, use or disclosure. Eastern Insurance
secures the personally identifiable information you provide on computer servers in a controlled, secure environment, protected from unauthorized
access, use or disclosure. When personal information (such as a credit card number) is transmitted to other Web sites, it is protected through the use
of encryption, such as the Secure Socket Layer (SSL) protocol.
Changes to this Statement
Eastern Insurance will occasionally update this Statement of Privacy to reflect company and customer feedback.
Eastern Insurance encourages you to periodically review this Statement to be informed of how Eastern Insurance is
protecting your information.
Contact Information
Eastern Insurance welcomes your comments regarding this Statement of Privacy. If you believe that Eastern Insurance has
not adhered to this Statement, please contact Eastern Insurance at 800-333-7234. We will use commercially
reasonable efforts to promptly determine and remedy the problem.