Privacy Policy

The Pocket Protector, LLC, operator of The Pocket Protector.com (collectively, “The Pocket Protector,” “We,” “Us,” or “Our”) believes it is important for You, as the user of these Sites and Our Services, to know and understand how The Pocket Protector collects and uses Your information, and the steps We take to protect Your privacy. Please read this Privacy Policy carefully.

Please note that this Privacy Policy applies to information collected by The Pocket Protector and/or information collected via this Website, https://www.The Pocket Protector.com (also referred to as “Site” or “Website”). By accessing this Website and/or using Our Services, You agree to abide by this Privacy Policy and Our Terms and Conditions.

Information You Provide and How We Use It
The Pocket Protector uses this Site to collect two (2) kinds of information: personally-identifiable information and non-personally-identifiable information.

Categories of Personally-identifiable information that we may Collect
When You use Our Site and Our Services, You are authorizing the sharing of Your inquiry and Your personally-identifiable information with other businesses that provide Services that match Your inquiry or may provide other valuable services to You. The personally-identifiable information We collect may include but is not limited to:
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Name
Address
Email address
Phone number
Demographic information
Health information
Other financial information that you may provide
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In the case of prospective applicants for employment, the information requested on our registration form includes some or all of the following personal information, but not limited to: name and address including previous addresses, age or date of birth, driver’s license or other personal identification numbers, email address, occupation, employment information including telephone number, educational background and Social Security or similar type of national insurance number.

Non-personally-identifiable information
While You are visiting this Website, Our hosting service will automatically track information that may include but is not limited to:
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IP addresses
Referral information
Browser details
Number of page views
Number of repeat visits
Internet Service Provider
Region or geographic location
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While using our Site and Services, you may be prompted to enter personal information and consent to be contacted by The Pocket Protector via mail, email, telephone, automatic telephone dialing system, by artificial/pre-recorded message, or text message. By consenting, You expressly consent to receive phone calls, text messages, and email from The Pocket Protector or our marketing partners regardless of whether You are on any Federal or state DNC (“Do Not Call”) and/or DNE (“Do Not Email”) list or registry. The Pocket Protector does not charge You for sending or receiving text messages.

In most instances, The Pocket Protector will not transfer customer information it collects to third-party marketing partners; however, in some instances, The Pocket Protector does not offer any applicable products in Your state for which You qualify or The Pocket Protector does not have the capacity to properly follow-up with You regarding Your inquiry. In such cases, We may share Your information with limited categories of third-
party marketing partners who offer products in Your state and who could better assist You. No additional information collected by any such third party marketing partner will be shared with us nor will we share any of the information we collected with them unless it is necessary to conduct operations, detect security incidents, correct errors that may impact intended system functionality, enable expected internal uses, comply with legal, regulatory, or contractual obligations, or otherwise use Your personal information, internally, in a lawful manner that is compatible with the context in which You provided the information.

When you click on a link to any other website, app or location, or visit such website app or location on referral, you may be leaving our website. We have no control over, do not review, and cannot be responsible for, these other websites, apps, or locations or their content. The links to third-party websites, apps or locations are for your convenience and do not signify our endorsement of such third parties or their products, apps, content or websites.

If You provide Your information and We contact you, or You contact Us, We may keep a record, including but not limited to telephone recordings, email logs, and chat logs, of Your interaction with Us. Other sources from which We may obtain Your information can include automated collection on our Sites, services, products, applications, databases, devices, information systems and networks, cookies, service providers, business partners, data brokers and other third party contacts, publicly available sources, and government sources and records. We do not sell your personal information, but we may share it as described above to third parties to be used for their own commercial purposes that are related to Our services.

The Pocket Protector and our third-party service providers may use the information that we collect about you and from you, including personally-identifiable Information, for the following purposes:
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To customize our website: We seek to improve your experience with our website. As a result, We will analyze data We collect about Your website use to customize its service design and delivery. 
To communicate with You: If you request more information about our services, we will contact you using the information you provide us. We may also send You information about services that may be of interest to You, with your prior opt-in consent where required by applicable law. 
To aggregate data: We may anonymize and aggregate data collected through our website and to create statistics that may be used for any purpose, provided that such statistics do not identify any customers or individuals or contain any Personal Information. 
To help You enroll in an insurance plan: We may use Your data to enable and enhance insurance plan comparison, selection, and enrollment. 
To assess qualifications for employment with The Pocket Protector: If your information is collected in response to an employment inquiry: We will use information on your application to assess your qualifications and to contact you as your application is processed during the evaluation process.

Consent to be contacted by phone and email is not a condition of purchase
In the course of using Our Services, You may also provide personal information about other people in Your household, such as their name, date of birth, and gender. This information is only used for the sole purpose of completing Your request.

Data Localization and Consent to Transfer
The Pocket Protector data and information are generally hosted and processed in the United States. However, we and our service providers may store information about users and other individuals in the United States, or we may transfer it to, and store it within, other countries.

United States may not have data privacy laws that are deemed to afford an equal level of protection for your personal information as those laws legislated, for example, at the direction of the European Union or similar geopolitical, national, or regional legislative bodies. However, please be assured that we will continue to adhere to the principles stated in this Privacy Policy and will make reasonable efforts to comply with applicable
international, national, regional, territorial, and provincial laws in connection with any information collected in connection with our processing requirements.

For those users located EEA or UK, we advise you that your information may at times be accessible by individuals who are located worldwide, including in countries that the European Commission or other geopolitical regions have not deemed to provide the same level of data protection as in your country, province, territory, or geopolitical region. By providing us with your personal information, you are consenting to our use of it in accordance with this Privacy Policy, including the transfer of your information across international boundaries to jurisdictions anywhere in the world as permitted by local law.

Sharing Information with Authorized Third Parties
As described in more detail in this Privacy Policy, We may share or transfer your personally-identifiable information in the following or similar such circumstances:
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With our partners and third-party service providers, including, for example: (i) vendors who provide software and technology products and services to Us involving and relating to data processing, data analytics, cloud computing, web hosting, marketing and process automation, information and data security and reporting, customer support and experience, employee and job candidate sourcing and hiring, employee training and management, and other enhancements, functionalities, and processing activities to support Our technology, marketing, human resources, finance, customer engagement, sales and other departments and activities; (ii) companies that provide information technology, administrative, operational, telecommunications, operating systems and platforms, software, and other products and services in connection with the operation of Our business; (iii) companies and business partners that perform marketing, advertising, market research, and professional services for Us; (iv) insurance carriers, government health care exchanges, and related entities; and (v) Our affiliate companies. We authorize these service providers to use or disclose the information only as necessary to perform services on behalf of The Pocket Protector (for example, to support the delivery of, provide functionality on, or help to enhance the security of our Website). We require these service providers by contract to safeguard the privacy and security of personally-identifiable information that they process on Our behalf; 
With law enforcement body of competent jurisdiction, regulatory, government agency, court or other third party where we believe in our sole discretion disclosure is necessary: (i) as a matter of applicable law or regulation; (ii) to exercise, establish or defend our legal rights; or (iii) to protect your vital interests or those of any other person; and 
With an acquirer, successor, or assignee as part of any merger, acquisition, debt financing, sale of assets, or similar transaction, or in the event of an insolvency, bankruptcy, or receivership in which information is transferred to one or more third parties as one of our business assets, provided that We inform such third parties that they must use your Personal Information only for the purposes disclosed in this Privacy Policy.

Sharing Information to Process Applications
Upon submitting an application for coverage with an insurance company using Our Site, We will disclose any information, including sensitive information such as credit card, bank information, health information, and Social Security Number, to the required parties in order to complete the application process.

Password Management and Retrieval
If You create an account with The Pocket Protector, do not share any account credentials with anyone. The Pocket Protector will never ask You for Your password and You should never provide Your password to anyone who asks. In the event You forget Your password or user information, please visit The Pocket Protector.com to reset Your credentials.

Tracking Technologies
Technologies such as: cookies, beacons, tags, and scripts are used by The Pocket Protector and Our partners, affiliates, or analytics and service providers. These technologies are used in analyzing trends, administering the Site, tracking users’ movements around the Site, and to gather demographic information about Our user base. We may receive reports based on the use of these technologies by these companies on an individual as well as aggregated basis.

Users can control the use of cookies at the individual browser level. If You reject cookies, You may still use Our Site, but Your ability to use some features or areas of Our Site may be limited. As is true of most websites, We gather certain information automatically and store it in log files.

This information may include internet protocol (IP) addresses, browser type, internet service provider (ISP), referring/exit pages, operating system, date/time stamp, and/or clickstream data. We may combine this automatically-collected log information with other information We collect about You. We do this to improve and market goods and services We offer You, analytics, or Site functionality.

We partner with third parties to either display advertising on Our Website or to manage Our advertising on other sites. Our third-party partners may use technologies such as cookies to gather information about Your activities on this Site and other sites in order to provide You advertising based on Your browsing activities and interests.

Chat
We use a chat feature to assist You with the general use of Our Site or insurance-related questions. If Our chat feature is offline, We will collect Your name and email address so that We may reply to Your request at a later time.

How We Protect and Secure Your Information
The security of Your personal information is important to Us. When You enter sensitive information (such as a credit, health, and financial information) on Our order forms, We encrypt the transmission of that information using secure socket layer technology (SSL). If You have any questions about security on Our Website, You can contact Us at customerservice@The Pocket Protector.com .

Request to Change Your Information or Discontinue Use of Your Information
If Your personal information changes and You wish to correct, update, amend, or remove Your personal information, please contact Us. In addition, if you are a resident of the European Union, you can object to processing of your personal information, ask us to restrict processing of your personal information or request portability of your personal information. Similarly, if personal information was collected with your consent, then you can withdraw your consent at any time. Withdrawing your consent will not affect the lawfulness of any processing conducted prior to your withdrawal, nor will it affect processing of your personal information conducted in reliance on lawful processing grounds other than consent. You have the right to complain to a data protection authority about the collection and use of your personal information. For more information, please contact your local data protection authority. We may retain portions or all of Your information as needed to provide You services, comply with Our legal obligations, resolve disputes, and enforce Our agreements.

Revocation
You may revoke Your consent for Us to contact You at any time. If You no longer wish to receive communications from The Pocket Protector, You may revoke consent by following the instructions included in each newsletter or communication You receive, or by emailing Us at or by sending a certified letter to:

The Pocket Protector, LLC
2045 W Grand Ave, Ste B
Chicago, IL 60612

Your information will not be shared by us with Our affiliated marketing partners once Your consent to contact is revoked. Your revocation of consent to be contacted by The Pocket Protector does not extend to communications from other parties, including Our affiliated marketing partners.

Personal Information Privacy Rights
Several states including at least California, Colorado, Connecticut, Indiana, Iowa,Tennessee, Utah and Virginia have enacted laws that establish data subject access rights. By availing yourself of the rights afforded in this section of our Privacy Policy, You are declaring that You are a resident of those states that have enacted laws related to such specifically enumerated rights, which may include the right to:
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Access Your information and the categories of information collected and shared with third parties
Correct inaccurate personal information about them
Delete their personal information
Opt out of certain processing or restrict a business’s ability to process personal information
Receive or transmit their personal information in a common file format
Opt out of sales of their personal information to third parties
Opt in/out of processing sensitive data use, and
Opt out of automated decision making based solely on an automated process without human input.

Some of these rights are contingent upon Our needs as a company to conduct operations, detect security incidents, correct errors that may impact intended system functionality, enable expected internal uses, comply with legal, regulatory, or contractual obligations, or otherwise use Your personal information, internally, in a lawful manner that is compatible with the context in which You provided the information.

While The Pocket Protector does not sell your personal information, you can nonetheless make a formal request to delete your personal information held by The Pocket Protector.

You may exercise the rights set forth above by submitting your request to customerservice@The Pocket Protector.com or by sending Your request, including Your full name, email address, and postal address to:

The Pocket Protector, LLC
2045 W Grand Ave, Ste B
Chicago, IL 60612

CAN-SPAM Compliance
The Pocket Protector is committed to be compliant with all Federal regulations, including the Federal CAN-SPAM Act of 2003. The Pocket Protector.com only sends email to those of Our visitors who have “opted in” to receive these communications. Individuals “opt in” to Our email communications by voluntarily providing Us with their email address and submitting a form that acknowledges their agreement with Our Terms of Use and Privacy Policy.

You may “opt-out” of any communication from The Pocket Protector at any time. Use the “unsubscribe” link at the bottom of any email You receive from The Pocket Protector.com, and We will remove You from Our mailing list. In addition, You may contact Us at the address above and request to be removed from Our mailing list.

Occasionally, The Pocket Protector will partner with a third party who may provide additional relevant email advertisements to Our consumer’s requests.

Unsubscribing from communications from The Pocket Protector does not guarantee that You will no longer receive communications from Our third party partners; You must contact that third party directly.Be advised that We cannot control the policies of Our third party partners, nor can We guarantee or represent their compliance with the CAN-
SPAM Act or any other state or federal law.

Links to Other Websites
This Website may feature links to websites owned and operated by third parties. Be advised that The Pocket Protector is not responsible for the content or services of these third-party sites. Privacy policies and terms of use, if any, of these third-party sites may differ from The Pocket Protector’s Privacy Policy and Terms of Use. We encourage You to read the Privacy Policies and Terms of Use of any website You visit.

Social Media Features and Widgets
Our Website includes social media features, such as the Facebook Like button and the Share button. These features may collect Your IP address, which page You are visiting on Our Site, and may set a cookie to enable the feature to function properly. Social media features are either hosted by a third party or hosted directly on Our Site. Your interactions with these features are governed by the privacy policy of the company
providing it.

The Pocket Protector Blog Entries
Any personally-identifiable information You submit in Our blog comments or forum can be read, collected, or used by other users of these forums, and could be used to send You unsolicited messages from third parties independent of The Pocket Protector. We are not responsible for the personally-identifiable information You choose to submit in blog comments or forums. You can request removal of Your personal information from Our blog or community forum by contacting Us by using one of the methods above. Alternatively, if You used a third-party application to post such information, You can remove it, by either logging into the said application and removing the information or by contacting the appropriate third-party application.

Information From Minors
The Pocket Protector does not knowingly solicit or collect information from anyone under the age of 18.

Changes to This Policy
The Pocket Protector.com reserves the right to modify this privacy policy at any time, so please review it frequently. An updated copy of this Privacy Policy will be clearly always posted and accessible on this Website.

Effective: 06/10/2024