Last updated: November 3, 2023
Welcome to affordableheatlhinsurancetoday.com (the “Site”), a website owned and operated by Keystone Interactive, LLC, a Florida limited liability company “Keystone”, “we”, “us”, “our”). This Privacy Policy is implemented to describe how we collect, use, and share your information in connection with our Site and any other online content, tools, or services that we control and that link to this Privacy Policy. This has been created to provide information to our visitors (“you,” “your”) about our company and our online content, tools and services, whether such content, tools and services are accessed on the Site or through third-party websites, mobile sites and/or applications (together with the Site, the “Services”). This Privacy Policy describes how we collect, use, and disclose information from visitors to the Services, including personally identifiable data (“Personal Data”).
If you have submitted your information and would like to opt-out from our partners contacting you please use this opt-out form.
WHY THIS MATTERS
We want to build an indispensable platform to aid people in making smart decisions and connecting them to companies for their insurance needs. Knowing certain things will help us do that better.
Please be sure to read this entire Privacy Policy before using or submitting information through the Services. By using or submitting information through the Services, you are indicating that you agree to the collection, transfer, manipulation, processing, storage, disclosure and other uses of your personal data as described in this Privacy Policy and to be bound by the terms of our Terms of Use and this Privacy Policy.
PERSONAL DATA THAT YOU PROVIDE THROUGH THE SERVICES
We collect Personal Data from you when you voluntarily provide such information, including but not limited to when you access, complete and/or use one of our online forms, tools or content items, contact us with inquiries, respond to one of our surveys, register for access to the Services or use certain Services.
If you complete one of our online forms, you may be asked to provide Personal Data in order to provide the Services as described:
Category
Example
Demographic Data
Contact data such as your name, address (including zip code), email, zip code, date of birth, social security number and phone number.
Personal Records
Estimated credit score, payment history, employment status, ownership or rental history, income, education level and degrees, and other information.
Account Registration
If we have registration and/or a log-on experience, this would include the information we collect when you create an account such as name, email and/or other information to provide account related functionalities to our users.
Feedback and Support
If you provide us feedback or contact us for support, we may collect your name and e-mail address, as well as any other content that you send to us.
Survey
We collect and use this data based upon our business need to receive and act upon your feedback or issues.
Other Information
If you voluntarily submit certain information to our services, such as filing out a survey about your user experience, we may collect the information you have provided. We may collect this information to understand your opinions, better market our services and to collect relevant information about our business. Information we may collect which is not specifically listed here is described in this Privacy Policy or is otherwise disclosed at time of collection.
For clarity, we collect Personal Data from you to, in part, provide you with personalized content and information related to insurance products, but Keystone is not an insurance company, agency, or other provider.
By voluntarily providing us with Personal Data, you are consenting to our use of your Personal Data in accordance with this Privacy Policy. You represent that the Personal Data you provide is true, accurate, current and complete, and that you have the authorization to provide it to us. If you provide Personal Data to the Services, you acknowledge and agree that such Personal Data may be transferred from your current location to the offices and servers of Keystone and the authorized third parties referred to herein.
INFORMATION AUTOMATICALLY COLLECTED
Whenever you interact with the Services, Keystone may automatically receive and record information from your computer, browser and/or mobile device.
The requests you make to Keystone may contain your IP address (the Internet address of your computer). We may use visitors’ IP addresses for various purposes, including to display customized content and analyze and report upon usage of the Services; to diagnose and prevent service or technology problems affecting the Services; and to monitor and prevent fraud and abuse.
Device IDs:
We may collect information on the type of device you are using, operating system, settings, browser and OS information, unique device identifiers, network information and other device-specific information. The information collected may depend on the type of device you use and its settings.
Location Data: We may collect location data based on your IP address and the geolocation of your device. We collect this data to better tailor our services to you and to help provide service offerings available to you in your geographic area.
Usage Information: We collect information about how you use our Services, such as the types and categories of content that you view or engage with, the features you use, the actions you take, the and the time, frequency and duration of your activities on the Site.
COOKIES, WEB BEACONS AND SIMILAR TECHNOLOGIES
In operating the Services, we may use cookies, web beacons and similar technologies. This Privacy Policy covers the use of cookies, web beacons and similar technologies by Keystone only. Keystone does not sell or share your cookies other than as described in this Privacy Policy. Uses of these technologies by third-party advertisers or websites linked from the Services, including third parties with which we partner, are governed by each such advertiser or website’s privacy policy.
Cookies & Analytics:
A cookie is a piece of information that the computer that hosts our Services gives to your browser when you access the Services. Cookies help provide additional functionality to the Services, customize users’ experiences with the Services and help us analyze Services usage more accurately for research, advertising and marketing purposes. On most web browsers, you will find a “help” section on the toolbar. Please refer to this section for information on how to receive notification when you are receiving a new cookie and how to turn cookies off. We recommend that you leave cookies turned on because they allow you to take advantage of some of the Services’ features.
Please note that we use Google Analytics cookies for data analytics purposes, and you can find more information on how Google uses data from these cookies at http://google.com/policies/privacy/partners. You may choose to opt-out of Google Analytics by installing their opt-out browser add-on https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout/
Web beacons:
In addition to cookies, we may use web beacons (also known as “clear GIFs”) to measure traffic to or from or use of our online forms, tools or content items and related browsing behavior and to improve your experience when using the Services. We may also use customized links or other similar technologies to track hyperlinks that you click and associate that information with your Personal Data in order to provide you with more focused communications. Web beacons may be placed on the Service by third parties such as an analytics provider in order to support functionality described in this Privacy Policy. The information collected by these third parties in this manner is subject to that third party’s own privacy policies.
Aggregated Personal Data:
In an ongoing effort to better understand and serve the users of the Services, Keystone often conducts research on consumer demographics, interests and behavior based on the Personal Data and other information provided to us. This research may be compiled and analyzed on an aggregate basis, and Keystone may share this aggregate data with our affiliates, agents, service providers and other third parties with whom we do business. This includes, but is not limited to, information such as insurance trends, choices and comparisons. This aggregate information does not identify you personally. Keystone may also disclose aggregated user statistics in order to describe our services to current and prospective insurance providers, and to other third parties for other lawful purposes.
OUR USE OF YOUR PERSONAL DATA AND OTHER INFORMATION
Keystone uses the Personal Data you provide in a manner that is consistent with this Privacy Policy. Generally, we may use information we collect in the following ways.
For more clarity, if you provide Personal Data for a certain reason, we may use the Personal Data in connection with the reason for which it was provided. For instance, if you contact us by email or provide feedback in any way such as to ask a question or report an issue with the Services, we will use the Personal Data you provide to answer your question or resolve your problem. Also, if you provide Personal Data in order to learn about certain products that may be available to you through third-party providers, we will use your Personal Data to provide you with information on such products and providers, to provide other personalized services, and/or to monitor your use of the Services.
Keystone Financial and our subsidiaries and affiliates (the “Keystone Related Companies”) may also use your Personal Data and other personally non-identifiable information collected through the Services to help us improve the content and functionality of the Services, to better understand our users and to improve the Services. other sources with your information that we collect through the Services, we will treat the combined information in accordance with this Privacy Policy, the Terms, and applicable law.
Marketing
Keystone and the companies with whom we share your information may use your Personal Data to communicate with you by telephone, email, postal mail, or by text message to provide you with:
Each marketing-related communication we send you will contain instructions permitting you to “opt-out” of receiving future marketing communications. If Keystone intends on using any Personal Data in any manner that is not consistent with this Privacy Policy, you will be informed of such anticipated use prior to or at the time at which the Personal Data is collected.
You may choose to unsubscribe from marketing emails or mail by
emailing [email protected] or at the address below and asking to be removed from any correspondence. Although we will remove you from our marketing lists you may still receive transactional messages related to the Services.
We may contract with third-party advertising companies and social media companies to display ads on their service. These companies may use cookies and similar technologies to track your activity, the information collected by these third parties in this manner is subject to that third party's own privacy policies. We may also use aggregated information from these sources for creating similar audiences in order to better target advertisements on their networks to potential consumers who appear to have shared characteristics. You mayopt-out of similar audiences
in Google, you can do so through https://adssettings.google.com/authenticated. You can also learn more about how toopt-out of their collection in general by going to www.aboutads.info/choices, www.networkadvertising.or and/or www.youronlinechoices.com
OUR DISCLOSURE OF YOUR PERSONAL DATA
Consistent with this Privacy Policy and the consent you provide, Keystone will share your Personal Data with certain third parties without further notice to you, as set forth below:
Certain Business Partners: When we partner with other businesses to provide content or services to you or to such business partners, we may share relevant Personal Data in connection with such content or services. For example, we will share your contact and other information with an insurance agency if the information you provide in one of our online forms requests are discloses that action.
Business Transfers: As we develop our business, we might sell or buy businesses or assets. In the event of a corporate sale, merger, reorganization, dissolution or similar event, Personal Data may be part of the transferred assets. Your Personal Data could also be shared with professional advisors and counterparties during such events.
Business Analytics: When we partner with certain businesses in order to learn and improve user interface, content, site performance, and our offerings. For example, Information may be shared in order to improve your experience on partner sites as well as on our site.
Related Companies: We may also share your Personal Data with the Keystone Related Companies for purposes consistent with this Privacy Policy.
Agents, Consultants and Related Third Parties: Keystone, like many businesses, sometimes hires other companies to perform certain business-related functions. Examples of such functions include mailing information, maintaining databases and providing marketing assistance. When we employ another entity to perform a function of this nature, we only provide them with the information that they need to perform their specific function.
Legal Requirements: Keystone may disclose your Personal Data if required to do so by law or in the good faith belief that such action is necessary to (i) comply with a legal obligation, including responding to a subpoena, warrant, or other legal process, (ii) protect and defend the rights or property of Keystone, (iii) act in urgent circumstances to protect the personal safety of users of the Services or the public, or (iv) protect against legal liability.
OTHER IMPORTANT INFORMATION
Your Choices
In general, you can visit the Services without providing Personal Data. If you choose not to provide any Personal Data, however, you may not be able to use certain features of the Services.
Registration/Account Information:
If we have registration and/or a log-on experience, this would include the information we collect when you create an account such as name, email and/or other information to provide account related functionalities to our users. If you choose to register and/or provide information, you agree to provide and maintain true, accurate, current and complete information about yourself.
Please note that if you allow others to use your account (including others you permit to set up profiles under your account), they may be able to view information about your account or any of the profiles under your account.
If you no longer what to use our Services, you can deactivate your account by contacting usat [email protected] or at the address below.
Access To Information:
We rely on you to ensure your information is accurate and up-to-date. To keep your Personal Data accurate, current and complete, please contact us as specified at the below address or [email protected]. We will take reasonable steps to update or correct Personal Data in our possession that you have previously submitted via the Services.
Exclusions:
This Privacy Policy does not apply to any Personal Data collected by Keystone, other than Personal Data collected through the Services. This Privacy Policy shall not apply to any unsolicited information you provide to Keystone through the Services or through any other means. This includes, but is not limited to, information posted to any public areas of the Services, such as forums, any ideas for new products or modifications to existing products, and other unsolicited submissions (collectively, “Unsolicited Information”). All Unsolicited Information shall be deemed to be non-confidential and Keystone shall be free to reproduce, use, disclose, and distribute such Unsolicited Information to others without limitation or attribution.
Children’s Privacy Online:
Keystone does not knowingly collect Personal Data from children under the age of 13. If you are under the age of 13, please do not submit any Personal Data through the Services. We encourage parents and legal guardians to monitor their children’s Internet usage and to help enforce our Privacy Policy by instructing their children never to provide Personal Data on the Services without their permission. If you have reason to believe that a child under the age of 13 has provided Personal Data to Keystone through the Services, please contact us, and we will endeavor to delete that information from our databases.
Links To Other Websites
This Privacy Policy applies only to the Services. The Services may contain links to other websites not operated or controlled by Keystone (the “Third-Party Sites”). The policies and procedures we described here do not apply to the Third-Party Sites. The links from the Services do not imply that Keystone endorses or has reviewed the Third-Party Sites. We suggest contacting those sites directly for information on their privacy policies.
Social Media
Through the Site, you can choose to access certain social media websites and services that are owned and/or controlled by third parties (including, without limitation, Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, and others) (such websites and services, collectively, the “Social Media Services”). When you elect to access and use the Social Media Services, you will be sharing your information (which will include personal information if you elect to share such information) with those Social Media Services. As with other Third-Party Sites, the information that you share with the Social Media Services will be governed by the privacy policies and terms of service of the providers of such Social Media Services and not by the policies and procedures we describe here. You may also be able to modify your privacy settings with these Social Media Services to, for example, control what information the Social Media Services disclose to other entities, including Keystone. However, please remember that the manner in which Social Media Services use, store and disclose your information is governed by the policies of the applicable Social Media Services provider.
Security:
By using the Services or providing Personal Data to us, you agree that we may communicate with you electronically regarding security, privacy and administrative issues relating to your use of the Services. If we learn of a security system’s breach, we may attempt to notify you electronically by posting a notice on the Services or by sending an email to you. You may have a legal right to receive this notice in writing. To receive free written notice of a security breach (or to withdraw your consent from receiving electronic notice), please notify us at [email protected].
If you are, or believe you have become, a victim of identity theft, you may visit the website of the Federal Trade Commission at https://www.identitytheft.gov for free information to help guard against identity theft and guidance on the recovery steps you can take. International Users:
The Service is hosted and intended solely for consumers in the United States. All Personal Data is stored on servers in the United States and is subject to United States law. By choosing to use the Services or otherwise provide information to us, you agree that any dispute over privacy or the terms contained in this Privacy Policy will be governed by the law of the state of New York and the adjudication of any disputes arising in connection with the Services will be in accordance with the Terms of Use.
If you are visiting the Services from the European Union or other regions with laws governing data collection and use, please note that you are agreeing to the transfer of your information to the United States and the global processing of such information. By providing your information you consent to any transfer and processing in accordance with this Privacy Policy.
Policy:
The Services and our business may change from time to time. As a result, at times it may be necessary for Keystone to make changes to this Privacy Policy. Keystone reserves the right to update or modify this Privacy Policy at any time and from time to time without prior notice. Please review this policy periodically, and especially before you provide any Personal Data. This Privacy Policy was last updated on the date indicated above. Your continued use of the Services after any changes or revisions to this Privacy Policy shall indicate your agreement with the terms of such revised Privacy Policy.
New Uses of Personal Data: From time to time, we may desire to use Personal Data for uses not previously disclosed in our Privacy Policy. If our practices change regarding previously collected Personal Information in a way that would be materially less restrictive than stated in the version of this Privacy Policy in effect at the time we collected the information, we will make reasonable efforts to provide notice and obtain consent to any such uses as may be required by law.
How We Respond to “Do Not Track” Signals:
Our Site currently does not respond to “Do Not Track” (DNT) signals and operates as described in this Privacy Policy whether or not a DNT signal is received. If we do so in the future, we will describe how we do so in this Privacy Policy.
YOUR CALIFORNIA PRIVACY RIGHTS
California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA)
The CCPA affords California residents certain rights over their personal information (subject to certain exceptions). This section applies only to “personal information” that is subject to the laws of the state of California. Most of our data collection and use practices are governed by our Privacy Policy. Please review our CCPA Privacy Statement for our privacy disclosures and information on how to exercise your rights.
To exercise your rights please contact us at [email protected].
CONTACTING KEYSTONE
To keep your Personal Data accurate, current and complete, please contact us as specified below. We will take reasonable steps to update or correct Personal Data in our possession that you have previously submitted via the Services.
Please also feel free to contact us if you have any questions about Keystone’s Privacy Policy or the information practices of the Services. You may contact us as follows:
Keystone Interactive, LLC
5499 N. Federal Hwy, Suite C
Boca Raton, FL 33487
888-553-3397
California Consumer Privacy Act (“CCPA”) Notice and Privacy Policy
Most of our data collection and use practices are governed by this Privacy Policy. Please review it for more information about our privacy practices and how you may limit certain types of sharing.
This CCPA Notice supplements the information contained in the Privacy Policy and applies solely to consumers who reside in the State of California (“consumers” or “you”). We adopt this statement to comply with the California Consumer Privacy Act of 2018 (“CCPA”) and other California privacy laws. Any terms defined in the CCPA have the same meaning when used in this statement. For California residents, the provisions of this Notice at Collection and Privacy Policy prevail over any conflicting provisions of the Privacy Policy of Keystone Financial.
Information We Collect
We collect information that identifies, relates to, describes, references, is reasonably capable of being associated with, or could reasonably be linked, directly or indirectly, with a particular consumer or household subject to the CCPA (“Personal Information”).
In particular, we have collected the following categories of Personal Information from consumers within the last twelve (12) months:
Category
Example
Collected
A. Identifiers
A real name, alias, postal address, unique personal identifier, online identifier, Internet Protocol address, email address, account name, Social Security number, driver’s license number, passport number, or other similar identifiers.
YES
B. Personal information categories listed in the California Customer Records statute (Cal. Civ. Code § 1798.80(e)).
A name, signature, Social Security number, physical characteristics or description, address, telephone number, passport number, driver’s license or state identification card number, insurance policy number, education, employment, employment history, bank account number, credit card number, debit card number, or any other financial information, medical information, or health insurance information.
Some personal information included in this category may overlap with other categories.
YES
C. Protected classification characteristics under California or federal law.
Age (40 years or older), race, color, ancestry, national origin, citizenship, religion or creed, marital status, medical condition, physical or mental disability, sex (including gender, gender identity, gender expression, pregnancy or childbirth and related medical conditions), sexual orientation, veteran or military status, genetic information (including familial genetic information).
YES
Records of personal property, products or services purchased, obtained, or considered, or other purchasing or consuming histories or tendencies.
YES
D. Commercial information.
Records of personal property, products or services purchased, obtained, or considered, or other purchasing or consuming histories or tendencies.
NO
E. Biometric information.
Genetic, physiological, behavioral, and biological characteristics, or activity patterns used to extract a template or other identifier or identifying information, such as, fingerprints, faceprints, and voiceprints, iris or retina scans, keystroke, gait, or other physical patterns, and sleep, health, or exercise data.
NO
F. Internet or other similar network activity.
Browsing history, search history, information on a consumer’s interaction with a website, application, or advertisement.
NO
G. Geolocation data.
Physical location or movements.
NO
H. Sensory data.
Audio, electronic, visual, thermal, olfactory, or similar information.
NO
I. Professional or employment-related information.
Current or past job history or performance evaluations.
NO
J. Non-public education information (per the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (20 U.S.C. Section 1232g, 34 C.F.R. Part 99)).
Education records directly related to a student maintained by an educational institution or party acting on its behalf, such as grades, transcripts, class lists, student schedules, student identification codes, student financial information, or student disciplinary records.
NO
K. Inferences drawn from other personal information.
Profile reflecting a person’s preferences, characteristics, psychological trends, predispositions, behavior, attitudes, intelligence, abilities, and aptitudes.
NO
Sources of Personal Information
With respect to each of the categories of Personal Information listed in the table above, we obtain such Personal Information from a variety of sources, including from:
Use of Personal Information
With respect to each of the categories of Personal Information listed in the table above, we may use or disclose such Personal Information for any one or more of the following business purposes:
Sharing Personal Information
With respect to each of the categories of Personal Information listed immediately below, we may disclose such Personal Information to a third party for any of the business purposes identified above.
In addition, as is common practice among companies that operate online, we allow certain third parties, including non-affiliated business partners, advertising networks, analytics providers, and other advertising providers, to directly collect information about your online activities on the Site and across your browsers and devices using cookies, web beacons, mobile advertising identifiers and other technologies. These third parties may use this information to display online advertisements tailored to your interests and preferences across your browsers and devices, to conduct ad campaign measurement and Site analytics, to detect, prevent and report fraud, or to carry out their own business and commercial purposes. For more information about these practices, please review the “Cookies, Web Beacons and Similar Technology” section of this Keystone Privacy Policy.
In the preceding twelve (12) months, we have disclosed the above categories of Personal Information for each of the business purposes identified above.
With respect to each of the categories of Personal Information listed immediately above, we may disclose such Personal Information for a business purpose to the following categories of third parties:
Your Rights and Choices
The CCPA provides consumers (California residents) with specific rights regarding their Personal Information. This section describes your CCPA rights and explains how to exercise those rights.
Access to Specific Information and Data Portability Rights
You have the right to send us a request, no more than twice in a twelve-month period, for any of
the following for the period that is twelve months prior to the request date:
You have the right to make or obtain a transportable copy, no more than twice in a twelvemonth period, of your personal information that we have collected in the period that is 12 months prior to the request date and are maintaining.
Deletion Request Rights
You have the right to request that we delete any of your Personal Information that we have collected from you and retained, subject to certain exceptions. Once we receive and confirm your verifiable consumer request, we will delete (and direct our service providers to delete) your Personal Information from our records, unless an exception applies.
We may deny your deletion request if retaining the Personal Information is necessary for us or our service providers to:
The verifiable consumer request must:
Verifying Your Request
We cannot respond to your request or provide you with Personal Information if we cannot verify your identity or authority to make the request and confirm the Personal Information relates to you. Making a verifiable consumer request does not require you to create an account with us. We will only use Personal Information provided in a verifiable consumer request to verify your identity or authority to make the request. We may otherwise limit our response to your request as permitted under applicable law.
Whenever feasible, we will match the identifying information provided by you to the Personal Information we maintain. Some personal information we maintain about Consumers is not sufficiently associated with enough personal information about the Consumer for us to be able to verify that it is a particular consumer's personal information (e.g., data tied only to a pseudonymous browser ID). As required by the CCPA, we do not include that personal information in response to verifiable consumer requests. If we cannot comply with a request, we will explain the reasons in our response.
We will make commercially reasonable efforts to identify consumer personal information that we collect, process, store, disclose, and otherwise use and to respond to your California Consumer privacy rights requests. We will typically not charge a fee to fully respond to your requests, but we may charge a reasonable fee, or refuse to act upon a request, if your request is excessive, repetitive, unfounded, or overly burdensome.
With respect to requests submitted on your behalf by your authorized agent, please note that we may deny a request from an authorized agent if the agent cannot provide your signed permission demonstrating that they have been authorized by you to act on your behalf.
Response Timing and Format
We endeavor to respond to a verifiable consumer request within 45 days of its receipt. If we require more time (up to 90 days), we will inform you of the reason and extension period in writing. If you have an account with us, we will deliver our written response to that account.
We will not discriminate against you for exercising any of your CCPA rights.
California “Shine the Light” law
California's “Shine the Light” law, Civil Code section 1798.83, requires certain businesses to respond to requests from California customers asking about the businesses' practices related to disclosing personal information to third parties for the third parties' direct marketing purposes. We do not currently engage in the type of sharing covered by that law and so no such list exists. We do not make any representations concerning third parties that do not collect personal information directly through our Services.
Changes to Our Privacy Statement
We reserve the right to amend this privacy policy at our discretion and at any time. When we make changes to this privacy policy, we will notify you through a statement on our website homepage.
Contact Information
If you have any questions or comments about this statement, the ways in which we collect and use your Personal Information, your choices and rights regarding such use, or wish to exercise your rights under California law, please do not hesitate to contact us at:
Designated Agent – Keystone Interactive, LLC
5499 N. Federal Highway, Suite C, Boca Raton, FL 33487
Email: [email protected]