MIB's Website Privacy Policy

This Website Privacy Policy pertains specifically to persons who visit MIB’s website(s) and it explains how MIB uses personal information that visitors provide. Individuals who have applied for insurance with insurance companies that belong to MIB should also review MIB’s Privacy Policy at (http://www.mib.com/html/mib_privacy_policy.html).

MIB is committed to the principle that you are entitled to know how any personal information that you provide is used when you visit MIB’s websites (www.mib.com and www.mibsolutions.com).  Except for personal information that you have provided voluntarily, MIB does not collect or store any personal information on MIB’s websites.  If you provide any personal information to MIB through its websites, MIB collects only as much information as is necessary to verify your identity and complete your request.  In addition, MIB will use such information solely for the purposes for which you have provided it. 

If you are visiting MIB’s website to request disclosure of your MIB consumer file (if any) (click: Request Your Record) or to dispute its contents, MIB will collect your full name (including any past names or aliases you might have used), gender, mailing address, telephone number, date of birth, place of birth, occupation and social security number.  This information will be securely collected and maintained by MIB and will be used solely to process your request.  Specifically, the personal information that you provide to MIB will be used to verify your identity, to conduct an accurate search of MIB’s master data file and to confirm that the search results (if any) actually relate to you. 

MIB does collect summary information about the number of individuals who visit the MIB websites, what they look at, and how long they stay. Cookies may be used to aid in this purpose. A cookie is a small file that is sent to your computer by a site's server that helps us recognize repeat visitors, facilitate the visitor’s ongoing access to and use of the site, track usage behavior and compile aggregate data that can lead to website improvements.  A cookie created by one site's server can be retrieved only by that site's server. Thus, information in cookies created by MIB’s websites are not accessible to other sites. Website visitors who do not wish to have cookies placed on their computers should set their browsers to refuse cookies before using MIB’s websites, with the drawback that certain features of MIB’s websites may not function properly without the aid of cookies.

MIB’s websites may contain links to other third-party sites. The linked sites are not necessarily under the control of MIB.  Please be aware that MIB is not responsible for the privacy practices of such other sites. We encourage our users to be aware when they leave our site and to read the privacy statements of each and every website they visit. If you decide to access any of the third-party sites linked on MIB’s websites, you do so entirely at your own risk.

By using MIB’s websites, you are consenting to the practices described in this Website Privacy Policy. MIB reserves the right to modify its Website Privacy Policy at any time.  If MIB should decide at some future time to make material changes to its Website Privacy Policy, such changes will be prominently posted on this website.  Your continued use of MIB’s websites after any change to this Website Privacy Policy will constitute your acceptance of such change.

This policy is provided for informational purposes only.  Nothing in this policy is intended to create a contract with any individual. 

If you have any questions or comments about MIB's Website Privacy Policy, please e-mail privacy@mib.com.


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