| Benefitfocus.com Privacy Statement |
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The policy stated below discloses information gathering and dissemination practices for the Web site "www.benefitfocus.com" and is part of the Agreement between you and Benefitfocus. The Agreement includes this Privacy Policy and the Terms of Use section of this Web site. By accessing this Web site, you accept our Privacy Policy and our Terms of Use, and you agree to the uses of your personal and/or corporate information described in this Privacy Policy. This Privacy Policy may be updated from time to time. This Privacy Policy does not apply to the practices of companies that Benefitfocus does not own or control, or to people that Benefitfocus does not employ or manage. Please note that the Web site of "www.benefitfocus.com" is intended as a business-to-business Web site involving the description and provision of business services, and is directed to individuals acting on behalf of the companies for which they work. You must be at least 18 years of age to register and provide any information on the Benefitfocus Web site. Benefitfocus has created this Privacy Policy in order to demonstrate our firm commitment to privacy.
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| Information Collection and Use |
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Benefitfocus may automatically receive and record information on our server logs from your browser including your IP address, "cookie" information and the page(s) you requested. Cookies are small files that we may send to and store on your computer so that we may recognize it as a unique machine the next time you visit our Web site. Some of our Web site features depend on the use of cookies and therefore, while you are accessing the Benefitfocus Web site, you should ensure that your browser will accept cookies. Also, Benefitfocus will collect personal or corporate information when you register on our Web site. When you register with Benefitfocus, we ask for your name, social security number, e-mail address, phone number and various other personal information. Once you register with Benefitfocus and sign in to learn more about our services and products, you are not anonymous to us. Benefitfocus may use this information for at least three general purposes: to customize the content you may see on our Web site pages, to fulfill your request for certain products and services, and to contact you in the future about our products and services. We also track Web site traffic data which includes information about how visitors navigate through our Web site. We also track transaction data created by visitors to our Web site which may help us optimize the online experience of our visitors and may help us understand the size of our audience and their traffic patterns and needs from our Web site.
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| How Else is Personal or Corporate Information Used? |
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The information you provide when you register on our Web site may be used to facilitate and monitor your activities on our Web site and to allow us to send you administrative and other information related to our Benefitfocus products and services. Benefitfocus will not sell or rent yourpersonally identifiable information to anyone. Benefitfocus will send personal identifiable information about you to your benefits providers and insurers when we need to share your information for us to provide the product or service you have requested, or we need to send the information to companies who work on behalf of Benefitfocus to provide a product or service to you. Unless we tell you differently, these companies do not have any right to use the personally
identifiable information we provide to them beyond what is necessary to assist us. We will also send personally identifiable information about you in response to subpoenas, court orders, or legal processes or if we find that your actions on our Web site violate the Agreement or any of our usage guidelines for specific products or
services. Unless you specify that you prefer not to hear from us, we may also use the e-mail and mailing addresses you provide at registration to advise you in the future of items which may be of interest to you. We may also release aggregate information about our Web site users to third parties, but in that event, we will not release information that identifies any user by name or by other contact information, except as expressed in this Privacy Policy. This Web site may also contain links to other Web sites, and Benefitfocus disclaims any responsibility for the privacy practices or the content of such other Web sites.
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| Security |
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Benefitfocus uses industry standard security enhanced systems in order to prevent third party's access to your contact information. These systems may include a combination of firewalls, data encryption, login passwords, secure socket layer, security protocol and public key encryption technology. Although Benefitfocus employs extensive efforts to maintain security, we cannot guaranty that your contact information will not be intercepted by third parties' illegal efforts. It is your responsibility to maintain the privacy of your user name and password. Unauthorized use of your registered account with us will enable access to your personal information. Please keep your user name and password in a safe and secure place.
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| Contacting Benefitfocus |
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If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy, or any questions or suggestions regarding our Web site or other policies, please send e-mail to support@benefitfocus.com.
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