AXA Insurance (Gulf) B. S. C. (c) is committed to protecting your privacy and ensuring you have a positive experience on our website. This statement outlines our Privacy Policy pertaining to all personal information handling practices for both online and offline data. If you give us personal information including your contact details and any other information enabling us to identify you and provide you with our services, we will treat it according to this policy. You should read this privacy policy to ensure you understand AXA Insurance (Gulf) B. S. C. (c) privacy practices which is applicable to the entire gulf region. Use of any of the online services available at this site implies that you accept these terms and conditions. If you do not accept these terms and conditions, please do not access this site or use any of the online services available at this site. In this privacy statement, "our", "we" and "us" refer to AXA Insurance (Gulf) B. S. C. (c). The Site is operated by AXA Insurance Gulf B.S.C. (c) ("www.axa-gulf.com"); part of the AXA Group. Further details of AXA Insurance are set out in our Web terms of use. No Warranties Due to the nature of the internet, AXA Insurance does not warrant that this site or the server that makes it available are free of viruses or other harmful components or other contaminating or destructive properties will be transmitted or that no damage will occur to your computer system. You have sole responsibility for adequate protection and back up of data and/or equipment and for undertaking reasonable and appropriate precautions to scan for computer viruses or other destructive properties. The user assumes the entire cost of all necessary maintenance, repair or correction. We make no representations or warranties regarding the accuracy, functionality or performance of any third party software that may be used in connection with the site. New Policy & Renewals You have chosen to make an online payment against your insurance policy by credit card. You will be required to enter your credit card details online and we will seek authorisation to charge your credit card for the amount selected. At AXA Insurance we have ensured that your privacy is not compromised.
The personal information that you enter is encrypted using the Secure Socket Layers (SSL) protocol. What this means is that all your information is sent through a secure 'pipeline' between yourself and AXA Insurance making it unreadable when it is being transmitted.
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How we use your information and who we share it with Your privacy is very important to us and we have designed our Privacy Policy with the objective of maintaining your trust, confidence and respecting your right of protecting your personal information. We will use your information to manage your insurance with us, including underwriting, claims handling and statistical analysis. This may include disclosing your information within the AXA Group and to agents, suppliers, other insurers, or reinsurers who provide services on our behalf. We do not disclose your information to anyone outside the AXA Group except:
We may transfer your information to other countries including those located outside the Gulf Area. If we do this we will seek to ensure that anyone to whom we pass it provides an adequate level of protection. Fraud prevention agencies To keep premiums low we do participate in a number of industry initiatives to prevent and detect fraud. To help prevent crime we may:
We may send data in confidence for processing to other companies within the AXA Group (or companies acting on their instructions) including those operating outside Gulf Region. By entering your details onto our website you are consenting to such use of your personal data. Disclosure of your information to a third party outside of the AXA Group will only be made where the third party has agreed to keep your personal information strictly confidential and use it only for the specific purpose for which we provide it to them and:
Enhancements in technology may result in changes in the way we view, record and use your personal information. If we think the changes could be to your disadvantage, we will advise you, by email and by posting a notice of amendment on the Site, at least 30 days before the changes become effective. If you then continue to use a service or product for a further 60 days we will assume you have consented to the changes. Preventing and Detecting Fraud We may, at any time, employ the following processes and system to prevent and detect fraud.
Additional Products If you are an existing customer of AXA and purchasing additional product/service from us, your details will be passed to the appropriate provider as shown below:
Credit Reference Agencies We make searches about you at credit reference agencies who will supply us with information, including your credit information. The agencies will record details of the search whether or not this application precedes. We may use scoring methods to assess this application and to verify your identity. Credit searches and other information which is provided to us and/or the credit reference agencies, about you and those with whom you are linked financially may be used by us if you, or other members of your household, apply for other facilities including insurance applications and claims. This information may also be used for debt tracing and the prevention of money laundering as well as the management of your account. Use of Personal Information for Marketing Purposes The information you supply may be used by us, other members of the AXA Group and carefully selected Third Parties for research purposes or to inform you of other products or services that may be of interest to you, unless you have advised us otherwise. On each occasion that we contact you for these purposes, you will always be given the option to opt out of any further communication. If you have provided your contact information to us and would prefer not to receive marketing information, or to participate in research, simply contact us to let us know. Dealing with Other People If your spouse or partner contacts us on your behalf, due to data protection, we will be unable to answer their queries. However, if you require your spouse, partner or another third party to be able to discuss your policy, please contact AXA and inform us of whom you would like to speak on your behalf. However, this will exclude them from being able to cancel the policy as we require speaking to the policyholder regarding cancellations. We will not reveal any credit or debit card numbers to anyone other than the policyholder. Sensitive Personal Information To provide you with some of our products or services, we may need to collect and process sensitive personal information (such as information about any criminal convictions or the state of your health) about you and others who are a party to the service or product. We will only use sensitive personal data for the specific purpose for which you provide it. Please ensure that you only provide us with sensitive information about other people with their express agreement. Cookies A cookie is a piece of information stored on the hard drive of a computer by a web server to enhance and simplify a website user's experience by identifying a user if he or she has previously accessed that website. Cookies are commonly used on the Internet and cannot harm a user's computer system. You can find out more about the way cookies work on cookie central. The cookies used on the Site do not include any information that others could read and understand about you such as your name or any account or policy number. They contain no personal information about you. Most Internet browsers allow you to turn off the cookie function. If you want to know how to do this please look at the help menu on your browser. However this will restrict the services you can use. Further Information You should be aware that any telephone calls made to us may be recorded for monitoring and training purposes and to assist us in preventing and detecting fraud. Therefore, your use of this means of communication means that you accept and consent to this. Copyright And Trademarks AXA Insurance (Gulf) B. S. C. (c) owns the trademarks, logos and service marks displayed on this website. These may not be used without the written permission. Materials on this site are protected by copyright. No part of these materials may be modified, reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, transmitted, copied, distributed or used in any other way for commercial or public purposes without AXA Insurance (Gulf) B. S. C. (c)’s prior written consent. Policy Updates
This privacy statement has been updated recently. Last update: March18, 2009