PCS® Global Cyber - Privacy and Security Policy

PCS Global Cyber®

Privacy and Security Policy


Your privacy is important to us. To better protect your privacy we provide this notice explaining our online information practices. To make this notice easy to find, we make it available as a footer link that will appear on selected PCS Global Cyber™ Service pages.

This notice applies to all information collected from you or submitted to us, when you use this Web site to register for PCS Global Cyber™ Service, sign up for additional products, or otherwise communicate with us through Info.pcs@iso.com.

You and your employees may come in contact with confidential and/or personally identifiable information (such as name, street address, date of birth, social security number, income/credit history), as part of your participation with ISO. We recommend that you and your employees exercise due diligence to maintain the privacy, confidentiality and security of the personally identifiable information, as well as other confidential/sensitive information. Your agreement with ISO and applicable laws may require you to implement security procedures to ensure the privacy and confidentiality of certain information. This policy provides recommendations, best practices and awareness to common, critical information security issues.

Access Control

Information should only be accessed by authorized individuals who have a legitimate business purpose and on a need-to-know basis. To assist you in this area, ISO will issue a unique logon ID and/or password for individuals who need to access particular information. All requests for first-time IDs, passwords and access privileges and future changes to them, must be made in writing with the employee's full name, employer's name, and description of request.

Children

ISOnet does not knowingly solicit data from or market to children under the age of 13.

Passwords

We recommend that you immediately change your initial password after we issue it to you to ensure confidentiality and uniqueness.

If you signed a contract with us, please adhere to the password rotation timeframe specified in the agreement. If your contract does not specify a password rotation schedule, we recommend that you adopt a 90 day password rotation procedure.

The following guidelines will help create a secure environment to protect your password:
  • Use passwords that cannot easily be guessed; passwords that do NOT contain obvious personal information that can be easily identified (such as a child or spouse's name or birthday, etc.)
  • Passwords should contain a combination of unpronounceable alpha, numeric and special characters.
  • Passwords should be changed if there is suspicion that someone has gained knowledge of your password.
  • Never reveal, share or write down passwords.

Virus Protection

We urge anyone who connects to our systems to install and regularly (weekly) update anti-virus software.

How We Protect Social Security Numbers

ISO businesses may collect Social Security numbers (|SSNs|) in the course of business. We strive to protect the confidentiality and security of SSNs in our possession, custody or control by limiting access to SSNs, and maintaining reasonable safeguards to protect against their loss, misuse or unlawful disclosure.

Disposal of Stored Information

Disposal of personal and confidential information must be done in a manner that is permanent (e.g., physically cutting magnetic media, and shredding hard copy documents).

Copyrights and Trademarks

The information obtained from an ISO-sponsored website can not be changed, sold, copied or licensed for public or commercial use unless expressed authorized consent is obtained.

Cookies

We may use cookies as a vehicle to customize your area(s) of interest and provide information that is specific to your needs. Cookies are small computer files written to the hard drive that facilitate web navigation and enable us to collect statistics about your visit to the site.

DISCLAIMER ISO MAKES NO REPRESENTATIONS, COVENANTS OR WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND, EITHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, WITH RESPECT TO THIS POLICY, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO WARRANTIES OF SUITABILITY, OR FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, OR IN RESPECT OF ANY WARRANTY ARISING BY STATUTE OR OTHERWISE IN LAW OR FROM A COURSE OF DEALING OR USAGE OF TRADE. THE INFORMATION INCLUDED IN THE POLICY ARE ONLY RECOMMENDATIONS, AND ISO MAKES NO WARRANTIES OR REPRESENTATIONS, EITHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, THAT THE POLICY WILL PROVIDE YOU WITH PRIVACY AND SECURITY MEASURES THAT REFLECT, PREDICT OR RESEMBLE EXPERIENCE FOR THE ENTIRE INSURANCE INDUSTRY. ISO SHALL HAVE NO LIABILITY FOR ANY DAMAGES THAT MAY ARISE AS A RESULT OF CUSTOMER FOLLOWING THIS POLICY. THIS POLICY IS ONLY FOR ADVISORY PURPOSES AND IS PROVIDED AS IS.


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