United Concordia Web Privacy Statement

Collecting and Using Personal Information:

Welcome to United Concordia's website. We appreciate your interest in us. When you visit and navigate our site and when you communicate with us via our site, we will not collect personal information about you, unless you provide us that information voluntarily.

If you voluntarily provide personal information to us via our website, we will not sell, license or transmit that information outside of United Concordia and those affiliated companies involved in administering or providing services for our dental benefits plans, unless required to do so by legal, judicial or governmental proceedings, or unless we do so in accordance with an express authorization you have given us. We may disclose information to our contractors or agents for the purpose of enabling them to perform certain functions for us. We will disclose information in compliance with applicable laws and regulations and will require the recipient to protect the information and use it only for the purpose provided.

By "personal information", we mean data that is unique to an individual, such as a name, address, social security number, or telephone number. From time to time, we may request personal information from you at our site in order to deliver requested materials to you, respond to your questions, or deliver a product or service.

Your Email:

United Concordia provides email boxes for comments and questions. We will share your comments and questions with our staff most capable of addressing your questions and concerns. Your email, like most non-encrypted Internet email communications, may be accessed and viewed by other Internet users, without your knowledge and permission, while in transit to us. For that reason, to protect your privacy, please do not use email to communicate confidential information. If you wish, you may instead contact us via telephone at the numbers provided at various locations on our site. There are some locations on the United Concordia website with special provisions for a more secure environment where we can exchange information with you. At each of these locations, we will provide you with appropriate instructions.

Other Information; "Cookies":

You should also be aware that when you visit our website, we collect certain information that does not identify you personally, but provides us with "usage data," such as the number of visitors we receive or what pages are visited most often. This data helps us to analyze and improve the usefulness of the information we provide on our website.

We may use what is known as "cookie" technology. A "cookie" is an element of data that a website can send to your browser when you link to that website. It is not a computer program and has no ability to read data residing on your computer or instruct it to perform any step or function. By assigning a cookie to each visitor, the website is able to recognize repeat users, track usage patterns and better serve you when you return to that site. The cookie does not extract other personal information about you, such as your name or address. Most browsers provide a simple procedure that will enable you to control whether you want to receive cookies by notifying you when a website is about to deposit a cookie file.

Linking to Other Sites:

From time to time, the United Concordia website may provide links to another website, not owned or controlled by United Concordia, that we think might be useful or of interest to you. We cannot, however, be responsible for the content or the privacy practices used by other website owners.

Changes to This Statement:

United Concordia may change this Statement from time to time. This Statement is not intended to and does not create any contractual or other legal rights in or on behalf of any party.