Preferred Painters, Inc. - Privacy Policy

Revised May 20, 2019

This Privacy Policy describes the types of information that Preferred Painters, Inc. (Preferred Painters, Inc., we, us, or our) may collect from you or that you may provide when you visit our website https://preferred-painters.com (our “Site”) and our practices for collecting, using, maintaining, protecting and disclosing that information.

This Privacy Policy applies to information we collect on or through our Site and from electronic messages between you and our Site. This Privacy Policy does not apply to information collected by: (i) us offline or through any other means, including through any other website operated by Preferred Painters, Inc. or any third party; or (ii) any third party (including our affiliates), including through any application or content that may link to or be accessible from our Site.

This Privacy Policy does not apply to your use of a third party site linked on our Site. The inclusion of a link to a third-party website does not imply endorsement of the linked site or service by us or our affiliates. These third-party websites will be governed by different terms of use (including privacy notices) and you are solely responsible for viewing and using each such website in accordance with the applicable terms of use. Preferred Painters, Inc. is not responsible for how your Personal Information is handled by such third-party websites.

Please read this Privacy Policy carefully to understand our policies and practices regarding your information. By accessing or using our Site, you agree to this Privacy Policy. If you do not agree with our policies and practices, your choice is not to use our Site. You may also withdraw your consent to the terms of our Privacy Policy at any time by contacting us.

Information You Provide to Us

The information you provide to us on or through our Site may include:

Information you provide by filling in forms on our Site, including information by which you may be personally identified (Personal Information or data) such as name, social security number, date of birth, postal address, e-mail address, telephone number, cookies, usage data, and other data that could directly or indirectly identify you;
Details of transactions you carry out through our Site such as transactions relating to policy coverage, insurance premiums, insurance claims and payment history;
Details of your visits to and usage of our Site.

Information We Collect Automatically When You Use Our Site

As you navigate through and interact with our Site, we may collect, through automatic data collection technologies, certain information about your equipment, IP addresses, browsing actions and patterns to improve our Site and deliver a better and more personalized service. The technologies we use for this automatic data collection may include:

Cookies (or browser cookies). A cookie is a small file placed on a user’s computer for record-keeping purposes. Preferred Painters, Inc. uses both “session ID cookies” and “persistent cookies.” Preferred Painters, Inc. uses session ID cookies to make it easier for you to navigate the Site. A session ID cookie expires when you close your browser. If you check “remember me” when logging in to the Site, Preferred Painters, Inc. also sets a persistent cookie to store your username passwords, so you do not have to enter it more than once. The persistent cookie also enables Preferred Painters, Inc. to track and target the interests of users to enhance the experience on the Site. You may refuse to accept browser cookies by activating the appropriate setting on your browser. However, if you select this setting you may be unable to access certain parts of our Site. Unless you have adjusted your browser setting so that it will refuse cookies, our system will issue cookies when you direct your browser to our Site.
Web Beacons. Pages of our Site may contain small electronic files known as web beacons (also referred to as clear gifs, pixel tags and single-pixel gifs) that permit Preferred Painters, Inc., for example, to count users who have visited those pages and for other related website statistics (for example, recording the popularity of certain website content and verifying system and server integrity).

How We Use Your Information

We may use and process information that we collect about you or that you provide to us for our legitimate business interests, including any personal information or data:

To present our Site and its contents to you;
To provide you with information, products or services that you request from us;
To notify you about changes to our Site or any products or services we offer or provide through it;
To fulfill any purpose for which you provide such information;
To carry out our obligations and enforce our rights arising from any contracts entered into between you and Preferred Painters, Inc.;
For Preferred Painters, Inc.’s internal business purposes;
In any other way we may describe when you provide the information;
For any other purpose with your consent.

Disclosure of Your Information

We may disclose aggregated information and other anonymous data to third parties without restriction. We may disclose personal information or data without your permission under the following circumstances:

To third party service providers such as entities providing customer service, email delivery, auditing, hosting our website and other services.
To a medical care institution or medical professional to verify coverage or benefits, to inform you of a medical problem of which you may not be aware or to conduct an audit that would enable us to verify treatment.
To our affiliates, contractors, service providers and other third parties we use to support our business or deliver insurance-related services to you.
To third parties involved with events that you register for, to facilitate your participation in those events.
To fulfill any purpose for which you provide such information.
For any other purpose disclosed by us when you provide the information.
To an insurance carrier, agent or credit reporting agency to detect, prevent or prosecute actual or potential criminal activity, fraud, misrepresentation, unauthorized transactions, claims or other liabilities in connection with an insurance transaction.
To comply with any court order, law or legal process, government or regulatory request.
To enforce or apply our Terms of Use (located here: https://preferred-painters.com/terms-of-website-use) and other agreements between you and Preferred Painters, Inc.
If we believe disclosure is necessary or appropriate to protect the rights, property, or safety of Preferred Painters, Inc., our affiliates, customers or service providers.
To a buyer or other successor in the event of a merger, divestiture, restructuring, reorganization, dissolution or other sale or transfer of some or all of Preferred Painters, Inc.’s assets, whether as a going concern or as part of bankruptcy, liquidation or similar proceeding, in which personal information held by Preferred Painters, Inc. about user of our Site is among the assets transferred.
For any other purpose with your consent.

Promotional Information and Offers

If you do not wish to have your contact information used by Preferred Painters, Inc. to promote our own products or services, you can opt-out by sending us an e-mail stating your request to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.. If we have sent you a promotional e-mail, you may request to be omitted from future e-mail distributions by following the opt-out instructions in the promotional email or by sending us a return e-mail with your request to be omitted from future e-mail distributions.

Correction of Personal Information

You may request correction or destruction of any of your personal information or data maintained by us to the extent that any such request would not violate any law or legal requirement or cause the information to be incorrect.

Data Security

We have security measures in place to protect against the loss, misuse and unauthorized alteration of personal information under our control, including physical, electronic and procedural safeguards that meet or exceed applicable federal and state standards. Although we use commercially reasonable efforts to protect your personal information, we cannot guarantee the security of your personal information transmitted to our Site. Any transmission of Personal Information or data is at your own risk.

Data Retention

Preferred Painters, Inc. will retain and use your personal information or data no longer than is necessary for the purposes outline in this Privacy Policy, or as required to comply with our legal obligations under HIPAA or other applicable laws. Preferred Painters, Inc. may also retain and use your personal information and data to the extent needs to resolve disputes and enforce legal agreements.

Processing Personal Data under General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR)

Preferred Painters, Inc. is a United States based corporation with its principal place of business at 1159 Sycamore Lane Mahwah, New Jersey 07430. Preferred Painters, Inc.’s Site is managed and operated solely on servers within the United States. Accordingly, Preferred Painters, Inc. does not purposely avail itself of the European Economic Area (EEA). However, if you reside in the EEA, Preferred Painters, Inc. may be a data controller of all personal data collected on our Site. The personal data of any individual who resides outside of the United States provided to us will be transferred to and processed in the United States. Our Privacy Policy above describes which “Information We Collect Automatically When You Use Our Site,” “How We Use Your Information,” and our policies on “Disclosure of Your Information.”

Children Under the Age of 13

Our Site is not intended for children under 13 years of age. No one under age 13 may provide any information through our Site. If you are under 13, do not use or provide any information on our Site or on or through any of its features. We do not knowingly collect personal information from children under 13; however, if we learn we have collected or received personal information from a child under 13 without verification of parental consent, we will delete that information. Please contact us if you believe we might have personal information about a child under age 13.

Changes to Our Privacy Policy

We may update our Privacy Policy from time to time. Any changes we make will be posted on our Site, and we will revise the version date located at the top of this page. It is our policy to post any changes we make to this policy on this page with a notice that the policy has been updated on our Site home page. All changes to this Privacy Policy become effective when posted and your continued use of our Site after we post such changes is deemed to be an acceptance of those changes. You are responsible for periodically visiting our Site and this Privacy Policy to check for any changes.

Contact Information

To make any request permitted by this Privacy Policy, ask questions, or comment about this Privacy Policy, contact us at: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.