EZSHIELD PRIVACY POLICY

Last Updated May 27, 2021

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To the extent that you are an EU resident, this Privacy Policy does not apply to you and instead we will process your data in accordance with the requirements of the EU General Data Protection Regulation (Regulation (EU) 2016/679 (“GDPR”)).

This PRIVACY POLICY (this "Policy") of EZShield, Inc. and EZShield Sales Co. (collectively heretofore referred to as "EZShield") applies to: (a) EZShield's relationships with individual consumers, and who subscribe for services (each such consumer being addressed herein as "you" and possessively, as "your"); (b) the EZShield Services (hereinafter defined); and (c) EZShield's Internet websites (collectively, the "Site").

1. Collection of Information. Due to the nature of EZShield's Services, EZShield may collect information about you from the following sources: (a) from you when you are subscribing for any of the services to be performed by EZShield, its agents or its marketing partners (all such services collectively, the "EZShield Services"), whether you are subscribing directly with EZShield or through one of its agents or marketing partners; and (b) from EZShield and its agents as we perform the EZShield Services. As used herein, the term "Information" means: (a) for residents of the United States of America or its territories, (i) non-public personally identifiable information, and (b) for residents of Canada, information about an identifiable individual, but does not include the name, title or business address or telephone number of an employee of an organization.

2. Types of Information Collected. Depending upon which of the EZShield Services is being provided to you, EZShield may collect Information including, but not limited to, the following: your name, street address, telephone numbers, email address, chequing account numbers, birthdates, social insurance number, cheque numbers of cheques drawn or to be drawn from your accounts, credit card numbers and credit information.

3. Reasons for Collecting Information. EZShield collects the Information for the following four (4) reasons: (a) in order for EZShield or its agents to perform the EZShield Services for which you have subscribed; (b) to the extent required, to correctly identify you as subscribed to EZShield Services, (c) to the extent required, to appropriately compensate marketing partners that have sold to you the applicable EZShield Services; and (d) for EZShield's marketing purposes. The Information will not be used for any other purpose without your prior consent.

4. Limitations on Disclosure to Third Parties. EZShield will not disclose, sell or provide the Information to a third party, except as stated in this Policy, without your consent. EZShield will only disclose the Information (a) if compelled by law to do so, and (b) to non-affiliated third parties, agents and marketing partners for the reasons set forth in paragraph 3 above; unless EZShield has received your prior consent.

Information Sharing and Your Choices

Reasons we can share your information	Does EZShield share your information?	Can you limit this sharing?
For our everyday business purposes - including billing, processing transactions, & fulfilling your requests for products or services; customer & marketing support services.	Yes	No
For our marketing purposes - to offer products and services.	Yes	Yes
For third parties to market to you.	No	N/A

5. Marketing Partners. If one of our marketing partners sold you the EZShield Services for which you have subscribed, such marketing partner's privacy policy will apply to the Information that you have given them, once EZShield receives such Information from the marketing partner, EZShield's treatment of such information shall be governed by this Policy.

6. Accuracy of Information. EZShield does not vouch for, and bears no responsibility for, incomplete, inaccurate or not current data about you (including, without limitation, any part of the Information) that may be supplied to EZShield by you or any third-party source, including, without limitation, EZShield's agents (including, without further limitation, third party service providers) or marketing partners.

7. Data Security. EZShield is committed to protecting your personal information. Security measures are in place on the Site to protect against the loss, misuse, and alteration of the Information under our control. We offer industry-standard security measures available through your Web browser. When you are on this Web site, the sensitive information you provide such as credit card and financial information is encrypted with secure socket layer (SSL) technology. Please remember that e-mail, which is different from the encrypted sessions above, is not secure. Therefore, we ask that you do not send sensitive information such as credit card, social insurance number or account numbers to us via an unsecured e-mail message.

In addition to our online security efforts, we take steps to protect your personal data offline, as well. All of your Information, not just the sensitive information mentioned above, is restricted in our offices. EZShield workforce members are granted access on a need-to- know basis (for example, our billing clerk or a customer support specialist).

Furthermore, all employees are kept up-to-date on our security and privacy practices. Finally, the servers on which we store personally identifiable information are kept in a highly secure environment.

EZShield's main servers are operated from a dedicated Internet hosting facility with state-of-the-art physical security features, including smoke detection and fire suppression systems, motion sensors, and 24x7 secured access, as well as video camera surveillance and security breach alarms.

8. Automatic Collection of Data. When you visit the Site, the web server for the Site automatically recognizes your domain name and IP address. An electronic record of the pages you access on the Site and the amount of time you spend on each page is captured in statistical form. EZShield uses these statistics for internal informative purposes only.

9. Our Commitment to the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act, the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act, the Canadian Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act, and other US and state privacy laws.EZShield maintains policies and procedures to help ensure that Information is used appropriately and within the scope of applicable laws. Information is made available for fraud prevention and detection purposes and for authorized criminal or government investigations. This Information is made available in order to protect consumers and financial services companies; such disclosures are permitted by law.

10. Third Party Offers. While you are visiting or using the Site, you may be presented with an opportunity to subscribe or be required to subscribe or purchase third-party services. If you click on one of the presented offers, you will be redirected to the Web site of the third party, and any Information you provide in response to the offer will be collected and used by the third party. Such Information you provide to the third party and any dealings you have with the third party will be governed by the privacy and other policies of that third party.

11. Children Visiting our Site. The Site is directed at adults. EZShield does not knowingly collect or use information from children. If you are under 18, you may use this Site only with the involvement of a parent or guardian. EZShield is committed to protecting the privacy and rights of children online. EZShield believes that children should be able to use the Internet in a safe, productive, and efficient manner and should be afforded the highest protection available with respect to their personal information. As such, EZShield has made it policy to not collect any individually identifiable information from users whom EZShield knows to be under the age of 18. The Children's Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA) imposes certain requirements upon Web sites and online services that are directed toward children. To learn more about COPPA, click here for the Federal Trade Commission COPPA Web Site.

12. Other Web Sites Linked to EZShield's Site. EZShield is not responsible for the content or information practices employed by other Web sites that are linked to or from the Site. In most cases, links to non-EZShield Web sites are provided solely as pointers to information on topics that may be useful to the users of the Site.

13. Access to the Information. You can ask to view the Information about you held by EZShield, and request corrections to such Information, by writing to the Privacy Officer at the address designated below. Please do not send nonpublic personally identifiable information to EZShield via email. Please note that under certain circumstances EZShield may be prohibited by law from disclosing certain Information to you.

14. Miscellaneous. EZShield reserves the right to amend this Policy from time to time by posting a revised version of this Policy on the Site, so please review it frequently. This Policy is effective as of March 31, 2011 and shall remain in effect until EZShield amends, restates, supplements, or otherwise modifies or replaces this Policy. This Policy supersedes all previous versions of EZShield's privacy policy.

EZShield's Contact Information:

EZShield, Inc.
9920 Franklin Square Drive
Suite 250
Nottingham, MD 21236
Attn: Privacy Officer
[email protected]
1-888-4-EZSHIELD (1-888-439-7443)

About EZShield. EZShield pioneered identity theft protection nearly a decade ago and today uses its experience and expertise to anticipate all forms of identity-related fraud, providing affordable and simple products and services that help shield your complete identity, on all fronts, all the time. EZShield provides services that extend well beyond credit monitoring to address the entire spectrum of identity fraud sources including online hacking, mail fraud, credit cards, cheques, public records, memberships and several others.