Privacy Statment

Welcome to this Washington Farm Bureau web site. The Washington Farm Bureau has created this privacy statement to demonstrate our firm commitment to your privacy. The following paragraphs describe our information gathering and disclosure practices. The privacy statement may change at any time; any changes will be posted on this page. Should you have additional questions, comments or concerns please contact us:

* Address:
Washington Farm Bureau
1011-10th Ave. S.E.
P.O. Box 2009
Olympia, Washington 98507

Who we are

"The purpose of Farm Bureau is to make the business of farming more profitable, and the community a better place to live. Farm Bureau should provide an organization in which members may secure the benefits of unified efforts in a way which could never be accomplished through individual effort."

Farmers drafted this statement of purpose in 1920 when the Washington Farm Bureau was formed, one year after creation of the American Farm Bureau. Today, the Washington Farm Bureau consists of 23 county Farm Bureau organizations and is one of the most respected member-services organizations in the agricultural community. The Washington Farm Bureau is the state's largest trade association and provides a growing range of services to our members including health insurance.

How we collect information.

Most of our information about you is collected from you in order to provide you with benefits and other Farm Bureau services. For example, your membership application supplies us with information about your age, marital status, and dependents. We also receive information from benefit partners and others who work with us to provide you benefits. We receive information about you from transactions and experience in providing you benefits and services. Occasionally, when you ask us for help or when we need to verify information, we may receive personal information from benefit partners or others who work with us to provide you benefits.

How we use information.

We use personal information to provide you with benefits and services like our insurance programs, to enroll members and their dependants in benefit programs, to research benefit payments and assist you in obtaining benefits, and to answer questions about benefits and services. In short, we use personal information to perform functions relating to Farm Bureau benefits and services.

On occasion, we will also use your membership information to send you notices in the mail about special member benefits, discounts, and offers. If you do not want to receive these mailings, you can: (1) e-mail us at privacy@fbhealthcare.com (2) call us at 1-800-331-3276, or (3) write to us at Washington Farm Bureau Service Company, Inc. 1011 - 10th Ave. S.E. P.O. Box 2009 Olympia, Washington 98507.

Health information

We have more specific standards for the use and disclosure of health information which can be found here: Group Health Plan Privacy Notice or by contacting us at the address or number above. In addition, companies providing benefits and services authorized by us for members may have separate privacy protections that you may obtain by contacting these companies directly.

How we disclose Information.

We share your personal information only with companies we have selected to provide official Farm Bureau member services or to support Farm Bureau operations. For example, when you apply for health plan benefits, we disclose information to the insurance company. We may disclose personal information when we believe it necessary to conduct Farm Bureau business, or where laws require disclosure. For example, information may be disclosed to others to enable them to provide business services for us, such as helping us to evaluate requests for insurance or benefits, performing general administrative activities for us, and assisting us in processing a transaction requested by you. Information may also be disclosed for audit or accounting purposes or to regulatory agencies that check to make sure we are doing our job properly.

We do not sell or rent member information to tele-marketers, mailing list brokers, or any other companies that are not offering Farm Bureau endorsed services or benefits.

How we protect information.

Our employees and the people who do business with us are trained and required to follow our privacy policies and procedures. Those who do not follow these practices are subject to disciplinary action. Information is restricted to those who need it to do their job and we follow safeguards to ensure that your information is secure. Whenever possible, we limit the disclosure of information about you. We use technologies and processes such as encryption, access control procedures, network firewalls, physical security, and other measures. These measures increase the security and privacy of information traveling to, from, and within our web sites. Only our authorized employees or agents carrying out permitted business functions are allowed to access personal information.

E-Mail Privacy

Are you interested in Farm Bureau events and member products or services? Please click here to send us your e-mail address and we will send you the latest information through e- mails designed to meet your needs.

Your e-mail address will only be used within the Washington Farm Bureau and its entities. We do not sell or rent e-mail addresses to anyone outside the Farm Bureau. If you wish to be removed from our e-mail mailings, please click here and enter your email address in the body of the message, or call us at 1 -800-331-3276.

Use of Cookies and IP addresses

We use your IP address to help diagnose problems with our server, and to administer our Web site. We use cookies to maintain user session identity, and, in some non-member areas, to store information locally for ease of access.

* "Cookies" are small pieces of information that are stored by your browser on your computer's hard drive. Most Web browsers automatically accept cookies, but if you prefer, you can edit your browser options to block them in the future. * A unique number called an IP address identifies every computer on the Internet. Each time you connect to the Internet your machine is assigned an IP address. An IP address is a number that identifies each sender or receiver of information that is sent in packets across the Internet.

External Links

Our web site contains links to other external web sites that do not fall under Washington Farm Bureau . domains. We are not responsible for the privacy practices or the content of such external web sites.

Children's Guidelines

We at the Farm Bureau are concerned about protecting children's privacy and follow these guidelines: We Do Not:

* collect online contact information without prior parental consent or parental notification, which will
include an opportunity for the parent to prevent use of the information and participation in the
activity. Without prior parental consent, online information will only be used to respond directly to
the child's request and will not be used for other purposes without prior parental consent
* collect personally identifiable offline contact information without prior parental consent
* distribute to third parties any personally identifiable information with out prior parental consent
* give the ability to publicly post or otherwise distribute personally identifiable contact information
without prior parental consent
* entice by the prospect of a special game, prize or other activity, to divulge more information than is
needed to participate in the activity


Your right to limit disclosure of information

If we ever change our policy and need to share personal information with other non-affiliated companies unrelated to the services we provide you, you will be advised before we make the disclosure. You will be given the chance to limit or prevent the disclosure. Federal and state privacy laws are changing constantly. Some laws require special handling of certain kinds of information such as health information. We comply with these laws. Our policy is to limit the disclosure of information to only that amount necessary to conduct business and provide you with member benefits and services. If your circumstances require special limits on disclosure or use of your personal information, let us know.

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