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Source-backed from GEICO Privacy Policy

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  • Location 3 findings
  • Camera & Photos 1 finding
  • Messages 1 finding
  • Sensitive Data 8 findings
  • Tracking 5 findings
  • Advertising & Profiling 6 findings
  • Sharing 20 findings
  • Controls & Permissions 8 findings
  • Other 2 findings

3 findings, in full

The first 3 of this report’s 15 key findings, complete — claim, reasoning, and the policy’s own wording.

Sensitive Data After you consent, GEICO may collect your social security number, health information and precise geolocation

What this means

The sensitive categories GEICO names are precise geolocation, citizenship or immigration status, credit card numbers, driver's license numbers, social security numbers, and health information, collected after consent has been obtained.

After obtaining consent, GEICO may collect sensitive personal information including precise geolocation, citizenship or immigration status, credit card numbers, driver's license numbers, social security numbers, and health information.

Why this matters

Consent comes first in that sentence, and the list behind it is about as sensitive as a list gets.

What the policy says

Sensitive Personal Information: After obtaining (or having a third-party or service provider obtain) consent from an individual to do so, GEICO may collect or receive a consumer's precise geolocation, citizen or immigration status, credit card, driver's license number, social security number, or information concerning a consumer's health. Geolocation data is used to provide services to consumers, as explained above; citizenship or immigration status is used for employment reasons such as work visas; credit card information is collected for financial transactions; driver's license numbers and social security numbers are obtained to verify individuals …

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Advertising & Profiling Privacy control available GEICO has shared IP addresses for cross-context behavioral advertising in the past 12 months

What this means

This is a disclosure about what happened rather than what may happen: GEICO states that IP addresses were shared for cross-context behavioral advertising purposes during the preceding twelve months.

GEICO has shared IP addresses for cross-context behavioral advertising purposes in the past 12 months.

Why this matters

Most privacy statements describe what a company may do; this one reports what it did.

What the policy says

We have shared IP addresses for cross-context behavioral advertising purposes in the past 12-month period; however, we do recognize standard opt-out preference signals in a frictionless manner, as explained in the "Information We Obtain from You" section, above.

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Sensitive Data GEICO uses health information for claims management

What this means

Claims management is named as a purpose for which GEICO uses health information.

Why this matters

An auto insurer holding health data is not obvious until you consider what an injury claim contains.

What the policy says

… provide services to consumers, as explained above; citizenship or immigration status is used for employment reasons such as work visas; credit card information is collected for financial transactions; driver's license numbers and social security numbers are obtained to verify individuals and offer accurate ratings; health information is used for claims management.

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  • Advertising & Profiling 2
  • Location 2
  • Sharing 2
  • Tracking 2
  • Controls & Permissions 1
  • Messages 1
  • Other 1
  • Sensitive Data 1

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  • Location 1 more
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  • Sensitive Data 5 more
  • Tracking 3 more
  • Advertising & Profiling 3 more
  • Sharing 18 more
  • Controls & Permissions 7 more
  • Other 1 more

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