Third-party cookies used by service providers on Highmark's behalf
Online Services also use third-party cookies and similar technology used and controlled by service providers on Highmark's behalf, as permitted by applicable law, to better understand usage, understand digital journey from external sources, and improve Online Services and other services. Service providers including Adobe and Freshpaint may collect information through cookies and similar technologies on Highmark's behalf; they are not allowed to use collected information for any purpose other than providing their services.
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Our Online Services also use third-party cookies and similar technology (ones used and controlled by service providers on our behalf), as permitted by applicable law, to better understand who is using our Online Services and how they are using the Online Services (such as session time, pages or screens visited, buttons and links clicked, click streams, and crash reports), understand your digital journey from external sources to our Online Services, and improve our Online Services and other services. For example, we allow service providers, including Adobe and Freshpaint, to collect information through cookies and similar technologies on our behalf to collect the information described above to help us monitor, evaluate, and improve our Online Services, content, and services. These service providers are not allowed to use information they collect for any purpose other than providing their services to us.
Qualifications & exceptions
as permitted by applicable law
Sharing & Disclosure · Company practice
Third-party widgets are governed by third parties' privacy standards
Third-party widgets such as Twitter and LinkedIn on Online Services are owned and controlled by third parties, are there for convenience only, and do not reflect affiliation or endorsement. Clicking a widget takes you to that third party's home page, and any data collection, use, and disclosure is subject to that third party's privacy standards, not this Policy. Highmark makes no representations or warranties regarding third-party platforms or components when you leave the site and recommends reviewing applicable third parties' privacy standards. Redirecting hyperlinks or embedded third-party media content may also be present; Highmark does not manage or configure that content or control code linked to it, and reviewing such content constitutes acknowledgement, acceptance, and express consent to associated data collection, use, and disclosure between Highmark and the media host.
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Third-Party Widgets You may see third-party widgets (e.g., Twitter, LinkedIn) on our online services. These widgets (icons) are owned and controlled by third parties and not by us. These widgets are there for convenience only, and do not reflect an affiliation with or endorsement of the third-party. If you click a widget, you will be taken to the home page of that third-party. Any data collection, use, and disclosure activities will be subject to that third party’s privacy standards (and not this Privacy Policy). Here’s an example: We maintain a LinkedIn page, but we have no control over how LinkedIn, as a third party, collects, uses, or discloses information about you when you visit the LinkedIn platform.
When you click a third-party widget and leave our site, we make no representations or warranties regarding third-party platforms or components, their content, data management, or security. You should review the privacy standards of the applicable third parties.
Redirecting Hyperlinks and Embedded Third-Party Media Our online services may contain redirecting hyperlinks or embedded third-party media content. An example includes YouTube videos which may be tile images that redirect to YouTube when clicked. Another example is an embedded file which will begin playing on our web pages when clicked. We do not manage or configure this third-party content. We do not control any code which may be linked to this content by the media host or any data collection which might occur as a result of such code. When you review this content on our online services, you acknowledge, accept, and expressly consent to any associated data collection, use, and disclosure which might occur between us and the media host.
Qualifications & exceptions
Third-party widgets are there for convenience only, and do not reflect an affiliation with or endorsement of the third-party.
Sharing & Disclosure · Company practice
Redirecting hyperlinks and embedded media require consent to third-party collection
Online Services may contain redirecting hyperlinks or embedded third-party media content, such as YouTube videos or embedded files. Highmark does not manage or configure this third-party content or control code linked to it by the media host or resulting data collection. Reviewing such content on Online Services constitutes acknowledgement, acceptance, and express consent to any associated data collection, use, and disclosure between Highmark and the media host.
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Redirecting Hyperlinks and Embedded Third-Party Media Our online services may contain redirecting hyperlinks or embedded third-party media content. An example includes YouTube videos which may be tile images that redirect to YouTube when clicked. Another example is an embedded file which will begin playing on our web pages when clicked. We do not manage or configure this third-party content. We do not control any code which may be linked to this content by the media host or any data collection which might occur as a result of such code. When you review this content on our online services, you acknowledge, accept, and expressly consent to any associated data collection, use, and disclosure which might occur between us and the media host.
Sharing & Disclosure · Company commitment
Personal information is not sold
Highmark does not sell your personal information for money or other consideration.
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We do not sell your personal information for money or other consideration.
Sharing & Disclosure · Company practice
Disclosure to service providers bound by contract
Highmark may disclose personal information collected through Online Services to service providers and may allow them to directly collect personal information in connection with Online Services, for example to send surveys or newsletters or assist with security, fraud detection, analytics, or system operations. Service providers including Adobe and Freshpaint may collect personal information as described above, and are bound by contract to protect personal information.
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Disclosure To Service Providers We may disclose your personal information collected through our Online Services to service providers and may allow these service providers to directly collect your personal information in connection with our Online Services. For example, a service provider may have access to your information to send you a survey or a newsletter or to assist with security, fraud detection, analytics, or system operations on our behalf. We also have service providers, including Adobe and Freshpaint, collect personal information about users of our Online Services as described above. Our service providers are bound by contract to protect your personal information.
Qualifications & exceptions
Our service providers are bound by contract to protect your personal information.
Sharing & Disclosure · Company practice
External links and third-party hosts control their own data practices
Third parties include non-affiliated companies whose platforms or components Highmark may use or present to users; Highmark does not control their data collection and usage activities and they are not governed by this Privacy Policy. For example, a third-party vendor may host informational videos, and when you click the link you are taken to that host's platform, whose data collection and usage activities control your interaction.
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Links to External Websites Third parties include non-affiliated companies whose platforms or components we may use or present to our users. We do not control their data collection and usage activities and they are not governed by this Privacy Policy (like third-party widgets noted above). For example, we may use a third-party vendor to host certain informational videos. When you click on the link to the video, you are taken from our site to the platform of the video host. The host’s data collection and usage activities will control your interaction with that third-party site and content.
Sharing & Disclosure · Restriction or exception
Personal information disclosed to third parties only in limited cases
Third parties can also refer to entities or bodies with which Highmark has no contractual or commercial relationship but shares data as permitted or required by law, such as government oversight agencies. Highmark generally does not disclose personal information collected through online services to third parties except as set forth in this Privacy Policy or as permitted or required by law. At times, personal information may be disclosed to a third party if there is a specific legal need, a need to complete a transaction requested by you, or it is needed to provide a service or benefit to you.
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Third parties can also refer to other types of entities or bodies that we do not have a contractual or commercial relationship with, but that we share data with as permitted or required by law (e.g., government oversight agencies). We generally do not disclose personal information collected through our online services to third parties except as set forth in this Privacy Policy, or as permitted or required by law. At times, personal information may be disclosed to a third party if:
There is a specific legal need,
There is a need to complete a transaction requested by the you, or
It is needed to provide a service or benefit to you.