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Legal and Privacy Policies
Legal disclaimer
The information contained on this Web site is not intended to create any contractual or legal rights for any party. The product descriptions posted on this Web site are not intended to be more than a summary of the benefits available to you through the programs. This site does not contain a complete listing of the terms, exclusions, limitations and conditions that apply to the benefits shown, nor does it contain additional benefits that are available to you. Full information can be found, including medical necessity and preexisting condition provisions, in a specific product's contract or the member's certificate of benefits booklet.
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Oklahoma has made every effort to present the information contained on this site accurately, but additions, deletions and changes may occur. Blue Cross Blue Shield of Oklahoma has no obligation to keep this site up to date and any information presented may be out of date and may contain inaccuracies or errors.
The information contained in this site is general and educational in nature and is not a substitute for the advice of health care professionals. Nothing in this site is intended to be used for medical diagnosis or treatment. If you have specific health care needs, or for complete health information, please see a doctor or other health care provider.
Some areas of our site may provide links to other external sites that we don't own, control or influence. We reference sites that we think might be useful or of interest to you, and we provide the links for your convenience. Blue Cross Blue Shield of Oklahoma is not responsible for the content or privacy practices used by other site owners, and we do not warrant the accuracy of the information found on those sites.
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Oklahoma products are only available in Oklahoma. If you live outside of Oklahoma, please call your local Blue Cross and Blue Shield Plan office for availability of coverage in your state. More information is available at Blue Cross and Blue Shield Association's Web site, www.bcbs.com.
Please visit our Web site Privacy Statement for more information on our commitment to protect information provided through the Internet.
All service-marked, trade-marked and registered items are the sole and exclusive property of Blue Cross Blue Shield of Oklahoma unless otherwise noted. All rights are reserved. Downloads, copies or mirrors of this site are forbidden without prior consent from Blue Cross Blue Shield of Oklahoma.
Web site privacy statement
Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Oklahoma values and respects the privacy of the various publics who visit its Web site, www.bcbsok.com, including guests, health plan members, health care providers, group benefit administrators and authorized producers.
This privacy statement discloses the information collection and handling practices of Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Oklahoma in relation to www.bcbsok.com and all other Web sites owned and operated by Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Oklahoma and its subsidiaries. Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Oklahoma may be contacted by mail at P.O. Box 3283, Tulsa, OK 74102-3283, or by e-mail.
Collection of personal information
Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Oklahoma may collect and/or track the following information from Web site visitors:
- Domain names, type and version of Web browser used, type of computer and operating system used, pages accessed, files downloaded, and search engine used by site visitors;
- The e-mail addresses of Web site visitors who communicate with Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Oklahoma via e-mail;
- Information knowingly provided by the site visitor via online forms or surveys (including demographic and personal data);
- Aggregate and user-specific information on pages accessed by Web site visitors (see heading "use of cookies and related technology";
- Information provided by visitors utilizing Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Oklahoma's Web site search tools. When a visitor performs a search within Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Oklahoma's Web site, Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Oklahoma may record information identifying the visitor or linking the visitor to the search performed. Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Oklahoma may also record limited information from each search request and use that information only to solve technical problems and calculate overall Web site usage statistics.
Use of "cookies" and related technology
Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Oklahoma may place "cookies" on visitors' hard disk drives to allow Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Oklahoma to customize and enhance each visitor's experience at www.bcbsok.com, make improvements to the site and report site activity. These cookies never will be used by Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Oklahoma to track visitors' activity on any third party Web sites or to send visitors unsolicited e-mail messages, or "spam." When a visitor returns to Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Oklahoma's Web site, Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Oklahoma may recognize the visitor by the cookie and customize the visitor's experience accordingly. Visitors who choose to do so may configure their Web browser software to decline the use of cookies. However, application functionality may be affected if the use of cookies is declined.
Use of personal data collected
Personal data collected by Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Oklahoma may be used for multiple reasons including editorial and feedback purposes, marketing and promotional purposes, statistical analyses of visitors' behavior, product development, content improvement, or the customization of the content and layout of Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Oklahoma's Web site. Aggregate data on visitors' domain servers may be used for internal purposes such as maintaining Web site usage statistics. Individually identifying information, such as names, postal and e-mail addresses, phone numbers, and other personal information which visitors voluntarily provide to Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Oklahoma may be added to Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Oklahoma's databases and used for future calls and mailings regarding Web site updates, new products and services, and upcoming events.
Disclosure of personal data to third parties
Unless a Web site visitor specifically consents to allow Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Oklahoma do so, any personally-identifiable information, including the visitor's e-mail address, will not be sold, rented, licensed or otherwise shared with any third parties.
Security
Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Oklahoma has security measures in place to prevent the unauthorized release of or access to personal information. For example, all Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Oklahoma employees are required to certify their understanding that personal information is considered confidential, that it is important to safeguard personal information, and that Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Oklahoma will take appropriate action against any employee who fails to acknowledge these facts or adhere to the code of business conduct. Please be advised, however, that the confidentiality of any communication or material transmitted to or from Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Oklahoma via the Internet (World Wide Web, e-mail or other) cannot be guaranteed. Accordingly, Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Oklahoma is not responsible for the security of information transmitted via the Internet. For more secure communication, visitors who have health coverage through or administered by Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Oklahoma can contact Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Oklahoma by telephone at the number listed on their member identification card. Any visitor can contact Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Oklahoma by telephone at (918) 560-3500.
Collection of personal data from children
To the extent that Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Oklahoma is able to determine the age of users by their submissions to or communications with Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Oklahoma's Web site, Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Oklahoma will not knowingly:
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Collect or post information from individuals under the age of sixteen ("children") without their parent's or guardian's consent, or
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Provide any personally identifying information collected from children, regardless of its source, to any third party for any purpose whatsoever. If registration is required for any services on the Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Oklahoma site, and a user submits information to Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Oklahoma's Web site through such a registration process that indicates that such user is a child, the child's parent or guardian will be alerted to the child's registration and will be provided instructions on how the parent or guardian can delete the child's registration, if desired. No information collected through Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Oklahoma's Web site from users identifying themselves as children will knowingly be used for any direct marketing or promotional purposes.
Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Oklahoma's right to contact visitors
Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Oklahoma reserves the right to contact site visitors regarding account status and changes to the subscriber agreement, privacy statement, or any other policies or agreements relevant to site visitors.
Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Oklahoma's right to change privacy statement
Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Oklahoma reserves the right to change this privacy statement at any time by notifying visitors of the existence and location of the new or revised privacy statement.
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