Georgia Access Health Insurance Exchange Privacy Policy
The Georgia Access Health Insurance Exchange, also known as Georgia Access, takes your privacy seriously. A summary of our Privacy Policy follows. You can also read the entire policy. Our Privacy Policy tells you what kind of personal information we collect, how we use it, and how we safeguard it.
Information Collection and Use
We collect certain Personally Identifiable Information (PII), like your name, address, email, income information, and citizenship and immigration status, in order to determine eligibility for health coverage and other insurance affordability programs, and to facilitate enrollment in such coverage or programs. We strictly limit our use of the application information you provide to these purposes. You will be asked to provide only the minimum information necessary to determine eligibility for applicable programs or health plans. Your PII will be shared only with those authorized to receive or view it.
When a user visits our website, we also collect information about the visit that does not identify the user personally. We track information such as the domain from which the user is visiting and the user’s browser type. We also collect specific information regarding the user’s session on our website. This includes items such as the date and time of the visit and the pages viewed.
How we Protect Your Personal Information
We strictly adhere to a wide range of federal and state privacy and information security-related standards, including ACA privacy regulations and the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) Guidelines, and we will keep the information you provide private and secure as required by these laws. We will take all reasonable steps to ensure the confidentiality, integrity, and availability of your personal information. We use a variety of safeguards and security controls, including secure electronic interfaces when sharing personal information electronically.
Access and Correction of Personal Information
Our Privacy Policy tells you how you can see your personal information that we have on file, and how you can correct it, if necessary.
Links to Other Websites
The Georgia Access website may contain links to other sites. We neither control nor endorse external sites and are not responsible for the content of such sites. If you have questions or suggestions, please contact us by sending an email to PrivacyOfficer@georgiaaccess.ga.gov but please do not include sensitive information – please request contact if you need to share sensitive information to have your concern addressed.