CLIENT PRIVACY STANDARDS. 4.1. Personal information collected, used, or acquired in connection with any state- funded program shall be used solely for the purpose of that program. The Contractor agrees not to release, divulge, publish, transfer, sell or otherwise make known to unauthorized persons the personal information without express written consent of the client or as provided by law. The written consent must include what client information may be shared and to whom or which agencies/businesses. The Contractor agrees to implement physical, electronic and managerial safeguards to prevent unauthorized access to personal information.
CLIENT PRIVACY STANDARDS. Personal information collected by the Contractor, used or acquired in connection with any state- funded program shall be used solely for the purpose of that program. Contractors agree not to release, divulge, publish, transfer, sell or otherwise make known to unauthorized persons the personal information without express written consent of the client or as provided by law. The written consent must include what client information may be shared and to whom or which agencies/businesses. Contractors agree to implement physical, electronic and managerial safeguards to prevent unauthorized access to personal information. Personal information includes but is not limited to information that would identify an individual’s health, education, business, use or receipt of governmental services, names, addresses, age, telephone numbers, social security numbers, driver’s license numbers and finances including financial profiles, credit card numbers or other identifying numbers. COMMERCE reserves the right to monitor, audit, or investigate the use of personal information collected by Commerce, used or acquired by the Contractors. Not properly maintaining clients’ private information could result in termination of the contract or subcontract. Contractors agree to indemnify and hold harmless COMMERCE, the State and its officers, employees and authorized agents for any damages related to the Contractor’s unauthorized use of personal information. Contractors shall include this client privacy policy in all subcontracts. In addition, Contractors shall include in the subcontract a clause stating that Subcontractors agree to indemnify and hold harmless the Contractor, the State and its officers, employees and authorized agents for any damages related to the Subcontractor’s unauthorized use of personal information. Contractors have the responsibility to monitor the use of personal information collected by Commerce by Subcontractors.
