Complete Interactive Technologies (CIT), Inc. is committed to maintaining the privacy of its customers. CIT is obliged to provide their Customer(s) with protections to certain information about how their Customer(s) uses its Services. However, that information can help us customize and improve Services CIT offers to Customer.
In this section, CIT describes what information CIT protects and how it is protected.
As a customer of CIT, Customer has the right, and CIT has a duty, under federal law, to protect the confidentiality of certain types of services, including: (1) information about the quantity, technical configuration, type, destination, location, and amount of Customer’s use of its services, and (2) information contained on Customer’s telephone bill concerning the services Customer receives. That information, when matched to Customer’s name, address, and telephone number is known as “Customer Proprietary Network Information,” or “CPNI” for short. Examples of CPNI include information typically available from telephone-related details on Customer’s monthly bill, technical information, type of service, current telephone charges, long distance and local service billing records, directory assistance charges, usage data, and calling patterns.
From time to time, CIT would like to use the CPNI information it has on file to provide their Customer(s) with information about CIT’s communications-related products and services or special promotions. CIT’s use of CPNI may also enhance its ability to offer products and services tailored to Customer’s specific needs. Accordingly, CIT would like Customer’s approval so that CIT may use this CPNI to let Customer know about communications-related services other than those to which Customer currently subscribes that CIT believes may be of interest to Customer. IF CUSTOMER APPROVES, CUSTOMER DOES NOT HAVE TO TAKE ANY ACTION; CUSTOMER’S SIGNATURE ON THE SERVICE AGREEMENT SIGNIFIES CUSTOMER’S CONSENT THAT CIT MAY USE AND DISCLOSE CPNI AS DESCRIBED HEREIN.
However, Customer does have the right to restrict CIT’s use of Customer’s CPNI. CUSTOMER MAY DENY OR WITHDRAW CIT’S RIGHT TO USE CUSTOMER’S CPNI AT ANY TIME BY CALLING (586) 439-2000. If Customer denies or restricts its approval for CIT to use Customer’s CPNI, Customer will suffer no effect, now or in the future, on how CIT provides any services to which Customer subscribes. Any denial or restriction of Customer’s approval remains valid until Customer’s services are discontinued or Customer affirmatively revokes or limits such approval or denial.
In some instances, CIT will want to share Customer’s CPNI with its independent contractors and joint venture partners in order to provide Customer with information about CIT’s communications-related products and services or special promotions. Prior to sharing Customer’s CPNI with its independent contractors or joint venture partners, CIT will obtain written permission from Customer to do so.
Federal privacy rules require CIT to authenticate the identity of its customer prior to disclosing CPNI. Customers calling CIT can discuss their services and billings with a CIT representative once that representative has verified the caller’s identity. There are three (3) methods by which CIT will conduct Customer authentication:
Passwords and/or PINs may not be any portion of the Customer’s social security number, mother’s maiden name, amount or telephone number associated with the Customer’s account or any pet name. In the event the Customer fails to remember their password and/or PIN, CIT will ask the Customer a series of questions known only to the Customer and CIT in order to authenticate the Customer. In such an instance, the Customer will then establish a new password/PIN associated with their account.
CIT will be notifying Customer of certain account changes. For example, whenever an online account is created or changed, or a password or other form of authentication (such as a “secret question and answer”) is created or changed, CIT will notify the account holder. Additionally, after an account has been established, when a Customer’s address (whether postal or e-mail) changes or is added to an account, CIT will send a notification. These notifications may be sent to a postal or e-mail address, or by telephone, voicemail or text message.
CIT may disclose CPNI in the following circumstances:
CIT uses numerous methods to protect Customer’s CPNI. This includes software enhancements that identify whether Customer has approved use of its CPNI. Further, all CIT employees are trained on the how CPNI is to be protected and when it may or may not be disclosed. All marketing campaigns are reviewed by a CIT supervisory committee to ensure that all such campaigns comply with applicable CPNI rules.
CIT maintains records of its own and its joint venture partners and/or independent contractors (if applicable) sales and marketing campaigns that utilize Customer CPNI. Included in this, is a description of the specific CPNI that was used in such sales or marketing campaigns. CIT also keeps records of all instances in which CPNI is disclosed to third parties or where third parties were allowed access to Customer CPNI.
CIT will not release CPNI during Customer-initiated telephone contact without first authenticating the caller’s identity in the manner set-forth herein. Violation of this CPNI policy by any CIT employee will result in
disciplinary action against that employee as set-forth in CIT’s Employee Manual.
In the event CIT experiences a privacy breach and CPNI is disclosed to unauthorized persons, federal rules require CIT to report such breaches to law enforcement. Specifically, CIT will notify law enforcement no later than seven (7) business days after a reasonable determination that such breach has occurred by sending electronic notification through a central reporting facility to the United States Secret Service and the FBI. A link to the reporting facility can be found at: www.fcc.gov/eb/cpni. CIT cannot inform Customer of the CPNI breach until at least seven (7) days after notification has been sent to law enforcement, unless the law enforcement agent tells the carrier to postpone disclosure pending investigation. Additionally, CIT is required to maintain records of any discovered breaches, the date that CIT discovered the breach, the date carriers notified law enforcement and copies of the notifications to law enforcement, a detailed description of the CPNI breach, including the circumstances of the breach, and law enforcement’s response (if any) to the reported breach. CIT will retain these records for a period of not less than two (2) years.
If CIT changes this CPNI Policy, CIT will post those changes on https://cit-4u.com/policies or in other places CIT deems appropriate, so that Customer can be aware of what information CIT collects, how CIT uses it, and under what circumstances, if any, CIT disclose it. If Customer decides to continue receiving its services after CIT makes any changes to this the CPNI Policy, Customer shall be deemed to have given express consent to the changes in the revised policy.
