Created 7-01-15
Version ICE2015.1
Employment Subscription Agreement – Terms and Conditions
This subscription agreement (“the Agreement”) is entered into as of the date of execution below (the “Effective Date”), by and between ISO Claims
Services, Inc., a Delaware corporation, through its Insurance Information Exchange unit (“iiX”) with offices at 1716 Briarcrest, Suite 200 Bryan, TX
77802, and ______________________________________________________________________________________________(Customer Name),
a ______________ (State) corporation/other entity with offices at ________________________________________________________ (City, State).
1. SERVICES AND RATES. Certain reports, records, products and/or services, including Motor Vehicle Reports (“MVRs”) and other employment
screening reports (collectively, “Information Services”) will be provided to Customer under the terms specified in this Agreement. State-set record
fees are subject to change at any time.
2. SOLE USE AND OUTSOURCING. Customer warrants and agrees that the Information Services are to be used internally by Customer solely with
respect to (i) the continued employment of current employees or (ii) offers of employment to prospective employees, unless further restricted by
Specific State Forms (as defined below). Customer may deliver the Information Services to Customer’s employees and authorized users solely as
needed to perform functions consistent with this Agreement’s purpose. All such individuals shall be subject to this Agreement’s terms and conditions
and all applicable laws and regulations. Except as provided in Section 2.1, no one acting by or through Customer may sell, transfer, distribute
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ish, disclose, display or otherwise make the Information Services available, in whole or in part, or any of the information in them, to any other
person or entity, without the express written consent of iiX.
2.1 Use of Outsourcing Customer warrants and agrees that to the extent it has entered into or may enter into an arrangement with a third
party to provide services on Customer’s behalf (“Outsourcer”) to process Information Services, the arrangement shall be consistent with this
Agreement and solely for the purpose and benefit of Customer. The Information Services may be provided to Outsourcer solely to enable it to
assist Customer under this Agreement, provided that Customer, (1) as appropriate, discloses to any affected consumer(s) that his/her
information might be subject to outsourcing, including possible offshore access, and obtains the consumer’s permission for such access, and (2)
requires such Outsourcer, in writing, to confirm that it will (i) use the Information Services solely on behalf of or for the benefit of Customer, (ii)
abide by all Agreement terms and conditions regarding nondisclosure and use of the Information Services, and (iii) be subject to any applicable
laws and regulations, including but not limited to those governing privacy and the use of Personal Information (defined below). A copy of the
agreement between Customer and Outsourcer will be supplied to iiX upon iiX’s request.
2.2 Prohibitions Customer acknowledges that certain state and/or iiX data providers may prohibit access to their information by offshore
users. Customer agrees not to permit offshore access by any of its employees, authorized users, or Outsourcer in violation of any prohibition
against offshore access to records, and agrees to be responsible for the use of the Information Services by its employees, authorized users, or
Outsourcer in violation of this section.
Failure of Customer to comply in all respects with the requirements of this Section is a material breach of this Agreement. In such event, iiX may
immediately terminate this Agreement and the delivery of any Information Services to Customer without notice or delay.
3. RESTRICTIONS.
3.1 Confidentiality Customer acknowledges that in connection with this Agreement, it may receive Personal Information (defined below) and
nonpublic Personal Information from state agencies, service bureaus, and/or other data providers. Personal Information is information that
identifies an individual and includes, but is not limited to: (a) first and last name or first initial and last name; (b) a home or other physical address,
which includes at least street name and name of city or town; (c) an email address; (d) a telephone number; (e) a Social Security number; (f)
credit and/or debit card information, including credit and/or debit card number with expiration date; (g) date of birth; (h) a driver’s license number;
or (i) any other information from or about an individual consumer that is combined with (a) through (h) above. Consistent with Section 2 of this
Agreement, Customer agrees to treat as confidential all Personal Information received from or through iiX and to disclose such information only to
those authorized who have a need to know such information to accomplish their duties. Customer and its authorized users shall not use Personal
Information for any purpose except the purpose permitted by this Agreement.
3.2 Compliance with Laws Customer certifies that it shall order, receive, disseminate and otherwise use the Information Services in
compliance with all applicable federal, state and local statutes, rules, codes and regulations, including but not limited to, the Fair Credit Reporting
Act (“FCRA”), the Driver's Privacy Protection Act, 18 U.S.C. §2721 et seq. (“DPPA”), the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act (“GLB”) and their state
equivalents, including any changes, supplements or amendments to such statutes, rules, codes and regulations (collectively, “The Laws”).
Customer further certifies that before ordering Information Services, it will comply with any applicable consumer disclosure-authorization and
adverse action requirements under the FCRA and will not use any information contained in the Information Services in violation of any applicable
federal or state equal opportunity law or regulation. Customer understands that violators of the FCRA, the DPPA, and other federal and state
laws governing protection of Personal Information are potentially subject to civil actions and penalties, including fines. Customer shall be
responsible for understanding and for staying current with all of The Laws. Customer further represents and warrants that it shall ensure the
security and confidentiality of Personal Information in compliance with The Laws. iiX acknowledges that it has appropriate administrative,
technical and physical safeguards, including data security safeguards, in place to protect Personal Information consistent with federal and state
requirements applicable to it.