WHY WE COLLECT PERSONAL INFORMATION
The Guidewire Group collects and uses your personal information when you contact us so we can answer your questions and to determine how we may assist you through our products and services.

In addition, we may use your personal information to keep you updated on Guidewire events and research, or other information we think you’d like to hear about. This may occasionally include information from third party companies about related products, services and events. From time to time, we may also use your personal information to contact you to participate in a market research survey, so that we can gauge client satisfaction and develop better products.

TYPES OF INFORMATION COLLECTED
When you request a meeting with a Guidewire Group analyst, you will be asked to provide information about you and your company to help us in determining whether or not to schedule an analyst briefing. Examples of the information that we collect include, but are not limited to, your name, address, email address, telephone number, company name, title and information about your company's products, marketing plans and funding. That information remains confidential until such time as you give Guidewire Group express permission to share elements of your information in Guidewire Services.

When you browse the Guidewire web site, you are able to do so anonymously. We don’t collect personal information when you browse — not even your email address. Your browser, however, does automatically tell us the type of computer and operating system you are using.

Like many web sites, the Guidewire web site uses “cookie” technology. When you first connect to our site, the cookie identifies your browser with a unique, random number. The cookies we use do not reveal any personal information about you. Cookies help us understand which parts of our web site are the most popular, where our visitors are going, and how long they spend there. We use cookies to study traffic patterns on our site so we can improve the site.

In some of our email to you, we may use a “click-through URL.” When you click one of these URLs, you pass through our web server before arriving at the web site that is your destination. We track click-throughs to help us determine interest in particular topics and to measure the effectiveness of our customer communications.

DISCLOSURE AND USE OF INFORMATION COLLECTED
Email and Promotional Materials. If you contact us to request information about Guidewire services, we reserve the right to send promotional materials about Guidewire Group events and research to you in the future. However, you may request that we stop sending you such updates at any time and we will honor that request.

Aggregate Information Shared with Third Parties. From time to time, we may disclose anonymous information about individuals or companies who contact us in the form of aggregated statistics to third parties for marketing purposes.

Other Third Party Disclosure. The Guidewire Group reserves the right to disclose any personal information about you or your use of the Guidewire Group site/services, including its content, without your prior permission if the Guidewire Group has a good faith belief that such action is necessary to: (1) conform to legal requirements or comply with legal process; (2) protect and defend the rights or property of the Guidewire Group or its affiliated companies; (3) enforce the Terms of Use; or (4) act to protect the interests of its members or others.

Additionally, The Guidewire Group may sell, transfer or otherwise disclose your personal information in the event of a corporate merger, consolidation or the sale of substantially all its assets.

LINKS
This site sometimes contains links to other web sites. Please understand that the Guidewire Group is not responsible for the privacy practices or the content of other web sites. We encourage our visitors to recognize when they leave our site and to read the privacy statements of each and every web site that collects personally identifiable information. This privacy statement applies solely to information collected by the Guidewire Group web site.

DATA FROM CHILDREN
The Guidewire Group site/services are not intended for use by children under the age of thirteen. If the Guidewire Group becomes aware that it has received information from a child under the age of thirteen, we will delete all personally identifiable information concerning that child from our records.

SECURITY
The Guidewire Group wants your personal information to remain as secure as reasonably possible. The Guidewire Group secures the personal information you provide on computer servers in a controlled, secure environment, protected from unauthorized access.

CHANGES TO THIS PRIVACY STATEMENT
Guidewire Group reserves the right to modify this Privacy Statement at any time. If material changes are made to this Privacy Statement, details will be posted on the Guidewire site and we attempt to communicate changes via email whenever possible. By using the Guidewire site, you agree to the terms of the Privacy Statement including any amendments.