Delaware Administrative Code
Title 18 - Insurance
900 - Consumer Rights
905 - Standards for Safeguarding Customer Information
Section 905-2.0 - Definitions
Current through Register Vol. 28, No. 3, September 1, 2024
2.1 For purposes of this regulation, the following definitions apply:
"Customer" means a customer of the licensee as the term customer is defined in Delaware Insurance Department Regulation 904 section 4.0 (Formerly Regulation 84).
"Customer information" means nonpublic personal information as defined in Delaware Insurance Department Regulation 904 sections 4.16 and 4.17 (Formerly Regulation 84) about a customer, whether in paper, electronic or other form, that is maintained by or on behalf of the licensee.
"Customer information systems" means the electronic or physical methods used to access, collect, store, use, transmit, protect or dispose of customer information.
"Licensee" means a licensee as that term is defined in Delaware Insurance Department Regulation 904 section 4.17 (Formerly Regulation 84), except that "licensee" shall not include: a purchasing group pursuant to 18 Del.C. Ch. 80, or an unauthorized insurer in regard to the excess line business conducted pursuant to 18 Del.C. Ch. 19.
Drafting Note: Although service contract providers and extended warranty providers are "licensees" under the insurance laws of many states, they are not so defined under Delaware law.
"Service provider" means a person that maintains, processes or otherwise is permitted access to customer information through its provision of services directly to the licensee.
