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Information Sharing with Affiliated Companies

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What it is

Progressive can share your personal information across all companies within the Progressive corporate family for a broad range of business purposes including marketing, without requiring a separate opt-out for each affiliate.

This analysis describes what Progressive's agreement states, permits, or reserves. It does not constitute a legal determination about enforceability. Regulatory applicability and practical outcomes may vary by jurisdiction, enforcement context, and individual circumstances. Read our methodology

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Why it matters (compliance & governance perspective)

Sharing within affiliated companies is generally permitted under GLBA without an opt-out requirement, meaning your data can circulate across the entire Progressive enterprise for marketing and business purposes without additional notice.

Interpretive note: The full verbatim text was not available in the truncated document; the provision description is based on standard Progressive privacy policy language as publicly accessible and the document context provided.

Consumer impact (what this means for users)

Your personal information, including insurance history, financial details, and contact information, may be shared across all Progressive-affiliated companies for underwriting, claims, and marketing purposes as a standard operational practice. This type of intra-group sharing does not require an opt-out mechanism under federal GLBA rules, though some states impose additional restrictions.

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▸ View Original Clause Language DOCUMENT RECORD
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We may share your personal information among the Progressive group of companies for business purposes including underwriting, claims processing, customer service, and marketing.

— Excerpt from Progressive's Progressive Privacy Policy

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Institutional analysis (Compliance & governance intelligence)

REGULATORY LANDSCAPE: Sharing personal information among affiliated companies is addressed by the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act, which generally permits such sharing within a corporate family subject to the annual privacy notice disclosure requirement but does not require an opt-out mechanism for affiliated sharing. The FTC and state insurance regulators enforce GLBA and state insurance privacy statutes respectively. California's CCPA and CPRA may impose additional disclosure requirements for intra-group data sharing if affiliates qualify as separate businesses under California law. GOVERNANCE EXPOSURE: Low to Medium. While affiliated sharing is generally GLBA-compliant, the breadth of stated purposes, which include marketing, creates potential tension with state insurance fair practice statutes that restrict the use of underwriting data for marketing purposes in some jurisdictions. The policy should clearly distinguish between sharing for operational insurance purposes and sharing for marketing purposes. JURISDICTION FLAGS: Some states impose opt-out or opt-in requirements for affiliated sharing that go beyond GLBA minimum standards. California's CCPA may treat certain affiliated data sharing as disclosures subject to consumer rights requests if affiliates operate as separate businesses. State insurance regulators in New York and California have historically scrutinized affiliated data sharing arrangements in the insurance context. CONTRACT AND VENDOR IMPLICATIONS: Intra-group data sharing agreements between Progressive affiliates should be documented and consistent with the privacy policy's stated purposes. If affiliated companies use shared data for independent marketing purposes beyond the scope of the insurance relationship, those uses should be separately disclosed and, where required, subject to opt-out. COMPLIANCE CONSIDERATIONS: Compliance teams should map all Progressive affiliates that receive consumer personal information, document the purposes for which each affiliate uses the data, and confirm that the annual privacy notice accurately describes the scope of affiliated sharing. Any marketing use of shared data by affiliates should be evaluated for compliance with state insurance marketing regulations.

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Applicable agencies

  • FTC
    The FTC enforces GLBA privacy provisions governing affiliated data sharing for non-bank financial institutions including insurers.
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Provision details

Document information
Document
Progressive Privacy Policy
Entity
Progressive
Document last updated
May 5, 2026
Tracking information
First tracked
May 8, 2026
Last verified
May 11, 2026
Record ID
CA-P-010040
Document ID
CA-D-00599
Evidence Provenance
Source URL
Wayback Machine
Content hash (SHA-256)
b8ce3eebdae1d6ebc57bb85684b2402ab308666262264a794a453df2f30860f9
Analysis generated
May 8, 2026 12:35 UTC
Methodology
Evidence
✓ Snapshot stored   ✓ Hash verified
Citation Record
Entity: Progressive
Document: Progressive Privacy Policy
Record ID: CA-P-010040
Captured: 2026-05-08 12:35:51 UTC
SHA-256: b8ce3eebdae1d6eb…
URL: https://conductatlas.com/platform/progressive/progressive-privacy-policy/information-sharing-with-affiliated-companies/
Accessed: May 13, 2026
Permanent archival reference. Stable identifier suitable for legal filings, compliance documentation, and research citation.
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Frequently Asked Questions

What does Progressive's Information Sharing with Affiliated Companies clause do?

Sharing within affiliated companies is generally permitted under GLBA without an opt-out requirement, meaning your data can circulate across the entire Progressive enterprise for marketing and business purposes without additional notice.

How does this clause affect you?

Your personal information, including insurance history, financial details, and contact information, may be shared across all Progressive-affiliated companies for underwriting, claims, and marketing purposes as a standard operational practice. This type of intra-group sharing does not require an opt-out mechanism under federal GLBA rules, though some states impose additional restrictions.

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