§ 2593.3. Web Site Access Restrictions.

(a) A rating organization may establish protocols, rules, or other limitations and restrictions on its coverage Internet Web site to limit access to information concerning employer workers' compensation insurance coverage so as to allow for only queries for a specified employer on a specified date.

(b) The coverage Internet Web site shall prohibit the automated retrieval of information and shall give clear notice on the Internet Web site of this prohibition.

(c) The rating organization shall limit a person's use of the coverage Internet Web site to prevent unlimited or multiple queries of the information that could be used to determine policy inception or expiration dates or policy numbers or used for other purposes for which it was not intended by employing reasonable security or authentication measures to prevent multiple or automated retrieval of employer coverage information while not hindering the public's access to it. Such measures may include limiting the amount of time a person may use the Web site, limiting the number of queries in a single session, employing a challenge-response system, or any other criteria that meets generally accepted industry practices for limiting access to information on a Web site.

(d) The rating organization shall limit query results to identify as best as possible the specified employer being sought and to avoid query results that may list employers related by other criteria, such as employer safety groups or clients of labor contractors and professional employer organizations.

(1) When an employer is being queried for by using the employer's name, only employers with similar names or a portion of that name may be displayed as a result of the query.

(2) When an employer is being queried for by FEIN, only the employer associated with that FEIN may be displayed as a result of the query.

HISTORY

1. New section filed 2-10-2011; operative 3-12-2011 (Register 2011, No. 6).

Note

Note: Authority cited: Section 11752.75, Insurance Code. Reference: Section 11752.75, Insurance Code.