security

INTERNET USERS
Our sites, www.healthplan.com,www.nef-hps.com, www.abpa-tpa.com and www.acec.healthplan.com,provide information about HPHI businesses, our products and the services weprovide. You may also perform certain transactions on the Web site. ThisPrivacy Statement applies to users of these sites, regardless of whether theuser is a customer of HPHI or one of its subsidiaries. In addition, as anInternet user, you should be aware of the following:

What are cookies and how are they used? Do you log my activity on your site?
Many commercial Internet sites use "cookies". A "cookie" is a message sent to your browser from a Web server that is stored on your computer's hard drive. The message is sent back to the Web server whenever the browser requests a page from that server. Our organization temporarily stores cookies in the form of a randomly generated number that expires whenever you close your browser window or within a set period of time, whichever occurs first. These cookies do not contain personally identifiable information about you. During the period you are logged into our site, we log your IP addresses, a number assigned to your computer when you use the Internet. On some web sites, we can use a cookie to remember the last login used for that web server on that computer, and will pre-fill the login for the user when that computer is directed back to that login page. When that option is available, we have a checkbox, which the user must select in order for the login information to be saved on that computer.

What security procedures do we use to guard against the loss, misuse, alteration, or theft of information while that information is being submitted to HPHI over the Internet?

We value your privacy and confidentiality ofyour personal information. Therefore, we use the 128-bit Secure Socket Layer(SSL) protocol encryption technology, secure servers, and security protocol tosafeguard the information you submit. Encryption enhances the security of yourinformation by allowing this information to be scrambled into a format thatunauthorized persons cannot decode or use. 128-bit encryption is considered tobe the most secure form of protection in the country.

To help ensure the security of your personaland financial information that you submit to us (other than via an e-mailmessage), we use security software to encrypt the information before and duringits transmission through the Internet. We only allow information to besubmitted for transmission if your browser is compatible with our securitysoftware. If your browser is not compatible, you will receive a messageindicating your transaction can be completed but at a lower level of security.

E-mail messages are not secure. Our securitysoftware does not encrypt e-mail messages. E-mail messages traveling throughthe Internet are subject to viewing, alteration, and copying by potentiallyanyone on the Internet.

We take seriously the issue of safeguardingyour privacy online. However, please note that you should exercise discretionwith respect to the submission of any personal information via e-mail. Pleasekeep in mind that transmitting information via e-mail over the Internet isnever completely secure and thus any information submitted may be intercepted,collected, used or disclosed by others. If you are concerned about the securityof your communication, we encourage you to send your correspondence through thepostal service or use the telephone to contact the desired party. We are notresponsible for the security or confidentiality of communications you send tous through the Internet using e-mail messages.

What can you do to help maintain the security of information when accessing our websites over the Internet?

Some steps you can take to maintain thesecurity of your information include:

• Utilize the latest, generally proven version of the Netscape, Microsoft Internet Explorer or the America Online browser. Our site is most secure when using one of these browsers.
• Keep your User ID and PIN or password confidential. Utilize a PIN or password unique to you and, if possible, change it frequently.
• Make sure others are not watching you enter your User ID, PIN or password on your keyboard when using the protected areas of www.healthplan.com, www.nef-hps.com, www.abpa-tpa.com or www.acec.healthplan.com.
• Do not leave your computer unattended while logged onto our Customer Support Center or other protected areas of www.healthplan.com, www.nef-hps.com, www.abpa-tpa.com or www.acec.healthplan.com. After you have finished accessing your information, exit the protected area within www.healthplan.com, www.nef-hps.com or these sites, and close your browser window. This ensures that no one can access your personal information if you leave your computer and your session has not been timed out.

Whose Privacy Statement applies to Links and Co-Branded Sites?

This Web site contains links to other sites(including, but not limited to, sites owned and/or operated by HPHI or one ofits subsidiaries). We may occasionally provide links to other sites as aconvenience to persons who visit our web site. If you choose to use theservices provided by those sites, you may be asked by those sites to providecertain personally identifiable information (some of which may, on anindividual or aggregated basis, be shared with us). Please be aware that HPHIis not responsible for the privacy practices of those sites, even though ourname or logo may appear on those sites. We encourage you to be aware when youleave our site and to read the privacy policies of each and every Web site thatyou visit, as the privacy policies of those sites may differ from ours. OurPrivacy Statement applies solely to this Web site.

This statement is being provided on behalfof HPHI and its subsidiaries:

American Benefit Plan Administrators, Inc.,BENADCO, HealthPlan Services, Montgomery ManagementCorporation, Southern Nevada Administrators, Inc.