Completion of this online application constitutes permission for World Wide Agent Services, Inc. and its selected surety companies to obtain consumer information, including personal credit reports of individual applicants as well as owners and officers of business applicants, which may be used to determine bonding eligibility. Such credit reports may also be obtained at the time of any review or renewal, any potential or actual claim, or for any other legitimate purposes as determined by the surety companies in their reasonable discretion. This information is held in strict confidence.