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Because we value
your patronage, we want to address any privacy concerns you may
have.
To that end, we have set forth our privacy policy for handling the
information you share with us online.
We want your decision to do business with us to be an informed one.
1. Collecting
Information
When you visit
our Website, we may collect information about you that you
voluntarily choose to share with us. This identification
information may include, but is not limited to, your name, your
physical address, your email address, your telephone and fax
numbers, details of your real estate and lending needs and
preferences, and other details of your life.
What may be less obvious to you is that, when you visit our
Website, we may collect data involving your usage through the
use of cookies(i.e. small text files placed on your computer by
a Website), Web server logs, and other Web tools. This
technology allows us to customize your online experience, as
well as track your Internet use. The tracking data we collect
may include, but is not limited to, the date and time you visit,
the time you spend, the Web pages you view, the other Websites
you visit, your search queries, and basic information about your
computer, such as your Internet Protocol (IP) address, your
domain name, your browser type, and the name of your Internet
service provider. You may deactivate cookies if you do not want
your browsing to be tracked, but doing so may hinder your online
experience.
When visiting our Website, you may be directed, through
hyperlinks, to other Websites that are beyond our control.
Furthermore, when you are visiting our Website, other companies,
such as third party advertisers and sponsors, may be gathering
information about you. This Privacy Policy does not cover the
collection of information by those other companies and
Websites. Although we encourage third parties to provide their
own privacy policies, we are not responsible for their
activities, such as how they handle the information they collect
online.
2. Using
Information Collected
We primarily
use the identification information you voluntarily share with us
to customize your online experience and to do what you have
asked of us. We also use your identification information to
tell you about our products and services, but you may instruct
us not to send communications to you by following the procedure
indicated below under Contacting Us. On occasion, we use your
identification information to validate your identity. As for
usage tracking data, we primarily use that information to
operate and improve our Website, and to further our marketing
efforts.
As a general rule, we do not share your information with
unaffiliated third parties. We may, however, share your
information with our own personnel and our service providers to
the extent necessary to fulfill your requests. We may also
share your information with our affiliates, but we will not
share it with unaffiliated third parties for direct marketing
purposes. We reserve the right to disclose your information
under limited circumstances, such as to cooperate with law
enforcement or judicial authorities as required by law or legal
process, to protect our own legal rights, or to protect the
public good.
Whenever you are online, you run the risk that the information
you give out will fall into the wrong hands. Although we
implement and maintain reasonable security procedures and
practices to safeguard your privacy, we cannot guarantee the
security of any information you provide to us. We accept no
responsibility or liability for the activities of third parties.
3. Updating
Information
If you would
like to review the information about you that we have collected
through our Website, or to change that information, you can make
that request by following the procedure indicated below under
Contacting Us. We may require that you verify your identity
before we process your request.
4. Updating
Our Privacy Policy
We may, from
time to time, change our Privacy Policy. We will notify you of
any changes by posting our updated Privacy Policy on our Website
and inserting a new Effective Date.
5. Contacting
Us
If you would
like to send us a request as indicated above, or if you have any
other questions or concerns regarding our Privacy Policy, you
may contact us by emailing
Judy
6. Effective
Date:
This Privacy
Policy is effective as of May 15, 2008
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