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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
6. Effective
Date:
This Privacy Policy
is effective as of December 1, 2004
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