This Privacy Statement explains our views and practices concerning privacy, and how they may pertain to you as a user of our website.
“You” or “Your” means you as a participant in or as a user of our program. “We” or “Our” or “Us” means us, providing the program.
All information transmitted, printed or otherwise submitted to us via this website shall be deemed to be the property of us and we shall be free to use such information for any lawful purpose as detailed herein.
This site contains links to other sites and we are not responsible for the privacy practices or the content of such sites.
We reserve the right to release such information to law enforcement or other governmental officials as we, in our sole and absolute discretion, deem necessary to comply with the law.
What Information We Collect
1. Web page http headers (home server domain names, IP address, type of client computer, and type of Web browser);
2. Information knowingly provided by you through on-line forms, registration forms, surveys, and or other entries, such as email addresses, personal, financial or demographic information;
3. Information, user specific this hyperlink or aggregate, on what pages our visitors access and the e-mail addresses of visitors that communicate with us via e-mail.
How We Use That Information
We use your personal, demographic and profile data to enhance your experience at our site and to enable us to present content we think you might be interested in. We use your contact information to send you information about our company and promotional material from our partners. We may also use your personal, demographic and profile data to improve our site, for statistical analysis, for marketing and promotional purposes, and for editorial or feedback purposes for our advertisers. Information collected by us may be added to our databases and used for future telemarketing, SMS text-messaging, e-mails or postal mailing regarding site updates, new products and services, upcoming events, and/or status of orders placed online. By using this site, you agree that you may be contacted in any manner contemplated in this section even if your number is found on a do not call registry, in-house list or similar registry. If you choose to provide personal information it will be used for the following purposes:
Disclosure of Data to Third Parties
When you submit the request form(s) we share your information with one or more participating lenders. By submitting the requesy form(s), you understand and agree that you are submitting an inquiry about a loan product and each of the participating lenders to whom we transmit your loan request. By submitting the request form(s), you are extending an express invitation to each of the participating lenders with whom your information is shared to contact you by any means (including, without limitation, email, telephone, and direct mail) so that they may assist you with your transaction or provide information to you about additional offers in which you may be interested.
If you checked “Yes” to Credit Offers from third parties it will be used for marketing products and services which we determine, in our sole judgment, that you might find of interest.
Protection of Information
We work to protect your personal information from loss, misuse, or unauthorized alteration. We have put in place physical, electronic, and managerial procedures to help safeguard and help prevent unauthorized access and maintain security over the data we collect. When Consumer Reports transmits information over the Internet, we work to protect the information through the use of data encryption methods. Please note that no method of transmitting or storing electronic data is ever completely secure. Therefore, we cannot promise or guarantee that such information will never be accessed, used, or released in a manner that is inconsistent with this Privacy Policy.
