This website is owned by HouseLocators.com and HouseLocator.com,
a Florida corporation (“HouseLocator.com” or “we” or “our” or “us”).
HouseLocator.com is an advertising company, not a real estate broker,
and can be contacted by U.S. mail at 4629 W. Irlo Bronson Memorial Hwy.,
Kissimmee, FL 34746; or by email at privacy@houselocator.com.
We understand the value of your privacy and we are committed to
protecting your privacy and providing security so you can use our service with
comfort and confidence.
Please read this Privacy Policy to understand the kinds of data
we collect, and how we will treat the Personal Information (defined below) you
give us. Since our Privacy Policy may change over time as we modify or expand
our service, we suggest that you check this web page from time to time to keep
yourself informed on how we treat your information. Your use of this website
means you agree with the terms of our Privacy Policy.
Information Collection
We collect Personal Information about our customers and
cumulative data on the use of our website. HouseLocator.com is the sole owner
of the personally identifiable information and cumulative data collected on our
website. “Personal Information” refers to information that tells us
specifically who you are, such as your name, phone number, email address,
postal address, and other personal information collected by us. Cumulative data
includes your history, activity, and other website usage statistics. You can
choose not to use a part of our website or to participate in certain contests
or promotions we run if you do not want your Personal Information to be used by
us.
We will not sell or rent your Personal Information or the
cumulative data to anyone. We will notify you when we collect your Personal
Information if your data will be shared with a Third Party, and for the most
part you will often be given the option of not permitting the transfer. “Third
Party or Parties” are people or companies not affiliated with HouseLocator.com.
For example, should you wish to contact a realtor or broker through our
website, you will fill out a contact form to be sent to a Third Party lead
tracking system or listing provider, who then forwards your information to a
realtor or broker.
Uses of Information
The primary reason we collect information is to provide you with
a personalized experience on our website. We collect Personal Information for a
variety of reasons, including: credit card processing, editorial and feedback,
marketing and promotions, statistical analysis of our visitors’ behavior,
product development, content improvement, and to customize the content and
layout of our website for our users. For the most part, the amount of Personal
Information you choose to disclose to us is completely up to you, except as
described in this Privacy Policy. However, if you choose not to provide your
Personal Information, you may not be able to purchase or take full advantage of
some of our services.
Not all of the information we collect on our website can be directly tied to
our customers. Some of the cumulative data or Anonymous Information we gather
is used to determine things like how often an advertisement is viewed, which
website features are used, and with what frequency. “Anonymous Information”
means the information cannot be associated with a specific customer. For
instance, we may know 10,000 people visited this Privacy Policy today, but we
do not necessarily know their names, where they live, or their date of birth.
Our website is not designed to associate Anonymous Information with any
specific guest by name.
We respect the privacy concerns of parents and guardians
regarding children and their possible visits to and use of this website.
HouseLocator.com does not allow children under the age of eighteen (18) years
to register or use this website.
We will send registered users strictly service-related announcements on rare
occasions when it is necessary for us to do so. For example, if our website is
temporarily suspended for maintenance, we might send you an email. Generally,
you may not opt-out of these communications, which are not promotional in
nature. If you do not wish to receive them, you have the option to deactivate
your account.
Registration
Anyone may browse the listings on our website without registering, but in order
to place a listing on our website or take advantage of other website features
you must first provide us with information on our registration form. During
registration, you are required to give us contact information such as your
name, age, email address, credit card information. You may also have to create
a password. We use this Personal Information to contact you about the services
on our website, and to facilitate the transfer of information between you and
Third Parties. Information is also collected when you report a problem on our
website. Whenever you contact HouseLocator.com, we may keep a record of that
correspondence. Wherever we collect Personal Information on our website, we
will make reasonable efforts to include a link to this Privacy Policy.
Sometimes you may have the option to provide optional
demographic information such as income level and gender to us. We encourage you
to submit this information so we can provide you a more personalized experience
on our website.
Orders
If you place a listing with us, we request certain Personal
Information from you to be entered into our form. You must provide the contact
information (such as name and email address) and financial information (such as
credit card number, expiration date) we request when placing a listing to aid
us in the processing of your order.
We use this information for billing purposes and to place your
listing on our website. If we have trouble processing an order, we will use
this information to contact you.
Correct or Update
You may change or update your Personal Information for a particular
advertisement by using the “Edit” or “Disable” functionality of the website and
by following instructions to update your Personal Information.
Social Security
Numbers WE DO NOT COLLECT NOR USE YOUR SOCIAL SECURITY NUMBER FOR ANY PURPOSE
WHATSOEVER.
Promotional Communications
We might occasionally send you information on products,
services, special deals, and promotions, or a newsletter. Some of our
promotions may ask for your email address in order to send updates on special
promotions, prize drawings, etc. Your participation is completely voluntary.
When you participate in these types of promotions, you will automatically
receive future promotion-related email, unless you choose the no-email or
opt-out option our promotions offer. These promotion-related email messages may
include our targeted advertisements.
Out of respect for your privacy, we present the option not to
receive these types of promotional communications. Please see the Choice and
Opt-out section below for instructions on opting out of receiving these types
of communications from us.
Surveys or Contests
From time to time we may provide you the opportunity to participate in contests
or surveys. If you participate, we will request certain Personal Information
from you. Participation in these surveys or contests is completely voluntary
and you therefore have a choice whether or not to disclose this information.
The information we request might include your contact and demographic
information.
We use this information to get direct customer feedback and
input on how we can make changes and improvements to the website, monitor
website traffic, personalize the website, and to notify contest winners and
award prizes.
Tell-A-Friend
If you choose to use our referral program to tell a friend about
our service or a listing on our website, we will ask you for your friend’s name
and email address. We will automatically send your friend a one-time email
inviting him or her to visit the website. We store this information for the
sole purpose of sending this one-time email and tracking the success of our
referral program.
Your friend may contact HouseLocator.com at
privacy@houselocator.com to request that we remove this information from our
database.
Customer Service
Based upon the information you provide to us on registration, we
will send you a welcoming email to verify your username and password. We will
also communicate with you in response to your inquiries, to provide the
services you request, and to manage your account. We will communicate with you
by email or telephone, in accordance with your wishes.
Profile
We store the Personal Information we collect to create a profile
of your preferences. We tie your Personal Information and your purchasing
history to information in the profile, in order to provide tailored promotions
and marketing offers and to improve the content of the website for you. We do
not share your profile with other Third Parties.
Supplementation of Information
We do not supplement your Personal Information or profile with
information obtained from Third Party sources. We do not purchase marketing
data from Third Parties and add it to your Personal Information in our user
database to target our advertising, or to provide offers we think might
interest you.
Disclosure of Personal Information
We disclose your personal data to Third Parties only as required
to process credit card transactions, to prevent credit card fraud, to
contractors who may perform maintenance on our website or database, and as
described in this Privacy Policy. We will not disclose the information we
collect to companies who perform any other services for us.
We reserve the right to disclose your Personal Information as
required by law and when we believe disclosure is necessary to protect our
rights or to comply with a judicial proceeding, court order, or legal process
served on our website. For example, information may be provided to legal
authorities in response to a subpoena. We may disclose your information in
special circumstances when we believe it is necessary to identify, contact, or
bring legal action against someone who may be in violation of our website’s
Terms of Use, or may be intentionally or unintentionally causing injury to or
interference with our or other website users’ rights or property, or harming
anyone else who could be harmed by such activities. We may disclose your
information when we believe in good faith the law requires it, and for
administrative and other purposes we consider necessary to maintain, service,
and improve our products and services.
HouseLocator.com tries to minimize the disclosure of your
Personal Information. However, the nature of the disclosures we may have to
make are such that sometimes you may not opt-out of our disclosing this
information. For example, you cannot opt-out of our providing information in
response to a subpoena since the law requires our compliance.
Other Third Parties and Agents
We provide some information to companies who perform customer
order and credit card processing services for us. For example, when you place a
listing on HouseLocator.com’s website, your credit card number, and other
information is sent to a processing company for billing, and your address may
be sent to another company who sends you the product you bought. These
companies are not authorized to release your Personal Information to other
Third Parties. This policy relating to our Third Party business relationships
applies only to this website. Different policies may be applicable to Third
Party vendors and suppliers of services on some of our other websites.
Choice and Opt-out
We provide you the opportunity to opt-out of having your
Personal Information used for certain purposes. You can choose to opt-out
either when we first ask you for this information, or at any later time. For
example, if you purchase a product from us, you can indicate on the order form
your wish not to receive marketing material from us. If at a later time you
decide to opt-out of receiving our newsletters and other promotional material,
you can tell us by following the instructions included in each newsletter or
promotion, or by emailing us at privacy@houselocator.com. We also offer an
opportunity to opt-out of our website at www.houselocator.com, or you may
contact HouseLocator.com by mail at 4629 W. Irlo Bronson Memorial Hwy.,
Kissimmee, FL 34746.
Log Files
During your use of our website, we gather cumulative data on
your activities such as Internet protocol (IP) addresses, browser type,
Internet service provider, referring or exit pages, operating system, date and
time stamp, and click stream data automatically and store it in log files. We
use this information, some of which does not identify individual customers, to
analyze trends, to administer the website, to track users’ movements around the
website, and to gather demographic information about our users. When possible,
we link this cumulative data to our customers’ Personal Information. For
example, IP addresses are tied to a customer’s Personally Identifiable
Information to track movements on the website for security audit purposes.
Cookies
A cookie is a small text piece of data sent to your web browser
from a web server and stored on your hard drive for record-keeping purposes by
some websites. We use cookies to help us keep track of your preferences and to
provide you with better website functionality. No Personal Information is
collected using these cookies, and the cookies are discarded at the end of your
session by your browser. We also use cookies to track website trends and
improve areas of our service our visitors find valuable.
Third Party Advertisers
The ads and listing information appearing on this website are
delivered to you by our Third Party advertising partners. We may share
anonymous website usage information with our reputable Third Party advertisers
for the purpose of targeting their advertisements on our website. These
advertisements may place cookies on your computer which are used by Third
Parties. We do not have access to this information.
For more information about our Third Party advertisers, or to
learn more about the choices available to you regarding their use anonymous
information, please contact us at privacy@houselocator.com.
Links to Other Sites
This website contains links to other sites that are not owned or
controlled by HouseLocator.com. Please be aware that we are not responsible for
the privacy practices of such other sites. We encourage you to be aware when
you leave our website, and be sure to read the privacy statements of each and
every website that collects your Personal Information.
Access to Personally Identifiable Information
You may correct, update, delete, or deactivate your Personal Information by
making changes on our member information page; by emailing our customer support
department at privacy@houselocator.com; or by contacting HouseLocator.com by
postal U.S. mail at the contact information listed below.
HouseLocator.com, Inc.
Attn: Privacy Issues
4629 W. Irlo Bronson Memorial Hwy.
Kissimmee, FL 34746
Security
The security of your Personal Information is important to us. When you enter
sensitive information on our registration or order forms, that information is
encrypted before being transferred to us. We use our own software to verify
your identity and IP address for security purposes.
We follow generally accepted industry standards to protect the
information you submit to us during transmission, and once we receive the
information. Your Personal Information is inaccessible directly from the
Internet, and is stored in our database protected by a firewall. However, no
method of transmission over the Internet, or method of electronic storage, is
100% secure. Therefore, while we strive to use reasonable means to protect your
Personal Information, we cannot guarantee its absolute security.
Occasionally we hire consultants that may need access to our
member database to perform their services for us. We take great care to require
that these business partners agree by contract not to use any Personal
Information that they may receive or have access to by working for us.
If you have any questions about security on our website, you can send an email
to HouseLocator.com at privacy@houselocator.com.
Business Transitions
In the event HouseLocator.com goes through a business
transition, such as a merger, acquisition by another company, or sale of all or
a portion of its assets, your Personal Information will likely be among the
assets transferred. You will be notified via email or by a prominent notice on
our website for thirty (30) days of any such change in ownership or control of
your Personal Information.
Changes in Privacy Statement
If we decide to change our Privacy Policy, we will post those
changes to this website and other places we deem appropriate. We want you to be
aware of what information we collect, how we use it, and the circumstances when
we may disclose your information.
We reserve the right to modify this Privacy Policy at any time,
so please review it frequently. If we make material changes to this Policy, we
will notify you with a notice here or by email.
Contact Us
If you have any questions or suggestions regarding our Privacy
Policy, please Contact HouseLocator.com via
telephone, facsimile, email, U.S. mail, or by visiting our website at
www.houselocator.com.