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We at CENDANT SETTLEMENT SERVICE and the family of companies at
CENDANT SETTLEMENT SERVICES GROUP (referred to as "
Cendant","Settlement Service Group", "We", "Us", or "Our"),
recognize the importance of protecting the privacy of certain information
collected about Our Customers on Our Web Site (referred to as "User,"
"You","Your"
). This Privacy Policy discloses what information We gather, how We use it, and
how to correct or change it. It is Our intention to give You an understanding
about how We collect Your information and the use We make of it in the course
of Our business.
Purpose: Our purpose in establishing this policy is to balance
our legitimate business interests in collecting and using information with our
Users' reasonable expectations of privacy both online and offline.
However, be assured that We will not disclose Personal Information (as defined
herein) to third parties without Your consent, except as may be noted in this
Privacy Policy or disclosed to You when the information is submitted.
What Personal Information do We collect?
As a general rule, We will not disclose any Personal Information that You submit
to Us about You in a manner that connects You with the Personal Information,
except when We have Your permission or under special circumstances, such as
when We believe in good faith that the law requires it or under the
circumstances described below. "Personal Information" is any information that
in itself or as part of a unique combination of information specifically
recognizes You by unique descriptors and/or identifiers. Examples of Personal
Information are name, address, credit card number, bank or financial account
number, social security number, income, and family names. Personal Information
does not include publicly available information.
How do We collect this Personal Information?
Information is provided to us through:
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Hardcopy and online applications completed by a User
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Outside third party sources during the course of transacting business
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Public records
With Whom Do We Share Information?
As a general rule, We will not disclose any specific personal information that
You submit to Us about You ("Personal Information") in a
manner that connects You with the Personal Information, except when We have
Your permission or under special circumstances, such as when We believe in good
faith that the law requires it or under the circumstances described below. The
following describes some of the ways that Your Personal Information may be
disclosed.
Business Partners: We may disclose some or all of Your Personal
Information to business partners (e.g. Lenders, Title Insurers) solely where
necessary to support the services that We deliver to You, and in accordance
with Our contracts with Our clients and Customers.
Other: We may also disclose account information in special
cases when We have reason to believe that disclosing this information is
necessary to identify, contact or bring legal action against someone who may be
violating Our Terms of Use, or may be causing injury to or interference (either
intentionally or unintentionally) with any of Our rights or property, other
Users, or anyone else. We may disclose or access account information when We
believe in good faith that the law requires it and for administrative and other
purposes that We deem necessary to maintain, service, and improve Our products
and services.
Security: We collect information only in a manner deemed
reasonably necessary to serve Our legitimate business purposes and to comply
with Our legal obligations. The security of all information associated with Our
Users is of utmost concern to Us. We exercise commercially reasonable care in
providing for secure transmission of your personal information between Your PC
and Our servers as well as Us and Our business partners. Unfortunately, no data
transmission over the Internet can be guaranteed to be 100% secure. As a
result, while We strive to protect Your Personal Information, We can't ensure
or warrant the security of any information You transmit to Us or from Our
online products or services, and You do so at your own risk. We use industry
standard efforts to safeguard the confidentiality of your information during
transmission across the Internet, such as firewalls and encryption
technologies. However, "perfect security" does not exist on the Internet. In
the event, You cease to be a User of Ours for any reason, we will maintain and
disclose Your Information consistent with the privacy policies and practices
that apply to Our then current Users.
The Internet: Like many other Internet sites,
we automatically collect certain non-personal information regarding our Web
Site Users, such as software client information (for example, IP address and
browser version) for purposes of system administration, and to enable us to
tailor content and services to provide a better fit to our Web Site UsersĄŻ
needs, and we may also aggregate information (for example, number of pages
accessed) in order to analyze Web traffic and usage trends. Information of this
nature does not pertain to your specific identity and is not associated with
your personal information.
We can and will however use IP addresses to identify a User when we feel it is
necessary to enforce compliance with our site terms of use or terms of service
or to protect our service, site, customers or others.
What happens when you link to a third party site?
Our web sites may have hyperlinks that connect the Web Site User to other
websites, some of which are not affiliated with or controlled by Us. Once you
leave Our websites, each new website You visit may have its own privacy policy
and terms of use. Your interaction with these sites will not be governed by Our
policy or the terms of use of Our web sites.
Third party websites that are accessed through links, banners and other
means of electronic connection on our web sites have separate privacy and data
collection practices, and security measures. We have no control over these
third party web sites and have no responsibility or liability for the
practices, policies and security measures implemented by third parties on their
websites. These third party web sites have content, advertising, banners,
links, sponsors, partners and connections over which we have no control and no
responsibility. We encourage you to contact these third parties to ask
questions about their terms of use, privacy practices, policies and security
measures before disclosing personal information on linked web sites. We do not
endorse or approve the content, terms of use, privacy policy, advertising or
sponsors of any linked web site.
Our Compliance with Laws
We may be obligated to disclose Information about You to a law enforcement
agency or by a court order, or under the discovery process in litigation and
prosecutions. We may also disclose information voluntarily to cooperate with
law enforcement agencies in matters of national security. We may ask certain
questions during the course of normal business to comply with certain laws if
You reside outside the United States or to meet certain other criteria
established by law or executive order.
Corrections We make repeated efforts to verify the accuracy of
Information and to correct and update Our database from Information available
to Us. In the event a User believes that such Information held by Us is
inaccurate or outdated, We, upon notification and sufficient time for
verification, will take all reasonable steps to correct any inaccuracy or
update outdated information of which We are made aware.
How to Obtain a Copy of this Policy
Please feel free to download or copy this Policy. You may obtain a copy free of
charge by contacting us as stated below.
Policy Changes
We may change or terminate this Policy at any time without prior notice. We will
post any Policy changes to our web site to notify you of these changes and
provide you with the ability to opt out of any new, unanticipated uses of
Information not previously disclosed in the Policy. The Policy in effect at the
time of each visit to our web site applies to that visit. Please check our
Policy each time you visit our web site if you are concerned about how your
Information will be used.
How to Contact Us:
Information Protection, Cendant Settlement Services Group, 3001 Leadenhall Road,
Mt. Laurel, NJ 08057 or email Us at Information.Protection@ssg.com
YOUR ACCEPTANCE OF THE TERMS OF THIS PRIVACY POLICY
By using Our Web Site or contracting Our services, You signify Your agreement to
Our Privacy Policy. IF YOU DO NOT AGREE WITH THIS PRIVACY POLICY, PLEASE DO
NOT USE THIS WEB SITE AND PLEASE DISCONTINUE OUR SERVICES. Your
continued use of Our Web sites or Services following the posting of changes to
these terms will mean You accept those changes.
Effective Date: This policy was last updated in June, 2005
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