Privacy Policy

HouseTech is committed to protecting your privacy online. This pledge outlines the steps we've taken to ensure that you have a great experience with us and provides details on how we treat any personal information that you submit to us through partner websites lawfully hosting a consumer kiosk with the HouseTech logo or trademark.

Security

The security of your personal information is very important at HouseTech and we take a number of steps to safeguard it, including:

(i) We limit access to personal information to those employees, contractors or business partners who assist us in providing requested products and services to you. Employees are required to comply with our strict policies and procedures regarding the handling of your personal information. Employees who violate these policies are subject to our normal disciplinary process.

(ii) We maintain physical, electronic, and procedural safeguards that comply with federal standards to guard personal information we receive about you.

(iii) We use industry standard data encryption technologies when transferring and receiving consumer data on the HouseTech.org website.

If you become aware that your personal information has been submitted to HouseTech or by a business affiliated with the HouseTech network without your authorization, please contact us immediately at privacy@housetech.org. HouseTech will investigate and resolve your complaint as soon as possible.

Information Collection and Use

When you inquire about financial products or services through a kiosk on a partner website lawfully displaying the HouseTech logo or trademark, you may be asked to enter personal and non-personal information. Depending on the type of products or services you are inquiring about, you may need to provide personal and financial information such as your name, phone number, Social Security Number, e-mail address, income and other financial information. We will not sell or share any personal information about you or with any third party except as authorized by you, to financial product and service providers who are network members in the HouseTech system for the purpose of offering products or services that potentially satisfy your request, or as may be required by law. HouseTech may also track aggregate information about how our system is being used, including anonymous user information, the number of visitors to our system sites, dates and times of vis its and unique IP identifiers of the computers that communicate with our system.

We may also collect information you provide us through surveys, feedback, or other forms hosted on our website or the pages of a HouseTech partner. Participation in these features is completely voluntary and it is your choice whether or not you wish to disclose your personal information to us. This information will not be sold to any person or organization.

How Your Information is Used

When you make an inquiry about a product or service through a lawfully hosted kiosk on a partner website displaying the HouseTech logo or trademark by entering your personal information and clicking on the "Submit" button, you are authorizing HouseTech to (i) share your inquiry and personal information with certain HouseTech employees and contractors in order to respond to your request, and (ii) share your inquiry and your personal information with other businesses who participate in the HouseTech system and provide financial products or services that potentially match your inquiry (e.g., real estate brokers, mortgage bankers, and other service professionals). By submitting your information to us, you are also authorizing these businesses to contact you directly by mail, e-mail and telephone with information about financial products or services they offer that potentially relate to your inquiry.

You should also be aware that when you enter information through a website lawfully hosting a kiosk displaying the HouseTech logo or trademark, this information is shared with the business that owns and operates the referring website. Because HouseTech generally has no direct operational control over this business, you should consult the privacy policy and other terms and conditions posted on the referring website (which may differ from HouseTech's privacy policy and terms and conditions) prior to providing any personal information.

Your information will not be shared by HouseTech with other third parties or for any other purpose. However, you should be aware that we have no direct operational control over how other businesses with which we share your information may use it or whether such businesses will share your information with third parties. The collection, use, and disclosure of information by these businesses may be subject to contractual and legal restrictions and their respective privacy policies, but HouseTech is not responsible for the information practices of these businesses or their partners.

As part of an effort to avert fraudulent practices, we may contact you directly to verify that you submitted the information received by us. By entering and submitting your personal contact information to us, including phone number and e-mail address, you are authorizing HouseTech, at its discretion, to contact you to confirm your identity and confirm that you are interested in seeking information about the products or services specified in your request.

Please note that HouseTech may access, preserve or disclose personal information we collect about you if required to do so by law or in a good faith belief that such access preservation or disclosure is reasonably necessary to: (i) comply with legal process (including subpoenas); (ii) respond to claims that any information or content violated the rights of the third parties; (iii) respond to your requests for customer service; or (iv) protect the rights, property, or personal safety of HouseTech, its users and the public. This includes exchanging information with other organizations for fraud detection and prevention.

Changes to this Privacy Policy

HouseTech may update or modify this Privacy Policy from time to time. If there are material changes to this Privacy Policy or in how HouseTech will use your personal information, we will post such changes here and they will become effective only after such posting. By using this site or submitting your information to HouseTech through a partner site lawfully hosting a kiosk displaying the HouseTech logo or trademark, you signify your assent to this HouseTech Privacy Policy. If you do not agree to this policy, please do not use the HouseTech.org site or submit your information to HouseTech in the manner described in this Privacy Policy.

When you request real estate information, mortgage rate quotes or other information through HouseTech, you are authorizing us to share information with our employees, contractors and business partners, who may contact you by phone, email, or mail. If you do not want further communication from any third party business partner, please notify such business directly. We reserve the right to make changes in this Privacy Policy at any time.

Please note that the application of this Privacy Policy is limited to information submitted to us through partner websites lawfully hosting a consumer kiosk displaying the HouseTech logo or trademark. If you are a user of the HouseTech.com website and/or the services described on such site, then you should consult the privacy policy and other terms and conditions posted on the HouseTech.com website.

How to Contact HouseTech

If you have questions or concerns regarding this Privacy Policy, you should contact HouseTech at privacy@housetech.org.