HouseGather

COLLECTION OF YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION

HG may collect anonymous demographic information, which is not unique to you and not personally identifiable. HG may collect navigational information, including information about the pages you view, the links you click, and other actions taken in connection with the site. Limited demographic information, such as the industry you work in, may also be collected and may be linked to your personal information.

Information about your computer hardware and software may be automatically collected by HVS. This information can include: your IP address, browser type, domain names, access times and referring website addresses. This information is used for the operation of the service, to maintain quality of the service, and to provide general statistics regarding use of the HG website.

HG only collects personal information about you after you have provided HG with your consent to collect that specific information. Personal information may include: information collected when you register or visit the site including, but not necessarily limited to: your member name and password, your name, your mailing address, email address, IP address and phone number and information collected when you make a purchase including your credit card number and billing address or any information you may provide to allow HG to make contributor payments to you.

HG encourages you to review the privacy statements of websites you choose to link to from HG so that you can understand how those websites collect, use and share your information. HG is not responsible for the privacy statements or other content on websites outside of the HG website. You may choose not to provide certain personal information to HVS, but in doing so, certain products and services may not be available to you.

USE OF YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION

HG collects and uses your personal information to operate its website(s) and deliver the products and/or services you have requested. Uses of such personal information may include, but are not limited to: creation and management of your account, processing of any transactions (including transaction-related communications) or providing customer support. HG may disclose your personal information to third-party service providers who perform services on HVS's behalf.

HG may also use your personally identifiable information to inform you of other products or services available from HG and its affiliates. HG may also contact you via surveys to conduct research about your opinion of current services or of potential new services that may be offered or to perform research and analysis directed towards improving HG products and services.

HG may, from time to time, contact you on behalf of external business partners about a particular offering that may be of interest to you. In those cases, your unique personally identifiable information (e-mail, name, address, telephone number) may be transferred to a third party. HG may share data with trusted partners to help perform statistical analysis, send you email or postal mail, provide customer support, or arrange for deliveries. All such third parties are prohibited from using your personal information except to provide these services to HVS, and they are required to maintain the confidentiality of your information.

HG may keep track of the websites and pages our users visit within the HG Site, in order to determine what HG services are the most popular. This data may be used to deliver customized content and advertising within HG to customers whose behavior indicates they are interested in a particular subject area. Information about HG customers, including personal information, may be disclosed as part of any merger, acquisition, or sale of the HG related company and/or assets, as well as in the unlikely event of insolvency, bankruptcy, or receivership, in which personal information would be transferred as one of the business assets of the company. HG will disclose your personal information, without notice, only if required to do so by law or in the good faith belief that such action is necessary to: (a) conform to the edicts of the law or comply with legal process served on HG or the site; (b) protect and defend the rights or property of HG; and, (c) act under exigent circumstances to protect the personal safety of users of the HG Site, or the public.

HG may provide your personally identifiable information to third-party professionals, such as real estate agents and lenders in your area which may be interested in providing their services to you. HG is not responsible for the third-parties' use of your information and you may have to unsubscribe or opt of their offers and lists if you are not interested in these third-parties contacting you.

SECURITY OF YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION

HG secures your personal information from unauthorized access, use or disclosure. HG follows generally accepted industry standards to help protect your personal information. No method of transmission over the Internet, or method of electronic storage, is 100% secure. Therefore, while HG strives to protect your personal information, HG cannot guarantee its absolute security. If a password is used to protect your account and personal information, it is your responsibility to keep your password confidential.

THIRD PARTY ADVERTISERS

By submitting an inquiry or by signing up with your phone number on HG, you agree to be contacted by telephone even if your telephone number(s) appears on a State/National Do Not Call registry or any company’s Do Not Contact lists.

USE OF COOKIES

HG may use "cookies" to enable you to sign in to the HG services and to help personalize and improve your online experience. A cookie is a small piece of information sent by a web server to a web browser, which enables the server to collect information, including personal information, from the browser. Cookies allow HG to identify registered users when they return to the HG Site so that they can retrieve previous image results, shopping carts and invoices, among other useful information. Cookies save you time by eliminating the need to repeatedly enter the same information and by saving your preferences when using HG, while allowing HG to deliver personalized information to you. Cookies can also help prevent fraud and protect your security by checking your login details.

Most browsers automatically accept cookies, but they also allow you to turn off cookies by modifying your browser settings. If you decline cookies, you may not be able to sign in or use other interactive features of our sites and services that depend on cookies but you will be able perform basic navigation of the housegather.com site.

CHILDREN UNDER EIGHTEEN

HG does not knowingly collect personally identifiable information from children under the age of eighteen (18). If you are under the age of eighteen (18), you must ask your parent or guardian for permission to use this register on the Site.

INTERACTIVE SERVICES

The HG Site may include interactive areas or services, including (but not limited to) blogs, chat rooms, bulletin boards, message boards, online hosting or storage services, or other areas or services in which you or third parties create, post or store any content, messages, comments, materials or other items on the sites ("Interactive Areas"). If you use an Interactive Area, you should be aware that these areas are open to the public and any personal information you post or provide at registration may be viewable by others. HG is not responsible for personal information you submit in connection with the Interactive Areas, nor is HG responsible for how others might use that information, including sending you unsolicited messages. Interactive Area postings may be retained indefinitely. If at any time you would like to remove a posting, please contact HVS. Removal of a posting from an Interactive Area does not mean that the posting will be deleted from the HG systems.

LINKED SITES

The HG Site may contain links to third-party websites. HG is not responsible for the privacy practices or the content of those third-party websites. When you visit linked sites, those sites may collect information from you directly, in which case the third-party privacy policy (which may differ from the HG Privacy Policy) would apply. If you have questions regarding the privacy policy of any third-party, you should contact that third-party directly for more information.

OPT-OUT & UNSUBSCRIBE

We respect your privacy and give you an opportunity to opt-out of receiving announcements of certain information. HG users also may participate in a referral program whereby the user supplies HG with contact information from the user's acquaintances. Users and other parties of whom we aquire contact information from our referral program may opt-out of receiving any or all communications from HG by following the stated process found in our communications or contacting us here:
Email: help@housegather.com

CHANGES TO THIS STATEMENT

HG will occasionally update this Statement of Privacy to reflect company and customer feedback. HG encourages you to periodically review this Statement to be informed of how HG is protecting your information.

CONTACT US

HG welcomes your questions or comments regarding this Policy: