TitleRun Abstract Corporation is Committed
to Client Information Privacy
To best serve your needs
we may ask you to provide
us with certain information. We understand you
may be concerned about what we do with such information
- particularly personal or financial information.
We
think you have a right to know how we utilize personal
information you provide to us. In order to best
answer any concerns you may have we have adopted
this Privacy
Policy to govern the use and handling of your personal
information.
We will take appropriate steps to
help assure the accuracy of data we collect, use
and disseminate.
Where possible,
we will take steps to correct inaccurate information.
When, as with the public record, we cannot correct
inaccurate information, we will take necessary
steps to assist clients in identifying the source
of the
data which is in error so the client may secure
the required corrections.
We make every reasonable
effort to consider our client expectations with
regard to their privacy
in all our
businesses. We only offer products and services
that assure a fair balance between client benefits
and consumer
privacy.
We will continue our efforts to educate
users of our services and products, our employees
and others
in
this industry about the importance of privacy
issues. We instruct our employees on our
privacy policies
and on responsible collection and use of
such data.
We believe open public records create
a value for society, provides the consumer with
diversity in
choice and
opportunity. We support an open public
record and in its importance and contribution to
the economy.
We believe we should act responsibly
in the use of information about clients in
our business.
We will
obey the laws governing the collection,
use and
dissemination of data.
We maintain appropriate
facilities, systems and technologies to protect
our clients
from unauthorized
access to
the data we maintain.
Policy Applicability
This Privacy Policy
governs our use of the information that you provide.
It
does not
apply to the manner
in which we may use information
we have obtained from
any other source, such as information
available in public records or
from another person
or entity. TitleRun
Abstract has also adopted extensive
guidelines that govern our use
of personal information
regardless of
its source.
Type of Information
Depending which
one of our services you are utilizing, the types
of nonpublic personal information
that
we may collect include:
- Information
received from you on applications, forms and
in other communications with
us, in any other format or manner;
- Information about your transactions with
us, our affiliated companies, or others; and
- Information
received from a consumer reporting agency.
Information Uses
We request information
from you only for our own business purposes. Therefore,
we will not release
your information to nonaffiliated parties except:
(1) as necessary for us to provide the product
or service you have requested of us; or (2) as
permitted by law. We may, however, store such
information indefinitely, including the period after
which
any Client relationship has ceased. This information
may be used for internal purposes, such as quality
control or Client analysis. We may also provide
all of the types of nonpublic personal information
listed above to one or more of our affiliated
companies. Such affiliated companies include financial
service
providers, such as title insurers, property and
casualty insurers, and trust and investment advisory
companies, or companies involved in real estate
services, such as appraisal companies, home warranty
companies and escrow companies. We may also provide
all the information we collect, as described
above, to companies that perform marketing services
on
our behalf, on behalf of our affiliated companies
or to other financial institutions with which
we or our affiliates have joint marketing agreements.
Confidentiality and Security
We will
use our best efforts to ensure that no unauthorized
parties
have access to any of
your information. We
restrict access to nonpublic personal information
about you to those individuals and entities
who need to know that information to provide products
or services
to you. We will use our best efforts to train
and oversee our employees and agents to ensure
that
your information will be handled responsibly
and in accordance
with this Privacy Policy and TitleRun Abstract's
Fair Information Values. We currently maintain
physical, electronic, and procedural safeguards
that comply
with federal regulations to guard your nonpublic
personal information.
Information Obtained
Through Our Web Site
The TitleRun Abstract Corporation
is proactive in addressing privacy issues on the
Internet.
We believe
it is important to keep you informed about
the way in which we treat information about
you we
receive
on the Internet.
You may visit TitleRun
Abstract or its affiliates Web sites on the World
Wide
Web without telling
us who you are or revealing any information
about yourself.
Our Web servers collect the domain names,
not the e-mail addresses, of visitors.
This information
is aggregated to measure the number of
visits, average
time spent on the site, pages viewed
and similar information. TitleRun Abstract
uses this information
to measure the use of our site and to
further develop
and improve the user experience.
In certain
circumstances we may need information from you,
such as your name
and email address.
When information is needed, we will
use our best efforts
to let you know at the time of collection
how we will use the personal information.
Usually,
the
personal information we collect is
used only by us to respond
to your inquiry, process an order or
allow you to access specific account/profile
information. If you
choose to share any personal information
with us, we will only use it in accordance
with
the
Privacy
Policy as defined herein...
Professional
Relationships
The TitleRun Abstract Corporation's
site and its affiliates' sites
may contain
links to
other Web
sites. While we try to link only
to sites that share our high standards
for privacy
issues,
we are not
responsible for the content or
the privacy policies and procedures applied
by other
sites.
Previous Clients
Even if you are no
longer our Client, We appreciate our previous relationships
with all
our clients;
therefore, our Privacy Policy will continue
to apply to you even if you are no longer a current
client. Cookies
Some of TitleRun Abstract's
Web sites may make use of "cookie" technology
to analyze site activity and personalize information
to better
serve
the user. A cookie is a data element that
a Web site can send to your browser, which may
then
store the
cookie on your hard drive.
The goal of this
technology is to best serve the user needs when
visiting our site by
saving you
time and provide you with a more meaningful
and productive
Web site experience.
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