Refinance.net & Your Privacy
Privacy Policy Effective - January
1, 2005
Refinance.Net is a Better Business
Bureau certified web site dedicated
to enabling individuals and families
to achieve financial security and
peace of mind. Refinance.Net is also
committed to protecting your
privacy. This Privacy Statement
explains Refinance.Net’s policies
and practices regarding information
collected on this web site and how
we use that information.
Refinance.Net is a division of
IdentityWEB, Inc. As used in this
Privacy Statement, “Refinance.Net,”
“we” and “our” refer to IdentityWEB.
I. Browse With Confidence
The
Refinance.Net Web site contains a
wealth of information designed to
help you acquire the new home loan,
or mortgage product that is right
for you. You are welcome to browse
the site without revealing any
personally identifiable information.
If
you decide to tell us about
yourself, whether by completing one
of our Quote Request Forms or
otherwise, you need not worry about
your privacy because we do not
willfully use, sell or disclose your
personally identifiable information
unless you give us permission to do
so or unless we are required to do
so by law.
II. General Information We Collect
and How We Use It.
Like
most other web sites, Refinance.Net
automatically collects certain
limited information, but that
information but does not identify
you. Refinance.Net collects and
stores your computer’s Internet
address (IP protocol) but not your
email address. Refinance.Net also
collects and stores the date and
time you accessed the Refinance.Net
site and tracks the pages or
documents accessed within the site.
This information is collected for
systems administration and for
analyzing and improving the value of
the material available on the
Refinance.Net web site. If this
information is ever given to third
parties, it is given only in an
aggregated form and cannot identify
you or anyone else.
The
Refinance.Net Web site relies upon
"cookies" to tailor the information
delivered to the user. Cookies are
small web-generated files that are
stored on your computer hard drive
in order to collect information
about your activities on a
particular web site. Refinance.Net
uses cookies to monitor security,
navigation and usage of its Web
site. If you decide to give us
personally identifiable information,
we may also use cookies to
personalize your experience at our
web site. You can set your browser
to prevent web sites from placing
cookies on your computer.
How can I turn off cookies?
That
depends on the browser you're using:
Internet Explorer
1.
Go to the Tools menu,
then to Internet Options,
then to Advanced.
2.
Click the Security
tab, then the Internet icon.
3.
Click the Custom
Level box.
4.
Under Cookies, click
either Disable or Prompt.
(Prompt requires you to
click yes or no every time a
Web site wants you to accept
a cookie.)
Netscape
1.
Go to the Edit menu.
2.
Click on Preferences,
then click on Advanced.
3.
Select to either
disable all cookies or to
receive warning before
cookies are accepted.
FireFox
1.
Go to the Edit menu.
2.
Click on Preferences,
then click on Advanced.
3.
Select to either
disable all cookies or to
receive warning before
cookies are accepted.
III. How We Use the Information You
Submit in Our Online Forms.
A. Quote Request Forms.
If
you click on “Get a Free Quote,” we
will collect your name, address,
telephone numbers, e-mail address
and other information pertinent to
your purchase of a mortgage product.
We collect this information by
asking you to enter it into our
Quote Request Form. You may give us
the information or not — the choice
is yours.
When
you submit personally identifiable
information via our quote request
form, your personal information is
stored on our secure server. We also
email it to industry professionals
for purposes of giving you a
personalized finance quotation. By
submitting our quote form you are
creating a client-service provider
relationship and giving us
permission to call you or email you,
or to have our referred agent call
your or email you. Other than those
providers selected to prepare quotes
for you, we do not share it with
anyone else unless you give us
permission to do so or we are
required to do so by law.
B. Other Uses of Information.
When
you submit a Quote Request Form, we
will automatically send you Your
Financial Health, our monthly email
Newsletter, and perhaps also other
information which we believe will be
valuable to you. (See below
regarding how to end these
communications.)
We
may also use information received
from our users in an aggregated form
for purposes evaluating the quality
of our service or communicating the
effectiveness of our business. But
such aggregated information will not
identify you or anyone else.
IV. Security of Information
The
security of confidential and private
information is one of our top
priorities. Information we receive
via the
Annuity.net web site is stored
on our secure servers and is
protected by a firewall.
Refinance.Net provides links to
third-party web sites as a
convenience to our users. The
inclusion of any link does not imply
an endorsement or recommendation of
the third-party organization, its
web site, or its products and
services. Refinance.Net has not
reviewed and is not responsible for
the privacy practices or content of
such web sites. Refinance.Net is
also not responsible for the
security of email messages sent over
the Internet.
V. Opt-Out Procedures
If
you do not want to receive our
monthly email Newsletter, simply
click on the unsubscribe link at the
end of the Newsletter. If we send
you e-mail messages or other
communications and you no longer
wish to receive them, please contact
as follows:
by e-mail:
unsubscribe@Refinance.Net
by phone: (800) 958-0028, ask for
our support department
by postal mail: 8888 West Olympic
Blvd, Suite 203, Beverly Hills, CA
90211
If
you wish to correct the information
you gave to an finance professional
or finance company you dealt with
after using the Refinance.Net web
site, or to stop any such person or
organization from sending you
e-mails or other communications,
please contact that finance
professional or finance company
directly.
VI. Children. The Refinance.Net
Web site is designed to help adults
purchase life mortgage products and
related financial services.
Refinance.Net does not knowingly
collect information from children
and does not market its services to
Children. This site is not meant for
children under the age of 18, and we
do not provide privacy measures
designed to protect children when
using the Internet unsupervised.
VII. Other Agreements Which May
Differ From This Privacy Statement.
This
Privacy Statement is not intended to
supersede or modify the terms of any
agreement between Refinance.Net and
any third party. If the terms of
this Privacy Statement are
inconsistent with the terms of any
such Agreement, the terms of the
other agreement shall control.
VIII. Changes In Our Privacy
Statement.
Refinance.Net reserves the right to
change its privacy policies and
practices. The most current Privacy
Statement will be posted on this web
site. If at any time in the future
Refinance.Net decides to use
personally identifiable information
in a manner different from the
manner described in our Privacy
Statement at the time the
information was collected,
Refinance.Net will notify users by
way of an e-mail and will give users
a method to opt-out of having their
personally identifiable information
used in the different manner.
Legal Disclaimer
Though we make every effort to
preserve your privacy, we may need
to disclose personal information
when required by law or in the
good-faith belief that such action
is necessary in order to conform to
the edicts of the law or comply with
a legal process served on our Web
site.
Thank You for choosing Refinance.net.
If you have any other questions or
concerns, please feel free to
contact us by email at info at
Refinance.net or via U.S. Postal
Service at;
Refinance.net
8888 West Olympic Blvd, Suite 203
Beverly Hills, CA 90211
310-246-5199