Privacy Statement
Privacy Policy Effectiveness
This Privacy Policy shall apply only to individual consumers and solely to
information collected by this Web site. This Privacy Policy is effective as of
September 2004 ("Effective Date") and applies to personal and financial
information submitted on this Web site on or after the Effective Date.
Our Commitment to Privacy
Your privacy is important to us, as well as to our respective subsidiaries
and affiliates (collectively, "we," "us" or "our") and we are committed to
treating your personal information responsibly. To better protect your privacy,
we provide this notice explaining our online information gathering and
dissemination practices and the choices you can make about the collection and
use of the personal information you submit on this Web site on which this
Privacy Policy is posted. Use of this Web site constitutes your consent to our
collection and use of personal data in accordance with the terms hereof. We use
industry standard safeguards to protect the confidentiality of personal
information we collect from visitors to this Web site. Personal information
collected is accessible only by designated staff or agents of our organization
who are also bound to this statement, except as expressly described below.
However, it is important to recognize that "perfect security" does not exist on
the Internet. Therefore, while we endeavor to maintain appropriate physical and
electronic procedures and safeguards to protect information collected from this
Web site, we cannot guarantee the confidentiality of any information that you
disclose online and transmit to us, and you understand that you do so at your
own risk.
Personal Information that We May Collect
We will not collect any personally identifiable information about you through
this Web site unless you provide it to us voluntarily, with the exception of you
computer's IP address. The information we collect will vary depending on how you
use this Web site. On some pages you can register or request to receive
materials, announcements and other information from us or from others. The types
of personal information collected may include, without limitation, your name and
contact information (such as your postal address, zip code, phone number or
e-mail address), your gender, the number and/or ages of members of your
household or business, information about the type of properties you are
interested in and other general information relating to product preferences,
personal interests, household income or areas of interest on our Web site.
We do not collect or maintain information from those actually known to be
under the age of 13. We will not contact children under age 13 without a
parent's permission. In addition to the information provided by Web site
visitors, our computers automatically receive and record information from your
Internet browser, including your IP address, cookie information, and the pages
you request (see "Cookies and Other Tracking Methods").
How We Use and Disclose Your Information
We use information you provide on an aggregated basis to do such things as
operate our site, enhance our site, and to better understand the profile of our
online audience. We may also use this data, both aggregate and personal to you,
to enhance your site experience on our site by displaying content and marketing
messages that we believe will be of interest to you. In some cases we use your
personal information to contact you or to provide information to you, such as to
send newsletters to you that you request. We may provide your information to
third parties such as homebuilders and service and product providers to enable
them to follow-up with you on your requests. We may also use your information
for market research purposes, for project planning or for developing prospect
lists for our existing and future communities. In doing so, we may reproduce,
publish, broadcast or post such information to third parties assisting with our
planning.
Information Sharing and Disclosure
We do not sell or rent your personal information or share your personal
information with other people or nonaffiliated companies, except with your
permission, or under the following limited circumstances:
- We may need to share the information or send the information to trusted
partners who work on our behalf under confidentiality agreements in order to
provide the information, product or services you have requested or to help us
communicate with you about offers (provided that these companies do not have
any independent rights to use the personally identifiable information we
provide to them beyond what is necessary to assist us, unless they have your
consent to do so).
- We may share aggregated, non-personally identifiable information about our
users with homebuilders and service and product providers for marketing and
promotional purposes.
- We may store and disclose personal information as allowed or required by
applicable law, including making disclosures in order to respond to subpoenas,
court orders, or legal process.
- We may establish or exercise our legal rights or defend against legal
claims as necessary or advisable to protect the rights, safety or property of
our communities or others and to conform to legal or regulatory requirements.
- We believe it is necessary to share information in order to investigate,
prevent, or take action regarding illegal activities, suspected fraud,
situations involving potential threats to the physical safety of any person,
violations of the Web site terms of use, or as otherwise required by law.
- We transfer information about you if this company is acquired by or merged
with another company.
- Third parties (hackers) may unlawfully intercept or access information or
confidential transmissions.
Links to Third Party Web Sites
This Web site may contain links to third-party Web sites for homebuilders,
retailers, service providers and others, which are provided solely as a
convenience to viewers and not as an endorsement of the contents of such sites.
While we endeavor to only provide links to Web sites maintained by reputable
organizations, you should be aware that these third parties might be able to
gather information from and about you if you visit their Web sites. In these
cases, those third parties will use such information in accordance with their
own privacy policies, which may differ substantially from our policy. We assume
no liability for the privacy practices of such other sites and are not
responsible for the availability or content of, any off-site pages or any other
sites linked to our Web site. Your linking to off-site pages or other sites is
at your own risk.
Cookies and Other Tracking Methods
"Cookies" are small pieces of information stored on your computer. We may use
cookies or, in a limited number of cases IP addresses, for a number of reasons.
Cookies allow us to better understand how users use our site and can help us to
tailor our Web site or a marketing message to better match your needs and
interests. Cookies can also help you remember your user name and password on
protected areas of Web sites. You are always free to decline our cookies and
continue to use our Web site if the tools in your browser permits, but some
parts of our site may not work properly or as efficiently if you do.
Correction of Personal Information; Opt-Out
Right
We make every effort to keep your information current and accurate.
Accordingly, we ask that you notify us in the manner described below of any
changes to your personal information.
We ask that you notify us of any changes to your personal information via
e-mail, telephone or postal mail at the address shown in the last section of
this Privacy Policy.
You may at any time request to be removed from our email list by clicking the
unsubscribe link in any email you receive from us. Alternatively,
you may notify us via e-mail, telephone or postal mail at the address shown in
the last section of this Privacy Policy. In the event you elect not to receive
any future contacts from us, we will endeavor to remove your name from our email
list within 10 business days.
Notification of Changes in Privacy Policy or Use of
Information Collected
This Privacy Policy may be updated and modified from time to time by us in
our sole discretion. If we decide to change our Privacy Policy or if we make any
material changes in our privacy practices that affect user information already
collected through our site, we will post a notice of those changes on our
Homepage. We will use information in accordance with the Privacy Policy under
which the information was collected. If you do not agree to any provision of
this Privacy Policy, or any update or modification thereto, please do not use
our Web site.
Questions and Suggestions
Contact us via U.S. Mail
MissionViejo.com
63 Via Pico Plaza
#405
San Clemente, CA 92672
Contact us via email
webmaster@missionviejo.com
Contact us by telephone
877-436-3698
Contact us by FAX
877-436-3698
