This "Privacy Policy" sets out the privacy policies and practices for Property Pal and how Property Pal maintains, uses, and discloses personal information. This Privacy Policy applies to information collected from you by Property Pal via its website and other websites operated or provided by Property Pal including www.mypropertypal.net and its subdomains ("Sites"); other places where we may collect personal information; within other products provided by Property Pal including services and mobile applications ("Services").
In this Privacy Policy, "personal information" means information or opinion about an individual whose identity is apparent or can be reasonably ascertained from the information or opinion as further defined under applicable privacy laws.
Please note that the Sites and Services may contain links to other third party websites that are not controlled or operated by Property Pal. This Privacy Policy does not apply to such third party websites, and Property Pal is not responsible for the content of such third party websites or the privacy practices of such third parties. Therefore Property Pal encourages you to request and review the privacy policies of any third parties upon disclosing your personal information to such parties or when visiting such third party websites.
BY SUBMITTING PERSONAL INFORMATION TO PROPERTY PAL OR ITS SERVICE PROVIDERS AND AGENTS, YOU AGREE THAT PROPERTY PAL MAY COLLECT YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION AND YOU CONSENT TO THE USE, DISCLOSURE AND TRANSFER OF YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION IN ACCORDANCE WITH THIS PRIVACY POLICY AND AS PERMITTED OR REQUIRED BY LAW.
Property Pal reserves the right, in Property Pal’s discretion, to change, modify, add or remove portions of this Privacy Policy at any time and from time to time, without prior notice to you. However, Property Pal will treat your continued use of the Sites following such revision as your acceptance of the revised terms. All revisions will be posted to the Sites and will apply to any personal information collected on or after the date posted. Property Pal will obtain the necessary consents required under applicable privacy laws if it seeks to collect, use or disclose your personal information for purposes other than those to which consent has been obtained unless otherwise required or permitted by law.
This Privacy Policy was last updated May 10, 2013.
Property Pal may collect personal information in connection with your use or purchase of Property Pal's products and services, which may be provided during the following activities:
Throughout your use of Property Pal's products and services, you may enter personal information relating to a third-party including, but not limited to resident information such as property addresses, e-mail addresses, phone numbers, forwarding addresses. This third-party information will only be used by Property Pal as necessary for the operation of its products and services. Property Pal will not contact these third parties. Property Pal will not share this information with other entities.
Property Pal may also collect information that may not be personal information, which may include, but is not limited to, the frequency of user visits to the Sites, the routes by which users access the Sites and use of any hyperlinks available on the Sites. Property Pal or its service providers and agents may process and use this aggregate data for various purposes including, but not limited to, analysis of this data for trends and statistics, development of the Sites and the Sites' features and offerings, assessing patterns of use, or planning and evaluating marketing initiatives. This information is gathered by certain tools and methods such as the collection of your IP address or the use of cookies and is maintained, used and disclosed in aggregate form unless otherwise noted.
Like many websites, Property Pal utilizes "cookies" to maintain a record of your visit to the Sites. A cookie is a small text file that is transferred by a web server and stored on the hard drive of your computer. It can only be read by the server that sent it to you. This information does not identify you personally and you remain anonymous unless you have otherwise provided Property Pal with personal information.
Most web browsers automatically accept cookies. If you would prefer to prevent your computer from accepting Property Pal's cookies, you may follow your Internet browser's steps for doing so. Please note, however, that if you do disable cookies from your browser, you may not be able to access certain sections of the Sites.
An IP address is a computer's numeric address, by which it can be located within a network. Property Pal may record your IP address when you visit or use services or features on the Sites. Property Pal may use your IP address for the purposes noted above, and also to help diagnose problems with Property Pal's servers, or to administer the Sites. Property Pal may also use your IP address to identify you when Property Pal feels it is necessary to enforce compliance with this Privacy Policy or the Terms of Use, or to protect the Sites, systems, information, employees, service providers, business partners, users, customers and others.
To prevent unauthorized access or disclosure, maintain data accuracy and facilitate the appropriate use of information, Property Pal uses physical, technological and administrative procedures to protect the personal information that Property Pal collects from loss, unauthorized access, modification, disclosure or other misuse.
Nevertheless, Internet transmissions are never completely private or secure. You understand that any messages or information you send to the Sites may be read or intercepted by others. If you have any questions about the security of personal information collected by Property Pal, please contact: helpdesk@mypropertypal.net
Any submissions that you may post to any publicly available blogs or other publicly available features of the Sites are not confidential and may be viewed by other users of the Sites. By making personal information publicly available where the Sites allow you to do so, you consent to such publication by Property Pal or its service providers and agents.
Upon Property Pal's collection of your personal information, Property Pal may use such personal information internally, separately or in combination with pre-existing information, for the following purposes:
Property Pal may provide this information to its business partners, subcontractors, and constituents as necessary for the above purposes.
Personal information collected by Property Pal will be stored and processed in the United States. While in another jurisdiction for processing, the information may be accessed by the courts, law enforcement, and national security authorities of that jurisdiction.
Property Pal may disclose your personal information to its subsidiaries or affiliates and to third parties whom Property Pal hires to provide services on Property Pal's behalf, including, but not limited to, support services, website services, delivering promotional materials, contests, sweepstakes and other promotions, and answering customer questions about Property Pal's products and services. Property Pal will only provide those third parties with the personal information that they need to deliver the services to Property Pal and/or on Property Pal's behalf. In the event that Property Pal is involved in a business transaction, including the purchase, sale, lease, merger, amalgamation or any other type of acquisition, disposal, securitization or financing involving Property Pal, you consent to your personal information and any other information Property Pal may have collected being transferred to another party in connection with such transaction. You also consent to Property Pal disclosing your personal information to legal, financial, insurance, or other advisors in connection with such business transaction or management of all or part of Property Pal's business or operations; as consented to by you from time to time, including to fulfill any other purposes that are identified when the personal information is collected; or as otherwise permitted or required by law.
The personal information that you provide will be retained by Property Pal in accordance with applicable laws. However, Property Pal will take reasonable steps to destroy or permanently de-identify personal information it holds if it is no longer needed for Property Pal business purposes.