Privacy Policy
PARTNERS4HOUSING.COM PRIVACY POLICY
Version: 1.1
Last updated June 14, 2022
This privacy policy (the “Privacy Policy”) describes the collection, use, protection, disclosure, correction, and deletion of your personal information by Partners4Housing, Inc. (“Partners4Housing.com” and “we”). Please take a moment to read the following to learn more about our information practices, including what type of information is gathered, how the information is used and for what purposes, to whom we disclose the information, and how we safeguard your personal information. Your privacy is a priority at Partners4Housing.com, and we go to great lengths to protect it.
This privacy policy applies to the Partners4Housing.com website located at Partners4Housing.com, including all subpages and successor pages (the “Site”), as well as all services that we offer (collectively, the “Services”).
Partners4Housing.com may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. When we change the policy, this document will be amended and will display the date of the most recent version.
OUR PRIVACY PRINCIPLES
Our Privacy Policy is fueled by our commitment to the following privacy principles:
1. We’re deeply committed to creating a safe and secure online environment for you.
2. We do not sell your personal information to third parties.
3. We strive to provide you with access to and control over the information you give us, and we take the protection of your information very seriously.
WHY WE COLLECT PERSONAL INFORMATION & HOW WE USE IT
We collect your personal information because:
· It enables Partners4Housing.com to deliver our Services to you;
· It helps Partners4Housing.com deliver customer service;
· It enables Partners4Housing.com to give you convenient access to the Services;
· It helps Partners4Housing.com keep you posted on the latest announcements, software updates, special offers, and events that you might like to hear about. If you do not want Partners4Housing.com to keep you up to date with Partners4Housing.com news, software updates, and the latest information on products and services please send an email request to helpteam@partners4housing.com
The information you provide us helps us prepare Benefits And Housing Reviews, facilitate Roommate Matching, Shared Living Development, and provide our other services to you. We also use the personal information you provide us to facilitate our consulting services and to provide any other services you request.
WHAT PERSONAL INFORMATION DO WE COLLECT?
We do not collect any personal information from people who only visit the Site. If you register for the Services, we may collect your name, e-mail address, telephone number, date of birth, address, geographic location, username, and password. Your email address may also be collected when you send us an e-mail. Due to the nature of our Services, some of the information we collect is of a sensitive nature, including disability status and health information.
We do not collect or store your payment information. Partners4Housing.com utilizes online payment systems provided by Stripe and Square to facilitate payments for the Services. If you choose to make payments using Stripe, Stripe will collect certain payment information, including bank account or credit card information. Stripe’s collection and use of your personal information are governed by the Stripe Privacy Policy located at https://stripe.com/privacy.
If you choose to make payments using Square, Square will collect certain payment information, including bank account or credit card information. Square’s collection and use of your personal information is governed by the Square Privacy Policy located at https://squareup.com/us/en/legal/general/privacy
WHAT OTHER INFORMATION DO WE COLLECT?
When you use the Services, some information is also automatically collected through the use of log files, such as your device’s Internet Protocol (IP) address, your device’s operating system, the browser type, the address of a referring web site, and your activity while using the Service. We use this information for purposes such as analyzing trends, administering the Service, improving customer service, diagnosing problems with our servers, tracking user movement, and gathering broad demographic information for aggregate use. We may also automatically collect certain information through the use of “cookies.” Cookies are small data files that are stored on a user’s hard drive at the request of a website to enable the site to recognize users who have previously visited them and retain certain information such as customer preferences and history. If we combine cookies with or link them to any of the personally identifying information, we would treat this information as personal information. If you wish to block, erase, or be warned of cookies, please refer to your browser instructions or help screen to learn about these functions. However, if your browser is set not to accept cookies or if a user rejects a cookie, you may not be able to sign in to your Partners4Housing.com account and may not be able to access certain Service features.
We may also use third parties to provide certain functionalities or to collect, track and analyze non-personally identifiable usage and statistical information from users, such as the user’s browser type, operating system, browsing behavior, and demographic information. These third parties may collect personal information from you in connection with the services they provide and may place cookies, web beacons, or other devices on your device to collect non-personal information which may be used, among other things, to better understand the usage of the Service and the other services tracked by these third parties. We are not responsible for, and do not control, any actions or policies of any third-party service providers.
HOW WE MAY SHARE INFORMATION WE COLLECT
Partners4Housing.com takes your privacy very seriously. Partners4Housing.com does not sell or rent your contact information to anyone. Partners4Housing.com may disclose your information to third-party service providers for purposes of service delivery, payment processing, or other account-related activities. Such third-party processors are contractually restricted from using or disclosing such information for any other purpose.
We also may disclose personal information when we are required to or we believe it is appropriate to:
· comply with the law (e.g., a lawful subpoena, warrant, or court order);
· to enforce or apply this privacy policy or our other policies or agreements;
· to initiate, render, bill, and collect for amounts owed to us;
· to protect our or our customers' rights, property, or safety;
· to protect our customers from fraudulent, abusive, or unlawful use of our Service or Service; or
· if we believe that an emergency involving the danger of death or serious physical injury to any person requires disclosure of communications or justifies disclosure of personal information.
In addition, information about our customers, including personal information, may be disclosed as part of any merger, acquisition, debt financing, sale of assets, as well as in the event of an insolvency, bankruptcy, or receivership in which personally identifiable information could be transferred to third parties as one of the business assets of the company.
We may also disclose Aggregated Information to third parties, as described below.
Our Services use Google Analytics to help analyze how users use the Services, such as demographics and interest reporting, which enables us to learn more about the characteristics and interests of the users who visit our Site. The tool Google Analytics uses “cookies,” which are text files placed on a mobile device, to collect standard Internet log information and visitor behavior information in an anonymous form. The information generated by the cookie about your use of the Services (including IP address) is transmitted to Google. This information is then used to evaluate visitors' use of the Services and to compile statistical reports.
We will never (and will not allow any third party to) use the statistical analytics tool to track or to collect any Personally Identifiable Information of users of our Services. Google states that it will not associate your IP address with any other data held by Google. We will not, and Google states that it will not seek to link an IP address with the identity of a computer or device user. We will not associate any data gathered from the Site or our Services with any Personally Identifiable Information from any source unless you explicitly submit that information via a fill-in form on our website. You can opt-out of Google Analytics without affecting how you visit our site. For more information on opting out of being tracked by Google Analytics across websites you use, visit https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout.
AGGREGATED INFORMATION
We may create aggregated data relating to our users and the Services for analytical and informational purposes. Aggregated data is comprised of data derived from Personal Information and obtained by Partners4Housing.com from other sources in aggregated, anonymous form and does not identify any individual (“Aggregated Information”). Subject to applicable laws and regulations, we use Aggregated Information to understand our customers and to develop, improve, and/or market our Services. We may provide Aggregate Information to third parties.
YOUR COMMUNICATION CHOICES
If you register an account or if you contact us, we may use information that you provide to respond to you or to send administrative and safety messages even if you opt-out of receiving marketing e-mails. Since registration and contacting Partners4Housing.com are optional, you are not required to provide us with any means of communicating with you and we will delete your contact information upon your request.
INTEGRITY OF YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION
Partners4Housing.com allows you to keep your personal information accurate, complete, and up to date. If you identify any personal information that is out of date, incorrect, or incomplete, please let us know and we will make the corrections promptly and use every reasonable effort to communicate these changes to other parties who may have inadvertently received incorrect or out-of-date personal information from us.
Partners4Housing.com retains personal information only as long as we are required to for our business relationship or as required by applicable laws. Partners4Housing.com has appropriate procedures in place with respect to the destruction, deletion, and disposition of personal information when it is no longer required by Partners4Housing.com, subject to applicable law.
CHILDREN
We require all registrants to be at least 18 years of age and do not knowingly collect personal information from children under the age of 18 without an adult’s consent. If a child under the age of 13 interacts with our Services or otherwise submits personal information to Partners4Housing.com, and we learn that that personal information is the information of a child under the age of 13, we will attempt to delete the information as soon as possible.
OUR COMPANYWIDE COMMITMENT TO YOUR PRIVACY
To make sure your personal information is secure, we communicate these privacy guidelines to Partners4Housing.com employees and strictly enforce privacy safeguards within the company.
INQUIRIES, COMPLAINTS, AND DISPUTE RESOLUTION
If you wish to verify, correct, or delete any personal information we have collected, or if you have any questions or concerns, or if you have any complaints, please contact Partners4Housing.com at helpteam@partners4housing.com. If there is a dispute between you and Partners4Housing.com regarding your personal information or this policy, you agree to use reasonable efforts to resolve such dispute with Partners4Housing.com informally and to consult and negotiate with Partners4Housing.com in good faith to reach a fair and equitable solution.
PRIVACY QUESTIONS
If you have questions or concerns about Partners4Housing.com’s privacy policy, please contact our Privacy Officer. Our Privacy Officer can be contacted at:
Partners4Housing, Inc.
(971) 599-1010
13110 NE 177TH Pl # 184
Woodinville WA, 98072-5740
United States