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Welcome to HouseSpin. We respect the privacy of all HouseSpin members and treat your personal information with utmost care. Our privacy policy applies to all current and former HouseSpin members. The following is a summary of HouseSpin's privacy practices. Click on any of the topics below or scroll down to get more details.
 We collect information about you:
 Directly from you as an active member at the time of registration
Periodically as you update your public and private profile information
Through feedback from other members or users of HouseSpin with whom you may conduct business.
We share your information:
With other members of HouseSpin, but only as much information as you choose to reveal about yourself.
With third parties that are involved in the process of providing the services that you request, such as mortgage providers, title companies, and inspection providers.
As permitted or required by law.
HouseSpin does not sell or rent your information to third parties for marketing purposes.
We give you choices regarding your information:
You have choices about the personal information you display about yourself.
We give you easy access to update your personal profile.
You can update your personal preferences at any time.
We share and display house listing information:
We display seller house listings publicly on the HouseSpin web site.
We protect your information:
By limiting employee and third party access to your personal information on a "need to know" basis.
Links to other important information:
Marketing preferences
Our use of cookies
Our use of web beacons
Third party links on this web site
Helpful tips on protecting your information
You can give us feedback or submit questions at any time by sending email to support@housespin.com.
Note Regarding Children Under 18
Members of the HouseSpin community must be U.S. Residents that are 18 years of age or older. Children under the age of 18 are not eligible to participate in any offerings or become members on this web site.
We collect information about you
HouseSpin collects personal information as part of the registration process for people joining as either a seller, buyer or renter. This information includes name, email, address, telephone number, instant messenger and other identifying information.
You may elect to be identified only by your screen name, which you choose and which you can use to remain anonymous. If you provide identifying information, either in your choice of screen name or otherwise, it is your choice, and you do so at your own discretion.
We share your information
Because HouseSpin gives you an opportunity to list your house for sale, it's important to present accurate factual information about your house. You are welcome to share as much information about yourself as you think is necessary and appropriate. Such sharing of information is entirely your choice, and you share this information at your own discretion.
If you choose to send a link to a friend on a house, we will ask you for your friend's email address to actualy send the link. We store this information for the sole purpose of sending this one-time email and tracking the success of our referral program.
We have relationships with trusted third parties that perform services on our behalf. This includes such as mortgage providers, title companies, and inspection providers. We share information with these service providers in order to complete the transactions that you request. All service providers are bound by contract to maintain the confidentiality of your personal information.
We will share your personal information in certain circumstances:
I. In compliance of legal obligation or protection/prevention from harm, if HouseSpin.com has a good faith belief that access, use, preservation or disclosure of the personal information is reasonably necessary to (a) satisfy any requirement of law, regulation, legal process, or enforceable governmental request, (b) enforce or investigate a potential violation of the Terms of Use (c) detect, prevent, or otherwise respond to fraud, security or technical concerns, or (d) protect the rights, property, or safety of Housespin.com, its users, or the general public against harm.
II. If you direct HouseSpin.com or consent to share the information.
III. HouseSpin does not sell or rent your personal information. We will only share personal information in the following circumstances:
- Consent. When you consent or direct Housespin.com to share the information.
- Affiliates and service providers. When Housespin.com provides personal information to our affiliated companies or service providers to manage and use on our behalf, consistent with the terms of this privacy policy.
- Legal Obligation or Protection from Harm. When Housespin.com has a good faith belief that access, use, preservation or disclosure of the personal information is reasonably necessary to (a) satisfy any requirement of law, regulation, legal process, or enforceable governmental request, (b) enforce or investigate a potential violation of the Terms Of Use (c) detect, prevent, or otherwise respond to fraud, security or technical concerns, or (d) protect the rights, property, or safety of Housespin.com, its users, or the public against harm.
Merger or sale.When and if Housespin.com is involved in a merger, acquisition, or any form of sale of some or all of its business, personal information may be transferred to the assigns as part of the business entity
We give you choices regarding your information
Some information is required in order to participate on the HouseSpin website. For example, we need certain information in order to verify you residence at a particular house you have listed.
You can share as much or as little optional information as you like. It is entirely your own choice, and you share this information at your discretion.
You can access and review the personal information you submit at any time. To update your personal profile information, you can log in to your account using your email address and password specified at the time of registration. Click on the "Edit Profile" section of "My Account" and make changes to you profile as necessary.
We give you the opportunity to "opt-out" of having your personally identifiable information used for certain purposes.
The information we collect from you when you register as a HouseSpin member is kept securely in our database. We retain this information to satisfy legal requirements such as recordkeeping and data integrity.
We share and display house listing information
If you register as a seller and create a house listing, we display your listing including your screen name, along with your provided contact information that you enter and select to publicly display .
We protect your information
At HouseSpin, we are committed to maintaining the security and confidentiality of your personal information.
The security of your account also depends on the protection of your HouseSpin password. You should not share this password with anyone. We have developed procedures for recovering your password which will not require you to send us your password via email or give it out over the phone. If you ever receive an email requesting entry of your email address and/or screen name and password, please confirm that you are on a web site with a URL beginning http://www.HouseSpin.com/.
Other important information
Marketing preferences
HouseSpin does not sell or rent your information to third parties or marketing firms. We do send communications to you periodically to notify you of status or events related to your participation in our community. Some of these communications may be required as part of transactions you are contemplating through our web site.
Our use of cookies
Cookies are small text files created by a web site that store information on your computer, such as your preferences when visiting that site. HouseSpin uses cookies when you sign in, to keep track of your personal session, including some account identifiers so that we can ensure that you are the only person making changes to your account. We also use cookies to track your activity on our site as a unique person.
We use session ID cookies to make it easier for you to navigate our site. Session ID cookies expire when you close you browser. We use a persistent cookie that remains on your hard drive for an extended period of time, so that we can recognize you when you return to our web site. You can remove persistent cookies by following directions provided in your Internet browser's "help" file; however, because we use cookies for our sign-in functionality, if you choose to disable cookies you will not be able to log on to the HouseSpin web site.
Our use of web beacons
We employ a software technology called clear gifs (a.k.a. Web Beacons/Web Bugs), that help us better understand user interaction with our web site. Clear gifs are tiny graphics with a unique identifier, similar in function to cookies, and are used to track the online movements of Web users. In contrast to cookies, which are stored on a user's computer hard drive, clear gifs are embedded invisibly on Web pages and are about the size of the period at the end of this sentence. We do not tie the information gathered by clear gifs to our members personally identifiable information.
Third party links
HouseSpin may post links to third party web sites that are not subject to this privacy policy. Some member pages may also contain links unrelated to HouseSpin. If you visit these web sites, we encourage you to read their privacy policies before providing them with any personal information.
Helpful tips on protecting your information
Screen name selection: Your screen name is what members of HouseSpin and visitors to our web site use to identify you. In order to protect your privacy, you should choose a screen name that does not closely resemble your real name.
Password reminder: It is a good practice to select a password for your account that is unique, a combination of letters, numbers and symbols, and isn't predictable or easy to guess. For instance, "Buster" may be your pet's name and easy to remember, but "!Buster1" would be difficult for someone to guess. Another good practice is to change your password periodically (every 90 days).
If you use any Forums on this web site or enter any infromation for public use, you should be aware that any personally identifiable information you submit there can be read, collected, or used by other users of these forums, and could be used to send you unsolicited messages. We do not monitor or mask personally identifiable information that may appear on the forums, so if you choose to put personal information on the forums you do so at your own risk.
State law
You may have privacy rights under applicable state law in addition to those outlined in this privacy policy.
Changes to this policy
HouseSpin may change this privacy policy at any time due to any reason that might include changes to our web site, changing technology, and possible legal requirements. Members and users of the HouseSpin web site are individually responsible to monitor this page for any material changes.
For additional information, or if you have any questions regarding this policy or the privacy practices at HouseSpin, please submit your questions or comments directly to support@housespin.com via email. Any personal information you submit will be used solely to respond to your requests.
You can also send questions or comments to:
HouseSpin
Attn: Privacy Department
5100 Eldorado Parkway, #102
PMB 811
McKinney, TX 75070
If you have questions or concerns regarding our Privacy Policy, you should first contact us at support@housespin.com or at the mailing address shown above. |
