At POC Homes ("POC Homes" or "we" or "us" or "our"), we appreciate your use of and contributions to our Web site (defined to include all properties (mobile, web or otherwise) owned and operated by POC Homes) and features (known as the "services"). POC Homes respects your privacy and is committed to protecting your personal information.
This is our privacy policy and we will comply with it, as well as applicable U.S. privacy law, when we gather and use information from users of our services. We encourage you to read this privacy policy to understand what we do with the information we collect from you.
We pledge to be transparent about the information we monitor and collect from you. We keep information private between you and POC Homes, except as explained below.
Collection of Information
When you use POC Homes, we collect a variety of information.
- Information you provide. When using our Web sites and services, you may provide information about yourself, such as name, address, and e-mail. This may occur when you register on POC Homes. We may combine this information with other information we collect from your activity on our Web sites.
Usage and Disclosure
In general, POC Homes uses the information collected from you to communicate with you and operate our features and services. POC Homes also uses this information to present you with advertising that we believe will be of interest or useful to you.
Your privacy is important and we are committed to protecting information that identifies you personally, where you have chosen to keep it private. We will only share personal information that you provide outside the public areas of our services in the following circumstances:
- Consent. When you consent or direct POC Homes to share the information. For example, if you choose to contact a real estate agent or lender through POC Homes, your name and e-mail address will appear to the recipient of the message.
- Service providers to POC Homes. When POC Homes hires a service provider to help operate the services or our business, POC Homes may give access to personal data only as necessary to perform the service for POC Homes, and subject to the terms of this privacy policy.
- Legal obligation or protection from harm. When POC Homes 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 POC Homes, its users, or the public against harm.
- Merger or sale. If and when POC Homes is involved in a merger, acquisition, or any form of sale of some or all of its business, personal information may be transferred along with the business
When you provide public information without identifying yourself, we will protect your personal identity as described above. If your account profile does not identify you personally, POC Homes won't reveal your identity to third parties except in accordance with this policy.
When we deliver ads based on data about your use of the services, we keep your identity anonymous. We won't identify you personally to third parties, except in accordance with this privacy policy. Of course, if you choose to respond to an advertised offer with your name and contact information, you will no longer be anonymous to the advertiser.
Some Things are Not Covered
This privacy policy will not apply to the following:
- Public posting. You should keep in mind that the information that you choose to provide in a public area of the services (such as your profile page or the discussion forums) will not be protected by this privacy policy because you have made an active choice to make that information public.
E-mail Management
You may receive e-mail from POC Homes for a variety of reasons - for example, if you registered on the POC Homes Web site, you will receive email notification on Account Updating, Property Listings and/or new or Updated Services by POC Homes.
Opting Out of Collection of Information
At any time you may opt out of our Mailing List through your account portal or by selecting the Unsubscribe option attached to all correspondence.
Location Data
POC Homes can provide you with helpful information based on where you are. If you tell POC Homes where you are (eg., by allowing your mobile device to send POC Homes your location), POC Homes may use that information to provide you with location-based information and advertising. If you wish to deactivate this feature, you can disable location services on your mobile device.
Third-Party Web Sites
Throughout the services, we may link to the Web sites of other companies and/or individuals. Further, certain functionalities on POC Homes may involve the distribution of your listing information to third-party Web Sites. These third-party Web sites may collect personal information about users on those Web sites, and POC Homes's privacy policy does not extend to these external Web sites and third parties. Please refer directly to these third parties and Web sites regarding their privacy policies.
Storage and Security of Information
Personal information will be processed and stored by POC Homes in databases hosted in the United States. POC Homes has taken reasonable steps to protect the information users share with us, including, but not limited to, setup of processes, equipment and software to avoid unauthorized access or disclosure of this information.