PRIVACY POLICY

 
Last Updated October 1, 2005

ithinkfink.com takes your privacy seriously. Please read the following to learn more about our privacy policy (“Privacy Policy”). This Privacy Policy applies to the use of ithinkfink.com by employers, consumers and potential clients shall be referred to as “Users”; Users shall be individually and collectively referred to as “you”) who are customers of ithinkfink.com and its subsidiaries, affiliates and marketing allies (collectively, "ithinkfink.com", "we", "us" and "our"). We use the Sites to provide you with information, resources, tools, products and services and to provide you with information about us and our advertisers, and our respective products and services. We use information that we collect from you to improve your experience in using the Sites and our various products and services, to aid in communications among ithinkfink.com, our advertisers and you, and to notify you of products, services and information that we think may be of interest to you. Please read on for more details concerning our privacy policy. We review this Privacy Policy on an annual basis and we welcome any suggestions you might have about additional ideas regarding our privacy policy at privacy@ithinkfink.com

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What information is collected from me?

Information You Give Us: The kinds of information we collect from you will vary, depending on how you use the Sites and what information you may choose to provide through your correspondence with us (whether through email or otherwise). It's possible to browse most sections of the Sites without submitting any personally identifiable information (“Personal Information”) at all. However, if you choose to take advantage of some of our products and/or services, or to access certain of our tools or Site functionality, you may be asked to provide Personal Information such as a user name and password, your full name, email address, phone number, address. Whenever we ask for Personal Information, we strive to provide a link to this Privacy Policy to help you understand how your Personal Information will be used before you decide whether to disclose it. You can choose not to provide us with certain Personal Information, but then you may not be able to fully take advantage of certain features of our Sites and we may not be able to provide you with certain requested information, products and/or services.

Automatic Collection of Information: Like many Web sites on the Internet, we automatically track certain information about you as you visit and use our Sites to help us to better understand how the Sites are being used and how we can enhance your overall experience on each Site and improve the information, Site functionality, products and services that we (and our advertisers and partners) provide to you. This information may include, for example, your computer’s Internet Protocol (“IP”) address, the URLs and Site pages you’ve visited, the number of times you visit each Site page, what downloads and/or search queries you have made, how long you spent on particular sections of each Site and on each Site generally, and your browser type. This automatically gathered data includes information provided through the use of "cookies" (which is described in more detail below).

As you visit the Sites, be aware that third parties may at times be able to gather information from and about you. For example, third party advertiser servers, companies that place advertisements on the Sites, our partners and affiliates, and other companies offering products or services through one or more of the Sites may use cookies to collect, store and use information about you and may collect information that you submit. ithinkfink.com affiliates, partners, service providers and other entities that have links on one or more of the Sites may also collect information about you when you visit their Web sites or otherwise communicate with them. Although we encourage such third parties to adopt and follow their own consumer privacy policies, we are not responsible for their collection and use of user information. The information practices of those Web sites linked to one or more of the Sites are not covered by this Privacy Policy. You should refer to the privacy policies and statements of other Web sites or contact the respective Webmasters of those Web sites to obtain information regarding their information collection, use and disclosure policies.

How is my information used and shared?

The use of your information depends on the context in which it is collected. Therefore, pay special attention to the categories below that relate to the features of the Sites that you wish to utilize. We may share the Personal Information we collect from you only with your consent or under the following circumstances:

ithinkfink.com affiliates and partners. We work closely with our affiliates with whom we may share Personal Information. In addition, we may share Personal Information with our partners and service providers.

Service Providers: We may use other companies and individuals to perform supporting functions for the various tools, functionality, products and services offered through our Site on our behalf. These service providers will not be permitted to use the information collected from you for any other purpose other than performing the support functions for ithinkfink.com and/or offering additional services, promotions or other offers to you. For example, from time to time, we may use a third-party advertising company to serve ads when you visit our Web site. Such company may use certain information (not including your name, address, email address or telephone number) about your visit to this Web site in order to provide advertisements about goods and services that may be of interest to you. In the course of serving advertisements to this site, our third-party advertiser may place or recognize a unique “cookie” on your browser. If you would like more information about this practice and to know your choices about not having this information used by this company, please click here.

Protection of rights: We will release Personal Information if we believe that such action is appropriate to: (1) comply with legal process, (2) enforce the Terms of Use Agreement for the applicable Site, or (3) identify, contact or bring legal action against persons or entities who may be causing injury to us or a third party, or to otherwise protect the rights, property or personal safety of ithinkfink.com, its employees, other Site users or others.

Asset transfers: We continue to develop our business and in doing so might choose to buy other businesses or assets. Personal Information is generally one of the transferred assets acquired in such purchases. Also, if we should choose to sell some or all of our assets, Personal Information, including the information collected from you through the Sites, could be included in the transferred assets. However, should any sale of an asset include your Personal Information we will notify you of the event and give you an opportunity to respond.

Additional Functionality: We may link information collected from you through various means, including information collected automatically and through the use of cookies and purchase information, or other Personal Information you provide to help us (or our service providers and listing providers, partners or affiliates) offer content (including, without limitation, listing recommendations), advertisements, products and services that we believe will be of interest to you, pre-populate certain data-fields (to assist in your registration or subsequent use of the tools and/or services available on the Sites), and share such information among the Sites. In addition, we may share this information, in aggregate form, with our current and potential advertisers and service providers so they can present advertisements more effectively.


Requested Information Exchange: If you have indicated that you want to be contacted by third parties, we may use the Personal Information we collect to select which names to provide to a particular third party in order to present you with products and services that we believe will be of interest to you, but we will not disclose this type of information, other than your contact information (information that provides a means of contacting you), to any such third party.


Anonymous Data: In all other circumstances, ithinkfink.com may use certain anonymous data automatically gathered by our servers so that we can understand how to make the Sites more convenient and useful to our audience. This information may also be shared among the Sites and used for similar purposes. In addition, we may share this information, in aggregate form, with our current and potential advertisers, service providers and listing providers, partners, affiliates and/or marketing allies so they can try to present advertisements and content more effectively. We may also use aggregate information to share information with the public regarding products, services, content or tools that may of interest to them.

Information from Cookies

Cookies are small files that we send to and store on your computer so that we can recognize it as a unique machine the next time you visit the Sites. Our cookies are used for three purposes: (1) to keep track of your information for your own convenience; (2) to help us optimize your online experience by altering our content depending on your particular needs or browsing patterns, and to provide you with advertisements, products and services that we believe will be of interest to you; and (3) to help us understand the size of our audience and their traffic patterns within the Sites. You are always free to decline any cookies we use if your browser permits. Some of our advertisers and third-party service providers may also utilize their own cookies. Also, companies offering products or services through a ithinkfink.com Web site may use their own cookies.

Registration Information

The Personal Information you provide when you become a registered user or customer of one of the Sites is used primarily to help us customize your online experience, increase the convenience of accessing new tools, products and services, and, if applicable, provide the products and/or services you purchase. Your email address serves as a unique identifier in our record system, and it is used together with your password to prevent unauthorized access to any information you choose to store on ithinkfink.com. The data you give us about your personal preferences and demographics (e.g., your age, ZIP code, occupation or the like) may be used to help us offer content, advertisements, products, and services that we believe will be of interest to you. In addition, we may share this information, in aggregate form, with our current and potential advertisers so that they can present advertisements more effectively. If you forget your password for any registered area of ithinkfink.com, please visit the Contact Page for assistance.

Children’s Privacy

Our Sites are general audience Web sites targeted to the real estate market and neither MyCondoConverson.com (nor any portion thereof) are directed to children under the age of 13. We do not collect Personal Information from any person we actually know is a child under the age of 13. If we become aware that Personal Information regarding an individual under the age of 13 has been stored, we will promptly delete it from our records.

Automatically Gathered Data

The information gathered automatically by our system – such as your computer's IP address, the kind of browser you're using, and a record of your navigation (including, without limitation, your search queries) through our site – may be used by Homestore so we can understand how to make ithinkfink.com convenient and useful to our audience, and to provide additional functionality (i.e., additional content and recommendations to you). This information may also be shared among our partners, affiliates, service providers and listing providers, to be used for similar purposes. In addition, we may share this information, in aggregate form, with our current and potential marketing allies and advertisers so they can know how to present their advertisements more effectively. When such data is aggregated, all Personal Information is eliminated.

What choices do I have regarding the use of my information?

Reading this Privacy Policy should help you understand how any information you share with us might be used. If you feel concerned about any of these uses, you might elect not to participate in certain services, features or products that we offer. We will not collect Personal Information about you without your knowledge, so the decision whether or not to share this information is completely up to you.

How do I "opt-out"?

You also have the ability to terminate email correspondence (including, for Users, newsletter correspondence) from us at any time. You may be given the chance to opt-out of direct mailings when you disclose your email address to us. Further, all of our email correspondence contains an “Unsubscribe” link at the conclusion of the message. To opt-out, simply click the link, or, in the case of text messages, send an email to the “Unsubscribe” URL listed in the email, and you will be opted-out of future messages from that particular email service. To opt-out or request that we not use your Personal Information to market information to you, please visit the
Contact Page.

If you feel concerned about the cookies that are sent between our computers and yours, you may, through your Web browser, either choose to reject them automatically, or have your computer prompt you before accepting them. Generally, this is done by selecting the appropriate cookies setting on your Web browser (usually found in "Internet Options" or "Preferences"). Please note, however, that some of our features and services depend on the use of cookies. Therefore, you will be unable to take advantage of those features and services if you choose not to accept certain cookies.

Certain content, products, services, and tools available on ithinkfink.com (and certain enhancements thereto) are dependent upon the collection and use of non-personally identifiable information and may not include an opt-out opportunity unless Personal Information is directly used for such content, product, service or functionality.

How is my information protected?

Whenever Personal Information about you is stored on our computers, that information is password-protected from unauthorized access or use. In addition, this information is kept on servers that are located behind a firewall.

Since your personal information is especially sensitive, we take special care to keep it secure. Your Personal Information is stored on secure, designated servers and access is limited to individuals in departments charged with using such information only in connection with processing your request for services rendered.

Of course, we appreciate your help in safeguarding the integrity of your own and others' privacy. We hope you'll use common sense whenever you disclose Personal Information over the Internet. Just as importantly, we encourage you to let us know immediately if you suspect that the information you share with us is being used in any way contrary to this Privacy Policy. Finally, unfortunately no data transmission over the Internet or the storage of information on servers can be guaranteed to be 100% secure and while we strive to protect your personal information (as described herein), we cannot guarantee or warrant its complete security.

Scope of This Privacy Policy: Outside Links

This Privacy Policy only applies to ithinkfink.com. This site contains links to sites operated and maintained by third parties over which we have absolutely no control. Please be aware that these sites may collect information about you, and operate according to their own privacy practices that may differ from this Privacy Policy. Remember that once you're outside ithinkfink.com, any information you submit is outside of our control. Certain expressly identified portions of this Privacy Policy apply only to consumers or Users.

Effective Date and Modifications

This Privacy Policy is effective as of the date first written above and may be updated and modified from time to time by us in our sole discretion. If we choose to update or modify this Privacy Policy, such updated or modified policy shall become effective five (5) business days after its posting on the applicable Site(s). Accordingly, we encourage you to periodically review this Privacy Policy and the Sites in order to keep apprised of our current privacy practices. If you do not agree to any provision of this Privacy Policy, or any update or modification thereto, please do not use ithinkfink.com.

 

 
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