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Privacy Policy Effectiveness
This Privacy Policy shall apply only to individual consumers
and solely to information collected by this website. This
Privacy Policy is effective as of January 1, 2006 (“Effective
Date”) and applies to personal information
submitted on this website on or after the Effective Date.
Our Commitment to Privacy
Your privacy is very important to Sugar Magnolia Homes,
as well as to our respective subsidiaries and affiliates
and we are all committed to treating your personal information
responsibly. To better protect your privacy, we provide this
notice explaining our online information gathering and dissemination
practices and the choices you can make about the collection
and use of the personal information you submit on this website.
Use of this website constitutes your consent to our collection
and use of personal
data in accordance with the terms hereof. We endeavor to
maintain appropriate procedures and safeguards to protect
the confidentiality of personal information we collect from
visitors to this website. Personal information collected
is accessible only by designated staff or agents of our organization
who are also bound to this statement, except as expressly
described below. However, it is important to recognize that "perfect
security" does not exist on the Internet. Therefore,
while we endeavor to maintain appropriate physical and electronic
procedures and safeguards to protect information collected
from this website, we cannot guarantee the confidentiality
of any information that you disclose online and transmit
to us, and you understand that you do so at your own risk.
Personal Information that We May Collect
We will not collect any personally identifiable information
about you through this website unless you provide it
voluntarily, with the exception of your computer's IP address.
The information we collect will vary depending on how you
use this website. On some pages you can register
to receive materials, announcements and other information
from us. The types of personal information
collected may include, without limitation, your name and
contact information (such as your postal address, zip code,
phone number or email address), information
about the type of properties you are interested in and other
general information relating to product preferences, personal
interests, or areas of interest on our website.
We do not collect or maintain information from those
known to be under the age of 18. We will not contact children
under age 18 without a parent's permission. In addition to
the information provided by website visitors, our hosting
servers automatically receive and record information from
your Internet browser, including your IP address, cookie
information,
and
the pages you request.
How We Use Your Information
We use information you provide on an aggregated basis to
do such things as operate and enhance our site, and
to better understand the profile of our online audience.
In some cases we use your personal information
to contact you or to provide information to you, such as
to send newsletters to you that you have requested.
Information Sharing and Disclosure
We do not sell or share your personal information with
other people or nonaffiliated companies, except with your
permission or as described above,
or under the following limited circumstances:
1. We may need to share the information or send the information
to partners who work on our behalf under confidentiality
agreements in order to provide the information, product or
services you have requested or to help us communicate with
you about offers (provided that these companies do not have
any independent rights to use the personally identifiable
information we provide to them beyond what is necessary to
assist us, unless they have your consent to do so).
2. We may share aggregated, non-personally identifiable
information about our users for marketing and promotional
purposes.
3. We may store and disclose personal information as allowed
or required by applicable law, including making disclosures
in order to respond to subpoenas, court orders, or legal
process.
4. We may establish or exercise our legal rights or defend
against legal claims as necessary or advisable to protect
the rights, safety or property of our communities or others
and to conform to legal or regulatory requirements.
5. We transfer information about you if this company is
acquired by or merged with another company.
6. Third parties (hackers) may unlawfully intercept or access
information or confidential transmissions.
Links
This website may contain links to third-party websites
which are provided solely as a convenience to visitors and
not as
an endorsement of the contents of such sites. While we endeavor
to only provide links to websites maintained by reputable
organizations, you should be aware that these third parties
might be able to gather information from and about you if
you visit their websites. In these cases, those third parties
will use such information in accordance with their own privacy
policies, which may differ from our policy.
We assume no liability for the privacy practices of
other sites and are not responsible for the availability
or content of, any off-site pages or any other sites linked
to our website. Your linking to off-site pages or other sites
is at your own risk.
Cookies and Other Tracking Methods
Cookies are small pieces of information stored on
your computer. We may use cookies or, in a limited number
of cases IP addresses, for a number of reasons. Cookies allow
us to better understand how users use our site and can help
us to tailor our website to better
match your needs and interests. Cookies can also help you
remember your user name and password on protected areas of
websites. You are always free to decline our cookies and
continue to use our website if the tools in your browser
permits, but some parts of our site may not work properly
or as efficiently if you do.
Correction of Personal Information and Opt-Out
Right
We make every effort to keep your information current and
accurate.
You may at any time request to be removed from our email
list by clicking the unsubscribe link in any email you receive
from us. Alternatively, you may notify us via email, telephone
or postal mail. In the event you elect not to receive
any future contacts from us, we will endeavor to remove your
name from our email list within 10 business days.
Notification of Changes in Privacy Policy
This Privacy Policy may be updated and modified from time
to time by us in our sole discretion. If we decide to change
our Privacy Policy or if we make any material changes in
our privacy practices that affect user information already
collected through our site, we will post a notice of those
changes on our home page. We will use information in accordance
with the Privacy Policy under which the information was collected.
If you do not agree to any provision of this Privacy Policy,
or any update or modification thereto, please do not use
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