HomeLeafs - Privacy Policy

Sharing and Disclosure of Information HomeLeafs.com Collects
Except as otherwise described in this privacy statement, HomeLeafs will not disclose personal information to any third party unless we believe that disclosure is necessary: (1) to conform to legal requirements or to respond to a subpoena, search warrant or other legal process received by HomeLeafs.com, whether or not a response is required by applicable law; (2) to enforce the HomeLeafs.com Terms of Use Agreement or to protect our rights; or (3) to protect the safety of members of the public and users of the service. HomeLeafs reserves the right to transfer personal information to a successor in interest that acquires rights to that information as a result of the sale of HomeLeafs or substantially all of its assets to that successor in interest.

Information Collection and Use by HomeLeafs.com
HomeLeafs.com collects user submitted information such as name, email address, and age to authenticate users and to send notifications to those users relating to the HomeLeafs.com service. HomeLeafs.com also collects other profile data including but not limited to: location, age and occupation in order to assist users in finding and communicating with each other.

In general, you can visit this Web site without identifying who you are or revealing any information about yourself. Information collected online can generally be categorized as anonymous or personally identifiable. Anonymous information is information that cannot be connected to the identity of a specific individual. Personally identifiable information is information that specifically identifies a particular user, such as name, address, or phone number. An example of anonymous information is the fact that, while this Web site may record the number of visits to a particular page that occur in a given period of time, it does not necessarily tell us the names or other identifying information of every visitor. Many users of this Web site will choose not to provide any personally identifiable information; therefore, those individuals are anonymous to us, and any data collected about their use of this Web site is anonymous information.

Use of Information Obtained by HomeLeafs

When you register with HomeLeafs, you create your own profile and privacy settings. Your profile information, as well as your name, email and photo, are displayed to people in the networks specified in your privacy settings to enable you to connect with people on HomeLeafs. We may occasionally use your name and email address to send you notifications regarding new services offered by HomeLeafs that we think you may find valuable.

Generally, you may opt out of such emails here though HomeLeafs reserves the right to send you notice about your account even if you opt out of all voluntary email notifications.

Advertising

We use third-party advertising companies to serve ads when you visit our Web site. These companies may use information about you and your visits to this and other Web sites in order to provide advertisements on this site and other sites about goods and services of interest to you.

If you receive any form of advertisement “spam”, please notify us immediately @ fraud (at) homeleafs.com. We despise unsolicited commercial e-mail just as much as you do.

Links
When visiting our site, you will find links from HomeLeafs sites to independently-owned, controlled and/or managed World Wide Web or internet sites whose content may be of possible interest to our visitors. HomeLeafs.com is not responsible for the privacy policies and/or practices on other sites.

You should be aware that operators of linked websites may also collect your personal information (including information generated through the use of cookies) when you link to their websites. The user should read the privacy policy stated on that site. Our privacy Policy only governs information collected on HomeLeafs.com.

Email Choice/Opt-out
Members who no longer wish to receive updates or notifications may choose not to by visiting their Notification section in the user profile 'Account Settings'.

E-Events, Journals and Public Forums
Please be aware that whenever you voluntarily post public information to Journals, E-Events , Chat Room, Public Forums that that information can be accessed by the public and can in turn be used by those people to send you unsolicited communications.

Changes in Our Privacy Policy
From time to time we may make changes to our privacy policy If we make changes, we will post them on our site to make users aware of what the changes are so users will always be aware of what information we collect, how we use it, and when we may disclose it. A User is bound by any minor changes to the policy when she or he uses the site after those changes have been posted If, however, we are going to use users' personally identifiable information in a manner materially different from that stated at the time of collection we will notify by posting a notice on our Web site for 30 days.

What You Should Know

HomeLeafs.com cannot ensure that all of your private communications and other personal information will never be disclosed in ways not otherwise described in this Privacy Policy. Therefore, although we are committed to protecting your privacy, we do not promise, and you should not expect, that your personal information or private communications will always remain private. As a user of the Site, you understand and agree that you assume all responsibility and risk for your use of the Site, the internet generally, and the documents you post or access and for your conduct on and off the Site

Info-Opt-Out Posting

You can also post to the property database without any of your contact information being displayed, however credit card or some identification verification may be required to proceed to posting. The anonymous option also allows you to only display selected pieces of contact information.

All users should be aware, however, that when they voluntarily display or distribute personal information (such as their personal address & other means of contact), that information can be collected and used by others. This may result in unsolicited messages from third parties for which HomeLeafs.com is not responsible. Also, you may have arrived at this Web site by following a link from a HomeLeafs.com newspaper affiliate or other affiliate. If so, please be aware that HomeLeafs.com may share your information with that affiliate and the affiliate may use the information consistent with its privacy policy instead of this one.

Security
HomeLeafs.com member accounts are secured by member-created passwords HomeLeafs.com takes precautions to insure that member account information is kept private. Whenever we collect sensitive information (such as credit card data), that information is encrypted and transmitted to us in a secure transfer. Users can verify this by looking for a closed lock icon at the bottom of your web browser, or looking for "https"/shttp” at the beginning of the address of the web page.

While we use encryption to protect sensitive information transmitted online, we also protect your information offline. Only employees who need the information to perform a specific job (for example, billing or customer service) are granted access to personally identifiable information.

HomeLeafs employs encryption for secure credit card transactions.

Children Under Age 16

HomeLeafs.com does not knowingly collect or solicit personal information from anyone under the age of 16 or knowingly allow such persons to register. If you are under 16, please do not send any information about yourself to us, including your name, address, telephone number, or email address. No one under age 16 is allowed to provide any personal information to or on HomeLeafs. In the event that we learn that we have collected personal information from a child under age 16 without verification of parental consent, we will delete that information as quickly as possible. If you believe that we might have any information from or about a child under 16, please contact us at privacy (at) HomeLeafs.com.

Children Between the Ages of 16 and 18

We recommend that minors over the age of 16 ask their parents for permission before sending any information about themselves to anyone over the Internet.

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