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DC RANCH
Privacy
Policy
Privacy Policy Effectiveness
This Privacy Policy shall apply only to individual consumers and solely
to information collected by this Web site. This Privacy Policy is effective
as of January 1, 2005 (“Effective Date”) and applies to
personal and financial information submitted on this Web site on or
after the Effective Date.
Your California Privacy Rights
Our Commitment to Privacy
Your privacy is important to us, as well as to our respective subsidiaries
and affiliates (collectively, "we," "us" or "our")
and we are 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 Web site on which this Privacy Policy is posted. Use
of this Web site constitutes your consent to our collection and use of
personal data in accordance with the terms hereof. We use industry standard
safeguards to protect the confidentiality of personal information we
collect from visitors to this Web site. 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 Web site, 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.
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Personal Information that We May Collect
We will not collect any personally identifiable information about you
through this Web site unless you provide it to us voluntarily, with
the exception of you computer's IP address. The information we collect
will
vary depending on how you use this Web site. On some pages you can
register or request to receive materials, announcements and other
information from us or from others. 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 e-mail address),
your gender, the number and/or ages of members of your household
or business,
information about the type of properties you are interested in and
other general information relating to product preferences, personal
interests,
household income or areas of interest on our Web site.
We do not collect
or maintain information from those actually 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 Web site visitors, our computers automatically
receive and record information from your Internet browser, including your IP
address, cookie information, and the pages you request (see "Cookies and
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How We Use and Disclose Your Information
We use information you provide on an aggregated basis to do such things
as operate our site, enhance our site, and to better understand the
profile of our online
audience. We may also use this data, both aggregate and personal to you, to enhance
your site experience on our site by displaying content and marketing messages
that we believe will be of interest to you. 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 request. We may provide your information to third
parties such as homebuilders and service and product providers to enable them
to follow-up with you on your requests. In addition, the DC Ranch Community Association, Inc. ("Association") may also provide information to us
and we may provide information to the Association on updated resident information.
We may also use your information for market research purposes, for project planning
or for developing prospect lists for our existing and future communities involving DC Ranch or other affiliates within the DMB Family of Communities. In doing so, we
may reproduce, publish, broadcast or post such information to third parties assisting
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Information Sharing and Disclosure
We do not sell or rent your personal information or share your personal
information with other people or nonaffiliated companies, except with
your permission, or
under the following limited circumstances:
- 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).
- We may share aggregated, non-personally identifiable information
about our users with homebuilders and service and product providers
for marketing
and
promotional
purposes.
- 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.
- 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.
- We believe it is necessary to share information in order to investigate,
prevent, or take action regarding illegal activities, suspected
fraud, situations involving
potential threats to the physical safety of any person, violations
of the Web site terms of use, or as otherwise required by law.
- We transfer information about you if this company is acquired
by or merged with another company.
- Third parties (hackers) may unlawfully intercept or access
information or confidential transmissions.
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Links
This Web site may contain links to third-party Web sites
for homebuilders, retailers, service providers and others,
which
are provided solely
as a convenience to viewers
and not as an endorsement of the contents of such sites.
While we endeavor to only provide links to Web sites 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 Web sites. In these
cases, those third parties
will
use such information in accordance with their own privacy
policies, which may differ substantially from our policy.
We assume
no liability for the
privacy
practices of such other sites and are not responsible for
the availability or content of, any off-site pages or any
other sites linked to
our Web site. Your
linking to off-site pages or other sites is at your own
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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 Web site or a marketing message to better match your needs and
interests. Cookies can also help you remember your user name and password on
protected areas of Web sites. You are always free to decline our cookies and
continue to use our Web site if the tools in your browser permits, but some
parts of our site may not work properly or as efficiently if you do.
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Correction of
Personal Information; Opt-Out Right
We make every effort to keep your information current and accurate. Accordingly,
we ask that you notify us in the manner described below of any changes to your
personal information.
For clients with the profile update feature:
If any of your personal information changes, please click on the “update
your profile” link in any email you receive from us to make the changes
online. Alternatively, you may notify us of any changes to your personal information
via e-mail, telephone or postal mail at the address shown in the last section
of this Privacy Policy.
For clients without the profile update feature:
We ask that you notify us of any changes to your personal information
via e-mail, telephone or postal mail at the address shown in the
last section of this Privacy
Policy.
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 e-mail, telephone or postal mail at the address shown in the last section
of this Privacy Policy. 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
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Notification of Changes in Privacy Policy or Use of Information Collected
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 Homepage.
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 our Web site.
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Questions and Suggestions
Contact
us via U.S. Mail
DC Ranch Privacy Policy Administrator
7600 E. Doubletree Ranch Road
Suite
300
Scottsdale, AZ 85258
Contact us via email
info@dcranch.com
Contact us by telephone
(480) 367-7000
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