Privacy Policy:

 

 1.    INTRODUCTION. TREEHOUSEFORRENT.COM, (“we"), are committed to respecting the privacy rights of our customers, visitors, and other users of the Company Website (“the Site”). We created this Website "Privacy Policy" to give you confidence as you visit and use the Site, and to demonstrate our commitment to fair information practices and the protection of privacy. This Privacy Policy is only applicable to the Site, and not to any other websites that you may be able to access from the Site, each of which may have data collection, storage, and use practices and policies that differ materially from this Privacy Policy.

     REGISTRATION. In order to use all of the features of our website, property owners and managers must first complete the registration form if they desire to post  their properties online and advertise with TreeHouseForRent. Renters may also complete the registration form, however, it is not  required unless the renter wishes to also enjoy all of the features of our website. During registration the user is required to give their contact information (such as name and email address).

 2.    INFORMATION COLLECTION PRACTICES

 2.1.         TYPES OF INFORMATION COLLECTED

 a)   TRAFFIC DATA COLLECTED. We automatically track and collect the following categories of information when you visit our Site: (1) IP addresses; (2) domain servers; (3) types of computers accessing the Site; and (4) types of web browsers used to access the Site (collectively “Traffic Data”). Traffic Data is anonymous information that does not personally identify you but is helpful for marketing purposes or for improving your experience on the Site. We also use “cookies” to customize content specific to your interests, and to store your password so you do not have to re-enter it each time you visit the Site.

 b)   PERSONAL INFORMATION COLLECTED. In order for you to access certain services that we offer via the Site, we require you to provide us with certain information that personally identifies you (“Personal Information”). Personal Information includes the following categories of information:

 i       Contact Data (such as your name, mailing address, and e-mail address);

 ii     Access Data (such as your login and password) and ;

 iii  Demographic Data (such as your zip code). If you communicate with us by e-mail, post messages to our blog or otherwise complete online forms, any information provided in such communication may be collected as Personal Information.

 2.2.         USES OF INFORMATION COLLECTED

 a)   COMPANY USE OF INFORMATION. We use Contact Data to send you information and promotional material from some of our partners, or to contact you when necessary. We use your Demographic Data to customize and tailor your experience on the Site, displaying content that we think you might be interested in and according to your preferences.

 b)   SHARING OF PERSONAL INFORMATION. We share certain categories of information we collect from you in the ways described in this Privacy Policy. We share Demographic Data with advertisers and other third parties only on an aggregate (i.e., non-personally-identifiable) basis. We share Contact Data with other companies who may want to send you information about their products or services, unless you have specifically requested that we not share Contact Data with such companies. We also share Contact Data with our business partners who assist us by performing core services (such as hosting,  or data storage and security) related to our operation of the Site. Those business partners have all agreed to uphold the same standards of security and confidentiality that we have promised to you in this Privacy Policy, and they will only use your Contact Data and other Personal Information to carry out their specific business obligations to Company. If you do not want us to share your Contact Data with any third parties, please email us at  cbtreehouse@gmail.com or select the “opt out” box on our online forms, but please understand that such a request will likely limit your ability to take advantage of all of the features and services we offer on the Site. In addition, we maintain a procedure for you to review and request changes to your Personal Information; this procedure is described in Section 3.1, below.

 c)    USER CHOICE REGARDING COLLECTION, USE, AND DISTRIBUTION OF PERSONAL INFORMATION. You may choose not to provide us with any Personal Information. In such an event, you can still access and use much of the Site; however you will not be able to access and use those portions of the Site that require your Personal Information. 

 3.    CONFIDENTIALITY AND SECURITY OF PERSONAL INFORMATION. Except as otherwise provided in this Privacy Policy, we will keep your Personal Information private and will not share it with third parties, unless such disclosure is necessary to: (a) comply with a court order or other legal process; (b) protect our rights or property; or (c) enforce our Terms of Service.

Your Personal Information is stored on secure servers that are not accessible by third parties. We provide you with the capability to transmit your Personal Information via secured and encrypted channels if you use a similarly equipped web browser. 

We use IP addresses to analyze trends, administer the site, track user's movement, and gather broad demographic information for aggregate use. IP addresses are not linked to personally identifiable information.

 3.1.       USER ABILITY TO ACCESS, UPDATE, AND CORRECT PERSONAL INFORMATION. We maintain a procedure in order to help you confirm that your Personal Information remains correct and up-to-date. At any time, you may visit your personal profile at treehouseforrent.com. Through your personal profile you may:

 a)   review and update your Personal Information that we have already collected;

 b)   choose whether or not you wish us to send you information about our company, or promotional material from some of our partners; and/or

 c)    choose whether or not you wish for us to share your Personal Information with third parties.

 3.2.         LOST OR STOLEN INFORMATION. You must promptly notify us if your user name, or password is lost,  or used without permission. In such an event, we will remove that user name, or password from your account and update our records accordingly.

SECURITY

This website takes every precaution to protect our users' information. When users submit sensitive information via the website, your information is protected both online and off-line.

When our registration form asks users to enter sensitive information, that information is encrypted and is protected with the best encryption software in the industry - SSL. While we use SSL encryption to protect sensitive information online, we also do everything in our power to protect user-information off-line. All of our users' information, not just the sensitive information mentioned above, is restricted in our offices. Only employees who need the information to perform a specific job (for example, a customer service representative) are granted access to personally identifiable information. If you have any questions about the security at our website, you can send an email to cbtreehouse@gmail.com.

 

 3.3. PUBLIC INFORMATION. The Site contains links to other websites. We are not responsible for the privacy practices or the content of such websites. We also make chat rooms, forums, message boards, and news groups available to you. Please understand that any information that is disclosed in these areas becomes public information. We have no control over its use and you should exercise caution when deciding to disclose your Personal Information.

3.5  We use third-party advertising companies to serve ads when you visit our website. These companies may use information (not including your name, address, email address, or telephone number) about your visits to this and other websites in order to provide advertisements about goods and services of interest to you. If you would like more information about this practice and to know your choices about not having this information used by these companies,  you can find additional information in Appendix A of the Network advertising initiative: NAI Self-Regulatory principles for publishers.

4.    Google and the DoubleClick DART cookie:

• Google, as a third party vendor, uses cookies to serve ads on our site.
• Google's use of the DART cookie enables it to serve ads to our users based on their visit to our site and other sites on the Internet.
• Users may opt out of the use of the DART cookie by visiting the Google ad and content network privacy policy.

         5.    UPDATES AND CHANGES TO PRIVACY POLICY. We reserve the right, at any time and without notice, to add    to, change, update, or modify this Privacy Policy, simply by posting such change, update, or modification on the Site and without any other notice to you. Any such change, update, or modification will be effective immediately upon posting on the Site.