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Home Spot Rentals Privacy Policy

Associations, Inc. and its affiliates and subsidiaries, (collectively, “Home Spot Rentals”, “we”, “our”, or “us”) respect your privacy. This Privacy Policy discloses our practices regarding information we collect and receive from users of our desktop and mobile websites such as wwe.cmacommunities.com (the “Sites”), other services, such as emails, mailings, and Home Owners Association property management services, provided by CMA, and other contexts in which we present you with this Privacy Policy (collectively, the “Services”). Unless we state otherwise, any new features or functionality provided by Home Spot Rentals on the Sites are also part of the Services. Please read this Privacy Policy carefully before registering or using our Services or submitting any content.

What Information Do We Collect and How?

We may collect information when you:

  • Visit or register for the Services;
  • Login to and interact with your account;
  • Contact our customer service via email, phone, or other forms of communication;
  • Interact with us at an event;
  • Send us a request;
  • Provide us with feedback, comments, or suggestions.

Information you provide to us: We may collect information from you, including through the Services, our Sites, or when you otherwise interact with us {including via our web chat functions}. This information may include:

  • Your name, email address, mailing address, and similar contact information;
  • Information you share about yourself in your profile, like your interests and skills;
  • Messages you send to other users of the Services;
  • Geolocation information, such as if you share your location, tag your posts or pictures, or check-in at a location
  • Your requests or comments;
  • The information you provide about those individuals you invite to use or register for the Sites

Information we collect through automated data technologies: We may collect your information using automated data technologies as described in the “Automated Data Collection Technologies” section below. This information may include technical information like your IP address, cookie IDs, browser information, and information reflecting how you searched, browsed, and were directed to the Services, including mouse movement, click, touch, scroll, and keystroke activity, and any other information provided by your use of our Services.

Information we obtain from third parties: We may obtain your information through third party sources, such as from:

  • Your community property manager, title company, real estate agent, and similar entities;
  • Your family members, roommates and/or neighbors;
  • Our service providers; and
  • Data sellers and advertising partners.

How Do We Use the Information We Collect?

We may use your information to:

  • Provide the Services to you, including providing technical and other support for the Services;
  • Facilitate and improve the operation of our business, including to maintain the safety, security, and integrity of our Services;
  • Set up your account and populate your profile;
  • Identify and invite potential new members;
  • Communicate with you regarding the Services and respond to your inquiries and requests, such as subscriptions to email newsletters;
  • Administer contests and sweepstakes, and notify you if you have won;
  • Perform legal compliance activities, including to enforce our Terms of Use, to address fraud and other illegal activities, including claims of copyright infringement, to exercise and defend legal claims, and to protect your safety and the safety of other users of the Services;
  • Develop and deliver advertising and content that is customized to your individual behavior or characteristics, or the behavior or characteristics of others, based on your information and your use of the Services and information gathered in other contexts, such as other online or mobile websites, apps and services;
  • Verify that you live at the address you gave us through a combination of your address and a second factor, such as a code we provide you, digits from your credit card, or manual verification by the member who invited you;
  • Analyze your use of the Services and the performance of and your interactions with advertising and content provided on the Services;
  • Respond to your feedback, suggestions, and comments to monitor and/or improve the ways in which we serve you;
  • Provide the information to service providers and other third parties as described in the “To Whom Do We Disclose Your Information?” section below;
  • For other purposes consistent with the context of the collection of your information, or as otherwise disclosed to you prior to the use of your information; or
  • As you may otherwise agree or consent.

To Whom Do We Disclose Your Information?

In the course of our business, we may disclose your information to third parties in the following instances: Our Subsidiaries and Affiliates: We may share your information with our subsidiaries and affiliates, in accordance with this Privacy Policy.

Service Providers and other Companies That Work with or on Our Behalf: We may share your information with service providers who receive, use, and process your information on our behalf, including for operations, technology, payment, marketing, and other purposes. Please note that such service providers include our web chat service provider(s). By using web chat functionality to communicate with us, you consent to our use of web service providers.

Targeted Advertising. We may also share your information with businesses such as advertising partners and similar companies to deliver targeted advertising in accordance with this Privacy Policy. You may opt out of such data sharing by clicking [here], or by selecting the “Do Not Sell/Share My Information (Targeted Advertising Opt Out)” option as it appears throughout our Services.

Sale of Business: In the event we undergo a business transaction such as a merger, acquisition by another company, sale of all or a portion of our assets, bankruptcy proceeding, or other restructuring, your information may transfer with the transaction. Legal Purposes: We may provide your information if we have a good faith belief that the law requires it, such as in response to a search warrant, subpoena, or other legally valid inquiry, order, or process, or to an investigative body in the case of a breach of an agreement or contravention of law, or as otherwise required by law. We may also disclose information to assist us in collecting a debt, or as necessary to exercise our legal rights or defend claims brought against us.

With Your Consent: We may share your information where you have provided your consent to us sharing or transferring your information (e.g., where you provide us with marketing consents or opt-in to optional additional services or functionality). To the Public or Other Users of our Sites if you post content in a manner that makes it available to others. We may also share with the public portions of content you share on the Services without your name or other identifying information.

Automated Data Collection Technologies

Cookies, Web Beacons, and Similar Technologies. Our Sites use a technology called “cookies,” which are pieces of information that may be placed on your computer’s browser or your device by a website or service to store your preferences. We also use similar technologies such as “Web Beacons” or clear GIFs, which use pieces of

information placed on a service or email to track and collect information about user

Mobile Device Identifiers and Tracking: We or our partners may use mobile Software Development Kits (“SDKs”) to collect information, such as your IDFA or Android Advertising ID, and other information about how your device interacts with the Services. SDKs allow app developers to enable advertising, collection of data and related services and analytics in apps. We may use this technology to deliver, or to help partners deliver, advertising through mobile applications and browsers based on information associated with your device. Depending on your device, you may be able to reset your device’s advertising identifier by accessing the privacy settings.

Google Analytics. We use automated technologies and applications, such as Google Analytics, to evaluate usage of our Sites. We also may use other analytic means to evaluate our Sites and Services. We use these tools to help us improve the Sites, performance, and user experiences. These entities may use cookies and other tracking technologies to perform their services. To learn how Google Analytics collects and processes data, please visit: http://www.google.com/analytics/learn/privacy.html.

Do Not Track (DNT) Settings: Some web browsers (including Safari®, Internet Explorer®, Firefox® and Chrome®) incorporate a “Do Not Track” (“DNT”) or similar feature. At the present time, the Sites do not respond to DNT signals.

How Long Do We Retain Your Information?

We retain your information for as long as reasonably necessary for our business purposes. In determining the criteria by which to retain or dispose of your information, we consider the type, sensitivity, context, and purpose of collecting the information. We may additionally delete your information in response to a valid data subject request, as described below.

How Do We Secure Your Information?

We maintain administrative, technical, and physical safeguards designed to protect against unauthorized access, use, modification, and disclosure of your information in our custody and control. No information, on the Internet or otherwise, can be guaranteed to be 100% secure. While we strive to protect your information from unauthorized access, use, or disclosure, Home Spot Rentals cannot and does not ensure or warrant the security of your information

Protection for Children

The Services are not directed at children and we do not knowingly collect personal information from children under the age of 16. If we become aware that personal information has been collected from a child under age 16, we will take steps to delete that information as soon as possible.

Updating and Correcting Your Information

If you are a registered user of the Services, you can update your information by editing your user profile. You may not be able to remove information about yourself that has been provided by your neighborhood management company.