This web site (the “Web Site”) is provided by Trinity Property
Consultants, a property management company and its affiliates, subsidiaries and
related entities (“Trinity,” “we,” “our” or “us”).
This Privacy Policy describes our privacy practices with regard to information
about you that could reasonably be used to identify you personally or that is
associated with information that identifies you (“Personal Information”).
Unless specifically stated otherwise, this Privacy Policy applies only to
Personal Information that we gather or collect via the Web Site and any other
Trinity web site that posts a link to this Privacy Policy. It does not apply to
any Personal Information collected offline or otherwise outside of the Web
Site.
Please take a moment to review the terms of this Privacy Policy. Please also
review the Terms
and Conditions, which govern your use of the Web Site. Please note that
certain features or services discussed in this Privacy Policy may not be offered
on the Web Site at any particular time.
COLLECTION OF INFORMATION ABOUT YOU
Active Information Collection.
We may collect Personal Information from you at various places and through
various mechanisms on the Web Site. This may include, for example, when you fill
out and submit forms (such as forms requesting information needed to consider
you for apartment rentals or potential employment opportunities), when you
initiate payments to us through the Web Site, when you participate in
promotions, contests, or sweepstakes on the Web Site, when you post to any
interactive forum, bulletin board, chat room that we may make available on the
Web Site, when you register for e-mail communications, and when you submit a
survey response, question or request to the Web Site using a form or the e-mail
address links on the Web Site.
Passive Information Collection.
When you visit the Web Site, we automatically collect certain information
about your activities (“Web Site Usage Information”). Web Site Usage Information
is information about how our visitors use and navigate the Web Site. This
includes, for example, the number and frequency of visitors to each web page,
the length of their stays, the type of browser each visitor is using to view the
Web Site (for example, Internet Explorer, Firefox), the type of operating system
each visitor is using, (for example, Windows XP, Mac OS), the domain name of
each visitor’s Internet service provider (for example, America Online,
Earthlink), the visitor’s IP address, the address (or “URL”) of the web site
that the visitor came from before visiting the Web Site, which pages were
visited on the Web Site, what was clicked on, and certain other available
information. An IP address is a number that is automatically assigned to your
computer whenever you access the Internet, which our web servers use to identify
where to send the information your computer requests. When you request pages
from the Web Site, our servers log your IP address as well as information about
your activities on those pages.
To collect this Web Site Usage Information, the Web Site and any e-mails sent
to you by the Web Site (or otherwise by Trinity) may utilize cookies, web
beacons, embedded scripts or similar technologies.
A cookie is a small data file sent to your browser when you visit the
Web Site, and stored on your computer. Cookies automatically identify your web
browser to the Web Site whenever you visit the Web Site, and may make navigating
and using the Web Site easier for you. Also, by tracking how and when you use
the Web Site, cookies help us determine which areas are popular and which are
not. Additionally, accepting cookies may allow you to, among other things,
personalize and enhance your experience on the Web Site. If you do not wish to
allow for use of cookies, you can generally opt-out of providing this
information by setting your browser to reject cookies. However, please be aware
that some areas of the Web Site may not provide you with an acceptable user
experience if you have disabled the use of cookies.
A web beacon is a small, often invisible, graphic element included in
a web page or e-mail. It allows the party that set the web beacon to monitor and
collect certain limited information about the viewer of the web page or e-mail
message (such as the type of browser downloading the web beacon, the IP address
of the computer that the web beacon is sent to and the time the web beacon was
viewed, as well as the URL of the page the web beacon comes from). We may use
web beacons for many purposes, such as to count visitors to the Web Site, or to
monitor how visitors navigate the Web Site, and we may include web beacons or
similar technologies in e-mails in order to count how many e-mails (or
particular articles, links, etc.) we sent were actually opened.
An embedded script is programming code that is designed to collect
information about your interactions with the Web Site. It is temporarily
downloaded onto your computer from our Web server or a third party we work with,
is active only while you are connected to the Web Site, and is deleted
thereafter.
Web Site Usage Information is frequently anonymous information, since it is
not normally associated with you or your identity. It may be used for a number
of purposes, such as system administration, to help us understand the
demographics of the visitors to the Web Site, to enhance the performance and
usefulness of the Web Site, to report aggregate information to our business
partners, or to audit use of the Web Site. If Web Site Usage Information is
combined with your Personal Information in a manner that it is directly
associated with your identity, then it will be treated as Personal Information
under this Privacy Policy.
Offline Collection from You.
Trinity may also collect Personal Information from you through means other
than the Web Site. This may include offline collection, such as when you submit
a paper application to rent an apartment, make a rent payment by check, or call
or visit the management office at an Trinity managed property. It may also
include e-mails that you send to us separate from the Web Site. This Privacy
Policy does not apply to Personal Information that you provide to us
through means other than the Web Site. However, if we combine the Personal
Information we collect from you outside of the Web Site with Personal
Information that we collect through the Web Site, we will apply this Privacy
Policy to the combined information, unless specifically disclosed
otherwise.
Information Collected from Other Sources.
We may receive Personal Information about you from other sources. For
example, if you are applying for an apartment, condo, corporate housing, or
employment, either via the Web Site or offline, we may obtain information from
third parties about your creditworthiness, among other information, as part of
the application process. This Privacy Policy does not apply to Personal
Information about you that we receive from other sources. However, we may
combine the information we receive from these other sources with Personal
Information we collect through the Web Site. In those cases, we will apply this
Privacy Policy to the combined information, unless specifically disclosed
otherwise.
Children.
The Web Site is not directed to children younger than age thirteen (13). We
do not knowingly collect Personal Information from children under the age of
thirteen (13) on the Web Site and we will delete any information later
determined to be from a person younger than age thirteen (13).
USE OF PERSONAL INFORMATION
We retain and use Personal Information to:
- Provide you with services or process transactions that you have requested.
- Communicate with you regarding information, features or offers that we
believe will be of interest to you
- Respond to your questions or other requests
- Contact you with regard to the Web Site
- Process any applications, payments or changes to your account
information.
- Process other information or Personal Information that you submit through
the Web Site.
- Conduct user surveys
- Contact you regarding a sweepstakes, contest or promotion in which you have
participated.
- Fulfill other purposes disclosed at the time you provide your Personal
Information.
We may also use the information you provide to improve the Web Site
orTrinity’s services, to customize your experience on the Web Site, to serve you
specific content, or for other business purposes.
SHARING OF PERSONAL INFORMATION WITH THIRD PARTIES
We do not share your Personal Information with third parties for those third
parties’ marketing purposes. We may share non-personally identifiable
information, such as Web Site Usage Information or other aggregated user
statistics, with third parties. In addition, we may share your Personal
Information as set forth in this Privacy Policy, in any manner in which you
expressly consent via the Web Site, or in the following circumstances:
Affiliated or Subsidiary Companies.
We may share Personal Information with our affiliated or subsidiary companies
who require access to Personal Information for business purposes related to your
tenancy or to process any application, request, inquiry, or other information or
Personal Information you submit via the Web Site. This includes the owner of any
community where you make application or where you lease, as well as the
management company for such community.
Third parties providing services on our behalf.
We may share your Personal Information with third parties who perform
services on our behalf or on behalf of the owner of one of our properties. This
includes, without limitation, third parties that send communications, process
payments, analyze data, assist with utility billing or renters insurance,
provide credit checks, resident screening, or collection services, provide
marketing assistance, or create, host and/or provide customer service on our
behalf. These third parties may have access to Personal information in order to
provide these services to us or on our behalf.
Legal Requirements and Law Enforcement.
We may disclose Personal Information when we believe in good faith that the
law requires it; at the request of governmental authorities conducting an audit
or investigation; pursuant to a court order, subpoena, or discovery request in
litigation; to verify or enforce compliance with our Terms of Use or other
agreements or policies governing the Web Site and applicable laws, rules, and
regulations; or whenever we believe disclosure is necessary to limit our legal
liability or to protect or enforce the rights, interests, or safety of the Web
Site, its users or other third parties. We also reserve the right to report to
law enforcement agencies any activities that we, in good faith, believe to be
unlawful.
Corporate Change.
We reserve the right to disclose and transfer your Personal Information in
connection with a corporate merger, consolidation, restructuring, financing,
sale of substantially all assets, or other corporate change. In addition, when a
potential buyer is interested in purchasing one of our properties, we may
provide the potential buyer with information about the property and the tenants
who live there, which may include your Personal Information. Upon the sale of
the property in which you live, all of your Personal Information may be
transferred to the purchaser.
UPDATING YOUR INFORMATION
Depending on the functionality associated with the Web Site feature you are
using, you may be able to update portions of your Personal Information on the
Web Site.
Please note that in accordance with our routine corporate recordkeeping
practices, we may delete certain records that contain your Personal Information.
We are under no obligation to store such information indefinitely and disclaim
any liability arising out of, or related to, the destruction of such
information.
SECURITY OF PERSONAL INFORMATION
While we take reasonable steps to secure your Personal Information, no data
transmission over the Internet can be guaranteed to be completely secure.
Likewise, no storage or processing of your Personal Information on the Web Site
or on other servers or databases to which the information may be transferred can
be guaranteed to be completely secure. Please consider this prior to submitting
your Personal Information to us via the Web Site.
THIRD PARTY CONTENT
When you are on the Web Site, certain content may be served by a third party.
These third parties may also drop their own cookies and/or use web beacons or
embedded scripts, which may be used to identify some of your preferences or to
recognize you if you have previously had contact with those third parties. We do
not control the use of such technology by third parties, the information they
collect, or how they use such information.
LINKS TO OTHER WEB SITES
The Web Site may contain links to other web sites whose information practices
may be different from ours. You should consult the specific privacy policies
posted on these sites when linking to them.
PRIVACY POLICY CHANGES
We reserve the right to alter, modify, update, add to, subtract from or
otherwise change this Privacy Policy at any time, which will become effective as
of posting on the Web Site. We will use your Personal Information in a manner
consistent with the Privacy Policy in effect at the time you submitted the
information, unless we receive your consent to the new or revised
policy.
CONSENT TO TRANSFER
The Web Site is operated in the United States. Your Personal Information will
be processed and shared in the United States, where data protection and privacy
regulations may provide different levels of protection compared with non-United
States jurisdictions. If you are located in the European Union, Canada or
elsewhere outside of the United States, please be aware that any information you
provide to us will be transferred to the United States. By using the Web Site or
providing us with your information, you consent to this transfer.
If You do not reside in the U. and are visiting our Site, if You provide
Personal Information to us it may be transferred to and processed on computers
in the U. and other countries. Do not provide Your Personal Information to us if
You do not want this information to be transferred outside of Your country, or
if the laws in Your country restrict these types of transfers. Your provision of
Personal Information to us will be handled in accordance with this Privacy
Policy. From time to time, Your Personal Information may be transferred to a
country different from where you are located, and processed there in accordance
with this Privacy Policy. You hereby consent to such transfers and processing as
described in this Privacy Policy. Your provision of Personal Information to us
through this Site means that you agree to the terms of this Privacy Policy.
QUESTIONS
If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy, you may contact us by
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