Hiatus Homes (“Hiatus,” “we,” “our,” or “us”) is committed to protecting your privacy.  This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use and disclose information that identifies or is associated with you (“Personal Information”), and what choices you have with respect to Personal Information.  This Privacy Policy applies to our websites, including hiatushomes.com, and any other website that links to this Privacy Policy (our “Websites”).

Hiatus is the controller responsible for the Personal Information we hold about you. If you have a question about this Privacy Policy or how we use information collected about you, we encourage you to contact us at

By accessing or using our Websites, you signify that you have read, understood and agree to our collection, storage, use and disclosure of your Personal Information as described in this Privacy Policy and our Terms of Use.

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1. INFORMATION WE COLLECT

We collect your Personal Information in a variety of ways:

• Information you provide to us directly.  We may collect Personal Information, such as your name, phone number, location, and email address when you when you sign up for our mailing list or otherwise communicate with us.

• Data collected through the use of our Websites.  We may collect information about how you use the Websites and your actions on the Websites, such as pages visited or time spent on a page.
   

2. OUR USE OF PERSONAL INFORMATION

We may use your information, including your Personal Information, as follows:

• To communicate directly with you, such as to send you email messages;

• To alert you to information and products and Websites offered by Hiatus and our third-party partners;

• To respond to comments, questions or requests for information;
   

3. HOW WE SHARE YOUR INFORMATION

We may share your Personal Information with:

• Service providers. Third-party vendors and other service providers that perform Websites on our behalf, as needed to carry out their work for us, which may include identifying and serving advertisements, marketing and promotional activities, email or mailing services, or providing analytic services;

• Within Hiatus. We may share your information with other companies and brands owned or controlled by Hiatus, and other companies owned by or under common ownership as Hiatus, which also includes our subsidiaries (i.e., any organization we own or control) or our holding company (i.e., any organization that owns or controls us) and any subsidiaries it owns. These companies may use your Personal Information in the same way as we can under this Privacy Policy;

• Business Transfers. We may disclose personal information as part of an organizational business transaction, such as a merger, sale of Hiatus’ assets or shares, reorganization, financing, change of control or acquisition of all or a portion of our business by another company or third party, or in the event of a bankruptcy or related or similar proceedings; and

• Regulatory or Legal Requirements, Safety and Terms Enforcement.  We may disclose your Personal Information to third parties as required by law or subpoena.
   

4. CONTROL OVER YOUR INFORMATION

Profile and Data Sharing Settings.

• You can stop receiving promotional email communications from us by clicking on the “unsubscribe link” provided in such communications. We make every effort to promptly process all unsubscribe requests.

• If you have any questions about reviewing, modifying, or deleting your information, you can contact us directly at privacy@hiatushomes.com.  We may not be able to modify or delete your information in all circumstances.
   

5. HOW WE USE COOKIES AND OTHER TRACKING TECHNOLOGY TO COLLECT INFORMATION

We and our third-party partners automatically collect certain types of usage information when you visit our Websites, read our emails, or otherwise engage with us. We typically collect this information through a variety of tracking technologies, including cookies, Flash objects, web beacons, embedded scripts and similar technology (collectively, “tracking technologies”).  We and our third-party partners use tracking technologies to automatically collect usage and device information, such as:

• Your IP address, browser type, Internet service provider, platform type, device type, operating system, date and time stamp, a unique ID that allows us to uniquely identify your browser, mobile device, and other such information.

• We also collect information about the way you use our Websites, for example, the site from which you came and the site to which you are going when you leave, the pages you visit, the links you click, how frequently you access the Websites, whether you open emails or click the links contained in emails, and other actions you take on our Websites.

• When you access our Websites from a mobile device, we may collect unique identification numbers associated with your device or our mobile application (including, for example, a UDID, Unique ID for Advertisers (“IDFA”), Google AdID, or Windows Advertising ID), mobile carrier, device type, model and manufacturer, mobile device operating system, brand and model, and depending on your mobile device settings, your geographical location data, including GPS coordinates or similar information regarding the location of your mobile device, or we may be able to approximate a device’s location by analyzing other information, like an IP address.

• We may collect analytics data, or use third-party analytics tools such as Google Analytics, to help us measure traffic and usage trends for the Websites and to understand more about our users by monitoring aggregate metrics such as total number of visitors, traffic, usage, and demographic patterns on our Websites. You can learn more about Google’s practices at http://www.google.com/policies/privacy/partners, and view its currently available opt-out options at https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout.

 

We use the following types of cookies:

• Strictly necessary cookies. These cookies enable core functionality such as security, network management and accessibility. You may disable these by changing your browser settings, but this may affect how the Websites function.

• Functionality cookies. These enable a website to remember information that changes the way the website behaves or looks, such as your preferred language or the region that you are in.

• Analytical/performance cookies. These cookies allow us to recognize and count the number of visitors to our Websites, and to see how visitors move around our Websites when they are using them. This helps us to improve the way our Websites work, for example, by ensuring that users are finding what they are looking for easily

• Targeting cookies. These cookies record your visit to our Websites, the pages you have visited and the links you have followed. They are used to track visitors across our Websites. We will use this information to make our Websites and the advertising displayed on it, and the marketing messages we send to you more relevant to your interests. We may also share this information with third parties who provide a service to us for this purpose.

We use or may use the data collected through cookies to: (a) remember information so that you will not have to re-enter it during your visit or the next time you visit our Websites; (b) provide and monitor the effectiveness of our Websites; (c) monitor online usage and activities of our Websites; (d) diagnose errors and problems with our Websites; (e) otherwise plan for and enhance our Websites; and (f) such other purposes as we may determine in our sole discretion. If you would prefer not to accept cookies, most browsers will allow you to: (i) change your browser settings to notify you when you receive a cookie, which lets you choose whether or not to accept it; (ii) disable existing cookies; or (iii) set your browser to automatically reject cookies.

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SMS Marketing Privacy Policy
This SMS Marketing Privacy Policy (“Policy”) describes how Hiatus Homes collects, uses, and shares information when you opt-in to receive text messages as part of our SMS marketing program.

By participating in our SMS marketing program, you consent to the collection, use, and sharing of your information as described in this Policy. If you do not agree with our policies and practices, do not participate in our SMS marketing program.

Information We Collect

When you opt-in to our SMS marketing program, we may collect the following information:
Phone number: We collect your phone number to send you text messages as part of our SMS marketing program.

How We Use Your Information
We may use the information we collect for the following purposes:
To send you marketing messages: We will use your phone number and mobile carrier information to send you text messages as part of our SMS marketing program.

To personalize your experience: We may use the information we collect to personalize the content and advertising that you receive as part of our SMS marketing program.

To improve our services: We may use the information we collect to understand how our SMS marketing program is being used and to improve our services.

Sharing Your Information
We may share your information as follows:
With service providers: We may share your information with service providers that assist us in operating our SMS marketing program.
With third parties for legal purposes: We may disclose your information to third parties if we believe that doing so is required by law or is necessary to protect the rights, property, or safety of Hiatus Homes, our customers, or others.

 

Your Rights and Choices
You have the following rights and choices regarding your information:
Opt-out: You may opt-out of our SMS marketing program at any time by replying “STOP” to any of our text messages.
Access and update your information: You may request access to or correction of your information by contacting us at privacy@hiatushomes.com.

Changes to Our Policy
We may update this Policy from time to time to reflect changes to our information collection, use, and sharing practices. We encourage you to review this Policy whenever you access our SMS marketing program to stay informed about our information practices and your choices.

Contact Us
If you have any questions or concerns about our SMS marketing program or this Policy, please contact us at privacy@hiatushomes.com.
 

6. HOW WE STORE AND PROTECT YOUR INFORMATION

Personal Information collected through our Websites may be stored and processed in the United States or any other country in which our service providers maintain facilities. We care about the security of your information and employ physical, administrative, and technological safeguards designed to preserve the integrity and security of all information collected through our Websites.  However, no security system is impenetrable, and we cannot completely guarantee the security of our systems. In the event that any information under our control is compromised as a result of a breach of security, we will take reasonable steps to investigate the situation and, where appropriate, notify those individuals whose information may have been compromised and take other steps, in accordance with any applicable laws and regulations.

 

7. CHILDREN’S PRIVACY

Hiatus does not knowingly collect or solicit any information from anyone under the age of 13 on our Websites. In the event that we learn that we have inadvertently collected Personal Information from a child under age 13, we will delete that information as quickly as possible.  If you believe that we might have any information from a child under 13, please contact us at privacy@hiatushomes.com.

 

8. LINKS TO THIRD-PARTY WEBSITES AND WEBSITES

Our Websites may contain links to and from third party websites of our business partners, advertisers, and social media sites.  If you follow a link to any of these websites, please note that these websites have their own privacy policies and that we do not accept any responsibility or liability for their policies.  We strongly recommend that you read their privacy policies and terms and conditions of use to understand how they collect, use, and share information. We are not responsible for the privacy practices or the content on the websites of third-party sites.

 

9. REGION-SPECIFIC DISCLOSURES

We may choose or be required by law to provide different or additional disclosures relating to the processing of Personal Information about residents of certain countries, regions or states. Please refer below for disclosures that may be applicable to you:

Your California Privacy Rights. If you are a California resident, California’s “Shine the Light” law (Civil Code Section §1798.83) provides certain rights to California residents that have an established business relationship with us with regard to the disclosure of certain types of personal information to third parties for their direct marketing purposes. To opt-out of having your personal information disclosed to third parties for their direct marketing purposes, please email us at privacy@hiatushomes.com and provide your contact information to be added to our suppression list.

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If you are a resident of the State of Nevada in the United States, Chapter 603A of the Nevada Revised Statutes permits a Nevada resident to opt out of future sales of certain covered information that a website operator has collected or will collect about the resident. To submit such a request, please contact us at privacy@hiatushomes.com and provide your contact information to be added to our suppression list.

 

10. CHANGES TO THIS PRIVACY POLICY

We may modify or update this Privacy Policy from time to time to reflect the changes in our business and practices, and so you should review this page periodically.  When we change the policy in a material manner, we will update the “Last Updated” date above. Continuing to use our Websites after we publish changes to this Privacy Policy means that you are acknowledging and consenting to the changes.

 

11. CONTACT US

For any questions or requests in connection with this Privacy Policy or other privacy-related matters, please send an email to privacy@hiatushomes.com.