Information We Collect from You
AmericanLandlord.com, a service of the AmerUSA Corporation (“AmericanLandlord.com”), allows us to collect your personal information for comments and forum posts such as name, email address and IP address. NOTE: We strongly advise against posting any personally identifiable information when commenting on public articles or forums.
What Security Measures We Take
While AmericanLandlord.com collects minimal user data (typically only when provided regarding comments or forum posts) AmericanLandlord.com takes precautions to secure your personal information and has controls in place to limit access to and secure the data maintained on our servers.
How We Use Your Information
If you indicate to us that you are interested in receiving information regarding other products and services your name and e-mail address may be shared with a third party in order to present these offers to you. Personal information that is shared with these entities will be monitored in accordance with our security and confidentiality policies. If you prefer not to receive such information, you may indicate your preference by marking the appropriate box when you register, place an order or update your account information, and AmericanLandlord.com will not send you any promotional materials.
Third Parties
If you indicated to us when you registered, placed an order or updated your account that you were interested in receiving information about products and services provided by AmericanLandlord.com, your name and email address may be shared with a third party in order to present these offers to you. These entities are only allowed to use shared information for the intended purpose only and will be monitored in accordance with our security and confidentiality policies. In the event you indicate that you want to receive offers from AmericanLandlord.com, your information may be used to serve relevant ads to you when you visit the site. AmericanLandlord.com also may disclose your personal information to third parties in the good faith belief that such action is necessary in order to comply with, or be responsive to, legal process served on us (such as a subpoena), or if we believe such disclosure is necessary to protect and defend the rights, property or safety of AmericanLandlord.com, our users or others. In addition, we may disclose your personal information to consultants, agents and advisors, such as attorneys and accountants, in the good faith belief that such disclosure is within the scope of their professional duties to AmericanLandlord.com and with the understanding that such professionals will abide by our security and confidentiality policies.
Collection of Anonymous Data
In order to enhance the usefulness of our Web site and our products and services, AmericanLandlord.com will collect data about our customers’ use of our Web site, in a manner that does not include any personally identifiable information. While you browse the AmericanLandlord.com Web site, we note which pages of our site you visit and note the IP address of your computer (as all Web sites do automatically), but we do not link that address information to your personal information. The general information we gather enables us to serve our customers better by continually enhancing our site based on up-to-date use patterns.
Notification of Changes
AmericanLandlord.com may amend this privacy policy at any time, but will notify users in advance of any material change, by posting a notice of the change in a prominent position on the home page of the AmericanLandlord.com Web site. If the amendment would permit us to share your personal information with third parties in a manner materially different than described in this privacy policy, unless required by law or court order or in order to safeguard the operations of our site or our customers, you will be given an opportunity to inform us that you do not consent to such sharing of your personal information.
Possible Acquisition
In the event of an acquisition of all or part of AmericanLandlord.com by another company, or in the event that AmericanLandlord.com were to sell or dispose of all or a part of the business, the acquirer would have access to the information maintained by AmericanLandlord.com, which could include your personal information, subject to applicable law. The acquirer’s privacy policy might be different than AmericanLandlord.com’s privacy policy, or the acquirer might choose to amend AmericanLandlord.com’s privacy policy. You will be notified by email if, as a result of such acquisition, this privacy policy is materially changed or if the acquirer’s privacy policy is materially different than this privacy policy. In connection with such notice, you will be given an opportunity to inform the acquirer that you do not consent to the use or disclosure by the acquirer of your personal information in accordance with such new or revised privacy policy.
Use of Cookies
AmericanLandlord.com uses “cookies,” which are pieces of information that a Web site transfers to your computer’s hard disk for record keeping purposes, to facilitate your access to our products and services. AmericanLandlord.com uses cookies in accordance with industry-standard protocols, and does not use cookies, either directly or in conjunction with other Web sites, to track your movement to Web sites other than the AmericanLandlord.com Website. If you would like more information about cookies, you can visit http://www.cookiecentral.com/n_cookie_faq.htm. AmericanLandlord.com uses two different types of cookies. One type of cookie is used so that our site “recognizes” you each time you return using the same computer, and you do not have to re-enter all your personal information on each visit. You can set your Web browser to refuse to accept this cookie, or delete this type of cookie from your hard drive, and still access our products and services, as long as you re-enter information each time you visit. The second type of cookie is needed so that we can process each step of your transactions with us. If you refuse to accept this type of cookie, you will not be able to access our products and services. Most Web browsers automatically delete this type of cookie when you terminate your session.
We may use third-party advertising companies to serve ads on our site or on other sites which we use for advertising. These companies may employ cookies and action tags (also known as single pixel gifs or web beacons) to measure advertising effectiveness; and they are not authorized to use the information we share with them for any other purpose. Any information that these third parties collect via cookies and action tags is completely anonymous.
Links to Other Web Sites
Some pages on the AmericanLandlord.com Web site may contain links to other web sites. Please note that when you click on one of these links, you are moving to another Web site. We encourage you to read the privacy statements of these linked sites as their privacy policy may differ from ours.
Policy Regarding Children
We define children as individuals under the age of 18. Our Web Site is not intended for the use of children and we do not intend to collect information about children through our Web Site. You must be at least 18 to use this website.