Privacy Policy
Homesteps.com Privacy Policy
Freddie Mac recognizes the importance of maintaining the privacy
of personal and financial information. We are committed to privacy
practices that protect the confidentiality and security of this
information. Our information practices for personal and financial
information you enter or that we collect exclusively through your
use of Homesteps.com are set forth below. Freddie Mac does not
collect, store or use any such information that is obtained through
this website, except as described below.
Information We Collect
If you visit our site to read or download information, we collect
and store: the name of the domain and host from which you access
the Internet (such as aol.com); the Internet protocol address
of the host server you are using (such as ww3.aol.com); the name
and version of your Web browser (such as Netscape 4.0); the date
and time you access our site; and, if you came to us through a
link from some other website, the Internet address of the website
from which you linked to us. We do not collect your name or email
address. No information we collect in this way is directly or
indirectly traceable back to a specific person.
We use this information for general statistical modeling, in
order to measure the number of visitors to different pages on
our site and to modify the site in order to make the site more
helpful. We also use this information to monitor network traffic
and to identify unauthorized access or unusual activity on the
site. Third parties may help us use this information as described.
However, we do not sell this information to third party companies
for any purpose.
Information You Provide
If you send us an email or message and provide your name or other
personal and financial information, we may keep this information.
We may use this information to send an answer to your question
or deliver requested information to you. We may use your contact
information in order to provide you information in which we believe
you will be interested. At any time you may request that we no
longer contact you. We also may use information that you provide
to measure general statistics about visits to our site and interest
in particular areas. We do not sell this information to third
party companies. We may disclose information from website visitors
to third parties, such as contractors, consultants and other service
providers, so that the third party can provide a business, professional
or technical support function for the website visitor or for Freddie
Mac. By sending an email or making a request or inquiry, you agree
to permit Freddie Mac to keep and use the information you have
given us consistent with this policy.
If you enter personal and financial information into a financing
or affordability calculator offered on our site – such as
income, the down payment you want to make, the length of a loan
you want, the price of a home you have in mind – that information
is not seen or received by Freddie Mac. The calculator's functions
are performed by your computer. The results are displayed in your
browser and viewable only by you.
If you enter information in an online form to register as a Freddie
Mac supplier or to use business tools, we may keep this information.
We may use the business information that you provide in the registration
in order to verify your eligibility as a supplier or to use the
business tool that you wish to use, or to provide you access to
a service. Information that you provide in this manner also may
be used to measure general statistics about visits to our site
and interest in particular areas. We do not sell the information
you provide in this manner to third party companies. Except as
described in this paragraph, this website privacy policy statement
does not apply to information provided to us by suppliers or any
other business entities, even if the information is transmitted
to us through this website.
Freddie Mac releases buyer, consumer or supplier information
when required by law or regulation, such as to respond to a subpoena
or other judicial process or to comply with requests from our
regulators.
Freddie Mac does not sell or disclose information received concerning
consumers or buyers to third party companies to market third party
products or services.
Security
Freddie Mac has adopted policies and practices designed to protect
the security and confidentiality of buyer and consumer information,
to protect against anticipated threats and hazards to security
and integrity of the information and to protect against unauthorized
access to or use of the information that could result in substantial
harm or inconvenience. Freddie Mac uses a variety of security
measures to protect the information submitted to us through Homesteps.com.
Changes to This Privacy Statement
We reserve the right to revise or change this policy in the future.
Any changes to our policy will be clearly and conspicuously posted
on this section of Homesteps.com.
How to Reach Us
If you have a question about the way that your information is
used or about Freddie Mac's information practices with respect
to this site, please contact
us.
