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IowaRealty.com knows how important your personal
privacy is to you. We recognize that you expect privacy and security
when it comes to information that personally identifies you and allows
you to be individually contacted ("Personal Information").
IowaRealty.com has adopted the following privacy policy
because we understand the need to safeguard the information you may be
providing to us at our web site.
 Why we request information about you.
IowaRealty.com offers a variety of programs and services to you from personalized
home searches to online mortgage applications. We collect and retain information
about you only when we believe it will help us provide you with the services
and products that you desire.
When you sign up for our personalized home search,
we may use that information to occasionally notify you about important
functionality changes to our web site, new IowaRealty.com products or
services, and special offers we think you'll find valuable. If you would
rather not receive this information, please contact our webmaster.
When you request other information from us through
our various order forms, we need to know your name, e-mail address, mailing
address and telephone numbers so we can be sure to get in touch with you
when and how you ask us to. For instance, when you apply for an on-line
mortgage loan, we need to know your name, social security number, e-mail
address, mailing address, income, debt and asset information. This information
is necessary to process your mortgage application and to obtain your credit
report. We will not obtain your credit report without your authorization,
but we cannot approve you for a mortgage loan without it. We can, however,
pre-qualify you for a mortgage loan without your credit report.
How we protect your financial information
When you apply for an on-line mortgage loan, we offer the use of a secure
server. The secure server software (SSL) encrypts all information you
input before it is sent to us. You can tell you're protected by the small
lock symbol in the corner of your Internet browser. The information we
receive from you also is protected against unauthorized access once we
receive it. We limit access to your information to employees who have
a business reason for accessing it. We also educate our employees about
the importance of your privacy through our educational programs and company
policies.
We use "cookies"
Cookies are small pieces of information that are stored by your browser
on your computer's hard drive. Our cookies allow us to welcome you back
to our site and provide you with your personalized home searches. Most
web browsers automatically accept cookies, but you can change your browser
to prevent cookies from being placed on your computer without your consent.
You can still use our regular home search feature and every other function
on our site even though your computer will not accept cookies. Display
ads on our site may also contain cookies. Our advertising company collects
cookies received with ads, and we do not have access to this information.
Some customer data may be shared with the advertising companies. Cookies,
by themselves, cannot be used to discover your identity and we have no
way of knowing your identity unless you tell us.
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