Privacy Policy

Your privacy is important to us. To better protect your privacy, DiscoverHousing.com provides this Privacy Policy explaining our information practices and the choices you can make about the way your information is collected and used. All capitalized terms not defined in this Privacy Policy shall have the meanings assigned to them in the Terms and Conditions for use of the Website, located at https://DiscoverHousing.com.com/terms-of-use. Those terms and conditions are to be read in conjunction with and are incorporated by reference into this Privacy Policy.

The Information We Collect

We obtain personal information about you from a variety of sources. This includes personal information you provide to us directly, information we obtain from other sources, and information we gather through automated means.

Information you provide to us. When you register for or participate in certain services, seek access to certain content or features, or directly correspond with us, we may collect certain types of information from you:

  • Contact information
    • Name
    • Postal address
    • Email address
    • Telephone and/or mobile numbers);
    • Occupational data (such as profession, position, title, industry; and business address)
  • Username and password when you register through our Services;
  • Reviews, comments, and/or surveys; and
  • Other information you may provide to us, such as through our “Submit a Request” or “Contact Us” feature.

 

If you are a Professional, we may also ask for additional information, such as relevant professional licensing numbers, an MLS ID#, or NAR Member ID.

Information obtained from other sources. We may obtain personal information about you in connection with the Services from publicly and commercially available sources and from our Move affiliates and/or business partners (such as advertising networks or social networking services), including:

  • Demographic data (such as gender, age range, educational level, household income range, number of children in household, ethnicity to the extent permitted);
  • Purchasing data, including information about advertisements you have seen or acted upon and information about your interaction with advertisers’ products and services;

 

Information Collected by Automated Means Through Our Services. We may gather by automated means (such as cookies, web beacons, web server logs, JavaScript and other similar technologies) certain information through our Services:

  • Your Internet Protocol (IP) address;
  • Device information, including unique identifiers and connection information, including mobile device advertising IDs (e.g., Apple’s IDFA or Google’s AAID) and the means of internet connection (e.g., WiFi connection, ISP) that can identify the physical location of such devices, in accordance with applicable law;
  • Your device type and settings, software used, browser type and operating system; Websites or other services you visited before and after visiting the Services (referring URL);
  • Web pages and advertisements you view and links you click on within, and what search queries you may have run on, the Services ;
  • Viewing behavior, including the content you view, how long you view content, the quality of the service you receive, and advertisements you have been shown or interacted with;
  • Dates and times you access or use the Services;
  • Location information, including the city, state and zip code associated with your IP Address, information derived through WiFi triangulation, and precise location information from GPS-based functionality on your mobile apps, with your consent;

How We Use the Information

We may share your personal information with:

Our Subsidiaries and Affiliated Businesses. Our subsidiaries and affiliated businesses may use your personal information consistent with this Privacy Notice. Those businesses may also use your personal information for each of their own purposes, including marketing purposes.

With our Service Providers. With third parties who perform services on our behalf.

With our Clients or Business Partners. With our third-party clients or business partners, such as realtors, landlords, retailers, lenders, and other Professionals to facilitate your requests, and other third parties for their own commercial or marketing purposes, such as to serve targeted advertisements.

For Legal Requirements and Proceedings. We may disclose information to law enforcement authorities or other government officials if we are required to do so to comply with subpoenas, court orders, legal processes or other law enforcement or other government measures, and to comply with other legal obligations. We may also disclose information if we believe disclosure is necessary or appropriate in connection with an investigation of suspected or actual fraudulent or illegal activity.

To Protect our Services and Users. We may disclose information to protect and defend the rights, interests and safety of the Services, our subsidiaries and affiliates, and their employees, contractors and agents; to protect the security and safety of our users of the Services, including when we believe disclosure is necessary or appropriate to prevent physical harm or financial loss.

For Business Transfers. In the event of a proposed or completed sale or transfer of all or a portion of our business or assets (including in the event of a reorganization, dissolution or liquidation).

With Your Consent. We may share your information with select third-party partners with your consent or at your direction so they can send you promotions, ads or offers about their services or products that you may be interested in. If you choose to opt in to receiving communications from that third-party advertiser by providing your explicit consent, the third-party advertiser will manage your personal information pursuant to their own privacy policy.

Non-personal Information. When the information collected from or about you is not defined as personal information under applicable law, we may share such non-personal, de-identified information or aggregated information with third parties at our discretion.

Although DiscoverHousing.com takes appropriate measures to safeguard against unauthorized disclosures of information, we cannot assure you that personally identifiable information that we collect will never be disclosed in a manner that is inconsistent with this Privacy Policy or as otherwise permitted by law.

On occasion, DiscoverHousing.com may disclose personally identifiable information to companies whose practices are not covered by this Privacy Policy (e.g., marketers, magazine publishers, retailers, participatory databases, and non-profit organizations) that want to market products or services to you.

DiscoverHousing.com may, on occasion, combine information we receive online with outside records to enhance our ability to market to you those products or services that may be of interest to you.

Collection of Information by Third-Party Sites and Sponsors

The Website may contain links to other sites whose information practices may be different from ours. Users should consult the other sites’ privacy policies as DiscoverHousing.com has no control over information that is submitted to, or collected by, these third parties. Privacy choices you have made on a third-party site or platform will not apply to our use of the information we have collected directly. Our site contains links to other sites. We encourage you to read the privacy policy of any linked sites.

The Website covered by this Privacy Policy sometimes may offer content which is co-branded with third parties (the “Co-Branded Content”). By virtue of these relationships, the third parties may obtain personally identifiable information that visitors voluntarily submit to use the Co-Branded Content. DiscoverHousing.com has no control over third party use of this information. We encourage you to read the privacy policy of the sites containing Co-Branded Content.

DiscoverHousing.com may use a reputable third party to present or serve the advertisements that you may see at our Website. Our Privacy Policy does not cover any use of information that a third-party ad server may have collected from you. We encourage you to read the privacy policy of any third-party ad sites.

Cookies

To enhance your experience with our Website, many of our web pages use “cookies.” Cookies are text files we place in your computer’s browser to store your preferences. Cookies, by themselves, do not tell us your e-mail address or other personally identifiable information unless you choose to provide this information to us by, for example, registering at our Website. However, once you choose to furnish personal information to the Website, this information may be linked to the data stored in the cookie.
DiscoverHousing.com uses cookies to understand site usage and to improve the content and offerings on our Website. For example, DiscoverHousing.com may use cookies to personalize your experience at our web pages (e.g., to recognize you by name when you return to our Website). DiscoverHousing.com may also use cookies to offer you products, programs, or Services.
This Privacy Policy is effective as of January 2023. DiscoverHousing.com reserves the right to amend this Privacy Policy at any time for any reason. Amendments to this Privacy Policy will be posted to this site.

How to Contact Us

If you have any questions or concerns about this Privacy Policy or its implementation you may contact us at DiscoverHousing.com, 9130 Irvine Center Dr, Irvine, CA 92618 or info@discoverhousing.com.