Lifestyles Realty, Inc. Privacy
Policy
We at Lifestyles Realty, Inc/LifestylesQuest
(LRI) recognize the importance of protecting the privacy of certain information
("Information") collected about our customers and prospective customers (collectively
referred to as "Customers," "you" or "your"). This privacy statement discloses what
information we gather, how we use it, and how to correct or change it. At Lifestyles
Realty, Inc., it is our intention to give you an understanding about how we collect
your Information and the use we make of it in the course of our business.
Lifestyles Realty, Inc/LifestylesQuest
gathers two types of information about Customers: data that Customers provide through
optional, voluntary registration on our sites; and data LRI gathers through aggregated
tracking, mainly by tallying page views throughout our sites. Such information enables
us to tailor our content to fit our Customers' needs better and to help us understand
our audience. However, be assured that Lifestyles Realty, Inc/LifestylesQuest
will not disclose personal Information to third parties without your consent, except
as may be noted in this Privacy Policy or disclosed to you when the Information
is submitted.
What is an IP address? An IP address
is a unique number that is automatically assigned to your computer whenever you're
surfing the Internet so that your computer can be identified by the main computers,
known as "Servers or Web Servers."
Lifestyles Realty, Inc/LifestylesQuest
and/or its affiliates may collect IP addresses for the purposes of system administration,
to report aggregated information to our advertisers, and to audit the use of our
site. When customers request pages from Lifestyles Realty, Inc/LifestylesQuest
and/or its affiliates' sites, our servers log the customers' IP addresses. We do
not normally link IP addresses to anything personally identifiable, which means
that a Customer’s session will be logged, but the Customer will remain anonymous
to us. We can and will use IP addresses to identify a Customer when we feel it is
necessary to enforce compliance with our site terms of use or terms of service or
to protect our service, site, customers or others.
What are cookies? Cookies are small pieces
of information that a Web site sends to your computer for record-keeping purposes,
which information is stored in a file on your computer. Cookies make Web surfing
easier for you by saving your preferences so that we can use the saved information
to facilitate your use of our Web site when you return to the site. Cookies do not
tell us your individual identity unless you have chosen to provide it to us. We
never save passwords or credit card information in cookies. The use of cookies is
an industry standard, and as such, you'll find that most major Web sites use them.
By showing how and when Customers use a
site, cookies help us see which areas are popular and which are not. Many improvements
and updates to the site are based on such data as total number of visitors and pages
viewed. This information is much easier to track with cookies. We use the information
from cookies to provide services better tailored to our Customers' needs.
Most cookies will expire after a defined
period of time, or you can delete your cookie file at any time. Most browsers are
initially set up to accept cookies. You can reset your browser to refuse all cookies
or indicate when a cookie is being sent. However, note that some areas of our site
and/or our affiliates' services may not function properly or may be considerably
slower if you refuse cookies. For example, without cookies, you will not be able
to set personalized preferences, and/or may have difficulty completing marketing
transactions.
Lifestyles Realty, Inc/LifestylesQuest
and/or its affiliates have two primary uses for its cookies. First, we use them
to specify a Customer’s preferences. For example, Customers can specify keywords
across several categories or markets so you don't have to tell us repeatedly what
you want or need. Second, we use cookies to track Customers' Web site usage trends
and patterns. This helps us understand our Customers' needs better and improve areas
of Lifestyles Realty, Inc/LifestylesQuest
and/or its affiliates’ services that our Customers find valuable. While both of
these activities depend on the use of cookies, you have the option of disabling
the cookies via your browser preferences.
You may occasionally get cookies from our
advertisers. Lifestyles Realty, Inc/LifestylesQuest
and/or its affiliates do not control these cookies. The use of advertising cookies
sent by third-party servers is standard in the Internet industry.
As a general rule, Lifestyles Realty, Inc/LifestylesQuest will not disclose any specific
personal information that you submit to us about you ("Personal Information") in
a manner that connects you with the Personal Information, except when we have your
permission or under special circumstances, such as when we believe in good faith
that the law requires it or under the circumstances described below. The following
describes some of the ways that your Personal Information may be disclosed.
Lifestyles Realty, Inc. may disclose some
or all of your Personal Information to business partners or sponsors, but this use
will be specifically described to you prior to data collection or prior to transferring
the data. Many promotions offer opportunities to request additional information
from sponsors. By requesting more information, you give Lifestyles Realty, Inc.
permission to transfer your Personal Information to the sponsor so they can fulfill
your request. In many instances, only your e-mail address will be shared. If more
Personal Information will be shared with the sponsor, you will be notified prior
to the transfer.
From time to time, you may be offered the
opportunity to receive materials or special offers from third parties. If you opt
to receive information from these third parties, Lifestyles Realty, Inc/LifestylesQuest
will (with your permission) share your name and e-mail address with such third parties.
Under confidentiality agreements, Lifestyles Realty, Inc/
LifestylesQuest may match Personal Information with third party
data. Also, Lifestyles Realty, Inc/LifestylesQuest
may keep track of what portions of the Web site Customers are visiting and other
Customer statistics, and aggregate this information to help us create a better experience
for users of our Web site. This is all done without knowing your name or other Personal
Information in order to describe our viewers and services to prospective partners,
advertisers, and other third parties, and for other lawful purposes.
Lifestyles Realty, Inc/LifestylesQuest
may also disclose account Information in special cases when we have reason to believe
that disclosing this Information is necessary to identify, contact or bring legal
action against someone who may be violating Lifestyles Realty, Inc/LifestylesQuest
terms of service, or may be causing
injury to or interference (either intentionally or unintentionally) with any of
Lifestyles Realty, Inc/LifestylesQuest rights
or property, other Lifestyles Realty, Inc/LifestylesQuest
Customers, or anyone else Lifestyles Realty, Inc/LifestylesQuest
may disclose or access account Information when we believe in good faith that the
law requires it and for administrative and other purposes that we deem necessary
to maintain, service, and improve our products and services.
If a Customer wishes to update Personal
Information herein for any reason, he/she may e-mail the requested change to: quest@luinc.com
You should be aware that when you are on
Lifestyles Realty, Inc/LifestylesQuest and/or
its affiliates' sites you could hyperlink or be directed to other sites that are
beyond our control and/or outside our service. For example, if you "click" on a
banner advertisement or through a search result, the "click" may transfer you off
the LRI site. These other sites may include sites of advertisers, sponsors, pop-ups
and/or partners. These other sites may send their own cookies to Customers, collect
data, or solicit Information. This action is outside of our control.
Lifestyles Realty, Inc/LifestylesQuest
and its affiliates do not control such sites, and, therefore, are not responsible
for their contents or the hyperlinks or advertising they choose to place on such
sites. Lifestyles Realty, Inc/ LifestylesQuest’s
inclusion of any hyperlinks to other web sites does not imply any endorsement of
the material on such sites or any association with these site operators. Lifestyles
Realty, Inc/LifestylesQuest’s policy does
not extend to anything that is inherent in the operation of the Internet, which
is not under Lifestyles Realty, Inc/LifestylesQuest’s
control.
Please keep in mind that whenever you give
out information online that information can be collected and used by people you
don't know. Lifestyles Realty, Inc. and its affiliates strive to protect their Customers'
information and privacy, we cannot guarantee the security of any information you
disclose online. You disclose such information at your own risk.
The security of all information associated
with our Customers is an important concern to us. We exercise great care in providing
secure transmission of your information from your computer to our servers. Unfortunately,
no data transmission over the Internet can be guaranteed to be 100% secure. As a
result, while we strive to protect your information, Lifestyles Realty, Inc/LifestylesQuest and its affiliates can't
ensure or warrant the security of any information you transmit to us or from our
online products or services, and you do so at your own risk. Once we receive your
transmission, Lifestyles Realty, Inc/LifestylesQuest
uses industry standard efforts to safeguard the confidentiality of your information,
such as firewalls and Secure Socket Layers. However, "perfect security" does not
exist on the Internet.
By using this site, you signify your agreement
to Lifestyles Realty, Inc/LifestylesQuest
Privacy Policy. IF YOU DO NOT AGREE WITH THIS POLICY, PLEASE
DO NOT USE THIS SITE. Your continued use of Lifestyles Realty, Inc/LifestylesQuest’s and/or its affiliates'
sites following the review of these terms will mean you accept these terms.