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We
Are Committed to Safeguarding Customer Information
In order to better serve your needs now and in the future, we may ask you
to provide us with certain information. We understand that you may be concerned
about what we will do with such information - particularly any personal
or financial information. We agree that you have a right to know how we
will utilize the personal information you provide to us. Therefore, together
with our subsidiaries we have adopted this Privacy Policy to govern the
use and handling of your personal information.
Applicability
This Privacy Policy governs our use of the information that you provide
to us. It does not govern the manner in which we may use information we
have obtained from any other source, such as information obtained from
a public record or from another person or entity.
Types of Information
Depending upon which of our services you are utilizing, the types of nonpublic
personal information that we may collect include:
Information we receive from you on applications, forms
and in other communications to us, whether in writing, in person, by telephone
or any other means;
Information about your transactions with us, our affiliated companies,
or others; and
Information we receive from a consumer reporting agency.
Use of Information
We request information from you for our own legitimate business purposes
and not for the benefit of any nonaffiliated party. Therefore, we will
not release your information to nonaffiliated parties except: (1) as necessary
for us to provide the product or service you have requested of us; or
(2) as permitted by law. We may, however, store such information indefinitely,
including the period after which any customer relationship has ceased.
Such information may be used for any internal purpose, such as quality
control efforts or customer analysis. We may also provide all of the types
of nonpublic personal information listed above to one or more of our affiliated
companies. Such affiliated companies include financial service providers,
such as title insurers, property and casualty insurers, and trust and
investment advisory companies, or companies involved in real estate services,
such as appraisal companies, home warranty companies and escrow companies.
Furthermore, we may also provide all the information we collect, as described
above, to companies that perform marketing services on our behalf, on
behalf of our affiliated companies or to other financial institutions
with whom we or our affiliated companies have joint marketing agreements.
Former Customers
Even if you are no longer our customer, our Privacy Policy will continue
to apply to you.
Confidentiality and Security
We will use our best efforts to ensure that no unauthorized parties have
access to any of your information. We restrict access to nonpublic personal
information about you to those individuals and entities who need to know
that information to provide products or services to you. We will use our
best efforts to train and oversee our employees and agents to ensure that
your information will be handled responsibly and in accordance with this
Privacy Policy. We currently maintain physical, electronic, and procedural
safeguards that comply with federal regulations to guard your nonpublic
personal information.
Information Obtained Through Our Web Site
The Republic Title Inc. Corporation is sensitive to privacy issues on
the Internet. We believe it is important you know how we treat the information
about you we receive on the Internet.
In general, you can visit Republic Title Inc. or its
affiliates Web sites on the World Wide Web without telling us who you
are or revealing any information about yourself. Our Web servers collect
the domain names, not the e-mail addresses, of visitors. This information
is aggregated to measure the number of visits, average time spent on the
site, pages viewed and similar information. First American uses this information
to measure the use of our site and to develop ideas to improve the content
of our site.
There are times, however, when we may need information
from you, such as your name and email address. When information is needed,
we will use our best efforts to let you know at the time of collection
how we will use the personal information. Usually, the personal information
we collect is used only by us to respond to your inquiry, process an order
or allow you to access specific account/profile information. If you choose
to share any personal information with us, we will only use it in accordance
with the policies outlined above.
Business Relationships
The First American Corporation's site and its affiliates' sites may contain
links to other Web sites. While we try to link only to sites that share
our high standards and respect for privacy, we are not responsible for
the content or the privacy practices employed by other sites.
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