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Privacy Policy

This Privacy Policy describes how your personal information is collected, used, and shared when you visit https://www.equalhousing.org (the “Site”).

Personal information we collect

When you visit the Site, we automatically collect certain information about your device, including information about your web browser, IP address, time zone, and some of the cookies that are installed on your device. Additionally, as you browse the Site, we collect information about the individual web pages or products that you view, what websites or search terms referred you to the Site, and information about how you interact with the Site. We refer to this automatically-collected information as “Device Information.”

We collect Device Information using the following technologies:

    – “Cookies” are data files that are placed on your device or computer and often include an anonymous unique identifier. For more information about cookies, and how to disable cookies, visit http://www.allaboutcookies.org.

    – “Log files” track actions occurring on the Site, and collect data including your IP address, browser type, Internet service provider, referring/exit pages, and date/time stamps.

    – “Web beacons,” “tags,” and “pixels” are electronic files used to record information about how you browse the Site.

Additionally when you fill out a form through the site to “Report Discrimination”, “Become a Tester”, “Get Training”, “Request Publications” or “Ask a General Question” we collect certain information from you, including your name, address, email address, phone number, and information regarding the matter with which you are requesting assistance.  We refer to this information as “Inquiry Information.”

When we talk about “Personal Information” in this Privacy Policy, we are talking both about Device Information and Inquiry Information.

How do we use your personal information?

We use the Inquiry Information that we collect solely to contact you directly regarding the matter with which you are requesting assistance. Inquiry Information is governed by the Housing Equality Center of Pennsylvania’s confidentiality policy which prohibits the disclosure by any employee of confidential identifying information to any third party.

We use the Device Information that we collect to help us screen for potential risk and fraud (in particular, your IP address), and more generally to improve and optimize our Site (for example, by generating analytics about how our constituents browse and interact with the Site, and to assess the success of our marketing and advertising campaigns).

Sharing your personal information

We share your Personal Information with third parties to help us use your Personal Information, as described above. We also use Google Analytics to help us understand how our constituents use the Site–you can read more about how Google uses your Personal Information here:  https://www.google.com/intl/en/policies/privacy/.  You can also opt-out of Google Analytics here:  https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout.

Finally, we may also share your Personal Information to comply with applicable laws and regulations, to respond to a subpoena, search warrant or other lawful request for information we receive, or to otherwise protect our rights.

Do not track

Please note that we do not alter our Site’s data collection and use practices when we see a Do Not Track signal from your browser.

Data retention

When you place an inquiry through the Site, we will maintain your Inquiry Information for our records unless and until you ask us to delete this information.

Changes

We may update this privacy policy from time to time in order to reflect, for example, changes to our practices or for other operational, legal or regulatory reasons.

Contact us

For more information about our privacy practices, if you have questions, or if you would like to make a complaint, please contact us by e-mail at info@equalhousing.org.