Your privacy is important to us. Housing Opportunities Unlimited’s policy is to respect your privacy regarding any information we may collect from you across our website, https://housingopportunities.com, and other sites we own and operate.
1. Information we collect
Log data
When you visit our website, our servers may automatically log the standard data your web browser provides. It may include your computer’s Internet Protocol (IP) address, browser type, and version, the pages you visit, the time and date of your visit, the time spent on each page, and other details.
Device data
We may also collect data about your device to access our website. This data may include the device type, operating system, unique identifiers, device settings, and geo-location data. What we collect can depend on the individual settings of your device and software. We recommend checking your device manufacturer’s or software provider’s policies to learn what information they make available to us.
Personal information
We may ask for personal information, such as your:
- Name
- Social media profiles
- Phone/mobile number
- Home/Mailing address
- Work address
No mobile information will be shared with third parties/affiliates for marketing/promotional purposes. All other categories exclude text messaging originator opt-in data and consent; this information will not be shared with any third parties.
2. Legal bases for processing
We will process your personal information lawfully, fairly, and transparently. We only collect and process information about you where we have legal bases.
These legal bases depend on the services you use and how you use them, meaning we collect and use your information only where:
- It’s necessary for the performance of a contract to which you are a party or to take steps at your request before entering into such a contract (for example, when we provide a service you request from us);
- it satisfies a legitimate interest (which is not overridden by your data protection interests), such as for research and development, to market and promote our services, and to protect our legal rights and interests;
- you give us consent to do so for a specific purpose (for example, you might consent to us sending you our newsletter); or
- we need to process your data to comply with a legal obligation.
Where you consent to our use of information about you for a specific purpose, you have the right to change your mind at any time (but this will not affect any processing already taking place).
We don’t keep personal information for longer than is necessary. While we retain this information, we will protect it within commercially acceptable means to prevent loss and theft, as well as unauthorized access, disclosure, copying, use, or modification. That said, we advise that no electronic transmission or storage method is 100% secure and cannot guarantee absolute data security. If necessary, we may retain your personal information to comply with a legal obligation or to protect your vital interests or the vital interests of another natural person.
3. Collection and use of information
We may collect, hold, use, and disclose information for the following purposes, and personal information will not be further processed in a manner that is incompatible with these purposes:
- to allow you to customize or personalize your experience of our website;
- to enable you to access and use our website, associated applications, and associated social media platforms;
- to contact and communicate with you;
- for internal record-keeping and administrative purposes;
- for analytics, market research, and business development, including operating and improving our website, associated applications, and associated social media platforms;
- to run competitions and offer additional benefits to you;
- for advertising and marketing, including sending you promotional information about our products and services and information about third parties that we consider may be of interest to you;
- to comply with our legal obligations and resolve any disputes that we may have; and
- to consider your employment application.
4. Disclosure of personal information to third parties
We may disclose personal information to:
- third-party service providers to enable them to provide their services, including (without limitation) IT service providers, data storage, web-hosting and server providers, debt collectors, maintenance or problem-solving providers, marketing or advertising providers, professional advisors, and payment systems operators;
- our employees, contractors, and related entities;
- credit reporting agencies, courts, tribunals, and regulatory authorities in the event you fail to pay for goods or services we have provided to you;
- courts, tribunals, regulatory authorities, and law enforcement officers, as required by law, in connection with any actual or prospective legal proceedings or to establish, exercise or defend our legal rights;
- third parties, including agents or sub-contractors, who assist us in providing information, products, services, or direct marketing to you; and
- third parties to collect and process data.
5. International transfers of personal information
The personal information we collect is stored and processed in the United States or where our partners, affiliates, and third-party providers maintain facilities. By providing us with your personal information, you consent to the disclosure to these overseas third parties.
We will ensure that any transfer of personal information from countries in the European Economic Area (EEA) to countries outside the EEA will be protected by appropriate safeguards, for example, by using standard data protection clauses approved by the European Commission or the use of binding corporate rules or other legally accepted means.
Where we transfer personal information from a non-EEA country to another country, you acknowledge that third parties in other jurisdictions may not be subject to similar data protection laws to the ones in our jurisdiction. There are risks if any such third party engages in any act or practice that would contravene the data privacy laws in our jurisdiction, and this might mean that you will not be able to seek redress under our jurisdiction’s privacy laws.
6. Your rights and controlling your personal information
Choice and consent: By providing personal information, you consent to us collecting, holding, using, and disclosing your personal data through this privacy policy. If you are under 16 years of age, you must have, and warrant to the extent permitted by law to us, that you have your parent or legal guardian’s permission to access and use the website, and they (your parents or guardian) have consented to you providing us with your personal information. You do not have to provide personal information to us; however, if you do not, it may affect your use of this website or the products and services offered on or through it.
Information from third parties: If we receive personal information about you from a third party, we will protect it as set out in this privacy policy. If you are a third party providing personal information about somebody else, you represent and warrant that you have such a person’s consent to provide the personal information to us.
Restrict: You may restrict the collection or use of your personal information. If you have previously agreed to us using your personal information for direct marketing purposes, you may make changes at any time by contacting us using the details below. If you ask us to restrict or limit how we process your personal information, we will let you know how the restriction affects your use of our website or products and services.
Access and data portability: You may request details of the personal information that we hold about you. You may request a copy of the personal information we hold about you. We will provide this information in a CSV file or other easily readable machine format where possible. You may request that we erase the personal information we hold about you at any time. You may also request that we transfer this personal information to another third party.
Correction: If you believe that any information we hold about you is inaccurate, out of date, incomplete, irrelevant, or misleading, please contact us at communications@housingopportunities.com. We will take reasonable steps to correct any information found to be inaccurate, incomplete, misleading, or out of date.
Notification of data breaches: We will comply with laws applicable to us regarding any data breach.
Complaints: If you believe that we have breached a relevant data protection law and wish to make a complaint, please contact us at communications@housingopportunities.com and provide us with full details of the alleged breach. We will promptly investigate your complaint and respond to you in writing, setting out the outcome of our investigation and the steps we will take to deal with your complaint. You also have the right to contact a regulatory body or data protection authority about your complaint.
Unsubscribe: To unsubscribe from our email database or opt out of communications (including marketing communications), please contact us at communications@housingopportunities.com or opt-out using the opt-out facilities provided in the communication.
7. Cookies
We use “cookies” to collect information about you and your activity across our site. A cookie is a small piece of data that our website stores on your computer and accesses each time you visit, so we can understand how you use our site. This helps us serve you content based on the preferences you have specified. Please refer to our Cookie Policy for more information.
8. Business transfers
If we or our assets are acquired, or in the unlikely event that we go out of business or enter bankruptcy, we would include data among the assets transferred to any parties who acquire us. You acknowledge that such transfers may occur and that any parties who acquire us may continue to use your personal information according to this policy.
9. Limits of our policy
Our website may link to external sites that we do not operate. Please be aware that we have no control over the content and policies of those sites and cannot accept responsibility or liability for their respective privacy practices.
10. Changes to this policy
We may change our privacy policy to reflect acceptable practices at our discretion. We will take reasonable steps to inform users about changes via our website. Your continued use of this site after any changes to this policy will be regarded as acceptance of our practices around privacy and personal information.
If we make a significant change to this privacy policy, for example, changing a lawful basis on which we process your personal information, we will ask you to re-consent to the amended privacy policy.
This policy is effective as of July 20, 2018.
Cookie Policy
We use cookies to help improve your experience of https://housingopportunities.com. This cookie policy is part of Housing Opportunities Unlimited’s privacy policy and covers the use of cookies between your device and our site. We also provide basic information on third-party services we may use, who may also use cookies as part of their service, though our policy does not cover them.
If you don’t wish to accept cookies from us, you should instruct your browser to refuse cookies from https://housingopportunities.com, with the understanding that we may be unable to provide you with some of your desired content and services.
What is a cookie?
A cookie is a small piece of data that a website stores on your device when you visit, typically containing information about the website itself, a unique identifier that allows the site to recognize your web browser when you return, additional data that serves the purpose of the cookie, and the lifespan of the cookie itself.
Cookies enable certain features to track site usage, store your user settings, and personalize your content.
Cookies set by the website you visit usually are called “first party cookies” and typically only track your activity on that particular site. Cookies set by other sites and companies are called “third-party cookies” and can be used to track you on other websites that use the same third-party service.
Types of Cookies and how we use them
Essential cookies
Essential cookies are crucial to your experience of a website, enabling core features like user logins, account management, shopping carts, and payment processing. We use essential cookies to help certain functions on our website.
Performance cookies
Performance cookies track how you use a website during your visit without collecting personal information about you. Typically, this information is anonymous and aggregated with information tracked across all site users to help companies understand visitor usage patterns, identify and diagnose problems or errors their users may encounter, and make better strategic decisions in improving their audience’s overall website experience. These cookies may be set by the website you’re visiting (first-party) or third-party services. We use performance cookies on our site.
Functionality cookies
Functionality cookies collect information about your device and any settings you may configure on the website you’re visiting (like language and timezone settings). This information lets websites provide customized, enhanced, or optimized content and services. These cookies may be set by the website you’re visiting (first-party) or by third-party service. We use functionality cookies for selected features on our site.
Targeting/advertising cookies
Targeting/advertising cookies determine what promotional content is more relevant and appropriate to you and your interests. Websites may use them to deliver targeted advertising or to limit the number of times you see an advertisement. This helps companies improve the effectiveness of their campaigns and the quality of content presented to them. These cookies may be set by the website you’re visiting (first-party) or by third-party services. Targeting/advertising cookies set by third parties may be used to track you on other websites that use the same third-party service. We use targeting/advertising cookies on our site.
Third-party cookies on our site
We may employ third-party companies and individuals on our websites—for example, analytics providers and content partners. We grant these third parties access to selected information to perform specific tasks on our behalf. They may also set third-party cookies to deliver the services they are providing. Third-party cookies can track you on websites using the same third-party service. As we have no control over third-party cookies, they are not covered by Housing Opportunities Unlimited’s cookie policy.
Our third-party privacy promise
We review the privacy policies of all our third-party providers before enlisting their services to ensure their practices align with ours. We will never knowingly include third-party services that compromise or violate the privacy of our users.
How you can control or opt out of cookies
If you do not wish to accept cookies from us, you can instruct your browser to refuse cookies from our website. Most browsers are configured to accept cookies by default, but you can update these settings to either reject cookies altogether or to notify you when a website is trying to set or edit a cookie.
If you browse websites from multiple devices, you may need to update your settings on each device.
Although some cookies can be blocked with little impact on your experience of a website, blocking all cookies may mean you cannot access certain features and content across the sites you visit.