Hometta Privacy Policy

1. Introduction.

(i) Welcome to Hometta.com (the “Website”), which is owned and operated by Hometta (“Hometta”) and provides services that include:
(a) an architecture plan marketplace;
(b) an architecture magazine;
(c) a resource library; and 
(d) related services provided on the Website (collectively, (a)-(d) above are the “Services”).
(ii) This Privacy Policy (“Privacy Policy”) identifies and explains the types of information we may gather from users of the Website and/or the Services (individually, a “User” and collectively, the “Users”), along with potential users and uses of that information.
(iii) Hometta reserves the right to change all or a portion of this Privacy Policy at any time with or without individual notice to you, and your continued use of the Services constitutes your binding acceptance of any such changes. Changes to the Privacy Policy shall become effective upon posting to the Website.  You may always review the most current version of our Privacy Policy by accessing the Website.
(iv) Please be advised that use of the Services are subject to and controlled by Hometta’s Terms of Service (“TOS”), which is available at the following address: http://www.hometta.com/terms-of-use/. By using the Services, you evidence your complete and unqualified acceptance of the TOS, which creates a binding contract between us with respect to your duty to comply with the TOS.  All capitalized terms used herein shall have the same meaning as defined in the TOS unless otherwise expressly defined in this Privacy Policy.

2. Information Gathered by Hometta.

(i) Hometta may gather personal information about you that is provided or transmitted by Users. We may also gather aggregated tracking information regarding overall usage of the Services, such as but not limited to tallies of page views and click-through activity and/or the number of messages sent via the Services. This information is used to help us understand how Users are using the Services.
(ii) The following are some but not necessarily all of the methods that may be used to obtain information from and about Users:
(a) Registration: Registration for an account on this Website requires a valid e-mail address, a user name that has not been chosen already, and a password. Please be aware that the user name you choose, or the e-mail address or password that you provide, may render you personally identifiable, and may possibly be displayed on the Website intentionally (depending on the way in which the Website is configured) or unintentionally (subsequent to a successful act of intrusion by a third party). We may also request your name, a postal address, additional e-mail addresses, cell and landline phone numbers, and certain demographic information, such as age and gender. Website operators, including without limitation a Website editor, may also have access to information related to Website operation, including without limitation information that is contained in server log files, such as your IP address, and cookie information.
(b) Payment:  If payment is required for any Services, Hometta will request your name, mailing address, phone number, credit card information and other information to securely process the financial transaction. We shall maintain your e-mail addresses, password and billing information in confidence. However, we will use your personally identifiable information to provide the Services, notify you of technical or billing information, or inform you of changes in the Services.
(c) Cookies: We may obtain information about you by using cookies, which are small data files transferred from a website server to the hard drive of your computer or other network device. Cookie files are commonly used to track the pages on the Website that Users visit. Additionally, we may obtain information about you by using technology that allow us to count the number of Users who have visited a particular page or component of the Website.
(d) Usage Tracking: Hometta may track usage patterns on the Website. As a result, this usage tracking generates only anonymous information. We may also gather information associated with a User’s Internet browser, such as but not limited to browser type, domain name and MIME type. Further, we may track and record “key words” entered into any search functionality on the Website.
(e) Surveys/Polls: Hometta may conduct surveys or polls among Users regarding the Website and/or the Services. We may share information obtained from the surveys and polls with third parties. For polls conducted through the Website, we may use a “tag” system to identify Users who have already voted, thus preventing multiple votes by a single User.
(f) Business Partners: Third-party advertisers on the Website may also employ technology, including without limitation cookies to evaluate traffic and other usage of their ads or other content that may appear on the Website and/or the Services, and the use of such information is controlled by the privacy policies (if any) of such third parties, and not Hometta. Accordingly, Hometta has no responsibility or liability for these independent policies or the actions of such third parties.
(g) Retention of Messages: To the extent permitted or required by applicable law, Users acknowledge and agree that Hometta may, at its sole discretion, make and preserve copies of any and all messages transmitted via the Services for internal back-up and other legal-related or business-related purposes.

3. Uses of the Information by Hometta.

(i) Information obtained by Hometta may be used internally by Hometta and its affiliated companies (“Affiliates”) to evaluate and provide the Services and the Website, and to make improvements thereto.
(ii) Affiliates are companies:
(a) in which Hometta has an ownership interest; 
(b) that have an ownership interest in Hometta;
(c) that merge or consolidate with Hometta, or result from an IPO; or
(d) that are acquired by or acquire Hometta.
(iii) Hometta reserves the right, at its sole discretion, to disclose, sell or otherwise release your personal information to any Affiliate.
(iv) Hometta may also use your personal information to facilitate suspension or termination of a User’s access to or use of the Services.
(v) Hometta reserves the right to disclose your personal information to courts, law enforcement authorities and/or other relevant third parties when such disclosure is necessary or advisable, at Hometta’s sole discretion, to bring legal action or pursue other relief when a User or third party is or may be:
(a) violating the TOS;
(b) causing injury or other harm to, or otherwise violating Hometta’s property or other legal rights, or those of other Users or third parties; or
(c) violating federal, state, local, or other applicable law.

4. Uses of Personal Information & Opt-In/Opt-Out Options.

(i) Hometta may sell, for its own account, or otherwise release, your personal information to related third parties (such as our partners, bankers and advertisers) in order for them to notify you of products and/or services that may be of interest to you, or for any other lawful purpose;
(ii) Hometta may unilaterally issue “return-receipt,” “confirmation of receipt” or similar messages to Recipients and Senders of Messages, which confirm delivery of a Message and/or alert the Sender to existing, new or up-coming features of the Services; and
(iii) Hometta may use your personal information to advise you of new or additional services offered by Hometta and/or its Affiliates; provided that all such correspondence shall alert Users of Opt-Out procedures in order to stop receiving such correspondence.

5. Security.
(i) Hometta has implemented technology and security features and policy guidelines to safeguard the privacy of e-mail messages and customer identifiable information from unauthorized access or improper use.

(ii) We use security practices and systems to protect your personal information that is retained by us, but Hometta cannot guarantee absolute or unqualified protection of this information given the open nature and resulting instability of the Internet and World Wide Web.
(iii) Accordingly, Hometta makes no representations or warranties as to the effectiveness of its security and assumes no liability for security breaches made possible by any failure in its security practices or systems, or any failure in the security of your computer equipment, your ISP or other networks and communications providers.
6. Minors.

This Website is not designated nor intended to collect information from children under the age of 13.  In addition, Hometta does not knowingly collect information from children under the age of 13.  Hometta markets our products and services exclusively to adults.  You may not use the Website or the Services if you are less than 18 years old. 
7. Privacy Policy Contact & Trademark.

Questions regarding this Privacy Policy may be addressed to us from our Contact Us or About pages.

8.  Third Party Privacy Policies. 
The Website may contain links to web sites that are provided and maintained exclusively by third parties web sites provided and maintained by third parties are not subject to this privacy policy. Please review the privacy policies on those web sites to understand their personal information handling practices. We make no representations concerning the privacy policies of these third party web sites.