Privacy and Security Statement

We take your privacy seriously. Because we gather certain types of information about users we want to help you understand the terms and conditions surrounding the collection and use of that information. This privacy statement discloses the types of information gather, how we use it, and how to correct or change it. These privacy practices apply to the Web site that you were viewing when you clicked through to this policy, which is operated by us directly, our partners, or our affiliates.

Our primary goal in collecting personal information is to provide you with the best and useful content and services.

Your Internet browser has a feature called "cookies" which stores small amounts of do your computer about your visit to our site. You do not need to have cookies turned on to visit our site, although active participation in certain areas of our site require cookies. Cookies alone tell us nothing about who you are unless you specifically give us personally identifiable information when you apply on our site, in which case we use the information to enhance your services in the ways described below. You may elect not to allow cookies to be collected by adjusting your settings on your browser.

We use technologies, including electronic images known as Web bugs-sometimes called transparent GIFs, clear GIFs, or beacons-that allow us to track general user traffic patterns. We also automatically receive and record information from our servers and from your browser, including your IP address, the time of your visit to pages on our site, and information about pages you visited. Unless you have applied for one of our services, the information we gather through the use of tracking technologies cannot be matched with any personally identifiable information about you unless you have specifically given us personally identifiable information, in which case we use the information to enhance your services in the way described below. Keeping count of return visits to our site or our advertisers' or partners' sites. Accumulating and reporting anonymous, aggregate (data collected in mass), statistical information on Web site and advertisement usage. Determining which features our overall user population likes best.

We may allow other companies that may present advertisements on our site. We do not give any personally identifiable information to them as part of this relationship. Unless you visit the website of these companies and provide them with personally identifiable information yourself, these tracking technologies tell those advertisers nothing about who you are, and advertisers' use of tracking technology is subject to their own privacy policies.

We use the information we gather for four general purposes:

• To customize the advertising and content you see
• To enhance the user experience in our site. We use tracking information to determine how well each page performs overall based on aggregateuser demographics and traffic patterns to those pages. This helps us continue to build better service for you.
• To fulfill your requests for certain products and services
• To send you information you agreed to receive about topics we think will be of interest to you

We will make your personally identifiable information available to other companies or when:

• We have your consent to share the information
• We have engaged companies to work with us or on our behalf to provide a professional service that you have requested, such as home repairs, home rentals, property acquisitions, and 'other' services described in our site.

We respond to subpoenas, court orders, or legal process; or we believe that your actions violate applicable laws, Houseworks Terms of Use, or any usage guidelines for specific products or services, or threaten the rights, property, or safety of our company, our users, or others.

We aggregate personally identifiable information and disclose such information in a non personally identifiable manner to advertisers and other third parties for marketing, promotional, and other purposes. We do not disclose to these entities any information could be used to identify you personally.

We are always seeking to improve our network of Web site and our business. In accomplishing these objectives, we may buy or sell a company. or one or more of the companies in our corporate family may merge with or be acquired by another company. If we sell a business, we may transfer some or all of your information as a part of the sale in order that the service being provided to you may continue or for other business purposes.

Users who would rather not provide any of the user data requested by our application process do not need to apply to use our services. You can still view much of the content and the use of the services offered by our site without applying.

Opting not to provide certain personal information when applying on our site, provided, however that you may not be able to utilize certain of our products or services without providing us with certain information.

You can correct or change the information collected during application for any of our services. Users may change information at any time and as often as necessary. Users who are experiencing problems with our services or who have questions about how our services work can contact us using the e-mail address at the bottom of this page. Currently, we do not offer users means by which to completely delete personal information established at the time of application.

info@house-works.net
www.house-works.net (application page)

Any modifications to our privacy practices will be reflected first within this area of our of Web site. If there is a material change in our privacy practices, we will indicate on our site that our privacy practices have changed and provide a link to the new privacy statement. If we are going to be using the information collected from users in a manner materially different from that stated at the time of collection, we will send affected users written notice by email of the change.

Our network of sites is not directed to children under the age of 18. We operate our site in compliance with the Children's Online Privacy Protection Act and do not permit registration by, and will not knowingly collect or use personally identifiable information to anyone under 18 years of age. This requirement is clearly posted during the application page of our site.

Questions regarding this privacy statement, or regarding any other aspects of our Web site should be sent via e-mail to info@house-works.net or to our corporate office at 1090 Vista Trail, Atlanta, GA 30324. We read every message submitted and try to reply promptly to every one. We may also file your comments to improve the site or review and discard the information.

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