Privacy Statement

BRAUSTIN HOMES PRIVACY POLICY

Last Revised: September 11, 2023

Privacy Policy – Summary

At Braustin Homes, we are committed to protecting user privacy. Therefore, we have created and are maintaining an ongoing privacy compliance framework that enables users to access and exercise their privacy rights.

This policy explains what information we collect, how we use it, who we share it with, and what options you have about certain uses. Key elements of our full privacy policy are summarized below for your convenience. However, the full version of our privacy policy is the legally binding one.

During your visit to our websites, we will collect information about your visit, your interaction with content, the site from which you came and the one to which you are headed, and some technical information about the device and system from which you are accessing the services. When you use our services, we may ask you to provide sensitive Personal Information, such as your credit score category. We use such information to customize your experience and provide you with our product offers.

Our data collection practices comply with applicable laws. Specifically we comply with the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act to the extent it is applicable to our use, and sharing practices. In some states in the US, our processing of information may raise additional privacy rights. Vermont residents should note that we will not share nonpublic Personal Information with unaffiliated third parties without their consent, except as permitted by law, and we will not share credit scores with our affiliates, to the extent such are collected. Residents of states that have state privacy regulations should also review their state specific privacy notices.

We use the information collected on our websites to provide the services you request, to improve the services over time, to measure analytics, statistics, and to sync and resolve payment issues with our Partners (as described in section 3.2 below).

We will not share your information unless we are required to by law, or as required to provide you with our website and services, or if we receive your consent to such data sharing.

The Site may link to third party websites, we are not responsible for the privacy practices of such third parties and you should review their privacy policies of such sites when you access them.

We strongly encourage you to read, understand and revisit our full privacy policy from time to time. You can jump to a particular topic by clicking the following links:

Overview

You are visiting a website owned and operated by Braustin Homes, Inc. Braustin Homes, Inc and its subsidiaries (collectively, “Braustin Homes”, “us”, “we”, or “our”) are committed to maintaining your confidence and trust as it relates to the privacy and usage of your information. Please read below and learn how we collect, protect, share, and use your information as part of our technology platforms, and all of our products and services.

This Privacy Policy applies to https://www.braustin.com and all websites and mobile apps owned and operated by Braustin Homes on which this privacy policy is displayed (such websites and apps referred to hereafter as the “Website(s)” or “Site(s)”, whether individually or collectively, or collectively as “Services”) as well as Braustin Homes affiliates. This Privacy Policy forms an integral part of the Site’s Terms of Use Agreement (the “Terms”). Any capitalized term in this Privacy Policy that was not defined, will have the meaning given to it in the Terms.

By using the Site, you agree to the terms of this Privacy Policy. Please read this entire Privacy Policy before using or submitting information to us through this Site or any online resource. Whenever you submit information via this Site, you consent to the collection, processing, use and disclosure of such information in accordance with this Privacy Policy. If you do not agree to this Privacy Policy, you are not permitted to access or use the Site.

For purposes of this Privacy Policy, “Personal Information” shall mean any information by which you can be individually identified directly or in conjunction with other publicly available information, including, but not limited to your name, address, email address, telephone number, and any financial information you may provide for purposes of completing a transaction with Braustin Homes. This Privacy Policy does not apply to information collected from offline resources and communications, except in cases where such information is consolidated with Personal Information collected by Braustin Homes through this Site. This Privacy Policy does not apply to any third-party websites linked to this Site. Braustin Homes is not responsible for the privacy practices or the content of these third-party sites.

Notice to California Residents (Click here to learn more about your California Privacy Rights and for our Notice of Collection of Personal Information).

Consumer Privacy Disclosure (Click here for additional information regarding our handling of financial information and your choices with respect to such information).

Cookies and IBA Policy (Click here to learn more about how we use Cookies and how to opt-out of target advertising)

DISCLAIMER: The content appearing on any Braustin Homes websites, this Site, or other web-based resources is presented exclusively for informational purposes. You understand and agree Braustin Homes does not use this Site to provide medical advice, financial advice, or legal advice, and you should not assume information submitted through this Site is subject to health, financial or legal privacy laws or regulations. You will not rely on any statements made on this Site as though it were professional advice.

Categories Of Information We Collect

Identifying Information: We collect information that could identify you such as your name, street address, telephone number, mobile number, email address, information collected from cookies or other tracking technologies, and other information necessary to interact with our Services. We may also collect this type of information from you about others, such as co-purchasers.

Financial Information: Such as, annual income, employment information, and information about other sources of income. We may also collect your credit history and credit scores in the course of processing any request for our products and providing you with estimated costs. For additional information relating to your choices about financial information specifically, see our Consumer Privacy Disclosure.

Other Information: We also collect information such as, data about your online activity and other information that is not used to identify you.

How We Collect Information

  • Information provided by you: You provide your personal information when you interact with us, such as when you request for information about our services, make loan inquiries, fill in forms, or communicate with us.
  • Information from third parties: Information is cullected from credit bureaus, lead generators and other partners who may have data on your financial profile, home, or other demographic information.
  • Information from cookies and other tracking technologies: We use cookies, web beacons, and similar technologies to record your preferences, track the use of our Site and collect information. This information may include internet protocol (IP) addresses, browser type, internet service provider (ISP), referring/exit pages, operating system, date/time stamp, and/or clickstream data. We may combine this automatically collected log information with other information we collect about you. You may choose to set your web browser to refuse cookies, or to alert you when cookies are being sent. If you do so, please note that some parts of our Site may not function properly.

How We Use Information

Any Personal Information collected by Braustin Homes may be used for the following purposes:

  • For the business purposes of Braustin Homes or our business partners, including legally authorized marketing, sales, operational and financial activities.
  • To comply with any requests from you, including requests to complete a transaction, receive certain information or share content from this Site with another individual.
  • To better understand your needs and how we can improve our products and services.
  • To communicate with you about products or services you might find interesting.
  • To tailor your experience on our Site.

Where permitted by our arrangements with service providers, Braustin Homes may combine the Personal Information you share through this Site with other information you have shared with us, both online and offline. Braustin Homes may also combine this Personal Information with records provided by third parties. Braustin Homes uses this consolidated information to help better design Braustin Homes products, to communicate information to you, to enhance marketing and research activities, and to facilitate other business functions.

Who We Share Information With

Braustin Homes may share Personal Information about you with our subsidiaries and affiliates. In addition, Braustin Homes may share your Personal Information with outside third parties solely for the following purposes:

  • To help fulfill Braustin Homes business transactions.
  • To conduct technical maintenance of Braustin Homes’ Site and other platforms.
  • To facilitate a merger, consolidation, transfer of control or other corporate reorganization in which Braustin Homes participates.
  • To facilitate a financing agreement in which the assets implicated include Braustin Homes’ technical or information resources.
  • To respond to appropriate requests of legitimate government authorities, or where required by applicable laws, court orders or government regulations.
  • Where needed for corporate audits or to investigate or respond to a complaint or security threat.

Any subsidiaries or affiliates with whom Braustin Homes shares your Personal Information shall be required to treat such information in accordance with this Privacy Policy. The privacy and information practices of other business partners (such as lenders and vendors who offer products and services that we believe you may be interested in) are set forth in their respective privacy policy.

Cookies And Do Not Track

When you interact with our Services, open email we send you, or visit a third-party website for which we provide Services, we and our partners use cookies and other tracking technologies such as pixel tags, web beacons, and widgets (collectively, “Cookies”) to recognize you as a user, customize your online experiences and online content, including to serve you interest-based advertising, perform analytics; mitigate risk and prevent potential fraud, and promote trust and safety across our Services.

We use Cookies to collect your device information, internet activity information, and inferences as described above.

You can disable or decline some Cookies for our Services but, since some parts of our Service rely on Cookies to work, those services could become difficult or impossible to use.

Some web browsers have an optional setting called “Do Not Track” that lets you opt-out of being tracked by advertisers and some third parties. Our Site may not respond to Do Not Track requests or headers from some or all browsers because many of our Services will not function without tracking data.

If you want to know more about how we use Cookies and how to opt-out of this kind of tracking technology, please review our Cookie and IBA Policy.

Use Of Information For Marketing

Braustin Homes will not sell or transfer your Personal Information to any nonaffiliated entity for its own, independent direct marketing use unless we provide clear notice to you and obtain your explicit consent. Braustin Homes uses third-party advertising companies to place ads on other websites. These companies may use data about your visits to this Site and other websites to measure advertising effectiveness and to provide advertisements for our Site including goods and services which may be of interest to you.

Updating And Accessing Your Information

Depending on the Service, you may have the ability to view or edit some of your information online using the Service’s interface. If you have submitted a loan request through us, you can update your information by filling the contact form on our Site or calling us on 1-830-355-6279. Our address is 84 NE Loop 410, Suite 180, San Antonio, TX 78216.

Social Media Plugins

This Site may use social media plugins to enable you to easily share information with others. When you visit this Site, the operator of the social media plugin may be able to place a cookie on your computer, enabling that operator to recognize individuals who have previously visited this Site. If you are logged into the associated social media website (e.g., Facebook) while browsing on this Site, the social media plugin allows that social media website to receive information about your visit to this Site. The social media plugin may also allow the social media website to share information about your activities on this Site with other users of their social media website. For more information about the information shared via a particular social media plugin, you should refer to that social media website’s privacy policy.

How We Protect Your Information

Braustin Homes and its affiliates, if applicable, take steps to protect Personal Information we access or receive through this Site from loss, misuse and unauthorized access, disclosure, alteration or destruction. Nevertheless, Braustin Homes makes no guarantee as to the security of your Personal Information and disclaims, to the fullest extent permitted by law, all liability and damages caused by loss, misuse and unauthorized access, disclosure, alteration or destruction. We recommend you take any available precautions to protect Personal Information you submit on this Site.

Information Retention Period

We retain Personal Information for as long as needed or permitted in context of the purpose for which it was collected and consistent with applicable law. We calculate the retention period based upon the time the personal information is needed to: (a) fulfill the purposes described in this Privacy Policy, (b) meet the timelines required or recommended by regulators, professional bodies, or associations, (c) comply with applicable laws, legal holds, and other legal obligations (including contractual obligations), and (d) comply with your requests.

Notice, Choice, And Control

Before you provide Personal Information to Braustin Homes, we will provide you with notice (including through this Privacy Policy) about the purposes for which we collect and use Personal Information, how to contact us with any inquiries or complaints, the types of third parties to which we disclose Personal Information and the choices and means by which you can limit the use and disclosure of your Personal Information. Braustin Homes also will provide you with notice before using or disclosing your Personal Information for a purpose other than for which it was originally collected.

Your Data Privacy Rights

Your local privacy laws may grant you rights with respect to your personal information, and we will not knowingly discriminate against you because you have exercised any of your privacy rights. These rights differ based on the local laws that apply to you, but could include one or more of the following:

  • Right to confirm we process your personal information and, if so, to access, correct, complete, object to or restrict the processing of, and delete certain personal information we hold about you, including the rights to receive your personal information in a portable copy. To submit a request, you can contact us through our Site contact form.
  • To opt-out of marketing emails from us, in which you may email us or click the unsubscribe link at the bottom of each email that you receive from us.
  • NevadaVirginiaColorado, and Connecticut residents and, beginning on December 31, 2023, Utah residents may also have the right to opt-out of the use of their personal information for targeted advertising (including online behavior advertising) and/or opt-out of the sale of their personal information the contact form on our Site or calling us on 1-830-355-6279. California residents may have the rights as described in our California Policy.

IMPORTANT: These rights are not absolutely guaranteed and there are several exceptions where we may not have an obligation to fulfil your request. We are only required to honor these rights to the extent we act as a controller of that data and the requested rights have been granted and apply to you under applicable data privacy laws. Please consult your local data privacy laws to determine what rights may be available to you and when access to these rights is limited. You may appeal an adverse decision on your requests by emailing or writing to us through our Site contact form; and you have the right to lodge a complaint to your local regulator if you are not satisfied with our responses to your requests or how we manage your personal information. However, we encourage you to first contact us so we can address your concerns directly.

Updating And Accessing Your Personal Information

Braustin Homes wants to be sure we keep only the most accurate and up-to-date information about you in our records. Therefore, whenever you believe your contact information needs to be updated, you can contact us through the contact form on our Site or by calling us on 1-210-510-0500. to correct or update contact information. Likewise, if you would like to request access to or correction of the Personal Information about you which Braustin Homes has collected, you can contact us by using the contact information provided below. Braustin Homes may limit or deny access to Personal Information where providing such access would be unreasonably burdensome or expensive, or as otherwise provided by law. In some circumstances, Braustin Homes may charge a reasonable fee, where warranted, for access to and other requests regarding Personal Information.

Changes To This Privacy Policy

From time to time, Braustin Homes may revise this Privacy Policy to reflect changes to our business, Services, or applicable laws. If the revised version requires notice in accordance with applicable law, we will provide you with 30 days’ prior notice by posting notice of the change on our Site, otherwise changes to this Privacy Policy will be promptly reflected on this page. Braustin Homes recommends you review this Privacy Policy regularly for any changes. Continued use of our Site after publication of any change in our Privacy Policy indicates your consent to the use of newly submitted information in accordance with the amended Privacy Policy. The date on which this policy was last revised is located at the top of this Privacy Policy.

Visiting Our Websites From Outside The United States

This Site is directed towards users who reside in the United States of America. It is not our intent to gather Personal Information from individuals residing outside the United States of America on this Site.

Not Intended For Minors

Our Services are not designed or intended for use by children under the age of 13. Moreover, we do not knowingly collect any Personal Information from anyone under the age of 13 without the prior, verifiable consent of a parent or guardian in accordance with appropriate verification mechanisms under the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act. Anyone under 13 years old should seek their parent’s or guardian’s permission prior to using or disclosing any Personal Information on this Site. You must be 18 years of age or older to submit registration or survey information.

How To Contact Us

For any questions regarding this Privacy Policy, the Site, or your Personal Information, we can be reached through our Site contact form or at:

Braustin Homes, Inc.

84 NE Loop 410

Suite 180

San Antonio, Texas 78216

Supplemental Privacy Policies

Depending on the specific Service you are using or specific interactions you have with us, we may provide different or supplemental privacy policies that describe and govern how we use your personal information. When we do so, those different or supplemental privacy policies apply to that specific Service or those specific interactions. Of note, please review these supplemental privacy policies:

  • For California Consumers, please review our Supplemental Privacy Policy for California Consumers under CCPA/CPRA(“California Policy”).
  • For Land or Home Buyers and Land Sellers who are individuals, reside in the United States and use Braustin Homes Services for your own personal, family or household purposes, please review our Consumer Privacy Disclosure.
  • For more information on our use of cookies and other automated technologies as well as interest-based advertising, please review our Cookie and IBA Policy.

Last Revised: September 11, 2023

BRAUSTIN HOMES SUPPLEMENTAL CALIFORNIA CONSUMER PRIVACY ACT (CCPA) POLICY

This Privacy Policy for California Residents supplements the information contained in our Privacy Policy and applies to individuals who reside in the State of California. Braustin Homes provides this notice to comply with the California Consumer Privacy Act of 2018 (“CCPA”) as amended by the California Privacy Rights Act of 2020 (“CPRA”). To the extent this policy conflicts with our Privacy Policy, this policy governs for California residents.

About This Policy

Braustin Homes = Braustin Homes, Inc, a Texas corporation, its banking and non-banking U.S. affiliates and subsidiaries and service providers (collectively, “Braustin Homes”, “we”, “our” and “us”).

You/Your = customers, consumers, employees, applicants, contractors, and visitors (including their agents and representatives) of the entity or party you are acting on behalf of.

Personal Information = information that identifies, relates to, or could reasonably be linked with a particular California resident or household. However, personal information does not include publicly available, deidentified, or aggregate consumer information (which are all defined in CCPA/CPRA).

Sell/sold = the disclosure of Personal Information for monetary or other valuable consideration.

Sharing = the targeting of advertising to a consumer based on that consumer’s personal information obtained from the consumer’s activity across websites, and “selling” is defined as the disclosure of personal information to third parties in exchange for monetary or other valuable consideration. “Personal Information” is information that identifies, relates to, or could reasonably be linked with a particular California resident or household.

The specific Personal Information that we collect, use, and disclose relating to a California resident covered by the CCPA will vary based on our relationship or interaction with that individual. For example, this Notice does not apply with respect to information that we collect about California residents who apply for or obtain our financial products and services for personal, family, or household purposes. For more information about how we collect, disclose, and secure information relating to these customers, please refer to our Consumer Privacy Disclosure.

Under the laws of California and certain other US states (i.e., Virginia), we are required to provide you with the following additional information about: (1) the purpose for which we use each category of “personal information” we collect; and (2) the categories of third parties to which we (a) disclose such personal information for a business purpose, (b) “share” personal information for “cross-context behavioral advertising,” and/or (c) “sell” such personal information.

Data Collection And Use

Braustin Homes collects certain categories of data including personal information about you for purposes such as offering products and services.

We collect information that identifies, relates to, describes, references, is capable of being associated with, or could reasonably be linked, directly or indirectly, with a particular consumer or device (“personal information”). In particular, we may have collected the following categories of personal information from consumers within the last twelve (12) months:

  • Identifiers (e.g., name, mailing address, email address, phone number, credit/debit card number)
  • Characteristics of protected classifications (e.g., age)
  • Commercial information (e.g., products or services purchased, purchase history)
  • Internet or other electronic network activity (e.g., browse or search history)
  • Geolocation data (e.g., latitude or longitude)
  • Audio, electronic, visual, or similar information (e.g., recording of customer service calls)
  • Inferences drawn from any of the above (e.g., preferences or characteristics)

Business Or Commercial Purposes For Which Braustin Homes Collects, Shares (For Cross-Context Behavioral Advertising), Or Sells Personal Information About Customers (Also See The How Is Your Information Used Section Of This Privacy Policy).

We collect and disclose this information:

  • To help us identify and authenticate you, for fraud prevention and similar purposes.
  • To perform services including maintaining or servicing accounts, providing customer service, processing or fulfilling orders and transactions, verifying customer information, processing payments, providing financing, providing analytics services, providing storage or providing similar services.
  • For legal compliance.
  • To provide advertising and marketing services.
  • For auditing related to counting ad impressions to unique visitors, verifying positioning and quality of ad impressions, and auditing compliance;
  • For short-term, transient use, such as non-personalized advertising shown as part of your current interaction with us;
  • To personalize your experiences.
  • As necessary or appropriate to protect our rights, property or safety of us, or those of our clients or others.
  • To respond to law enforcement requests and as required by applicable law, court order, or governmental regulations.
  • For communicating with you.
  • To evaluate or conduct a merger, divestiture, restructuring, reorganization, dissolution, or other sale or transfer of some or all of our assets.
  • To ensure security and integrity.
  • For debugging to identify and repair errors that impair existing intended functionality.
  • For undertaking internal research for technological development and demonstration.
  • Undertaking activities to verify or maintain the quality or safety of a service or device that is owned, manufactured, manufactured for, or controlled by us, and to improve, upgrade, or enhance the service or device that is owned, manufactured, manufactured for, or controlled by us.

CCPA Provides California Residents With The Right To Opt-Out Of The Sale Or Sharing Of Their Personal Information.

Braustin Homes does not offer an opt-out from the sale or sharing of personal information because we do not engage in the sale or sharing of personal information as contemplated by the CCPA. Additionally, we do not knowingly sell or share information regarding children under the age of 16.

How Long We Retain Your Information

Braustin Homes retains Personal Information consistent with our record retention policies and as required by law. This enables us to comply with legal and regulatory requirements or use it where we need to for our legitimate purposes such as managing your account and dealing with any disputes or concerns that may arise. We may need to retain your information for a longer period where we need the information to comply with regulatory or legal requirements, or where we have another lawful reason to do so, e.g. fighting fraud and financial crime, responding to requests from regulators, etc. If we do not need to retain information for this period of time, we may destroy, delete or anonymize it consistent with our records retention policies.

Our Sources Of Information

We obtain information from the following categories of sources:

  • Directly from individuals or their agents. For example, from documents that you provide to us in order to apply for, obtain, or maintain our Services.
  • Indirectly from individuals or their agents. For example, through information we collect in the course of providing Services to you, such as information collected during customer care interactions.
  • From vendors and third party service providers that provide services on our behalf. For example, information required for marketing, account opening, and servicing.
  • From advertising networks, data analytics providers, government entities, social networks, operating systems and platforms, and data brokers.

Directly and indirectly from activity on our websites or partner websites or via mobile applications. For example, from submissions through our website portal or website usage details collected automatically.

Recipients Of Disclosures For Business Purposes

We disclose personal information for the business purposes described in above. When we disclose personal information for a business purpose, we enter a contract that describes the purposes and requires the recipient to both keep that personal information confidential and not use it for any purpose except performing the contract.

We disclose your personal information for a business purpose to the following categories of third parties:

  • Our affiliates.
  • Service providers that act on our behalf, such as data storage providers, email providers, and advisors.
  • Third parties to whom you or your agents authorize us to disclose your personal information in connection with products or services we provide to you.

Your Rights Under CCPA

The CCPA provides California residents with specific rights regarding their personal information. This section describes your CCPA rights and explains how to exercise those rights.

Among other rights provided by CCPA, you have the right to request access to the personal information we collect about you, the right to request that we correct the personal information we collect, the right to request that we delete the personal information we have collected from you, right to request Braustin Homes opt you out of the sale of your personal information or sharing of your personal information for cross-context behavioral advertising. and the right not to receive discriminatory treatment for the exercise of your CCPA privacy rights.

To exercise these rights, you may complete the webform located at https://www.braustin.com.com/contact-us or contact us at 1-210-670-5553. In your request, you are asked to provide the following:

Required InformationOptional Information
First Name & Last NameAlternate / previous address that might help us identify you or the California resident whose personal data is being requested in our systems. Examples include:

– An address used for Braustin Homes account (if different from current California Residential Address)
– Previous residential / business address
Purpose of your request (access, know, correct or delete)Last four digits of your or the other person’s Social Security Number
Current California Residential AddressLast four digits of your or the other person’s current / previous Braustin Homes account
Indicate whether you have or had a Braustin Homes account and what type of account or whether you’ve been employed by Braustin HomesOther information that may help us identify you or the other person, for example middle name, maiden name, suffix, nickname, etc.
Preferred method of receiving Braustin Homes’ response (mail / email)
E-mail Address – required if requesting response by email
Phone number – required for verification purposes (through which we may contact you or other person)
If you are submitting this request on behalf of another person, please provide this additional information:

– Your name
– Your contact information
– What is your authorization to
make this request?
– Registered with the California
– Secretary of State
– Power of Attorney; or
– Parent/Legal Guardian of a
Minor

Please note that your request must:

  • Provide sufficient information that allows us to reasonably verify you are the person about whom we collected personal information or an authorized representative.
  • Describe your request with sufficient detail that allows us to properly understand, evaluate, and respond to it.

We cannot provide you with personal information if we cannot verify your identity or authority to make the request or we cannot confirm the personal information relates to you. Making a request does not require you to create an account with us. We will only use personal information provided in your request to verify your identity or authority to make the request.

IMPORTANT: These rights are not absolutely guaranteed and there are several exceptions where we may not have an obligation to fulfill your request. We are only required to honor these rights to the extent we act as a controller of that data and the requested rights have been granted and apply to you under applicable data privacy laws. Please consult your local data privacy laws to determine what rights may be available to you and when access to these rights is limited. You may appeal an adverse decision on your requests by writing to us; and you have the right to lodge a complaint to your local regulator if you are not satisfied with our responses to your requests or how we manage your personal information. However, we encourage you to first contact us so we can address your concerns directly.

We process sensitive personal information only for those purposes expressly permitted under California law.

To the extent we process deidentified information, we will maintain and use the information in deidentified form and will not attempt to reidentify the information unless permitted by applicable law.

Changes To Our CCPA Policy

We reserve the right to amend this privacy policy at our discretion and at any time. When we make changes to this privacy policy, we will notify you by email or through a notice on this page.

BRAUSTIN HOMES Cookie And IBA Policy

Last Revised: September 11, 2023

This Cookie and IBA Policy supplements our Privacy Policy and specifically explains how we and our third-party business partners deploy cookies and other tracking technologies (which we call “Tracking Technologies”), including for interest-based advertising (IBA), as well as the options you have to control them.

What Are Cookies And Other Tracking Technologies?

“Cookies” are small pieces of data, stored in text files, that are stored on your browser, computer, or other device. The cookies we use may include “flash cookies” (or “local shared objects”) and “HTML5 cookies” that store information on your device (outside of your browser) and are specific to content supported by Adobe® Flash or HTML5. We and our third-party business partners may also use other tracking technologies such as “web beacons” (also known as “tags” and “pixels”) which are small images embedded in our Services, content, or emails, as well as “embedded scripts” which are pieces of code that are temporarily downloaded onto your device. These other tracking technologies are often used in conjunction with cookies, but may be stored on your device in a different manner from cookies so disabling cookies may not also disable these tracking technologies.

These Tracking Technologies may be operated and set by us (known as “first party trackers”) or by our third party business partners, such as social media networks, advertising networks, and content providers, (known as “third party trackers”); and can be set either for a single visit (through a “session tracker”) so they are deleted after that visit or remain on your device to persist for multiple repeat visits (through a “persistent tracker”).

Why Do We Use Cookies And Other Tracking Technologies?

We use Tracking Technologies for several different purposes: these technologies are widely used to remember you and your preferences and understand how you interact with us so that we may perform essential functions (such as to provide our Services or deliver content and allow users to register and remain logged in), personalize our Services and content and ensure a quality, consistent, and efficient experience for our users, analyze your usage of our Services and interactions with content (including emails), and to deliver and measure advertising (including IBA).

How Can You Control The Use Of Tracking Technologies?

You may wish to restrict the use of cookies or completely prevent them from being set. Most modern browsers allow you to change your cookie and other tracker settings, and you can usually find these settings in the options or preferences menu of your browser. Flash cookies can only be deleted within Adobe Flash rather than via your browser, and please refer to this Adobe help page for information on how to manage Flash cookies. Additionally, you can opt-out of Google Analytics by installing Google’s opt-out browser add-on.

You may also see a “cookie banner” on some of our Services, which allows you to manage our use of cookies and other Tracking Technologies – click on the banner for more information regarding which cookies are used on that particular Service and what you may disable, but please note that you cannot disable any Tracking Technologies that are categorized as strictly necessary.

Please be aware that some of the features of our Services may not function correctly if you disable all cookies or other technologies.

Do You Honor Do Not Track Signals?

Generally, we do not currently respond to, or take any action with respect to web browser “do not track” signals; however, in some instances, our third party business partners who integrate within our Services will honor do not track signals.

What Is Interest-Based Advertising?

“Interest-based advertising” (IBA) is also commonly referred to as “targeted advertising”, “online behavioral advertising”, and “personalized advertising”, and it generally means the delivery of personalized or targeted advertising to you that are tailored to your specific interests and demographics. IBA may also include analytics and reporting related to those advertisements (such as ad measurement and attribution, segmentation, and market research).

We may send you IBA based on the use of Tracking Technologies and other information you make available to us when you interact with our Services, our content, and our advertisements. We engage various third party business partners to serve you IBA and we may share with those third party business partners certain information about you and our Tracking Technologies to do so. Some of these third parties will deploy their own Tracking Technologies on our Services and content when doing so, in which they automatically receive your IP address, browser or device information, and other information from these Tracking Technologies. Some of our third party business partners (and their business partners) may also use or provide us with additional information about you that they have independently collected, from offline and online sources, to better target and provide you with more relevant and useful advertising. Some of these third parties may collect personal information about your online activities over time and across different websites. Please note that we do not control the privacy practices of these third parties, and their privacy practices are not covered by this Privacy Policy.

How Can You Opt-Out Of IBA?

In addition to the above, you may also be able to choose not to receive IBA from participating companies that participate in either:

  • The Digital Advertising Alliance (DAA), in which you may opt-out of IBA using this DAA tool; and/or
  • The Network Advertising Initiative (NAI), in which you may opt-out of IBA using this NAI Opt Out Tool; and/or
  • The AppChoices App for opting out on mobile devices.

Certain mobile devices may have an advertising identifier that allows companies to serve IBA to a specific mobile device using that identifier. Depending on your specific device, you may be able to limit advertising, sharing of that advertising identifier, or reset the advertising identifier, as well as choose to turn off the device’s location tracking – including precise geolocation tracking – on your mobile device or for certain applications. See your device manufacturer to understand what options are available to you. For more details on your choices regarding use of your web browsing activity for IBA you may also visit the following sites:

networkadvertising.orgoptout.aboutads.info and youradchoices.com.

Next, some of our Services may also display Do Not Sell My Personal Information or Do Not Share My Personal Information links (or similarly named links), in which clicking those links may allow you to opt-out of the “sharing” or “selling” of your personal information as required by certain local privacy laws. Doing so may limit the manner in which we and our third party business partners may use your personal information in connection with IBA.

Please note that some of the options described above are browser-specific or device-specific, so you may need to opt-out again if you use a different device or change browsers. Please also note that, even if you opt-out of receiving IBA, you may still receive advertisements and marketing materials, but they may not be personalized to you specifically.

US Consumer Privacy Disclosure

The following Consumer Privacy Disclosure applies to you if you are an individual who resides in the United States and uses Braustin Homes Services for your own personal, family, or household purposes.

Last Revised: September 11, 2023

FACTSWHAT DOES BRAUSTIN HOMES DO WITH YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION?
Why?Financial companies choose how they share your personal information. Federal law gives consumers the right to limit some but not all sharing. Federal law also requires us to tell you how we collect, share, and protect your personal information. Please read this notice carefully to understand what we do.
What?The types of personal information we collect and share depend on the product or service you have with us. This information can include:

– Your contact details and demographic information.
– Social security number, credit history, or credit scores.
– Employment information
– Income and assets

When you are no longer our customer, we continue to share your information as described in this notice.
How?All financial companies need to share customers’ personal information to run their everyday business. In the section below, we list the reasons financial companies can share their customers’ personal information; the reasons Braustin Homes chooses to share; and whether you can limit this sharing.
Reasons we can shareDoes Braustin Homes share?Can you limit this sharing?
For our everyday business purposes – such as to process your transactions, maintain your account(s), respond to court orders and legal investigations, or report to credit bureausYesNo
For our marketing purposes – to offer our products and services to youYesNo
For joint marketing with other financial companiesYesYes
For our affiliates’ everyday business purposes – information about your transactions and experiencesYesNo
For our affiliates’ everyday business purposes – information about your creditworthinessYes
We don’t share
For our affiliates to market to youNo
We don’t share
For nonaffiliates to market to youNo
We don’t share
To limit our sharing– Call 1-210-510-0500 and our menu will prompt you through your choices
– Visit us at https://www.braustin.com and complete our contact form.. Please note that if you are a new customer, we can begin sharing your information 30 days from the date we sent this notice. When you are no longer our customer, we continue to share your information as described in this notice. However, you can contact us at any time to limit our sharing.
Questions?Call our customer service at 1-210-940-2034 or visit us at https://www.braustin.com and complete our contact form.
Who we are
Who is providing this Privacy Policy?
This privacy disclosure is provided by Braustin Homes, Inc.
What we do
How does Braustin Homes protect my personal information?To protect your personal information from unauthorized access and use, we use security measures that comply with federal law. These measures include computer safeguards and secured files and buildings.
How does Braustin Homes collect my personal information?We collect your personal information, for example, when you

– open an account or provide account information
– give us your contact information.

We also collect your personal information from others, such as credit bureaus, affiliates, or other companies.
Why can’t I limit all sharing?Federal law gives you the right to limit only

– sharing for affiliates’ everyday business purposes — information – about your creditworthiness
affiliates from using your information to market to you
– sharing for nonaffiliates to market to you

State laws and individual companies may give you additional rights to limit sharing. See below for more information on your rights under state law.
Definitions
AffiliatesCompanies related by common ownership or control. They can be financial and nonfinancial companies.

Our affiliates include companies with a Braustin Homes name.
Nonaffiliates
Companies not related by common ownership or control. They can be financial and nonfinancial companies.

Nonaffiliates with which we share personal information include service providers that perform services or functions on our behalf, e loan brokers, lenders, insurance companies and direct marketing companies.
Joint Marketing
A formal agreement between nonaffiliated financial companies that together market financial products or services to you.

– Our joint marketing partners include financial companies and banks.

Our joint marketing partners may include lenders and other third parties that provide services to our consumers in our network.

Other Important Information

California: The California Consumer Privacy Act of 2018 (CCPA) permits consumers who are California residents to ask businesses covered under the CCPA about personal information it has collected about the consumer, submit an access or deletion request, and opt-out of the sale of personal information, if applicable. These provisions do not apply to personal information collected, processed, shared, or disclosed by financial institutions pursuant to federal law such as the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act. Contact us if you have questions about our privacy policy, this consumer disclosure, or your personal information. If your Braustin Homes account has a California mailing address, we will not share personal information we collect about you except to the extent permitted under California law.

If you are a consumer with a California mailing address, we will not share information we collect about you with companies outside of Braustin Homes, unless the law allows. For example, we may share information with your consent, to service your accounts, or to provide rewards or benefits to which you are entitled.

To talk about your Braustin Homes account, call Braustin Homes Customer Service at 1-210-940-2034 or visit us at https://www.braustin.com and complete our contact form.

Vermont: If your Braustin Homes account has a Vermont mailing address, we will not disclose information about your creditworthiness to our affiliates and will not disclose your personal information, financial information, credit report, or health information to nonaffiliated third parties to market to you, other than as permitted by Vermont law, unless you authorize us to make those disclosures.

Nevada: If your Braustin Homes account has a Nevada mailing address, we are providing this notice pursuant to Nevada law. If you prefer not to receive marketing calls from Braustin Homes, you may be placed on our internal Do Not Call List by calling 1-210-940-2034 or visiting us at https://www.braustin.com and completing our contact form. Nevada law requires that we also provide you with the following contact information: Bureau of Consumer Protection, Office of the Nevada Attorney General, 555 E. Washington St., Suite 3900, Las Vegas, NV 89101; telephone number: 1-702-486-3132; email: BCPINFO@ag.state.nv.us.

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