Privacy Policy

Your privacy is very important to us at The Olson Company ("Olson"). Olson recognizes and respects the privacy of users of its Website.

Use of personal information
In the event that you choose to provide Olson with detailed personal information about yourself and/or your family, Olson will act in a responsible manner with respect to that information.

We use your personal information to verify your identity, provide you with quality customer service and evaluate your requests. We also use personally identifiable information to respond to your requests and to provide you with information about our products or services.

Personally identifiable information about you may be used to improve our marketing and promotional efforts, to statistically analyze usage of the Site, to improve our Website content and to customize our Website's content and layout. We believe these uses allow us to improve our Website and better tailor it to meet our users' needs. We may use your email address and, in certain situations, your mailing address or phone number, to contact you regarding administrative notices from time to time. We also use your personal information to contact you about offers we believe will be of value to you.

Types of Personal Information
Olson may gather information about users of its Website when it aggregates information obtained through tracking the usage of certain features available on the Website or when you voluntarily submit data to us through the Website.

Even if you do nothing during your visit to the Website other than browse through the site and read the information contained on the web pages, Olson may nevertheless gather certain information about your visit automatically. This information does not identify you personally, but may, for example, reflect how you found or were directed to or used the Website. In addition, you may at your option provide personal identification or other information through the Website (for example, by way of a request from you that Olson send you information via e-mail or regular mail).

Olson may gather your IP address when you use any portion of the Website. Olson also may collect the name and URL of the website that you visited immediately preceding your visit to the Website. Olson uses this information on an aggregate basis to better understand Olson's prospective customers and homebuyers, and Olson may disclose this information to business and trade partners on an aggregate basis. Olson may also use "cookies" to store your preferences in order to make your use of the Website more productive. Cookies are small files created by web sites that reside on your computer's hard drive and store information about your use of a particular website.

Requests for Mortgage Information
Olson may make available means for you to request information regarding the availability of home mortgage programs offered by Olson financial services partners through "links" to their Web sites. Olson will not use or disclose the information you submit through its Website in connection with a request for mortgage information to any party other than its financial services partners. By submitting personally identifiable information in connection with a request for mortgage information, you are consenting to the disclosure of such information to our financial services partners.

Sharing of personal information with third parties
Individuals or companies outside of Olson, such as our financial service partners, are considered third parties.

We do not sell customer or former customer lists or personal information to list brokers, marketing firms or to other third parties. Olson will not knowingly share information provided by you with anyone other than its subsidiaries, affiliates and financial services partners except as required or permitted by applicable law, unless you give it express consent to do so. If you ask for information about the products and services offered by a third party, Olson may share your request with those parties. Your contact information may be available or provided to third-party service providers and contractors of Olson (such as its Website developer) that are contractually obligated to protect your information as disclosed in this Privacy Policy.

While Olson will require such third parties to agree to abide by the terms of this Privacy Policy, Olson will not be held responsible for any failure of such third parties to abide by such privacy obligations.

We also share personal information as legally required. We may share personal information with law enforcement agencies or other third parties to prevent or investigate suspected fraudulent activities.

Please be aware that no data transmission over the Internet can be guaranteed to be one hundred percent secure. Accordingly, users should note that while it is our intent to hold private the information you transmit via our Website or by way of an Internet electronic mail system or service, Olson cannot promise or ensure that such information will remain confidential or secure.

Third-party Websites
Our policy only addresses the use and disclosure of information we may collect from you. The Olson Website contains links to other websites that are not maintained or controlled by Olson. Olson is not responsible for the privacy practices of such other websites, and you are encouraged to review their privacy policies before you disclose your personal information to third parties.. The fact that a link to a third-party website exists on the Olson Website does not mean that the third-party site operates under the same or similar privacy practices as set forth in the Olson Privacy Policy.

Notification of Changes
If Olson changes its Privacy Policy, the changes will be posted on the Website. If at any time Olson decides to use or disclose a user's personally identifiable information in a manner different from that stated at the time it was collected, Olson will notify affected users by e-mail. Olson will otherwise use and disclose a user's personally identifiable information in accordance with the Privacy Policy that was in effect when such information was collected.

General Information
The use of our Website constitutes your agreement to this Privacy Policy and permission for the use of your information consistent with its terms.

In order to maintain accurate records concerning communications that Olson may have received from or sent to you, Olson may also indefinitely store any information that you provide through the Website.

Olson has no intention of collecting any personal data from individuals under eighteen (18) years of age.

Changes to Your Information
You may change or update information you previously provided to Olson by contacting us via e-mail at webmaster@theolsonco.com or regular mail at Webmaster, The Olson Company, P.O. Box 2751, Seal Beach, CA 90740-2751

Stopping E-mails and Promotional Materials
You may elect to "opt out" of Olson mailing lists by affirmatively choosing to do so at http://www.theolsonco.com/optout.asp. You may also stop e-mail messages and other promotional mailings by contacting our Privacy Officer by e-mail at privacyofficer@theolsonco.com or by regular mail addressed to Privacy Officer, The Olson Company , P.O. Box 2751, Seal Beach, CA 90740-2751.

Questions or Comments Regarding the Privacy Policy
Questions or comments concerning Olson Privacy Policy may be directed to the Olson Privacy Officer by e-mail at privacyofficer@theolsonco.com or by regular mail addressed to Privacy Officer, The Olson Company, P.O. Box 2751, Seal Beach, CA 90740-2751.