This Privacy Policy was last modified on April 1, 2022.
1st Rate Rentals and Real Estate, Inc. (collectively, “we”, “us”, “our” and/or “1st Rate Rentals”) understand that your personal information is important, and we take your privacy seriously. We have crafted this Privacy Policy with those foundational principles in mind, and have endeavored to clearly describe the ways we collect, store, use and protect your personal information across our website.
In light of constantly evolving data privacy laws, rules, regulations and industry best practices, we must reserve the right to revise this Policy from time to time. When we do so, we will modify the “Last Modified” date listed above. Your continued use of our website, https://firstraterentals.net (the “Site,” “Website”), shall constitute your acceptance of any revisions we make.
We use your Personal Information only for providing and improving the Site. By using the Site, you agree to the collection and use of information in accordance with this policy. Unless otherwise defined in this Privacy Policy, terms used in this Privacy Policy have the same meanings as in our Terms and Conditions, accessible at https://firstraterentals.net/terms-of-user
Information Collection And Use
1st Rate Rentals and Real Estate, Inc. collects certain information about you in the course and scope of providing access to its Websites and/or Services. For example, we collect certain personal information that you voluntarily provide via property applications, typically including without limitation your name, email address, certain geographical information and your contact telephone number, whether via our Website, and however accessed (e.g., desktop, laptop, mobile or any other device). We also collect information you provide via telephone or electronic mail and, in some cases, in the course of in-person interactions with us. This permits us to communicate with you about our Services and related topics.
In addition to information you voluntarily provide to us, we also automatically collect certain non-personal, technical information about you and/or your devices as you interact with our Website, and we store that information in log files. For example, we may collect your IP address, browser type, internet service provider, operating system, click stream data, the pages you view on our Website, the pages you view before and after viewing our Website and any search terms you use on our Website. This permits us to recognize you and personalize your experience on our Website, and, more generally, to improve our Website as a result of any learnings we may glean from information collected.
We may also collect information about you from third parties who already have your information in their possession, custody or control, as part of our normal outbound marketing efforts.
Cookies
A cookie is a small text file that is stored on your computer for record-keeping purposes. We use cookies to make your experience easier for you by saving your preferences while you are at our Website. The use of cookies is an industry standard, and as such, you will find them at most major websites. By showing how and when visitors use our Website, cookies help us see which areas are popular and which are not. Many improvements and updates to our Website are based on data we collect, such as total number of visitors and pages viewed. This information is most easily tracked with cookies. We use the information from cookies to better tailor our Website and Services to our users’ needs.
You can instruct your browser to refuse all cookies or to indicate when a cookie is being sent.
Do Not Track Disclosure
1st Rate Rentals & Real Estate, Inc. does not respond to Do Not Track (DNT) signals.
Do Not Track (DNT) is a preference you can set in your web browser to let the websites you visit know that you do not want to be tracked. You can disable or enable this setting by visiting the Preferences or Settings menu of your web browser.
Communications
We may use your Personal Information to contact you with updates to rental availability and/or application updates. We will never send you newsletters, marketing or promotional materials and/or SPAM messages. Furthermore, we will never sell or disclose your private information to marketers or other service companies that are not essential to the operation of 1st Rate Rentals & Real Estate, Inc. (i.e., credit reporting agencies).
Compliance With Laws
1st Rate Rentals & Real Estate, Inc. will disclose your Personal Information where required to do so by law or subpoena or if we believe that such action is necessary to comply with the law and the reasonable requests of law enforcement or to protect the security or integrity of our Site.
Business Transaction
If 1st Rate Rentals & Real Estate, Inc. is involved in a merger, acquisition or asset sale, your Personal Information may be transferred. We will provide notice before your Personal Information is transferred and becomes subject to a different Privacy Policy.
Security
The privacy and security of your information is important to us. We utilize robust security measures to protect customer data from unauthorized access. Sensitive data is encrypted and website connections are protected using strong Transport Layer Security (TLS). Our Websites are hosted in a secure server environment that uses multi-layer perimeter security including firewalls and other advanced technology to prevent interference or access from outside intruders; however, remember that no method of transmission over the Internet, or method of electronic storage, is 100% secure. While we strive to use commercially acceptable means to protect your Personal Information, we cannot guarantee its absolute security.
We encourage you to be aware when you leave our Website(s) and to read the privacy statements of each and every website you visit that collects personally identifiable information.
Links To Other Sites
Our Website may contain links to third party websites. These third party websites maintain their own policies regarding cookies and the collection and use of personal and non-personal information. We assume no responsibility or liability for the actions of such third parties with respect to their collection or use of your information. We encourage you to read the privacy policies of every website that you visit, including those you may reach through a link on our Website.
Children’s Privacy
Our Site does not address anyone under the age of 13 (“Children”). We do not knowingly collect personally identifiable information from children under 13. If you are a parent or guardian and are aware that your Children has provided us with Personal Information, please contact us. If we discover that a Children under 13 has provided us with Personal Information, we will delete such information from our servers immediately.
Changes To This Privacy Policy
1st Rate Rentals & Real Estate, Inc. may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. We will notify you of any changes by posting the new Privacy Policy on the Site. You are advised to review this Privacy Policy periodically for any changes.
European Union General Data Protection Regulation
We exclusively market and sell our Services to United States-based organizations and individuals. Even though we do not intentionally collect information about residents of the European Union (“EU”), some EU residents’ data may be inadvertently collected through marketing channels or by virtue of our customers’ legitimate use of our Services. Collection and storage of any EU resident’s data by us is minimal and incidental. No such data is used for marketing or any other purpose.
Further, we do not intentionally collect information on individuals under 18 years of age, regardless of their residency. Incidental exposure to this information may be possible if, for example, our customers upload this information to one of our property applications.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, if you are an EU resident and would like to request that your data be securely removed from our systems, however collected, please send an email with proof of EU residency to [email protected] We will remove all relevant data, so long as that removal is technically feasible, does not impact the legitimate accounting or business practices of our customers, and does not violate other regulatory or legal standards with which we must comply. We will also cooperate with our customers in good faith to address any requests they receive or that may impact them directly.
Contact Us
If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy, please contact us by phone at 951-328-9090 or by email.