Welcome to the Belle Appraisal Services
website. We want you to have peace of mind, so please review
our Internet Security Policy in detail. This page explains
our policy regarding any personal information you give
us when you visit this Website. We respect and understand
that privacy is extremely important. Therefore, we protect
your information on the Internet in the same way that we
protect your information during all phone and in-person
interactions.
Belle Appraisal Services does not collect personal information
from a visitor to our site unless the visitor intentionally
provides it. We retain the collected information about
you to communicate with you, to process your requests for
products and services, and to inform you about other
services that may be of interest to you.
When accessing certain documents on our Website, visitors
may be asked to register and provide contact information.
Belle Appraisal Services collects this information in an
effort to better meet the needs and answer the questions
of visitors to its Website.
The information we obtain is used solely by Belle Appraisal
Services or its authorized affiliates. We do not sell information
to third parties.
You can visit this Website and find out about our products
and services, read about our company or other value-added
services without giving us any information about yourself.
We collect and maintain personal information such as address,
e-mail, telephone and fax numbers, demographic and customer
identification, as well as your business activities and
transactions, according to our usual strict security and
confidentiality standards.
Cookies
In order to provide better service, we may use "cookies".
A cookie is a small piece of information that a Website
stores on your web browser on your computer and can later
retrieve. The cookie cannot be read by a web site other
than the one that set the cookie. We use cookies for a
number of administrative purposes, for example, to store
your preferences for certain kinds of information or to
store a password so that you do not have to input it every
time you visit our Website.
Most cookies last only through a single session, or visit.
None will contain information that will enable anyone to
contact you by telephone, e-mail, or postal mail. You can
set up your web browser to inform you when cookies are
sent, or to prevent cookies from being set.
Summary of the Information We Collect
We collect the following types of public and nonpublic
personal information about you:
- Information obtained from you on orders and other
forms, and from other sources used to process your request
for one or more of our services (e.g., you and your clients'
name, address, credit
information, property insurance coverage and other representations
made by you).
- Information arising from your transactions with Belle
Appraisal Services, our affiliates, or others (e.g.,
your payment history, account balance and other transactional
information).
- Information obtained from consumer credit-reporting
agencies (e.g., your credit history and creditworthiness).
Sharing Information
Except as discussed on this page, we will only share nonpublic
personal information about you with nonaffiliated third
parties as permitted by law or with your consent. We may
disclose all of the information we collect, as described
above, to companies that perform marketing services on
our behalf or to other institutions with whom
we have joint marketing arrangements.
Sharing Information with Affiliates
We may share information based on our transactions and
experience with you — such as your name, address
and history — with our affiliates. By sharing
that information, we can better serve your appraisal needs
and notify you of products and services that
might interest you.
Regarding our Former Customers
We treat information about our former customers in the
same manner as we treat information about our current customers.
Confidentiality and Security
We restrict access to nonpublic personal information about
you to only those employees who need to know that information
to provide products or services to you. We maintain physical,
electronic and procedural safeguards that comply with federal
standards to guard your nonpublic personal information
against unauthorized access or use.
Maintaining the accuracy of your information is a shared
responsibility. We maintain the integrity of the information
you provide us and will update your records when you notify
us of a change. Please contact us when information concerning
you changes.
Updates of Our Privacy Policy
We reserve the right to update or change this policy
at any time.
Thank you very much.
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