Privacy policy

Please read this Privacy Policy carefully. By using the Site and/or accessing any of the Services, you agree to the collection, use, and disclosure of your information as described in this Privacy Policy. If you do not agree to this Privacy Policy, please do not use the Site or access any of the Services.

The purpose of this Notice is to inform you of how Saltwater Homes protects and uses your non-public personal information during your home buying experience. Title V of the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act (GLBA) requires that we provide you with a notice of our privacy policies and practices which inform you of the types of information that we collect from you and the persons or entities to whom your personal information may be disclosed.

During your home buying experience with Saltwater Homes, you may share non-public personal information about yourself with us in several ways. You may provide personal information to us on applications or other forms when communicating or transacting with us in writing, electronically, or by phone, and through requests for forms or literature in connection with your purchase of a Saltwater Homes. Information may come from consumer reporting agencies and those companies’ providing services to us to your home purchase, such as a lender and/or property appraisers.

All information is treated as confidential, and we recognize the importance of protecting access to it. We do not disclose nonpublic personal information about you with third parties unless it is necessary to complete the purchase of your home, and any mortgage, title, insurance, and escrow transactions incident to your home purchase, or as otherwise permitted by law.

Text Message (SMS) Communications

By providing your mobile phone number, you agree Saltwater Homes may use text (SMS) messaging to communicate with you to respond to your inquiry, provide status updates, appointment-related messages, and other customer service communications related to the home building process and post-closing customer service. Normal messaging rates apply and the frequency of messages may vary. Mobile Carriers are not liable for delayed or undelivered messages. We respect your privacy and will not share your number with third parties/affiliates for marketing/promotional purposes. 

You may opt-out of receiving text (SMS) messages from Saltwater Homes at any time by replying with the word STOP from the mobile device receiving the messages. This will end the communications from that particular phone number. You may continue to receive service-related and other non-marketing text messages from other phone numbers managed by Saltwater Homes, and you may opt out of those in a similar fashion. 

View our Privacy Policies for notices explaining how we may collect, use, disclose, sell, share, and/or retain personal information subject to applicable U.S. state privacy laws.

Cookies

We use cookies on www.mysaltwaterhome.com ( "Service"). By using the Service, you consent to the use of cookies. Our Cookies Policy explains what cookies are, how we use cookies, how third parties we may partner with may use cookies on the Service, your choices regarding cookies, and further information about cookies. We use Cookies to power and improve our Site and our Services (including to remember your actions and preferences), to run analytics and better understand user interaction with the Services (in our legitimate interests to administer, improve and optimize the Services). We may also permit third parties and services providers to use Cookies on our Site to better tailor the services, products and advertising on our Site and other websites.

Most browsers automatically accept Cookies by default, but you can choose to set your browser to remove or reject Cookies through your browser controls. Please keep in mind that removing or blocking Cookies can negatively impact your user experience and may cause some of the Services, including certain features and general functionality, to work incorrectly or no longer be available. Additionally, blocking Cookies may not completely prevent how information is shared. 

What are cookies?

Cookies are small pieces of text sent by your web browser by the Site you visit. A cookie file is stored in your web browser and allows the Service or a third-party to recognize you and make your next visit easier and the Service more useful to you.

Cookies can be "persistent" or "session" cookies.

How does Saltwater Homes use cookies?

When you use and access the Service, the Site may place a number of cookie files in your web browser.

We use cookies for the following purposes: to enable certain functions of the Service, to provide analytics, to store your preferences, to enable advertisement delivery, including behavioral advertising.

We use both session and persistent cookies on the Service and we use different types of cookies to run the Service:

Essential cookies. We may use essential cookies to authenticate users and prevent fraudulent use of user accounts.

Third-party cookies?

In addition to our own cookies, we may also use various third-parties cookies to report usage statistics of the Service, deliver advertisements on and through the Service, and so on.

What are your choices regarding cookies and use of information?

If you'd like to delete cookies or instruct your web browser to delete or refuse cookies, please visit the help pages of your web browser.

Please note, however, that if you delete cookies or refuse to accept them, you might not be able to use all of the features we offer, you may not be able to store your preferences, and some of our pages might not display properly.

You may opt-out of the use of cookies used for remarketing purposes and behavioral advertising by visiting the Network Advertising Initiative opt-out page at https://optout.networkadvertising.org  If you prefer not to have your IP address and corresponding geographic information collected for the Site analytic purposes, you may download and install the Google Analytics Opt-out Browser Add-on which is available at https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout. You may also change your ad settings at http://www.google.com/settings/ads to control certain interest-based ads.

If you provide your email address to opt in to receiving future commercial marketing emails from us and our affiliates, then we may send information to you about our products or services and the products and services of our affiliates. To opt-out from receiving commercial marketing email communications from us, please click on the opt-out (unsubscribe) link in the message you receive from us.

Where can you find more information about cookies?

You can learn more about cookies and the following third-party websites:

AllAboutCookies: http://www.allaboutcookies.org/ 

Network Advertising Initiative: http://www.networkadvertising.org/ 

Your Rights

Depending on where you live, you may have some or all the rights listed below in relation to your personal information. However, these rights are not absolute, may apply only in certain circumstances and, in certain cases, we may decline your request as permitted by law.

  • Right to Access / Know: You may have a right to request access to personal information that we hold about you, including details relating to the ways in which we use and share your information.

  • Right to Delete: You may have a right to request that we delete personal information we maintain about you.

  • Right to Correct: You may have a right to request that we correct inaccurate personal information we maintain about you.

  • Right of Portability: You may have a right to receive a copy of the personal information we hold about you and to request that we transfer it to a third party, in certain circumstances and with certain exceptions.

  • Restriction of Processing: You may have the right to ask us to stop or restrict our processing of personal information.

  • Withdrawal of Consent: Where we rely on consent to process your personal information, you may have the right to withdraw this consent.

  • Appeal: You may have a right to appeal our decision if we decline to process your request. You can do so by replying directly to our denial.

  • Managing Communication Preferences: We may send you promotional emails, and you may opt out of receiving these at any time by using the unsubscribe option displayed in our emails to you. If you opt out, we may still send you non-promotional emails, such as those about your account or orders that you have made.

You may exercise any of these rights were indicated on our Site or by contacting us using the contact details provided below.

We will not discriminate against you for exercising any of these rights. We may need to collect information from you to verify your identity, such as your email address or account information, before providing a substantive response to the request. In accordance with applicable laws, you may designate an authorized agent to make requests on your behalf to exercise your rights. Before accepting such a request from an agent, we will require that the agent provide proof you have authorized them to act on your behalf, and we may need you to verify your identity directly with us. We will respond to your request in a timely manner as required under applicable law.

Children's Data

The Services are not intended to be used by children, and we do not knowingly collect any personal information about children. If you are the parent or guardian of a child who has provided us with their personal information, you may contact us using the contact details set out below to request that it be deleted.

As of the Effective Date of this Privacy Policy, we do not have actual knowledge that we “share” or “sell” (as those terms are defined in applicable law) personal information of individuals under 16 years of age.

Security and Retention of Your Information

Please be aware that no security measures are perfect or impenetrable, and we cannot guarantee “perfect security.” In addition, any information you send to us may not be secure while in transit. We recommend that you do not use insecure channels to communicate sensitive or confidential information to us.

How long we retain your personal information depends on different factors, such as whether we need the information to maintain your account, to provide the Services, comply with legal obligations, resolve disputes or enforce other applicable contracts and policies.

Contact

Should you have any questions about our privacy practices or this Privacy Policy, or if you would like to exercise any of the rights available to you, please call us @ 800-678-3618 or email us at hi@mysaltwaterhome.com