At TexasHomeScout.com ("we," "our," or "us"), we respect your privacy and are committed to protecting your personal data. This privacy policy will inform you about how we look after your personal data when you visit our website and tell you about your privacy rights.
1. Information We Collect
We may collect, use, store, and transfer different kinds of personal data about you, including:
- Identity Data: First name, last name (when provided voluntarily via our newsletter form).
- Contact Data: Email address, ZIP code.
- Technical Data: IP address, browser type and version, time zone setting and location, operating system, and platform.
- Usage Data: Information about how you use our website, tools, and calculators.
Note: We do not store the exact financial figures you enter into our on-page calculators on our servers. These calculations happen locally in your browser.
2. How We Use Your Data
We will only use your personal data when the law allows us to. Most commonly, we use your data in the following circumstances:
- To provide you with the information, products, and services that you request from us (e.g., our email newsletter).
- To improve our website, calculators, content, and user experience.
- To administer and protect our business and this website.
3. Third-Party Services
We use third-party service providers to help us operate our business, such as Mailchimp for our email newsletter. When you subscribe, your name, email, and ZIP code are securely transferred to Mailchimp in accordance with their privacy policy.
4. Data Security
We have put in place appropriate security measures to prevent your personal data from being accidentally lost, used, or accessed in an unauthorized way, altered, or disclosed.
5. Your Legal Rights
Under certain circumstances, you have rights under data protection laws in relation to your personal data, including the right to request access, correction, erasure, restriction, transfer, or to object to processing. If you wish to exercise any of these rights or unsubscribe from our newsletter, please use the unsubscribe link at the bottom of our emails.
Contact Us
If you have any questions about this privacy policy or our privacy practices, please contact us at support@texashomescout.com.