Dragas Companies
Privacy Policy
Effective
Date: March 13, 2023
Introduction
This Privacy Policy (“Policy”) describes the types of
information The Dragas Companies and its affiliates (collectively, “Dragas,”
“we,” or “us”) may collect from you or that you may provide when you visit any
of the Dragas websites (“Websites”)
and our practices for collecting, using, maintaining, protecting, and
disclosing that information.
This Policy applies to
information we collect on all Websites, unless we state otherwise.
This Policy does not
apply to information collected by:
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Us offline or through any other means, including on
any other website operated by any third party.
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Any third party, including through any application or
content (including advertising) that may link to or be accessible from or on
our Website.
·
Us through any mobile or other application.
Please read this Policy carefully to understand our
policies and practices regarding your information and how we will treat it. If
you do not agree with our policies and practices, your choice is not to use our
Websites. By accessing or using these Websites, you agree to this Policy. This
Policy may change from time to time. Your continued use of our Websites after we
make changes to this Policy is deemed to be acceptance of those changes, so
please check this Policy periodically for updates.
Children Under the Age of 13
Our Websites are not intended for children under 13
years of age. No one under age 13 may provide any information to or on the
Websites. We do not knowingly collect personal information from children under
13. If you are under 13, do not use or provide any information on any Dragas
Website or through any of its features, register on the Website, or provide any
information about yourself to us, including your name, address, telephone
number, email address, or any screen name or user name you may use. If we learn
we have collected or received personal information from a child under 13
without verification of parental consent, we will delete that information. If
you believe we might have any information from or about a child under 13,
please contact us using our contact information below.
Information We Collect About You and How We Collect It
We collect several types of information from and about
users of our Websites, including information:
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By which you may be
personally identified, such as your name, postal address, email address,
telephone number, date of birth, social security number, or other information
that specifically identifies you (“personal information”).
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That is about you but individually
does not identify you, such as your usage of our Websites and the pages you
visited.
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About your internet
connection, the equipment you use to access our Websites, and usage details.
Unless otherwise specifically stated in this Policy,
the term “personal information” does not include information that is subject to
the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act (“GLBA”), the Fair Credit Reporting Act, and
regulations promulgated by the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau. Where we
are required to comply with GLBA or similar laws or regulations, we may provide
you with an additional privacy policy specifically related to that information.
We collect information:
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Directly from you when you provide it to us, such as
when you fill out a form on our Websites, or you contact us and include your
name and email address.
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Automatically as you navigate through the Websites. Information
collected automatically may include usage details, IP addresses, and
information collected through cookies and other technologies.
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From third parties, for example our business partners
or service providers that provide data to support our operations and
activities, such as processing rental and mortgage applications, obtaining
payments from you, fraud prevention and underwriting or verification of your
identity when you contact us.
Information You Provide to Us
The information we collect on or through our Websites may
include:
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Information that you provide by filling in forms on
our Websites. This includes information provided at the time of registering to
use our Websites, applying to rent or obtain mortgage services from us, or
requesting further information or services. In certain instances, such as when
you apply to rent from us, the information you provide may include your Social
Security number, credit information, employment information, vehicle
information and bank information, which is in addition to other personal information
you may provide to us. We may also ask you for information when you report a
problem with our Websites.
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Records and copies of your correspondence (including
email addresses), if you contact us.
Information We Collect Through Automatic Data
Collection Technologies
As you navigate through and interact with our
Websites, we may use automatic data collection technologies to collect certain
information about your equipment and browsing actions and patterns, including:
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Details of your visits to our Websites, including
traffic data, location data, logs, and other communication data and the
resources that you access and use on the Websites.
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Information about your computer and internet
connection, including your IP address, operating system, and browser type.
The information we collect automatically is only
statistical data and does not include personal information, but we may maintain
it or associate it with personal information we collect in other ways or
receive from third parties. This information helps us improve our Websites and
deliver better and more personalized services, including by enabling us to:
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Estimate our website traffic and usage patterns.
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Store information about your preferences, allowing us
to customize our Websites according to your individual interests.
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Recognize you when you return to our Websites.
The technologies
we use for this automatic data collection may include:
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Cookies. A cookie is a small file placed on the hard drive of
your computer that identifies
the your computer, but not you individually. You may refuse to accept cookies by
activating the appropriate settings on your browser. If you refuse cookies, you
may be unable to access certain parts of our Websites, and some parts of our
Websites may not function properly.
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Web Beacons. Pages of our Websites
and our emails may contain small electronic files known as web beacons (also
referred to as clear gifs, pixel tags, and single-pixel gifs) that permit us,
for example, to count users who have visited those pages or opened an email and
gather other related Website statistics (for example, recording the popularity
of certain Website content and verifying system and server integrity).
How We Use Your
Information
We use information that we collect about you or that
you provide to us, including any personal information:
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To present our Websites and content to you.
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To provide you information, products and services that
you request from us.
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To fulfill any other purpose for which you provide the
information.
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To provide you notices about your account, including
approval and payment notices.
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To carry out our obligations and enforce our rights
arising from any contracts entered into by you and us, including for billing
and collection.
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To notify you about changes to our Websites and/or any
products or services we offer.
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To administer and protect our business and our
Websites.
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In any other way we may describe to you when you
provide the information.
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With your consent, for any other purpose.
We may also use your information to contact you about
our products and services that may be of interest to you. If you do not want us
to use your information in this way, please check the relevant box located on
the form on which we collect your data or, if you have an account, adjust your
preferences in your account profile.
Disclosure of Your Information
We may disclose aggregated information about our users
and information that does not identify any individual without restriction.
We may disclose personal information that we collect
or that you provide as described in this Policy:
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To our subsidiaries and affiliates.
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To contractors, service providers, and other third
parties we use to support our business, and who are bound by contractual
obligations to keep personal information confidential and use it only for the
purposes for which we disclose it to them. These third parties may include
companies that provide credit and background screening, process credit card
information, manage our marketing campaigns, and analyze data.
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To a buyer or other successor in the event of a
merger, divestiture, restructuring, reorganization, dissolution, or other sale
or transfer of some or all of the Company’s assets, whether as a going concern
or as part of bankruptcy, liquidation, or similar proceeding, in which personal
information held by the Company about users of our Websites is among the assets
transferred. It is our practice to seek appropriate protection for information
in these types of transactions.
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To third parties for marketing analysis. We
reserve the right to disclose to third parties personal information about
customers for marketing analysis; however, any information disclosed will be in
the form of aggregate data that does not describe or identify an individual
customer.
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To governmental authorities.
Under certain circumstances, personal information may be subject to disclosure to
comply with a legal process, such as a subpoena, warrant, court order or law
enforcement request.
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If we believe disclosure is necessary or appropriate
to protect the rights, property, or safety of the Company, our customers, or
others. This includes exchanging information with other companies and
organizations for the purposes of fraud protection and credit risk reduction.
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To fulfill the purpose for which you provide it.
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For any other purpose disclosed by us when you provide
the information.
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With your consent, for any purpose.
Data
Security
We have implemented measures designed to secure your
personal information from accidental loss and from unauthorized access, use,
alteration, and disclosure. All information you provide to us is stored on our
secure servers behind firewalls. Any payment transactions will be encrypted.
The safety and security of your information also
depends on you. Where we have given you (or where you have chosen) a password
for access to certain parts of our Websites, you are responsible for keeping
this password confidential. We ask you not to share your password with anyone.
Unfortunately, the transmission of information via the
internet is not completely secure. Although we do our best to protect your
personal information, we cannot guarantee the security of your personal information
transmitted to our Websites. Any transmission of personal information is at
your own risk. We are not responsible for circumvention of any privacy settings
or security measures contained on our Websites.
Changes to This Policy
It is our policy to post any changes we make to our Policy
on this page with a notice that the Policy has been updated on the Websites’
home pages. If we make material changes to how we treat your personal information,
we will notify you by email to the email address specified in your account or
through a notice on the Websites’ home pages. The date the Policy was last
revised is identified at the top of the page. You are responsible for ensuring that
we have an up-to-date, active, and deliverable email address for you, and you
are responsible for periodically visiting our Websites and this Policy to check
for any changes.
Contact Information
If you have questions about this Policy or our privacy
practices, contact us at: 4538 Bonney Road, Virginia Beach, VA 23462, leasing@dragas.com or (757) 490-0161.