Privacy Policy
At Allied Home Mortgage Capital Corporation. (AHMCC), your personal
privacy and the security of your personal information are important to
us. Brokering and originating mortgage loans involves communicating
personal and financial information, and we understand the need for a
safe and secure environment in which to share this information. AHMCC
believes that you should be aware of who we are, the types of
information we may collect in our offices, on our Web site or through
personal or telephone interviews, electronic mail or facsimile, what
we do with your personal information and your options with regard to
what we do with this information. This
policy is provided to you as required by the Federal Financial Privacy
Law (15 U.S.C. §§ 6801-6810).
Who are we? AHMCC
is a national mortgage broker and lender that seeks to provide
residential mortgage loans to its consumers. AHMCC's network of
branches is located throughout the United States and its territories.
Our services are also offered on our network of Web sites. AHMCC is a
mortgage loan originator and is licensed or exempt as a mortgage
broker or lender in most states and territories. Refer back to the Web
site in your local area for specific details. State License
information is available for each office via a link from this Web
site.
Information we collect
When you complete a qualification form or loan application at an AHMCC
Web site or an AHMCC office, you will be asked to provide us with
certain personal and financial information including your name, phone
number, social security number, electronic mail address, income and
other financial information depending on your expressed loan
preference. In order to better assess your suitability for our
products and services, we may also collect information from employers,
insurers, financial institutions and trades people, as well as from
the three national credit-reporting agencies (Experian, Equifax, and
Trans Union) or other regional credit reporting agencies.. The
information we receive from these agencies may include information
about your finances, employment, hobbies, mode of living, work history
and driving record. We may also collect property value information
from accredited appraisal companies, automated valuation systems or
public tax records. Additionally, in the course of providing services
to you, we may also collect information you provide to us to maintain
those services and information gathered from your loan history with
us.
If you fill out a customer survey form, you may be asked to provide
certain identifying information including your name, email address and
phone number. If you provide this information as part of the survey,
it will not be sold or shared with any person or organization unless
you specifically authorize us to do so. However, authorized AHMCC
employees may use your email address or telephone number to contact
you concerning your comments, questions or complaints.
How we handle your information
The nonpublic personal information that you provide to us is sent
through the AHMCC system and processed by our employees, authorized
vendors or contract personnel. Please see our security section for
more information on how we protect the integrity of your information.
Because our vendors may keep and use your information, we recommend
that you contact them directly for more information about their
specific privacy policies.
If you use AHMCC's service through another organization's Web site
with whom AHMCC has a marketing agreement, AHMCC has attempted to
ensure that organization’s privacy policies are consistent with this
Privacy Policy.
Use and distribution We
use the information we collect to evaluate your needs and financial
capability in order to determine what, if any, mortgage loan product
we can provide to you. We may also use it to verify your identity and
confirm or correct what we already know about you, help us prevent
fraud and other crimes, and to otherwise help us comply with the law.
In addition, AHMCC may use the information you provide to notify you
about special offers from our promotional partners. These offers may
be communicated to you through newsletters, flyers or electronic mail
messages. At your request, AHMCC will not send you any information or
offers unrelated to your request for financing.
If you prefer that we not share your nonpublic personal information
(except in those circumstances, described above, that are permitted or
required by law), you may "opt out," that is, you may direct us not to
share this information, by calling us toll-free at 866-430-5363. You
may provide these instructions to us at any time.
Notwithstanding anything else in this Privacy Policy, we may disclose
certain information about you when:
- a court or governmental agency requires us to do so, such as
when we are complying with a search warrant or subpoena;
- we are or may be selling all or any part of our business or
merging with another business; and
- we are providing information to someone with a legal interest
in your insurance, such as someone who lent you money and holds a
lien on your property.
Generally, we will only disclose the information we deem reasonably
necessary to disclose.
Unaffiliated third party’s use of your information.
We do not reveal your name, address or any other identifying
information to unaffiliated third parties unless you affirmatively
respond to one of the promotional offers described above. AHMCC may
share certain aggregated information with third parties for general
marketing and demographic purposes; however, this data DOES NOT
include any of your personal identifying information.
Use by third-parties under joint marketing agreements.
As permitted by law, we may share your nonpublic personal information
with third parties with whom we have entered into joint marketing
agreements, with parties contracted to provide services on our behalf,
or with other third parties as permitted or required by law (See 15
U.S.C. § 6802(b)(2)), such as those listed below. Those parties, as
well as nonaffiliated third parties who perform services for or
functions on behalf of AHMCC, are provided that information, only for
their specific offer or function and are contractually obligated to
protect that information.
These parties may include:- Selected administrative units within
and outside of AHMCC that provide specific servicing of your
accounts.
- Financial services providers with whom we share information to
keep you informed about products and services for which you may be
eligible, and which we believe will be of value and interest to
you.
- Parties who may offer specific products and services under a
joint marketing agreement.
- Others as permitted or required by law, such as credit
bureaus, government entities in response to subpoenas and other
legal processes, and those with whom you have directed us to share
information.
No liability for information collected by third-parties.
This policy only addresses the use and dissemination of information
that we collect from you. To the extent that you disclose any
information to other parties, through other Web sites on the Internet
linked to this site, different policies may apply. Since we do not
control the privacy policies of third parties, you are subject to the
privacy customs and policies, if any, of that third party, and we
shall not be responsible for the use or dissemination of your personal
information by that third party. Therefore, we encourage you to ask
questions before you disclose your personal information to others.
You have a choice about information sharing
If you prefer that we not share your nonpublic personal information
(except in those circumstances, described above, that are permitted or
required by law), you may "opt out," that is, you may direct us not to
share this information, by calling us toll-free at 866-430-5363. You
may provide these instructions to us at any time.
When you contact us, you will be requested to provide identifying
customer information at that time, including your social security
number. Choosing to "opt out" of this information sharing may limit
opportunities for you to receive product and service information that
may interest you.
Security This site
has security measures in place to protect the loss, misuse and
alteration of the information under our control. We have taken
measures to make sure that only the parties permitted under this
policy see the nonpublic personal information you send to us. Some of
the security measures that we have taken include:
Secure Web Pages
All of the pages on our Web site that ask for your personal and
financial information are delivered to your browser through HTTPS,
a secure mode of communication. You can check this encryption by
checking for the key (Netscape) or lock (Internet Explorer) icon
on your browser.
Encryption
When you send your personal and financial information to us, it is
protected by SSL (Secure Sockets Layer) Technology. SSL does not
allow anyone to intercept and read your personal information. When
you send your information to us, SSL encrypts it (translates the
data into a string of gibberish characters). Only we can decode
the encryption.
Firewall Protection
Your financial information is not kept on AHMCC's Web server, but
on a different computer that is separated from the Internet. Even
in the unlikely event that AHMCC's Web site is "hacked," it is our
intent that your data will still remain securely out of reach.
Password Protection
To retrieve information about your loan status, you are required
to enter both a password and at least one other piece of
identification information.
Reporting Incorrect Information
If you believe that any information that we have about you or your
relationship with us is incorrect, please notify us at once. We will
take prompt action in making the appropriate corrections. You may
contact us at our Customer Service Department at 866-430-5363.
Deleting your information
Federal and state regulations require that we store completed loan
requests for various periods of time. In order to comply with these
regulations, we cannot delete information from our databases, even for
qualification forms that are withdrawn. We store all of the
information you provide securely.
AHMCC may change its policy from time to time and, when it does, the
nonpublic personal information that you provide will be subject to the
then-current policy. You can review our current policy at any time on
this Web page.
This is a general description of our information practices. We treat
your information in accordance with applicable law. If you have
questions or concerns regarding this Privacy Policy, you should first
contact the AHMCC site coordinator at our Customer Service Department
at 866-430-5363.
This notice applies only to nonpublic personal information about
individuals who obtain financial products or services primarily for
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