This policy describes Fidelity Direct Mortgage's, collection, processing, transfer and storage of data from visitors to our website at
fdmhome.com
(our “Website”). This Privacy Policy applies only to the data collected on the Website and not to other data collected or processed by Fidelity Direct Mortgage.
Our relationship with you is our most important asset. We understand that you have entrusted with your private financial information, and we will do everything we can to maintain that trust. This notice is being provided to you regarding the privacy of consumer financial information. Please take the time to read and understand the privacy policy we have implemented to safeguard your nonpublic personal information.
We collect personal information to perform mortgage lending services:
1. We do not sell your personal information to anyone.
2. We do not disclose any nonpublic information about our customers or former customers to anyone, except as permitted or required by law.
During the processing of you mortgage loan in limited circumstances where we believe in good faith that disclosure is required or permitted by law, we may disclose all of the information we collect, as described above, to certain nonaffiliated third parties such as attorneys, credit reporting services, secondary market investors, appraisers, auditors and persons or entities that are assessing our compliance with industry standards. We enter into contractual agreements with all nonaffiliated third parties that prohibit such third parties from disclosing or using the information other than to carry out the purposes for which we disclose the information.
Outside of this exception, we will not share your personal information with third parties unless you have specifically asked us to do so.
3. We collect personal information in the normal course of business in order to provide mortgage services
New client information – We collect information that you provide to us when you become a client. The information we collect includes name(s), address, phone number, email address, Social Security Number(s), assets and other relevant information as needed to process your mortgage loan.
a) Personal and Loan-related Information. You may provide us information about you, which may include personal information and information relating to or necessary for the initiation, processing, or completion of certain financial transactions, including the issuance of loans.
b) Transactional Information. We may also create transactional records of each of the transactions or other events occurring through our Website. This transactional information is generally collected (i) to enable
our Services, including loan document creation, origination, management, and distribution, (ii) to enable the services provided by third parties (including determinations regarding qualification for loans or the interest rates
to be applied to loans), and (iii) to enable [Company Name] to comply with various legal obligations.
c) Device and Usage Information. Like most online services, our Website collects standard technical, non-personal information when you use it, including internet protocol (IP) addresses, browser types, internet
service providers (ISPs), the pages and content you view or interact with on our Website, the information you search for, and the dates and times that you visit our Website.
d) Cookies and Other Technologies. Our Website collects certain information through the use of “cookies” and other tracking technologies. Cookies are small files that your browser places on your computer. We
may use session cookies, persistent cookies, and other tracking technologies to better understand how you interact with our Website, to monitor usage by our users and web traffic routing on our services, and to improve and personalize
our Website. Many Internet browsers automatically accept cookies. You may be able to instruct your browser to stop accepting cookies or to prompt you before accepting cookies from the websites you visit. Google provides some additional
privacy options relating to Google analytics, described at d) www.google.com/policies/privacy/partners/ . We do not respond to “do not track” browser signals at this time. We may also use web beacons, which
are transparent graphic images on a webpage or within the body of one of our marketing emails, to allow us to measure visitor actions and assess the effectiveness of our email marketing campaigns. For example, we use web beacons
in our email marketing to track instances where a user clicks through a link in the email.
We and service providers working on our behalf use information collected on our Website in a variety of ways intended to provide our Website and Services and to operate our business, including the following:
a) To Provide our Services. We use the information that we collect (i) to operate, maintain, enhance and provide our Website and our Services, (ii) to provide other services and information that you request, and
(iii) to provide customer support to you and other parties.
b) To Improve, Analyze, and Personalize our Website and Services. We use the information that we collect to understand and analyze usage trends and preferences; to monitor and analyze the effectiveness of our
Website and Services; to improve our Website and Services and develop new products, services, features, and functionality; and to personalize our Website and Services, such as remembering your information so that you will not have
to re-enter it during your visit or the next time you use our Website, or providing customized content and information.
c) To Contact You. We may use your email address or other information we collect to contact you for administrative purposes such as customer service or to send communications, including marketing or promotional
communications, relating to our Website and Services. Generally, you have the ability to opt out of receiving promotional communications as described below.
d) Aggregate Data. We aggregate data collected through our Website and use it for purposes such as creating and sharing reports about the use of our products and services, including users’ interests, usage patterns,
and trends.
Advertising. We may use non-identifiable information that you provide or that we collect to improve or tailor the effectiveness of advertising on our Website and to provide advertisements and other content that is tailored to
you.
e) Advertising. We may use non-identifiable information that you provide or that we collect to improve or tailor the effectiveness of advertising on our Website and to provide advertisements and other content
that is tailored to you.
We may share, transfer, or disclose your information if you consent to us doing so, as well as in the following circumstances:
a) To Service Providers. We work with third party service providers to provide services including loan or transaction processing or administration; Website hosting and other similar services, development and
maintenance; advertising and marketing services; and other services related to our Website and Services for us. These third parties may have access to or process your information as part of providing those services for us.
Generally, we limit the information provided to these service providers to that which is reasonably necessary for them to perform their functions, and we require them to agree to maintain the confidentiality of such information.
These service providers are not permitted to use information we share that might identify you for any purpose other than to provide services to Fidelity Direct Mortgage or to you.
b) In Aggregate Form. We may make certain aggregated non-personal information available to third parties for various purposes, including (i) compliance with various reporting obligations; (ii) for business
or marketing purposes; or (iii) to assist such parties in understanding our users’ interests, usage patterns, and borrowing and loan origination trends.
c) Compliance with Laws and Law Enforcement; Protection of Our Rights. We may disclose your information (including your personal information) to a third party if (a) we believe that disclosure is reasonably
necessary to comply with any applicable law, regulation, legal process or governmental request, (b) to enforce our agreements, policies and terms of service, (c) to protect the security or integrity of our Website or Services,
(d) to protect the property, rights, and safety of [Company Name], our users or the public from harm or illegal activities, (e) to respond to an emergency which we believe in the good faith requires us to disclose information
to assist in preventing the death or serious bodily injury of any person, or (f) to investigate and defend ourselves against any third-party claims or allegations.
d) In Significant Business Transactions. Your information, including personal information, may be disclosed and otherwise transferred to an acquirer, successor, or assignee as part of any merger, acquisition,
debt financing, sale of assets, or similar transaction, or in the event of an insolvency, bankruptcy, or receivership in which information is transferred to one or more third parties as one of our business assets.
Our website is not directed to children under 13, and we do not knowingly collect any personal information from children under the age of 13 through our website. If we become aware that a child under 13 has provided us with personal information through our website, we will take steps to delete such information
Our Website may contain links to other sites, as well as advertisements from companies linking to their own sites. We are not responsible for the privacy practices or the content of such sites. If you have any questions about how these other sites use your information, you should contact them directly.
Fidelity Direct Mortgage has certain measures in place to maintain the security, confidentiality and integrity of the information gathered through the Website, and to help protect against the loss, misuse and alteration of such information. While we take measures to protect your personal information against security breaches and unauthorized access, we cannot guarantee that our safeguards will be effective all of the time against all security threats.
This Privacy Policy may be revised from time to time. If we decide to make material changes to our Privacy Policy, we will make reasonable efforts to notify you of the changes by sending a notice to the primary email address provided to us and/or by placing a notice on our Website.
: You can access and update the information that you have provided to us as follows:
a) If you are a Fidelity Direct Mortgage customer, you can access and update certain personal information in connection with your account or application by logging into your account online.
b) You may contact us at Fidelity Direct Mortgage and request to review, amend or delete certain personal information collected by us.
c) Please note that we may not be able to delete all information we collect through our Website.
d) You may opt-out of receiving marketing emails at any time by following the steps to “unsubscribe” described in the footer of our marketing emails. Your opt-out will become effective in 10 days or less.
If you have any questions, comments or concerns regarding our Privacy Policy and/or practices, please send an email to:
contact@fdmhome.com
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Fidelity Direct Mortgage