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Privacy Policy

This Privacy Statement (“Privacy Statement”) explains how Hommati Franchise Network, Inc. (“Hommati”) and its independent franchisees, agents or representatives may use personal information (“Personal Information”) and this policy applies to all new users, Real Estate Agents and Brokers who register on our Website. Please carefully read this Privacy Policy. If you do not agree to our practices, please do not register, subscribe, create an account, or otherwise interact with Hommati at www.Hommati.com (or the mobile versions), and/or any individual, Real Estate Agents, Brokers, Home Buyers, business partner-specific, merchant-specific, city-specific, or other area-specific Website we offer (collectively, the “Website”).

Please contact us if you have any questions or comments about our privacy practices or this Privacy Statement. You can reach us online at [email protected]. You can reach us via postal mail at the following address:

Hommati Franchise Network, Inc.
6264 S. Sunbury Rd. Ste. 100
Westerville, OH 43081

1. Types of Personal Information We Collect

Personal Information is information that can be used to identify, locate, or contact an individual. It also includes other information that may be associated with Personal Information. We collect the following types of Personal Information:
  • Contact Information that allows us to communicate with you, which may include information such as your name, postal addresses, email addresses, social media Website user account names and telephone numbers.
  • Relationship Information that helps us to understand who you are and what types of homes you are interested in. This includes lifestyle information; location information related to your state/province, city, or neighborhood; areas of interest, information collected from social media interactions (such as via Facebook); demographic information (e.g., birth date, age, gender); information about homes you have searched, saved and agents you have interacted with.
  • Homes you may have went to see or you have favorited
  • Financial Account Information as needed to process payments for membership or special promotions, such as your credit or debit card number, expiration date, and card verification number.

 

LOGGING IN WITH A THIRD-PARTY ACCOUNT (e.g., Google)

If you log in with a third-party account (e.g., Google), we may obtain information about you, such as your user ID and/or user name and other information you have permitted those services to share with us and consistent with your privacy settings for that third-party account.

 

AGENTS USING HOMMATI PHOTO DELIVERY VIA GOOGLE PHOTOS

For agents using Hommati Photo Delivery App on behalf of  hommati.com is requesting user for Google oauth and Google Photos api permission so that Hommati is able to upload photos to user's google photos.  Hommati Photo Delivery App will request an access token to your Google Photos for those photos we will  upload and manag by the Hommati Photo Delivery App. No Other access permissions are required. You simply need to sign in with your Google photos gmail account and approve the authorization request to proceed.  Hommati Photo Delivery App is not asking for personal information while accessing google oauth to authorize user to Hommati Photo Delivery App. We require only permissions to manage app uploaded photos in user's google photos.

 

GOOGLE API SERVICES USAGE DISCLOSURE

Google OAuth is a registration and authentication service provided by Google LLC and is connected to the Google network. Hommati's use of information received from Google APIs will adhere to Google API Serivces User Data Policy including the Limited Use Requirements.

 

2. How Hommati Collects Personal Information

We ask you for Personal Information (including Contact Information, Relationship Information, and Financial Account Information) when you register, subscribe, create an account, or otherwise interact with the Website or contact Hommati.

We collect Transaction Information when you use our Website. For example, we may track homes you search, save or favorite, agents you have requested to contact you or homes that you have visited (collectively “Communities”), or to those related to our social media pages or accounts. We use cookies and related technologies to collect information about your computer and your interaction with the website and our Real Estate Agent, Brokers or partner websites.

If you use a social media platform or your mobile device (or other method of communication) to interact with Hommati or the Website, the application may have a specific Privacy Policy that governs the use of Personal Information related to that application. For example, if you use a Hommati Website and your mobile device’s settings allow it, we may collect Mobile Location Information from your device. Our application may be designed to collect information even if you are not logged into the Hommati application or the Website. If you have questions about the security and privacy settings of your mobile device, please refer to instructions from your mobile service provider or the manufacturer of your device to learn how to adjust your settings.

We may receive additional Personal Information from third parties. We may use this Personal Information to enhance other information we have about you to help us better understand you and to otherwise enhance the Websites or Hommati services.

3. How Hommati Uses Personal Information

Hommati uses Personal Information to:

  • Operate and improve our website

  • Provide your contact information to Real Estate Agents you request to contact you.

  • Provide customer support, including to Real Estate Agents, Brokers and partners

  • Fulfill requests for Hommati services

  • Communicate and provide additional information that may be of interest to you about Hommati and our Real Estate Agents, Brokers and partners, such as Hommati news, special offers, announcements, and marketing materials

  • Send you reminders, technical notices, updates, security alerts and support and administrative messages service bulletins, or marketing

  • Administer surveys, or other promotional activities or events sponsored by us or our partners

  • Manage our everyday business needs such as Website administration, forum management, fulfillment, analytics, fraud prevention, enforcement of our corporate reporting obligations, Terms of Use or to comply with the law, and
 
4. When and Why Hommati Discloses Personal Information

We will not disclose your Personal Information to third parties except to:

  • Affiliated companies (e.g., subsidiaries and other companies owned by or controlled by Hommati) who may only use the Personal Information for the purposes described in Section 3 above.

  • Our service providers that provide services for us. Our service providers are bound by law or contract to protect the Personal Information and are only allowed to use the Personal Information in accordance with the terms of our service agreements with them.

  • Real Estate Agents, Brokers, merchants and partners.

  • Effect a merger, acquisition, or otherwise; to support the sale or transfer of business assets; to enforce our rights or protect our property; to protect the rights, property or safety of others, investigate fraud, respond to a government request; or as needed to support auditing, compliance, and corporate governance functions. We may also disclose Personal Information to defend ourselves in litigation or a regulatory action, and when required or advised to do so by law, such as in response to a subpoena, or similar legal process, including to law enforcement agencies, regulators, and courts in the United States and other countries where we operate. If Hommati is involved in a merger, acquisition, or sale of all or a portion of its assets, you will be notified via email and/or prominent notice on our Website of any change in ownership or uses of your Personal Information, as well as any choices you may have regarding your Personal Information.

  • We encourage Hommati Real Estate Agents, Brokers and partners to adopt and post privacy policies. However, the use of your Personal Information by such parties is governed by the privacy policies of such parties and is not subject to our control.

  • We may also disclose information about you that is not personally identifiable. For example, we may provide our Real Estate Agents, Brokers and partners, or other third parties with reports that contain aggregated and statistical data about our users.

  • We may also disclose information about you to our internal franchisees, national vendors and affiliated parties.
 
5. Cookies and Related Technologies

When you use our websites, we may collect certain information by automated or electronic means, using technologies such as cookies, pixel tags and web beacons, browser analysis tools, and web server logs. As you use our website, mobile website and applications, your browser and devices communicate with servers operated by us, our business partners and services providers to coordinate and record the interactivity and fill your requests for services and information.

The information from cookies and related technology is stored in web server logs and also in web cookies kept on your computers or mobile devices, which are then transmitted back to our website by your computers or mobile devices. These servers are operated and the cookies managed by us, our business partners or our service providers.

For example, when you visit our website, Hommati and our service providers may place cookies on your computers or mobile devices. Cookies allow us to recognize you when you return, track and target your interests in order to provide a customized experience. They also help us provide a customized experience and help us to detect certain kinds of fraud. A “cookie” is a small amount of information that a web server sends to your browser that stores information about your account, your preferences, and your use of the Websites. Some cookies contain serial numbers that allow us to connect your Website activity with other information we store about you in your profile or as related to your interactions with the Websites.

Some cookies are temporary, whereas others may be configured to last longer. “Session” cookies are temporary cookies used for various reasons, such as to manage page views. Your browser usually erases session cookies once you exit your browser. “Persistent” cookies are more permanent cookies that are stored on your computers or mobile devices even beyond when you exit your browser. We use persistent cookies for a number of purposes, such as retrieving certain information you have previously provided (such as your user id if you asked to be remembered), and storing your preferences (e.g., the cities for which you want to be shown search results for homes that are currently for sale).

Pixel tags and web beacons are tiny graphic images placed on website pages or in our emails that allow us to determine whether you have performed specific actions. When you access these pages or open email messages, the pixel tags and web beacons generate a notice of that action to us, or our service providers. These tools allow us to measure response to our communications and improve our web pages and promotions.

We collect many different types of information from cookies and other technologies. For example, we may collect information from the devices you use to access our websites, your operating system type or mobile device model, browser type, domain, and other system settings, as well as the language your system uses and the country and time zone of your device. Browsers routinely send these types of information to web servers. Our server logs also record the Internet Protocol (“IP”) addresses of the devices you use to interact with the website. An IP address is a unique identifier that devices use to identify and communicate with each other on the Internet. We may also collect information about the website you were visiting before you came to our Website and the website you visit after you leave our website, if this information is supplied to us by your browser.

In many cases, the information we collect using cookies and other tools is used in non-identifiable ways, without any reference to Personal Information. For example, we use information we collect about website users to optimize our website and understand its traffic and usage patterns. In other cases, we associate the information we collect using cookies and related technologies with Personal Information. In that case, this Privacy Statement governs how we use that information.

Hommati has relationships with third party advertising companies to place advertisements on our behalf onto other websites, and to perform tracking and reporting functions for our website and our advertisements. We do not share Personal Information with third party advertising companies; however, these third parties may automatically collect information about your visit to our website and other websites, your IP address, your ISP and the browser you use to visit this Website. They do this by using cookies, clear gifs and other technologies. Information collected may be used, among other things, to deliver advertising targeted to your interests and to better understand the usage and visitation of our Website and the other websites tracked by these third parties. This Privacy Statement does not cover the collection methods or use of the information collected by these third parties, and Hommati is not responsible for cookies or clear gifs in third party ads. We encourage you to review the privacy policies or statements of these third party advertising companies to learn more about their use of cookies and other technologies.

6. Accessing and Correcting Personal Information

Keeping Personal Information about you current helps ensure that we offer you the best deals available through our merchants and business partners. You can do several things to help keep Personal Information about you current. You can access, update and delete your Contact Information, Financial Account Information, and the other information you provided to use in your profile by logging into your account and accessing the “My Account” section of the Website or sending us an email at [email protected].

If you want to close your account or have other questions or requests, please contact us. While we are ready to assist you in managing your subscriptions, closing your account, and removing your active profile, we cannot always delete records of past interactions and transactions. For example, we are required to retain records relating to previous purchases on the Websites for financial reporting and compliance reasons.

We will retain your information for as long as your account is active or as needed to provide you services and to maintain a record of your transactions for financial reporting purposes. We will retain and use your information as necessary to comply with our legal obligations, resolve disputes, and enforce our agreements.

7. Notice to Residents of Countries outside the United States of America

Hommati, Inc. is headquartered in the United States of America. Personal Information may be accessed by us or transferred to us in the United States or to our affiliates, business partners, Real Estate Agents, Brokers, or service providers elsewhere in the world. By providing us with Personal Information, you consent to this transfer. We will protect the privacy and security of Personal Information according to our Privacy Policy, regardless of where it is processed or stored.

8. Privacy Practices of Third Parties

This Privacy Policy only addresses the use and disclosure of information by Hommati through your interaction with the Website. Other Websites that may be accessible through links from our Websites may have their own Privacy Policys and personal information collection, use, and disclosure practices. Our merchants and business partners may have their own Privacy Policys, too. We encourage you to familiarize yourself with the Privacy Policys provided by these other parties prior to providing them with information or taking advantage of an offer or promotion

9. Changes to this Privacy Statement

From time to time, we may update this Privacy Policy to clarify our practices or to reflect new or different privacy practices, such as when we add new features to our Website. If we make any material changes we will notify you by email (sent to the email address specified in your account) or by means of notice on the Website prior to the change becoming effective. We encourage you to periodically review this page for the latest information about our privacy practices.
 
10. Opt-In
 
By submitting to us your email address and/or phone number on either the Agent Enrollment Forms or Signing up for a User Account, you are agreeing to opt-in to all emails, phone calls or test messaging that may be sent to you.

11. California Privacy Rights

Pursuant to Section 1798.83 of the California Civil Code, residents of California can obtain certain information about the types of Personal Information that companies with whom they have an established business relationship have shared with third parties for direct marketing purposes during the proceeding calendar year. In particular, the law provides that companies must inform consumers about the categories of Personal Information that have been shared with third parties, the names and addresses of those third parties, and examples of the types of services or products marketed by those third parties. To request a copy of the information disclosure provided by Hommati pursuant to Section 1798.83 of the California Civil Code, please contact us via email to [email protected], or by writing us at the following address:

Hommati Franchise Network, Inc.
6264 Sunbury Rd. Ste. 100
Westerville, OH 43081
(833) HOMMATI

Please allow 30 days for a response.

* Please request and refer to our Franchise Disclosure Agreement for complete details. This information is not intended as an offer to sell, or the solicitation of an offer to buy, a franchise. It is for informational purposes only.