Privacy Policy
Last Updated: 09/03/2024
1. Introduction
HouzeSites (“we”, “our”, or “us”) is committed to protecting your privacy. This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, disclose, and safeguard your information when you visit our website at www.houzesites.com, including any other media form, media channel, mobile website, or mobile application related or connected thereto (collectively, the “Site”). Please read this privacy policy carefully. If you do not agree with the terms of this privacy policy, please do not access the site.
2. Information We Collect
We may collect information about you in a variety of ways. When you visit or log into our website, we use cookies and similar technologies to collect certain information about your visit. This includes (i) Usage Data (Information about how you use our site, such as pages visited, time spent on pages, and links clicked.) (ii) Device Information (Details about the device you use to access our site, including IP address, browser type, and operating system.) and (iii) Personal Data (If you provide it, we may collect information such as your email address, phone number, or other contact details). We may also combine this information collected automatically with other data we receive from third-party sources, such as data providers and marketing partners, to create a more complete profile of you. We then use this profile to communicate with you, including providing personalized advertising and promotional content based on your interests and browsing behavior. You may opt out of this at any time.
The information we may collect on the Site includes:
a. Personal Data
Personally identifiable information, such as your name, shipping address, email address, and telephone number, and demographic information, such as your age, gender, hometown, and interests, that you voluntarily give to us when you register with the Site or when you choose to participate in various activities related to the Site, such as online chat and message boards.
b. Derivative Data
Information our servers automatically collect when you access the Site, such as your IP address, your browser type, your operating system, your access times, and the pages you have viewed directly before and after accessing the Site.
c. Financial Data
Financial information, such as data related to your payment method (e.g., valid credit card number, card brand, expiration date) that we may collect when you purchase, order, return, exchange, or request information about our services from the Site.
d. Data from Social Networks
User information from social networking sites, such as [social media platforms], including your name, your social network username, location, gender, birth date, email address, profile picture, and public data for contacts, if you connect your account to such social networks.
e. Mobile Device Data
Device information, such as your mobile device ID, model, and manufacturer, and information about the location of your device, if you access the Site from a mobile device.
f. Third-Party Data
Information from third parties, such as personal information or network friends, if you connect your account to the third party and grant the Site permission to access this information.
3. Use of Your Information
We use the information we collect from you to:
- Provide, operate, and maintain our services: To manage your account and provide you with our products and services, including customer support and processing transactions.
- Improve and personalize your experience: To better understand how you use our Site and services, and to make our website and services more intuitive and tailored to your preferences.
- Process payments and orders: To process your transactions and fulfill orders, including sending you receipts and updates about your order.
- Communicate with you: To send you newsletters, marketing or promotional materials, and other information that may be of interest to you, including updates, alerts, and notifications regarding your account or transactions.
- Analyze and monitor usage trends: To better understand user behavior on our Site, assess the effectiveness of our marketing campaigns, and improve our services and product offerings.
- Prevent fraudulent activities: To detect and prevent fraudulent transactions and unauthorized access to our Site and services.
- Comply with legal obligations: To comply with applicable legal requirements, court orders, and other governmental regulations.
- Respond to inquiries: To respond to your inquiries, requests, or feedback and provide customer service.
- Facilitate contests, promotions, and surveys: To manage and facilitate your participation in any contests, promotions, or surveys we may offer.
- Other business purposes: To conduct data analysis, audits, and to enhance our services, develop new products, and improve our overall operations.