Security
and Privacy Policy for PCR Mortgage Services
At PCR Mortgage Services,
we are committed to protecting the privacy of our customers' information.
We know that your financial information is personal. Our goals are to
serve you as effectively and conveniently as possible and to ensure
that information you share with us remains confidential. As part of
our commitment, we have adopted the following Privacy principles and
have implemented them at all levels of our organization.
1.
Privacy of Information-Customer Expectations
Trust, privacy, and confidentiality are the most important part of our
commitment in meeting customer expectations of how we use the information
we obtain. We will maintain standards to ensure that your information
is private and secure at all times.
2.
Employee Access to Information is Limited
RHM has policies and procedures in place that limit access to your personal
information to those employees with business reasons for knowing such
information. We have appropriate policies to enforce employee responsibilities
regarding the privacy of customer information. Our employees are aware
it is inappropriate to discuss the affairs of customers and their finances,
except with outside professionals retained by the mortgage company,
and then only to the extent necessary for business purposes.
3.
Use, Collection, and Retention of Customer Information
We collect, retain, and use information about you in order to conduct
our business with you, satisfy legal reporting requirements, and administer
our internal operations. We may routinely collect or retain information
that includes your: (1) name, address, telephone number, social security
number, annual income, current and past employers; (2) answers to questions
on loan applications; and (3) We collect information from consumer reporting
agencies regarding credit and checking account histories.
We do not
provide information to outside parties unless it is in direct support
of your account activities. We do not sell our information to companies
that offer other products and services. When we collect information
about you, we do so only for a specific business purpose.
When you end your
customer relationship with us, or when we end our customer relationship
with you, we will treat the information we have about you as if you
were still our customer.
4.
Accuracy of Information
Maintaining
the accuracy of your personal information is important. We have procedures
to help assure that your personal information is accurate, current,
and complete. We also have procedures to correct inaccurate information
in a timely manner. If you discover any information we have about you
that is incorrect, please let us know.
5.
Security of Consumer Information Collected
RHM maintains security standards and procedures regarding unauthorized
access to customer information. We constantly update and test our technology
to improve the protection of our customer information and to protect
the integrity of our systems. We do not provide information about you
to anyone without first verifying who they are and whether they may
have legal access to the information.
6.
Disclosure of Account Information is Restricted
We do not reveal specific information about your application outside
our organization except for the performance of bona fide corporate due
diligence supported by a confidentiality agreement, or under the following
circumstances:
-
you request
or authorize disclosure;
-
the information
is provided to help complete a transaction initiated by you;
-
the information
is provided to a reputable credit bureau or similar information
reporting agency; or
-
the disclosure
is otherwise authorized or required by law.
7.
We do not sell our customer lists
Presidential does not share information with vendors who wish
to provide special offers of financial products and services, such as
insurance companies or credit card issuers.
8.
Changes
Our privacy principles may change from time to time, so please check
our web site regularly to view the most current version.
9.
Complaints
Because of RHM's high commitment to confidentiality of customer information,
complaints relating to this policy should be forwarded directly to our
office, for prompt consideration.
10.
RHM's Website
Financial Tools
and Calculators that require you to provide some level of information
are used by RHM. The provider of the tool, calculator or questionnaire
may retain this information. The information will only be used by Presidential
to provide you with services you have requested.
Cookies are
lines of text that are transmitted to your web browser when you click
on a link. Your browser stores the information on your hard drive and
when you return to that site later, the "Cookie" is transmitted back
to the server that originally sent it to you. Cookies provide a way
for a server to recall a previous request from a particular web browser.
Presidential does use "Cookies" in our website, to help keep track of
your online sessions. The cookie is used only for administrative purposes
and does not contain any sensitive information such as your account
passwords, account numbers or social security number, etc.
11.
Whom should you contact with Questions?
At RHM, we value customer relationships. We want you to understand how
we use the information you provide and our commitment to ensuring your
personal privacy. If you have questions about our privacy policy, please
call RHM's customer service department at 1-800-340-6721. We will be
glad to answer your questions.
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