EZLOANLOOKUP.COM PRIVACY POLICY
Last Updated 8/01/2008
This Privacy Policy (“Policy”) applies to the EzLoanLookUp.com web site. It tells users (“you”) of the web site and the services provided therein about the information collected by EzLoanLookUp.com and how EzLoanLookUp.com uses and shares this information. The EzLoanLookUp.com web site is operated by Ez Loan Look Up, Inc. All references below to EzLoanLookUp.com or “we” include Ez Loan Look Up, Inc.
Types of Information We Collect
EzLoanLookUp.com collects both “personally identifiable information” and “non-personally identifiable information” from or about users of its web sites.
Personally Identifiable Information
EzLoanLookUp.com collects several types of information that may identify a particular individual (“personally identifiable information”). We collect personally identifiable information when you provide it to us through your use of the site, such as by completing one or more stages of an online form prior to applying for a loan from a lender participating in the lender network (“participating lenders”) or by sending questions to us via the web site. The types of personally identifiable information we collect include: name, physical address, telephone number, social security number, email address, date of birth, driver’s license number and state, information about home ownership, citizenship status, employment information, active military information, amount and frequency of pay checks, vehicle information, merchandise pawn information, and information about your banking account.
Non-Personally Identifiable Information
Non-personally identifiable information is anonymous information which cannot be associated with a specific individual. The types of non-personally identifiable information we collect (either directly, through the use of “cookies,” or through the use of a third party tracking system) include: the IP address of the computer making the request; your browser type and language; access times; information about areas of the site visited by users of the site; information about the links users may select to visit on the site. IP addresses are not usually associated with your personal computer, but with a portal through which you accessed the Internet. IP addresses are not linked to personally identifiable information. A “cookie” is a piece of information a web site sends to your computer while you are viewing the web site to remember who you are without personally identifying you.
EzLoanLookUp.com may share this non-personally identifiable information only in summary form with its suppliers and other third parties for the purpose of web site statistical and trend analysis. This information is not linked to any personally identifiable information which can identify an individual person.
Information Collected by Third Parties
We may allow third parties, including advertising partners, Car Title Lenders, Pawn shops, and payday loan lenders, to display advertisements on our site. These companies may use tracking technologies, including cookies, to collect information about users of our site who view or interact with these advertisements. EzLoanLookUp.com does not provide personally identifiable information to these third parties.
How We Use Personally-Identifiable Information
We use the personally-identifiable information you provide to us through this site in order to deliver the products or services you have requested; provide you with customer support; verify or review your information to determine whether it meets eligibility requirements ; communicate with you by email, postal mail, telephone, and/or mobile devices about products or services which may be of interest to you either from us, our marketing partners, or other third parties; display advertising tailored to your interests or background; perform data and statistical analysis on use of the web site; enforce our terms and conditions, and perform any other functions otherwise described to you at the time we collect the information.
We may review and use your financial information and your social security number to match you with participating lenders in a loan network or other third party lenders with whom there may be a business relationship. We may also review your financial information and social security number to verify your identify and protect against possible fraudulent transaction.
Sharing Your Personally-Identifiable Information
EzLoanLookUp.com may share your personally-identifiable information (including, without limitation, your financial account information and social security number) with lenders participating in a lender network and other third party lenders with whom we have a business relationship. These third party lenders may use your personally-identifiable information to offer you a; car title loan, pawn shop loan, payday loan or to communicate with you about other business or marketing offers. In addition, we may share your personally identifiable information (not including your financial account information and social security number) with unaffiliated third party marketers and list managers with whom we may have a business relationship.
Any third parties with whom we share personally-identifiable information may have their own policies which describe how they use and disclose your information. Those policies will govern the use, handling, and disclosure of your information once we have transferred or shared it with those third parties as described in this Policy or our Terms and Conditions.
EzLoanLookUp.com will disclose your personally-identifiable information in response to a subpoena or similar investigative demand, a court order, or a request for cooperation from a law enforcement agency or other government agency; to establish or exercise our legal rights; to defend against legal claims; or as otherwise required by law. We will disclose your personally-identifiable information when we believe disclosure is necessary to investigate, prevent, or take action regarding illegal activity, suspected fraud or other wrongdoing; to protect and defend the rights, property, or safety of our company, our employees, our web site users, or others; or to enforce our website terms and conditions or other agreements or policies.
In addition, in the event all or substantially all of EzLoanLookUp, Inc’s stock and/or assets are transferred or sold to another entity, EzLoanLookUp.com may transfer personally-identifiable information to the acquiring entity.
Links to Third Party Web Sites
We may provide links or automatically redirect you to third party web sites which do not operate under this Policy. For example, if you click on an advertisement presented on our site, you may be taken to a web site EzLoanLookUp.com does not operate or control. You should review the privacy statements and terms of use of all third party web sites you access. These third party web sites may independently solicit and collect information from you. On occasion, those third party web sites may provide us with information about your use of those sites.
Changes
EzLoanLookUp.com’s policies, content, information, promotions, disclosures, disclaimers and features may be revised, modified, updated, and/or supplemented at any time and without prior notice at the sole and absolute discretion of EzLoanLookUp. Changes to this Policy will be posted on the EzLoanLookUp.com web site and we will revised the “last updated” date at the top of this policy. You should review this Policy each time you access the web site. If we make any material changes in the way we collect, use, and/or share personal information which may impact you, we will notify you by sending an email to the email address you most recently provided to (unless we do not have an email address for you) and/or by prominently posting notice of the changes on this web site.
Children’s Privacy
Our web site is not intended for use by children under the age of 13. We do not knowingly collect personally-identifiable information from children under the age of 13.
Security
EzLoanLookUp.com has put in place physical, procedural, and technological security measures to help prevent unauthorized access to and improper use of the information we collect online. For example, only authorized employees and authorized third parties are permitted to access personally-identifiable information, and they may do so only for permitted business functions. No web site or Internet network can be completely secure. Although we take steps to secure your information, we do not guarantee, and you should not expect your personal information, searches, or other communications will always remain secure.
Accessing Your Personally-Identifiable Information
If you would like to review and/or request changes to the personally identifiable information we have collected about you through your use of the EzLoanLookUp.com web site, please contact us by writing or sending email to the addresses below.
Third-Party Web Beacons
We use third-party web beacons from Yahoo! to help analyze where visitors go and what they do while visiting our website. Yahoo! may also use anonymous information about your visits to this and other websites in order to improve its products and services and provide advertisements about goods and services of interest to you. If you would like more information about this practice and to know your choices about not having this information used by Yahoo!, click here.
Contact Us
If you have questions, comments, or concerns regarding our Privacy Statement, please write to us or send us an email:
Ez Loan Look Up, Inc.
1500 Skokie Blvd., Suite 101
Northbrook , IL 60062
eMail: privacy@ezloanlookup.com
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