CCM collects certain information from and about its customers and users, subject to the provisions as outlined in Section 2 above, in the following ways which include but are not limited to: directly from our web server logs and from cookies. CrossCountryMortgage.com also collects information volunteered by you in several areas, including loan applications, mortgage information requests, applications for homeowners and automobile insurance, insurance information requests, account pages, logins, site registrations, and surveys. Certain information we request for you to participate in certain features within the website(s) may include but not be limited to personally identifiable information such as name, address, telephone and fax numbers, email address, and billing information. We will at all times inform you at the time we collect information whether the information requested is necessary for you to participate in a particular feature or access a particular product on the website(s).
We will not disclose personally identifiable information we collect from you to third parties without your permission except to the extent necessary including but not limited to the following:
To fulfill your service requests for loan processing, services or funding authorizations
To respond to legal process including a court order or comply with federal, state or local law
In connection with a merger, acquisition, or liquidation of CCM or its affiliates and business divisions
In connection with certain marketing services
CCM does not share, sell, or rent the consent of the customer to receive SMS messages to third parties
The information collected may also be used to respond to specific requests by you including sending you periodic information and special offers from CCM or its affiliates and our sponsors and/or advertisers, to provide you with updates on offerings and features, to provide you with product information from affiliates in CrossCountryMortgage.com database, to provide notice of changes to Terms of Use and Privacy Statement. The information provided by you may also be used to better understand customers’ interests and usage behavior, and may be collected and/or combined with information from affiliates of CCM online or offline sources.
We may also supply the information you provide, on a strictly confidential basis, to service providers, such as title companies, appraisers, credit reporting services, etc., who assist us in qualifying, processing, closing and servicing your loan.
Credit Report Data: By submitting a loan application or a request to be pre-qualified to us, you authorize us to share your credit report with our affiliates only to process your loan application.
To provide you with a more accurate insurance quote, CCHA will obtain information about you and other household members in your household from consumer reporting agencies and other third parties where permitted by law. This may include driving and claim histories, algorithmic “insurance scores” partially based on credit (does not affect your credit bureau score). We use this information to quote your policy more accurately.
Newsletter Request: We may provide you with the opportunity to subscribe to E-newsletters and other Email based communications. You may unsubscribe by following the instructions provided in each Email newsletter. CCM follows all CAN-SPAM Act 2003 regulations.
Use of Cookies, Web Server Logs and other electronic information collection mechanisms.
When you visit our Website(s), we may track information to administer the site and analyze its usage. Examples of information we may track include:
Your computer’s Internet protocol address or IP address.
The kind of web browser or computer you use.
Number and type of links you click within the site.
Locality including the state or country from which you accessed the site.
Date and time of your visit(s).
Name of your Internet service provider.
Pages you viewed on the site.
IP addresses are collected for system administration purposes and for use in studying how people use our site(s) and how CCM can improve the use of the site. CCM may use cookies to personalize or enhance your user experience. A cookie is a small text file that is placed on your hard disk by a Web page server. Cookies cannot be used to run programs or deliver viruses to your computer. Cookies are uniquely assigned to you, and can only be read by a Web Server in the domain that issued the cookie to you.
One of the primary purposes of cookies is to provide a convenience feature to save you time. For example, if you personalize a web page or account, or navigate within a site, a cookie helps the site to recall your specific information on subsequent visits. Hence, this simplifies the process of delivering relevant content and eases site navigation by providing and saving your preferences and login information as well as providing personalized functionality.
CCM may use cookies to identify customers and to automatically give them access to previously stored information. CCM may also use cookies to estimate our audience size and usage patterns and to track the aggregate number of customer returns at our web site(s). CCM may also use cookies to simplify certain processes on the website(s) including but not limited to the filing out of certain forms.
You have the ability to accept or decline cookies by changing certain settings of your web browser. If you reject cookies by changing your browser settings then be aware that this may disable some of the functionality on our website.
CCM may allow third-party companies, including ad networks, to serve advertisements, provide other advertising services and/or collect certain information when you visit our website.
Third-party companies may use non-personally identifiable information (e.g., click stream information, browser type, time and date, subject of advertisements clicked or scrolled over) during your visit to this web site in order to provide advertisements about goods and services likely to be of greater interest to you.
Third-party companies may use non-cookie technologies to recognize your computer or device and/or to collect and record information about your web surfing activity including your activities on this website. These technologies may be used directly on this website. Please keep in mind that your web browser may not permit you to block the use of these non-cookie technologies, and those browser settings that block cookies may have no effect on such techniques.
To learn more about Interest-Based Advertising or to opt-out of this type of advertising by those third parties that are members of self-regulatory programs such as the Network Advertising Initiative, please visit the NAI’s website (www.networkadvertising.org) which will allow you to opt out of Interest-Based Advertising by one, or all, NAI members.