Widing Custom Homes Privacy Policy

Effective Date: 04.01.2019

Last Updated: 08.11.2022

This privacy notice discloses the privacy practices for [Widing Custom Homes] and our website; [http://www.widingcustomhomes.com].  This privacy policy applies to and is provided on behalf of Widing Custom Homes, Inc. and details our information gathering practices and policies in correlation with this site.  At Widing Custom Homes, we value and respect your privacy; we recognize the sensitivity of your personal information.  The Widing Team is dedicated to protecting your personal information and only using it in an appropriate manner; to provide you with information regarding our services, expertise, products, affiliates, and future prospects. 

Information Collection, Use, and Sharing 

Collected Information: 

  • Personal identification information 

    • Your name 

    • Your street address 

    • Your city

    • Your state

    • Your zip code

    • Your telephone number 

    • Your email address

    • Including any additional information collected on the site that is expressed as personally identifiable information under an applicable law/label. 

We may use this information to contact you and notify you of new information, services, products, and other opportunities regarding Widing Custom Homes. 

Means in which Your Information is Collected: 

  • Directly from you when you provide it.

  • Automatically as you navigate through the site. (Information collected automatically may include usage details, IP addresses and information collected through cookies, web beacons and other tracking technologies)

  • From third parties (e.g. our business associates)

This privacy notice applies solely to information collected by Users provided voluntarily:

  • On this website

  • Through email, text, and other electronic messaging services 

  • Through interactions with our advertising and applications on third-party websites and services, if those applications or advertising include links to this policy

Means in which Your Information is Used: 

  • To present our Website and its contents to you

  • To provide you with information, products or services that you request from us

  • To provide you with information about our services

  • To carry out our obligations and enforce our rights arising from any contracts entered in-between you and us

  • To allow you to participate in interactive features on our Website.

  • To fulfill any purpose for which you provide it.

  • For any other purpose with your consent.

Automatic Data Collection Technologies: 

As you navigate and interact with our site, we may utilize automatic data collection technologies to gather certain information about your equipment, browsing actions and patterns, such as:

  • Details of your visits to our site (i.g. traffic data, location data, and other communication data and the resources that you access and use on the Website.

  • Information about your computer and internet connection (i.g. IP address, operating system and browser type)

Furthermore, we also may use these technologies to collect information about your online activities over time and across third-party websites for behavioral tracking.  Automatically collected data is statistical data and does not include personal information, but we may maintain it or associate it with personal information we gathered in other ways or receive from third parties.  It helps us to improve our Website and to produce a enhanced and more personalized service. It enables our team to:

  • Estimate our audience size 

  • Usage patterns.

  • Identify the highest & lowest viewed pages

Specific Technologies employed for automatic data collection are, but not limited to: 

  • Cookies (or browser cookies).  A cookie is a small file placed on the hard drive of your computer.  You may refuse to accept browser cookies by activating the appropriate setting on your browser.  Although, if you select this setting you may be unable to access certain parts of our Website.  Unless you have adjusted your browser setting so that it will refuse cookies, our system will issue cookies when you direct your browser to our site. Cookies can also enable us to track and target the interests of our users to enhance their experience on our site. Usage of a cookie is in no way linked to any personally identifiable information on our site.  Some of our business partners may use cookies on our site (e.g., advertisers).  However, we have no access to or control over these cookies.

  • Flash Cookies.  Certain features of our site may use local stored objects (or Flash cookies) to collect and store information about your preferences and navigation to, from and on our Website.  Flash cookies are not managed by the same browser settings that are used for browser cookies.

  • Web Beacons.  Pages of the Website may contain small electronic files known as web beacons (can be referred to as clear gifs. pixel tags and single-pixel gifs).  These permit the Company to count users who have visited certain pages or opened an e-mail and for other related website statistics (i.g. recording the popularity of certain website content and verifying system & server integrity).

Sharing: 

We share aggregated demographic information with our partners and advertisers. This is not linked to any personal information that can identify any individual person.

Widing Custom Homes partners with other parties to provide certain services. When the user requests for such services, we will share names, or other contact information that is necessary for the third party to complete the requested service.  These parties are not allowed to use personally identifiable information unless it is for the purpose of service fulfillment. 

Additionally, our team may share the collected personal information covered in this privacy policy with: 

  • Our subsidiaries and affiliates

  • Our subcontractors, service providers, and other third parties we employ 

  • The purpose of fulfilling your request for which you provided the information  

  • Third parties to market their products or services to you if you have consented to these disclosures. 

Also, our team may disclose your personal information: 

  • To comply with any court order, law or legal process, including to respond to any government or regulatory request.

  • To enforce or apply our terms of use and other agreements, including for billing and collection purposes.

  • If we believe disclosure is necessary or appropriate to protect the rights, property, or safety of the Company, our customers or others. This includes exchanging information with other companies and organizations for the purposes of fraud protection and credit risk reduction.

Information Security and Confidentiality

We take precautions to protect your information to protect such data from unauthorized access, use, alteration and disclosure.  

When you submit sensitive information via the website, your information is protected both online and offline.  Wherever we collect sensitive information), that information is encrypted and transmitted to us in a secure way.  You can verify this by looking for a closed lock icon at the bottom of your web browser, or looking for "https" at the beginning of the address of the web page.  While we use encryption to protect sensitive information transmitted online, we also protect your information offline. Only employees who need the information to perform a specific job (e.g. billing or customer service) are granted access to personally identifiable information.  The computers/servers on which we store personally identifiable information are kept in a secure environment

We do maintain physical, electronic, and procedural safeguards to prevent the unauthorized release of or access to your personal information.  However, such precautions do not guarantee that this site is invulnerable to all security threats.  We make no warranty, guarantee, or representation that the use of this site is protected from viruses, security threats, or other vulnerabilities and that your information will always be secure.  We cannot guarantee the confidentiality of any communication or material transmitted to/from us via the site or email.  

Use of the internet is solely at your own risk and is subject to all applicable local, state, federal, and international laws and regulations.  We are not responsible for circumvention of any privacy settings or security measures contained on the Website.

This policy does not apply to information collected: 

  • Offline 

  • Through other websites operated a third party (including our affiliates and subsidiaries) 

  • Any third party (including our affiliates and subsidiaries), including through any application or content (including advertising) that may link to or be accessible from or on the Website

We will not disclose to third parties (that is, people and companies that are not affiliated with us) individually identifying information such as names, postal and email address, telephone numbers and other personal information, except to the extent that it is necessary to comply with applicable laws or legal processes (e.g. subpoenas), or to protect our rights or property. 

Widing Custom Homes, Inc. are the sole owners of the information collected on this site.  We only have access to/collect information that you voluntarily give us via email or other direct contact from you.  We will not sell or rent this information to anyone.  

We will use your information to respond to you, regarding the reason you contacted us.  We will not share your information with any third party outside of our organization, other than as necessary to fulfill your request. 

Unless you ask us not to, we may contact you via email in the future to tell you about our services, products & materials, or changes to this privacy policy. 

Your Access to and Control Over Information 

You may opt out of any future contacts from us at any time. You can do the following at any time by contacting us via the email address or phone number provided on our website. 

Alterations to Privacy Policy: 

Any material changes to our privacy policy will be edited on this page.  Users can see when updates are made by checking the date at the top of the page.  We reserve the right to make any changes to the policy at any time by posting revisions. 

Other Provisions as Required by Law

Numerous other provisions and/or practices may be required as a result of laws, international treaties, or industry practices.  It is up to you to determine what additional practices must be followed and/or what additional disclosures are required.  Please take special notice of the California Online Privacy Protection Act (CalOPPA), which is frequently amended and now includes a disclosure requirement for “Do Not Track” signals.

If you feel that we are not abiding by this privacy policy, you should contact us immediately via telephone at [231.933.6680] or via email at [rwiding@rwidingcustomhomes.com].

By accessing or using the site, you agree to be bound by all the Terms of this Privacy Policy as posted at the time of your use or access. If you have any questions about this Policy, you may telephone, email, or write to:

Widing Custom Homes 

Marketing Management 

934 South Garfield Ave, Suite B 

Traverse City, MI 49686

 

We truly appreciate you visiting our site.