Your privacy is very important to us and HOMES Publishing Group (HPG) strives to ensure the privacy of everyone who visits our websites. This privacy policy sets out what information we track and how we use it. By using our websites, you consent to the collection of information in accordance with the terms of this privacy policy. Please be aware that our websites are connected to other sites by hyperlinks. These sites may collect personal information about you and we recommend that you review the privacy policies posted on those linked websites to protect yourself. We do not assume any responsibility for the policies and practices on these linked websites.

During normal Internet browsing of our group of websites, you may visit our sites without providing any personal information. However, to make use of certain features such as requesting information on builders/projects, contests, surveys, feedback, and/or subscriptions, you will be required to provide us with personal information. By voluntarily providing this personal information to us you will be consenting to the collection, use and distribution of your personal information by us for the purposes of running the contest and/or distribution to third parties who may contact you directly. You are under no obligation to provide us with this personal information and can access and enjoy many parts of the HPG group of websites without providing us any personal information. However, for clarity, please understand that by volunteering this personal information you are also agreeing to its collection, use and distribution for the purposes stated in below.

The objective of the HPG group of websites is to be your primary destination for home related topics on the Internet by providing you with information and products and services that are most relevant to you. To achieve this objective HPG needs to collect certain information to better serve you.

We do not collect any personally identifying information about you unless you knowingly and specifically supply us this information. We will not disclose any personal information about you to any outside party, unless you have been advised of this possibility before providing the personal information. We collect information for two purposes:  (1) to pass along some information to our clients/advertisers so that they may contact you and serve you directly; and (2) to help us better understand how our group of websites are utilized by visitors so that we may improve our services. On occasion we may share general demographic information with advertisers or potential advertisers. HPG does not sell, rent or lease its customer lists to third parties.

The collection of this information may be characterized in two categories:

(1) personal information you provide voluntarily;

(2) anonymous information about your visit.

Personal information HPG collects may include information that tells us specifically who you are, such as your name and mailing address. The personal information you provide voluntarily is collected in the online forms you fill out requesting information on specific products and/or services, online contests, feedback, and/or surveys. Where applicable our clients/advertisers will receive this information so that they may contact you directly regarding your request. On all our websites, where HPG collects this personal information, we make every effort to include a link to this privacy policy so that you may better understand our commitment to you.

The anonymous information we collect may include computer and connection information such as your IP address, and browser and platform types. This collection of information is used to improve the content of our websites and to learn about the traffic patterns throughout our sites. From time to time, we do share general demographic information with advertisers or potential advertisers; however, profiles of individual users are never shared, rented or sold.

HPG reserves the right to access and disclose individually identifiable information in order to comply with applicable laws and lawful governmental requests, to operate our systems properly or to protect our rights and property.

We request information from the user on our order forms. A user must provide contact information (such as name, email, and mailing address) and financial information (such as a credit card number, expiration date). This information is used for billing purposes and to fill your order(s). If we have trouble processing an order, the information is used to contact the user. In the case(s) where we require financial information we use state of the art encryption technology to protect your information.

We may alter this privacy policy from time to time by updating this posting. Please check the privacy policy page of our websites periodically for changes. Your continued use of our websites following the posting of any changes constitutes your acceptance of those changes.

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