Effective date: June 4th 2024 

This Online Privacy Policy applies to information about you that CIG Communities (“CIG”, “we”, “our”, “us”) may obtain when you visit www.cigcommunities.com (the “Site”). This Privacy Policy describes how we may collect, use, or share information about you; your choices regarding our use of your information; how we safeguard such information; and how you may contact us regarding our privacy practices.

Collection of personal information

Information you provide. We may obtain information that you provide directly to us when you interact with the Site (e.g., when you use our contact form, request information). This information may include personal information, which is information that can be used to identify you, such as your name and email address.

If you provide us information about others you represent that you are authorized to do so.

Information collected automatically. We use various tools and technologies like cookies and web server logs to collect information automatically on the Site. This information may include IP addresses, device identifiers, browser characteristics, operating system details, internet service provider details, language preferences, referring URLs, time and length of visits, and pages viewed.

“Cookies” are small data files stored by your web browser on your computer. Cookies may allow a website to recognize a user’s device, record user preferences, track the pages a user clicks on while visiting the website, and identify the website visited immediately beforehand. Most web browsers accept cookies by default, but you may be able to adjust your browser settings to remove or reject cookies. Please note that blocking cookies may affect the availability and functionality of this Site and other websites. Also, disabling cookies may invalidate opt outs that use cookies to recognize devices that have opted out.

We may combine certain automatically-collected information with other information we obtain about you, which may include data we obtain from other sources. 

Please note that we or others may collect personal information about your online activities over time and across different devices and online properties when you use the Site.

Your web browser may have settings that allow you to transmit a “Do Not Track” signal when you visit various websites or use online services. Like many websites, the Site is not designed to respond to “Do Not Track” signals received from browsers. To learn more about “Do Not Track” signals, visit www.allaboutdnt.com.

Information collected from other sources. Our vendors may share with us personal information that you submit to them. We may combine information that we have about you with information we obtain from vendors. When you submit information to a vendor, you are subject to that vendor’s terms of use and privacy policies, for which we are not responsible. 

Use of personal information 

We may use personal information we collect through the Site for various purposes including:

• Facilitating and personalizing your user experience;
• Communicating with you, including to respond to your requests or inquiries;
• Processing your transactions;
• Marketing;
• Monitoring and analyzing trends, usage, and activities of Site visitors and users;
• Improving the Site;
• Preventing, investigating, identifying, or taking any other action with regard to any suspected or actual fraudulent or illegal activity or activity that violates our policies;
• Complying with applicable laws, regulations, or legal process as well as industry standards and our company policies; or
• Any other purpose, as disclosed at the time of collection or with your consent.

Sharing of personal information

We may share your personal information with our subsidiaries, affiliates, business partners, and vendors that provide services on our behalf. These parties are not meant to use personal information except for the purpose(s) for which it was provided.

In the event of a business transaction, such as if we sell or transfer all or a portion of our business or assets (e.g., further to a merger, reorganization, liquidation, or any other business transaction, including negotiations of such transactions), we reserve the right to disclose any information we obtain through the Site. You acknowledge that such transfers may occur and are permitted by and subject to this Privacy Policy. 

No mobile information will be shared with third parties/affiliates for marketing/promotional purposes. Information sharing to subcontractors in support services, such as customer service is permitted. All other use case categories exclude text messaging originator opt-in data and consent; this information will not be shared with any third parties.

Additionally, CIG may disclose personal information when required by subpoena, search warrant, or other legal processes, or in response to activities that are unlawful or a violation of CIG rules for use of the Site, to protect Site users or CIG residents, or to protect and defend the rights or property of CIG.

Analytics and advertising

We may use technology controlled by or provided by advertising technology companies. Advertising technology companies and advertisers may use, store, or access cookies, web beacons, and other storage technologies to collect or receive information from the Site and elsewhere on the Internet and use that information to provide advertising services, including interest-based advertising or advertisements targeted to your interests delivered over time and across online services and devices.

We may use web analytics services, including Google Analytics, to help us understand and analyze how visitors use the Site. We also may implement Google Analytics Advertising Features such as remarketing with analytics, interest-based advertising, demographics and interests reporting, user segment analysis, and impression reporting. We, web analytics providers, advertising technology providers, advertisers, and other related providers may use first-party or third-party cookies or other identifiers deliver advertisements, create a profile of you, measure your interests, detect your demographics, detect your location, personalize content.

To find out more about how advertising technology providers manage the privacy of information in conjunction with delivering ads online and how to opt-out of information collection by these networks, visit www.youradchoices.com and www.networkadvertising.org. 

For more information on how Google Analytics uses data collected through the Site, visit www.google.com/policies/privacy/partners. To opt out of Google Analytics cookies, visit adssettings.google.com and tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout. 

Please note that we do not control how analytics or advertising technology providers manage their opt-out processes. 

Linked websites and embedded services

The Site may include links to other websites or embedded services that are not owned or operated by CIG. For example, you may use Google Maps services embedded on the Site to locate our office. This Privacy Policy does not apply to those websites or embedded services, which may have their own privacy statements or notices that you should review to understand how they may collect, use, or disclose your personal information. CIG is not responsible for the content or privacy practices of any linked websites or embedded services that it does not control.

The Site also may provide links to other websites operated by CIG or our subsidiaries, or affiliates. Unless indicated otherwise, these websites are not governed by this Privacy Policy; we encourage you to review the privacy policies posted on these linked websites.

Security

We take reasonable measures to protect your personal information from loss, theft, misuse, unauthorized access, disclosure, alteration, and destruction. Nevertheless, we cannot guarantee the absolute security of your information collected through the Site.

Your choices

Communication preferences and marketing. If you do not wish to receive marketing emails from us, you can opt out of future marketing emails by following the instructions provided in the marketing emails. Opting out of marketing emails will not affect receiving our administrative emails (e.g., emails about your transactions).

Information for users outside the United States

If you are visiting the Site from outside the United States, you acknowledge that your personal information will be processed in the United States or in other jurisdictions, which may have data protection laws and regulations that are different from the laws in your country of residence.

Revisions

This Privacy Policy is subject to change at our discretion. We will indicate changes, including material changes, to the Privacy Policy by updating the “Effective date” at the top of this page. Your continued use of this Site after any update to this Privacy Policy will constitute your acceptance of the changes.

Contact us

You may direct comments or questions regarding this Privacy Policy via email to info@cigcommunities.com