Privacy Policy
June 17, 2008
This Policy describes how The Irvine Company LLC and its affiliates (collectively "Irvine") treat personal information that Irvine collects and receives from you. Personal information includes information about you, such as your name, address, e-mail address, phone and social security numbers, and financial information, that is not otherwise publicly available.
This Policy does not apply to the practices of companies that Irvine does
not own or control, or to people that Irvine does not employ or manage.
Information Collection and Use
Irvine collects personal information about you whenever you transact business with Irvine, use Irvine's products or services, enter contests or drawings offered by Irvine, or visit Irvine's Web sites. The collection of this information enables Irvine to provide superior service to its clients and customers, to keep you apprised of information and developments that you may find of interest, and to allow Irvine to better understand your needs.
Irvine will endeavor to securely maintain the personal information it collects. Your personal information will only be intentionally disclosed as follows:
Irvine may share your personal information with certain employees of Irvine or third-party business entities that have a business purpose to review your information.
Irvine may provide personal information to selected third-party entities, businesses or organizations, which may send e-mail messages and other information to you. Irvine is not responsible for the collection or maintenance of such information or other practices of such third parties.
Consistent with this Privacy Policy, Irvine may share questions or requests sent to Irvine, including those that contain personal information, with third-party homebuilders or other parties so that these third parties can contact you to address your inquiries. Irvine, however, is not responsible for the collection or maintenance of information or other practices of such third parties.
You may request that we not share such information with third-parties by sending us an email at
webmaster@irvinecompany.com
or mailing your request to:
Webmaster
,
The Irvine Company
550 Newport Center Drive,
Post Office Box 6370
Newport Beach,
California92658-6370
Irvine will not use or share the personal information provided to us online in ways unrelated to those described above without also providing an opportunity to opt-out or otherwise prohibit such unrelated uses.
Your Privacy Rights
You have the right to request from The Irvine Company LLC (1) a list of the categories of personal information, such as name, address, e-mail address, and the type of services provided to the customer, that The Irvine Company LLC has disclosed to third parties (including affiliates that are separate legal entities) during the immediately preceding calendar year for the third parties' direct marketing purposes; and (2) the names and addresses of all such third parties. To request the above information, please contact us at:
prefwebmaster@irvinecompany.com, or atWebmaster,
The Irvine Company
,
550 Newport Center Drive
,
Post Office Box 6370,
Newport Beach,
California92658-6370.
We will respond to such requests within 30 days following receipt. If we receive your request at a different mailing address, we will respond within a reasonable period of time, but not to exceed 150 days from the date received. Please note that we are only required to respond to each customer once per calendar year.
You may also let us know if you prefer that Irvine not share your personal information as described herein. Irvine will not use or share the personal information in ways unrelated to the ones described above without providing you an opportunity to opt-out or otherwise prohibit such unrelated uses.
Other Disclosures
Irvine may store and disclose personal information as allowed or required by applicable law and may perform disclosures that are necessary or advisable to: (a) protect the rights, safety or property of Irvine or others, or (b) conform to legal or regulatory requirements.
Correcting Your Information
To review or change your personal information, or if you no longer want
Irvine to maintain your information, please send your request to
webmaster@irvinecompany.com, or to:
Webmaster
,
The Irvine Company
550 Newport Center Drive
,
Post Office Box 6370
Newport Beach,
California92658-6370
Cookies and Log Files
A cookie is a piece of data stored on your computer. If you view an Irvine Web site, your Web browser may store cookies on your computer, which will better enable you to navigate Irvine Web sites upon return. You may use Irvine's Web sites even if you choose to reject or delete the cookies. Cookies may also be used by some of the Web sites to which we link.
In addition, we may use your Internet Protocol ("IP") address to analyze trends, administer our Web sites and gather broad demographic information for aggregate use in order to improve our site. We will not link your IP address to your personal information.
Links
On our Web sites, you may have the opportunity to follow a link to sites that may be of interest to you. Irvine endeavors to only link to reputable organizations related to your areas of interest. Because these other sites may not be hosted or controlled by Irvine, however, we are not responsible for the privacy practices of those sites or the content provided thereon. Therefore, the privacy policies with respect to these areas may differ from those applicable to our sites and we encourage you to review the privacy policies of each of those other Web sites. This Privacy Policy only applies to information collected and maintained by Irvine.
Third Party Postings
From time to time certain third parties, such as homebuilders with whom Irvine may have a business relationship, may post information on our Web sites. Irvine is not responsible for the content of these postings, or for ensuring that the third parties have complied with this Privacy Policy.
Policy Changes: We reserve the right to change this Privacy Policy at any time without notice. Should any new Privacy Policy become effective, Irvine will post the changes on this site and the new Privacy Policy will only apply to information collected thereafter.
Governing Law
The laws of the State of California, without reference to any choice of law provisions, shall govern any claims relating to the materials on our Web sites.
Contact Us
If you have any questions about this Policy or our Web sites, please
contact us at webmaster@irvinecompany.com.