Privacy Policy
PURPOSE OF THIS NOTICE
Title V of the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act (GLBA) generally prohibits any financial institution, directly or through its affiliates, from sharing nonpublic personal information about you with a nonaffiliated third party unless the institution provides you with a notice of its privacy policies and practices, such as the type of information that it collects about you and the categories of persons or entities to whom it may be disclosed. In compliance with the GLBA, we are providing you with this document, which notifies you of the privacy policies and practices of Title-Rite Services, Inc.
We may collect nonpublic personal information about you from the following sources:
- Information we receive from you such as on applications or other forms.
- Information about your transactions we secure from our files, or from (our affiliates or) others.
- Information we receive from a consumer reporting agency.
- Information that we receive from others involved in your transaction, such as the real estate agent or lender.
Unless it is specifically stated otherwise in an amended Privacy Policy Notice, no additional nonpublic personal information will be collected about you.
We may disclose any of the above information that we collect about our customers or former customers to our affiliates or to nonaffiliated third parties as permitted by law.
We also may disclose this information about our customers or former customers to the following types of nonaffiliated companies that perform marketing services on our behalf or with whom we have joint marketing agreements:
- Financial service providers such as companies engaged in banking, consumer finance, securities and insurance.
- Non-financial companies such as envelope stuffers and other fulfillment service providers.
WE DO NOT DISCLOSE ANY NONPUBLIC PERSONAL INFORMATION ABOUT YOU WITH ANYONE FOR ANY PURPOSE THAT IS NOT SPECIFICALLY PERMITTED BY LAW.
We restrict access to nonpublic personal information about you to those employees who need to know that information in order to provide products or services to you. We maintain physical, electronic, and procedural safeguards that comply with federal regulations to guard your nonpublic personal information.
PRIVACY NOTICE
This Privacy Notice is provided on behalf of The Security Title Guarantee Corporation of Baltimore.
Congress recently passed the GrammLeach-Bliley (GLB) Act, which deals in part with how the financial services industry handles nonpublic personal financial information. Security Title recognizes that the foundation of our business is maintaining your trust and confidence. In order to provide you with the most effective and beneficial service, we must maintain information about you. Keeping that information secure and private is important to us. This notice is provided to you so that you may know how we collect information about you, the type of information we collect, what we may disclose to our affiliates and non-affiliates third parties, and the steps we take to protect personal information about you.
WHAT WE COLLECT
First, we must collect a certain amount of personal information about you in order to provide customer service, offer new products or services, evaluate claims, administer products, and fulfill legal and regulatory requirements. Therefore, as part of our services of your requests, we may obtain certain nonpublic personal information about you. This information includes facts and data that we receive from you, real estate agents, lenders, government agencies, and/or other authorized persons in varying manners, including but not limited to applications, company required forms, telephone calls, correspondence, claim forms and other processing forms; facts and data about your transactions with us, our affiliates or others; and facts and data we receive from consumer reporting agencies.
This information we collect or that has been provided to us in processing your transaction, may include:
- Your name, address telephone number, email address, date of birth, Social Security number, age, gender, marital status, assets, bank account number(s) and financial statistics;
- Your relationship with us, such as products purchased, policy values, payment history and claims history;
- Your employment history, such as your occupation(s), your income and your employer(s) and years of service with employer(s);
- Your creditworthiness and credit history;
WHAT WE SHARE
Security Title is committed to maintaining the confidentiality of the personal information we collect. We welcome this opportunity to clarify our privacy policy for you.
With respect to the information we collect about you:
- We collect and use the information to the extent needed to conduct our business and to meet our high quality service standards.
- We restrict access to the information to authorized individuals who need to know this information to provided services and products to you;
- We maintain appropriate safeguards to protect information about you;
- We will verify that any persons requesting information about you or your relationship with us is entitled to such information prior to providing it.
- We share nonpublic personal information about you outside our company only to service your request, or as authorized by you, or as required or permitted by applicable law;
- We require any organization that provides assistance to us in administering or reinsuring contracts or providing services on our behalf to you to maintain confidentiality of nonpublic personal information about you and not use such information for any other purpose;
- Our Privacy Policy does not allow non-affiliates to offer their products and services to you. The law does permit us to share information about you with our affiliates including insurance companies and insurance service providers. The law also permits us to share information about you with companies that perform marketing services for us, or other financial institutions that have joint marketing agreements with us. The information we share with our affiliate or service providers need not be directly related to our transaction with you.
Security Title’s Privacy Policy applies, to the extent required by law, to its agents when they are acting on behalf of Security Title. Please note that there may be instances when these same agents may not be acting on behalf of Security Title, in which case they may collect nonpublic personal information on their own behalf, or on behalf of another. IN these instances, Security Title’s Privacy Policy would not apply.
If we change our privacy practices, we will provide you notice of all material changes. This privacy notice supersedes all previous notices with respect to matters described herein.
It is our goal to ensure that all the information we collect is accurate and complete. Please notify us if you believe information is inaccurate.
NO ACTION IS REQUIRED BY YOU
You do not need to do anything as a result of this notice. It is meant to inform you of how we safeguard nonpublic personal information about you. You may wish to file this notice with your insurance papers.
We strive to maintain your confidence and trust
FIDELITY NATIONAL FINANCIAL
PRIVACY NOTICE
At Fidelity National Financial, Inc., we respect and believe it is important to protect the privacy of consumers and our customers. This Privacy Notice explains how we collect, use, and protect any information that we collect from you, when and to whom we disclose such information, and the choices you have about the use of that information. A summary of the Privacy Notice is below, and we encourage you to review the entirety of the Privacy Notice following this summary. You can opt-out of certain disclosures by following our opt-out procedure set forth at the end of this Privacy Notice.
Types of Information Collected.
You may provide us with certain personal information about you, like your contact information, addressdemographic information, social security number (SSN), driver’s license, passport, other government ID numbers and/or financial information. We may also receive browsing information from your Internet browser, computer and/or mobile device if you visit or use our websites or applications.
Use of Collected Information.
We request and use your personal information to provide products and services to you, to improve our products and services, and to communicate with you about these products and services. We may also share your contact information with our affiliates for marketing purposes.
Choices With Your Information.
Your decision to submit information to us is entirely up to you. You can opt-out of certain disclosure or use of your information or choose to not provide any personal information to us.
Privacy Outside the Website.
We are not responsible for the privacy practices of third parties, even if our website links to those parties’ websites.
The California Online Privacy Protection Act.
Some FNF companies provide services to mortgage loan servicers and, in some cases, their websites collect information on behalf of mortgage loan servicers. The mortgage loan servicer is responsible for taking action or making changes to any consumer information submitted through those websites.
Your Consent To This Privacy Notice.
By submitting information to us or by using our website, you are accepting and agreeing to the terms of this Privacy Notice.
How Information is Collected.
We may collect personal information from you via applications, forms, and correspondence we receive from you and others related to our transactions with you. When you visit our websites from your computer or mobile device, we automatically collect and store certain information available to us through your Internet browser or computer equipment to optimize your website experience.
When Information Is Disclosed.
We may disclose your information to our affiliates and/or nonaffiliated parties providing services for you or us, to law enforcement agencies or governmental authorities, as required by law, and to parties whose interest in title must be determined.
Information From Children.
We do not knowingly collect information from children who are under the age of 13, and our website is not intended to attract children.
International Users.
By providing us with you information, you consent to its transfer, processing and storage outside of your country of residence, as well as the fact that we will handle such information consistent with this Privacy Notice.
Access and Correction; Contact Us.
If you desire to contact us regarding this notice or your information, please contact us at privacy@fnf.com or as directed at the end of this Privacy Notice.
FIDELITY NATIONAL FINANCIAL
PRIVACY NOTICE
Fidelity National Financial, Inc. and its majority-owned subsidiary companies providing title insurance, real estate- and loan-related services (collectively, “FNF”, “our” or “we”) respect and are committed to protecting your privacy. We will take reasonable steps to ensure that your Personal Information and Browsing Information will only be used in compliance with this Privacy Notice and applicable laws. This Privacy Notice is only in effect for Personal Information and Browsing Information collected and/or owned by or on behalf of FNF, including Personal Information and Browsing Information collected through any FNF website, online service or application (collectively, the “Website”).
Types of Information Collected
We may collect two types of information from you: Personal Information and Browsing Information.
Personal Information. FNF may collect the following categories of Personal Information:
- contact information (e.g., name, address, phone number, email address);
- demographic information (e.g., date of birth, gender, marital status);
- social security number (SSN), driver’s license, passport, and other government ID numbers;
- financial account information; and
- other personal information needed from you to provide title insurance, real estate- and loan-related services to you.
Browsing Information. FNF may collect the following categories of Browsing Information:
- Internet Protocol (or IP) address or device ID/UDID, protocol and sequence information;
- browser language and type;
- domain name system requests;
- browsing history, such as time spent at a domain, time and date of your visit and number of clicks;
- http headers, application client and server banners; and
- operating system and fingerprinting data.
How Information is Collected
In the course of our business, we may collect Personal Information about you from the following sources:
- applications or other forms we receive from you or your authorized representative;
- the correspondence you and others send to us;
- information we receive through the Website;
- information about your transactions with, or services performed by, us, our affiliates or nonaffiliated third parties; and
- information from consumer or other reporting agencies and public records maintained by governmental entities that we
obtain directly from those entities, our affiliates or others.
If you visit or use our Website, we may collect Browsing Information from you as follows:
- Browser Log Files. Our servers automatically log each visitor to the Website and collect and record certain browsing information about each visitor. The Browsing Information includes generic information and reveals nothing personal about the user.
- Cookies. When you visit our Website, a “cookie” may be sent to your computer. A cookie is a small piece of data that is sent to your Internet browser from a web server and stored on your computer’s hard drive. When you visit a website again, the cookie allows the website to recognize your computer. Cookies may store user preferences and other information. You can choose whether or not to accept cookies by changing your Internet browser settings, which may impair or limit some functionality of the Website.
Use of Collected Information
Information collected by FNF is used for three main purposes:
- To provide products and services to you or any affiliate or third party who is obtaining services on your behalf or in connection with a transaction involving you.
- To improve our products and services.
- To communicate with you and to inform you about our, our affiliates’ and third parties’ products and services, jointly or independently.
When Information Is Disclosed
We may provide your Personal Information (excluding information we receive from consumer or other credit reporting agencies) and Browsing Information to various individuals and companies, as permitted by law, without obtaining your prior authorization. Such laws do not allow consumers to restrict these disclosures. Please see the section “Choices With Your Personal Information” to learn how to limit the discretionary disclosure of your Personal Information and Browsing Information.
Disclosures of your Personal Information may be made to the following categories of affiliates and nonaffiliated third parties:
- to third parties to provide you with services you have requested, and to enable us to detect or prevent criminal activity, fraud, material misrepresentation, or nondisclosure;
- to our affiliate financial service providers for their use to market their products or services to you;
- to nonaffiliated third party service providers who provide or perform services on our behalf and use the disclosed information only in connection with such services;
- to nonaffiliated third party service providers with whom we perform joint marketing, pursuant to an agreement with them to market financial products or services to you;
- to law enforcement or other governmental authority in connection with an investigation, or civil or criminal subpoena or court order;
- to lenders, lien holders, judgment creditors, or other parties claiming an interest in title whose claim or interest must be determined, settled, paid, or released prior to closing; and
• other third parties for whom you have given us written authorization to disclose your Personal Information.
We may disclose Personal Information and/or Browsing Information when required by law or in the good-faith belief that such disclosure is necessary to:
- comply with a legal process or applicable laws;
- enforce this Privacy Notice;
- investigate or respond to claims that any material, document, image, graphic, logo, design, audio, video or any other
information provided by you violates the rights of a third party; or - protect the rights, property or personal safety of FNF, its users or the public.
We maintain reasonable safeguards to keep your Personal Information secure. When we provide Personal Information to our affiliates or third party service providers as discussed in this Privacy Notice, we expect that these parties process such information in compliance with our Privacy Notice or in a manner that is in compliance with applicable privacy laws. The use of your information by a business partner may be subject to that party’s own Privacy Notice. Unless permitted by law, we do not disclose information we collect from consumer or credit reporting agencies with our affiliates or others without your consent.
We reserve the right to transfer your Personal Information, Browsing Information, and any other information, in connection with the sale or other disposition of all or part of the FNF business and/or assets, or in the event of our bankruptcy, reorganization, insolvency, receivership or an assignment for the benefit of creditors. You expressly agree and consent to the use and/or transfer of the foregoing information in connection with any of the above described proceedings. We cannot and will not be responsible for any breach of security by a third party or for any actions of any third party that receives any of the information that is disclosed to us.
Choices With Your Information
Whether you submit Personal Information or Browsing Information to FNF is entirely up to you. If you decide not to submit Personal Information or Browsing Information, FNF may not be able to provide certain services or products to you. The uses of your Personal Information and/or Browsing Information that, by law, you cannot limit, include:
- for our everyday business purposes – to process your transactions, maintain your account(s), to respond to law enforcement or other governmental authority in connection with an investigation, or civil or criminal subpoenas or court orders, or report to credit bureaus;
- for our own marketing purposes;
- for joint marketing with financial companies; and
- for our affiliates’ everyday business purposes – information about your transactions and experiences.
You may choose to prevent FNF from disclosing or using your Personal Information and/or Browsing Information under the following circumstances (“opt-out”):
- for our affiliates’ everyday business purposes – information about your creditworthiness; and
- for our affiliates to market to you.
To the extent permitted above, you may opt-out of disclosure or use of your Personal Information and Browsing Information by notifying us by one of the methods at the end of this Privacy Notice. We do not share your personal information with non-affiliates for their direct marketing purposes.
For California Residents: We will not share your Personal Information and Browsing Information with nonaffiliated third parties, except as permitted by California law. Currently, our policy is that we do not recognize “do not track” requests from Internet browsers and similar devices.
For Nevada Residents: You may be placed on our internal Do Not Call List by calling (888) 934-3354 or by contacting us via the information set forth at the end of this Privacy Notice. Nevada law requires that we also provide you with the following contact information: Bureau of Consumer Protection, Office of the Nevada Attorney General, 555 E. Washington St., Suite 3900, Las Vegas, NV 89101; Phone number: (702) 486-3132; email: BCPINFO@ag.state.nv.us.
For Oregon Residents: We will not share your Personal Information and Browsing Information with nonaffiliated third parties for marketing purposes, except after you have been informed by us of such sharing and had an opportunity to indicate that you do not want a disclosure made for marketing purposes.
For Vermont Residents: We will not share your Personal Information and Browsing Information with nonaffiliated third parties, except as permitted by Vermont law, such as to process your transactions or to maintain your account. In addition, we will not share information about your creditworthiness with our affiliates except with your authorization. For joint marketing in Vermont, we will only disclose your name, contact information and information about your transactions.
Information From Children
The Website is meant for adults and is not intended or designed to attract children under the age of thirteen (13).We do not collect Personal Information from any person that we know to be under the age of thirteen (13) without permission from a parent or guardian. By using the Website, you affirm that you are over the age of 13 and will abide by the terms of this Privacy Notice.
Privacy Outside the Website
The Website may contain links to other websites. FNF is not and cannot be responsible for the privacy practices or the content of any of those other websites.
International Users
FNF’s headquarters is located within the United States. If you reside outside the United States or are a citizen of the European Union, please note that we may transfer your Personal Information and/or Browsing Information outside of your country of residence or the European Union for any of the purposes described in this Privacy Notice. By providing FNF with your Personal Information and/or Browsing Information, you consent to our collection and transfer of such information in accordance with this Privacy Notice.
The California Online Privacy Protection Act
For some FNF websites, such as the Customer CareNet (“CCN”), FNF is acting as a third party service provider to a mortgage loan servicer. In those instances, we may collect certain information on behalf of that mortgage loan servicer via the website. The information which we may collect on behalf of the mortgage loan servicer is as follows:
- first and last name;
- property address;
- user name and password;
- loan number;
- social security number – masked upon entry;
- email address;
- three security questions and answers; and
- IP address.
The information you submit through the website is then transferred to your mortgage loan servicer by way of CCN. The mortgage loan servicer is responsible for taking action or making changes to any consumer information submitted through this website. For example, if you believe that your payment or user information is incorrect, you must contact your mortgage loan servicer.
CCN does not share consumer information with third parties, other than (1) those with which the mortgage loan servicer has contracted to interface with the CCN application, or (2) law enforcement or other governmental authority in connection with an investigation, or civil or criminal subpoenas or court orders. All sections of this Privacy Notice apply to your interaction with CCN, except for the sections titled “Choices with Your Information” and “Access and Correction.” If you have questions regarding the choices you have with regard to your personal information or how to access or correct your personal information, you should contact your mortgage loan servicer.
Your Consent To This Privacy Notice
By submitting Personal Information and/or Browsing Information to FNF, you consent to the collection and use of the information by us in compliance with this Privacy Notice. Amendments to the Privacy Notice will be posted on the Website. Each time you provide information to us, or we receive information about you, following any amendment of this Privacy Notice will signify your assent to and acceptance of its revised terms for all previously collected information and information collected from you in the future. We may use comments, information or feedback that you submit to us in any manner that we may choose without notice or compensation to you.
Accessing and Correcting Information; Contact Us
If you have questions, would like to access or correct your Personal Information, or want to opt-out of information sharing with our affiliates for their marketing purposes, please send your requests to privacy@fnf.com or by mail or phone to:
FACTS
WHAT DOES OLD REPUBLIC TITLE DO WITH YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION?
Why? | Financial companies choose how they share your personal information. Federal law gives consumers the right to limit some but not all sharing. Federal law also requires us to tell you how we collect, share, and protect your personal information. Please read this notice carefully to understand what we do. |
What? | The types of personal information we collect and share depend on the product or service you have with us. This information can include:
When you are no longer our customer, we continue to share your information as described in this notice. |
How? | All financial companies need to share customers’ personal information to run their everyday business. In the section below, we list the reasons financial companies can share their customers’ personal information; the reasons Old Republic Title chooses to share; and whether you can limit this sharing. |
Reasons we can share your personal information | Does Old Republic Title share? | Does Old Republic Title share? |
For our everyday business purposes – such as to process your transactions, maintain your account(s), or respond to court orders and legal investigations, or report to credit bureaus | Yes | No |
For our marketing purposes – to offer our products and services to you |
No | We don’t share |
For joint marketing with other financial companies | No | We don’t share |
For our affiliates’ everyday business purposes – information about your transactions and experiences |
Yes | No |
For our affliates’s everyday business purposes – information abour your creditworthiness |
No | We don’t share |
For our affiliates to market to you | No | We don’t share |
For non-affiliates to market to you | No | We don’t share |
Questions | Go to www.oldrepublictitle |
Who we are | |
Who is providing this notice? | Companies with an Old Republic Title name and other affiliates. Please see below for a list of affiliates. |
What we do | |
How does Old Republic Title protect my personal information? | To protect your personal information from unauthorized access and use, we use security measures that comply with federal law. These measures include computer safeguards and secured files and buildings. For more information, visit http:// |
How does Old Republic Title collect my personal information? | We collect your personal information, for example, when you:
We also collect your personal information from others, such as credit bureaus, affiliates, or other companies |
Why can’t I limit all sharing? | Federal law gives you the right to limit only:
State laws and individual companies may give you additional rights to limit sharing. See the “Other important information” section below for your rights under state law. |
Definitions | |
Affiliates | Companies related by common ownership or control. They can be financial and nonfinancial companies.
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Non-affiliates | Companies not related by common ownership or control. They can be financial and non-financial companies.
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Joint marketing | A formal agreement between non-affiliated financial companies that together market financial products or services to you
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Other Important Information |
Oregon residents only: We are providing you this notice under state law. We may share your personal information (described on page one) obtained from you or others with non-affiliate service providers with whom we contract, such as notaries and delivery services, in order to process your transactions. You may see what personal information we have collected about you in connection with your transaction (other than personal information related to a claim or legal proceeding). To see your information, please click on “Contact Us” at www.oldrepublictitle |
Affiliates Who May be Delivering This Notice |
American Guaranty Title
Insurance Company
Attorneys’ Title Fund
Services, LLC
Compass Abstract, Inc.
eRecording Partners
Network, LLC
Genesis Abstract, LLC
Kansas City Management
Group, LLC
L.T. Service Corp.
Lenders Inspection
Company
Lex Terrae National Title
Services, Inc.
Lex Terrae, Ltd.
Mara Escrow Company
Mississippi Valley Title
Services Company
National Title Agent’s
Services Company
Old Republic Branch
Information Services, Inc
Old Repubic Diversified
Services, Inc.
Old Republic Exchange
Company
Old Republic National
Title Insurance Company
Old Republic Title and
Escrow of Hawaii, Ltd.
Old Republic Title Co.
Old Republic Title Company
of Conroe
Old Republic Title
Company of Indiana
Old Republic Title
Company of Nevada
Old Republic Title
Company of
Oklahoma
Old Republic Title Company
of Oregon
Old Republic Title Company
of St. Louiis
Old Republic Title
Company of Tennessee
Old Republic Title
Information Concepts
Old Republic Title
Insurance Agency, Inc.
Old Republic Title Ltd.
Republic Abstract &
Settlement, LLC
Sentry Abstract Company
The Title Company of
North Carolina
Title Services, LLC
Trident Land Transfer
Company, LLC