USHouseBuilders.comPrivacy policy

Privacy policy

THE PURPOSE OF USHOUSEBUILDERS.COM ("we", "USHB") PRIVACY POLICY (THE "POLICY") IS TO HELP YOU UNDERSTAND THE KINDS OF INFORMATION WE MAY GATHER ABOUT YOU WHEN YOU VISIT THE SITES OR USE ANY OF OUR SERVICES, HOW WE MAY USE THAT INFORMATION, IN WHICH MANNER WE WILL DISCLOSE IT, AND HOW YOU CAN CORRECT AND/OR UPDATE THE INFORMATION. PLEASE NOTE THAT BY USING THE SERVICES OR VISITING THE SITES, YOU SIGNIFY YOUR AGREEMENT WITH THIS POLICY. IF YOU DO NOT AGREE TO THE TERMS OF THIS POLICY, PLEASE DO NOT USE THE SERVICES OR REFRAIN FROM VISITING THE SITE.

1. Opt In

When you post a job offer or register as a member of ushousebuilders.com or sign up for any of the services that we offer to members or other users, you will be asked to 'opt in' to our Privacy Policy i.e. to confirm that you agree to our use of any personally identifiable information that we may collect from you or be provided by you in connection with your use of the USHouseBuilders.com Site.

By 'opting-in' you agree to our use of your information in accordance with the terms of this Privacy Policy. If you do not provide your consent, you are not allowed to become a member of ushousebuilders.com and/or use the Services.

2. Collection of Information

We may collect information that can identify you ("personal information"), such as your name, email address, contact details etc. (i) when you (or other users) provide it to us when using our website or in some other manner, or (ii) from our business partners, and from other third parties. We may combine the personal information that we receive from different sources.

2.1. Collection of Personal Information

We need to collect certain personal details when you register, post a job offer with us or post your company profile, in order to facilitate the services available through our website. These may include your name, address, telephone number, email address and other basic information, and in the case of contractors' registrations, we will also collect relevant business details, as well as references names and contact phone numbers.

We are trying to ensure the highest possible levels of security, integrity and privacy.

By registering your details on the website, you consent to us contacting you via email, telephone or post, with relevant information pertaining to the services on our website. We will not share, trade or sell your information to any company or parties not directly associated with its proper use within the website.

You have the right to update or change the information we hold about you at any time.

2.2. Contact Details and Sharing Personal and Contact Information

Member contact details like e-mail address and phone number are not shown to third parties. Member who posted a job offer is responsible for giving his/her contact information to Contractor through USHouseBuilders.com message system. Contractors agree that their contact details present in their account may be shared with any visitor interested in Contractor.

If you post information about yourself or others, or communicate with others using our website, please note that USHB doesn't guarantee that the party you are dealing with is really the one that it claims to be. You are fully responsible for the decisions about sharing your personal information and contact details and for the consequences of this sharing. We encourage you to use caution in posting personal information.

2.3. Business Information

Contractors registering on USHouseBuilders.com are welcome to provide visitors of the Site with their business information, such as address of departments, portfolio of previous jobs, etc. All business information will be visible to any visitors of USHouseBuilders.com. As a Contractor, if you do not want to disclose any information related to your business, you should not provide it on the site.

2.4.Technical Data

We reserve the right to collect technical data about the type of browser software or operating system you are using for the purposes of tracking site use, or improving the service offered through our website.

  • Our server logs automatically collect information, such as your IP address, your browser type and language, and the date and time of your visit, which helps us track users' movements around our site and understand trends.
  • We may assign your computer one or more cookies which may collect information to facilitate access to our website and to personalize your online experience.
  • A cookie is a text-only string of information that a website transfers to the cookie file of the browser on your computer's hard disk so that the website can remember who you are. A cookie will typically contain the name of the domain from which the cookie has come, the 'lifetime' of the cookie, and a value, usually a randomly generated unique number.
    Two types of cookies are used on this website: session cookies - temporary cookies that remain in the cookie file of your browser until you leave the site; persistent cookies - these remain in the cookie file of your browser for much longer (though how long will depend on the lifetime of the specific cookie).
    Cookies can help a website to arrange content to match your preferred interests more quickly. Most major websites use cookies.
  • We may use standard Internet tools, which collect information that tracks your use of our website and enables us to customize our services and advertisements.

3. How We May Use the Information We Collect

We use the information we collect to supply our Services to you, to fulfill your requests for products and services, to offer products and services that may interest you. We may use the information we collect to customize advertising and content for you, facilitate use of our site, manage your account and analyze and improve our website, products and services. We may also use your contact details to communicate with you. Except where you have asked us not to, we may contact you by email, post, text message or telephone. We may also use your personally identifiable information to send you information, special offers, promotions, coupons and free samples on behalf of ourselves.

4. Disclosure of Information that We Collect

Your personally identifiable information may be passed to and used by our third party partners and service providers in connection with providing services to you over USHouseBuilders.com Site, delivering or making the Services available to you and/or in association with our operation of the Site. Please note that some of our group companies and third party partners and service providers may be located overseas in countries which do not have as extensive data protection laws as in the USA.

We may also disclose your personal, contact or business information in the following instances: (i) if we are required to do so by applicable law or pursuant to a court or similar order; (ii) as deemed necessary, in USHB's discretion, to protect the legal rights or the property of USHouseBuilders.com, a member or third party, or to prevent personal injury; and/or (iii) in connection with a sale of USHouseBuilders.com. In addition, USHB reserves the right to allow access to its systems to third parties providing necessary technical services when such access is required in order to provide those services and to provide your personally identifiable information to third parties who provide services on behalf of USHB, provided that such third parties are bound by USHB's Privacy Policy.

5. Security

The security of information is very important for us. We take appropriate physical, electronic, and other security measures to help safeguard personal information from unauthorized access, alteration or disclosure. But no security system, or system of transmitting data over the internet, can be guaranteed to be 100 per cent secure. As a result, while we strive to protect your information, we cannot guarantee the security of our servers, the means by which information is transmitted between your computer and our servers, or any information provided to us or to any third party through or in connection with the USHouseBuilders.com. You provide all such information at your own risk.

6. Changes to Privacy Policy

We may occasionally update our Privacy Policy to reflect changes in our practices and services.

We may change this Privacy Policy from time to time without notice (including, without limitation, on the introduction of new services to our users which affect our privacy practices). Any such change will take effect once the revised privacy policy is available on the USHouseBuilders.com home page. You will be bound by any such changes to the Privacy Policy. Therefore, we ask that you bookmark and periodically review this page to ensure your continuing familiarity with the most current version of our Privacy Policy. Your continued use of the USHouseBuilders.com Site following such changes to this Privacy Policy means you accept those changes.

If we make crucial changes to Privacy Policy, we will make an announcement on USHouseBuilders.com homepage.