Introduction
ABiTOwnership, (ABiTOwnership, Site) strongly believes that consumers deserve the highest level of respect and protection of their personal information.
This policy discloses which information we collect and how we use it, as well as the choices you can make about the way your information is collected and used. We also explain how any personal and/or personally identifiable information that we may request will be used; these explanations can usually be found on the same pages where the information is requested. We also detail below our security policy which describes how your personal information is protected both electronically and physically.
ABiTOwnership does collect personal information about clients and users visiting the site. We collect most of this information during the registration process with information provided voluntarily by users. We strive to keep some of this information private and share some of the information with our partners. Additional information may be gathered during subsequent use of the site. Some information is required for users to participate in making investments and other information is optional, we will always tell you which is optional.
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 sort of information do we need and why?
Finally, we also collect information about your computer and your visits to our website, such as your IP address, geographical location, browser type, referral source, length of visit, and page views through the use of log files. We use this aggregated information in the administration of our website to improve its usability and to evaluate the success of particular marketing/advertising campaigns, search engine optimization strategies and other marketing activities. We use non-identifying and aggregated information to help optimize our website based on the needs of our users.
We retain this information to satisfy legal requirements such as record keeping and tax and credit reporting requirements, as well as for purposes of fraud prevention, audit and data integrity.
When you join our site we use this information to ensure our compliance with the SEC regulations that allow us to offer our services. We will also use your information to facilitate activities and transactions that need to occur as part of your investment process. Additionally we will use the information to satisfy any legal requirements for record keeping, tax and credit reporting, and other required filings, as well as for purposes of fraud prevention, audit, and data integrity.
These activities include, but are not limited to:
During your registration process, we will request your permission to perform these functions in order to successfully facilitate our services upon your request.
How and When Your Information Is Shared With Other Parties
Information is shared with other parties in the following ways:
For privacy purposes; partners and investors remain anonymous on the site and are identified only by their chosen screen names or assigned identification number. However, properties have public profiles and listings on the site that display their information to any users who view these pages. The property listing page include relevant rental information such as years in the property, previous renting history, and other financial information that is shown to investors so that they can effectively evaluate investment potential.
As noted above, this information is also contained anonymously in data files available through ABiTOwnership systems. Property listings also contain certain personal information. Investors also have profile on the site that display personal information that they have opted to include. To protect partners and investors' privacy, however, the blog posts do not track back to investment listings or investing decisions.
ABiTOwnership is not responsible for any personal information that parties or investors may choose to reveal about themselves in their screen names, investments, profiles, or blog/forum posts.
We may share your information with law enforcement or other government agencies as required by law or for the purposes of limiting fraud. We reserve the right to disclose your personally identifiable information when we believe that disclosure is necessary to protect our rights and/or to comply with a judicial proceeding, court order, or legal processes served on us.
ABiTOwnership works with a number of trusted partners that perform vital functions as part of our operations, including platform administrators, collection agencies, electronic/digital payment service providers and companies that distribute our emails for us or collect survey information from our customers. Information is shared with these third parties only to the extent necessary for us to process the transactions you initiate or to perform other specific services, like collections. Our partners are legally required to keep your information private and secure.
Complaints
If you consider that we have breached our policy, or have otherwise failed to respect your confidentiality, you can complain to us by using the contact details below.
If you are not satisfied with our response to any complaint, you should contact U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC).
Cookies on ABiTOwnership.com
Cookies are small pieces of text stored on your computer when you visit a website.
They are not programs and cannot be executed as code or deliver viruses – instead, cookies act more like a passport, which the site checks and updates whenever you visit.
Almost every site on the internet uses cookies and their functions include:
By using our services, you give your consent to us to put a cookie file on your computer or mobile device.
* The website uses all Facebook cookies
If you block cookies, you will not be able to use all the features on our website and platform. You can also delete cookies already stored on your computer. Again, doing this may have a negative impact on the usability of our Services.
In addition, we use “Google Analytics” to analyse the use of our website. “Google Analytics” generates statistical and other information about website use by means of cookies on users' computers. The information generated in relation to our website is used to create reports about the use of the website. “Google” will store this information. “Google's privacy policy” is available at: http://www.google.com/privacypolicy.html.
Compliance with State and Federal Laws
This privacy policy may not constitute your entire set of privacy rights, as these may also vary. To be certain of your privacy rights, you may wish to contact the appropriate agency in your region that is charged with overseeing privacy rights of consumers. Certain regulations issued by state and/or federal government agencies may require us to maintain and report demographic information on the collective activities of our membership. We may also be required to maintain your personal information for at least seven years in order to be in compliance with applicable federal and state laws regarding recordkeeping, reporting and audits.