Privacy Policy
April 27, 2009
This Privacy Policy describes how The Irvine Company LLC and its affiliates (collectively, "Irvine") treat personal information that Irvine collects and receives from you through this Web site and other Irvine Web sites (the “Web sites”) and other aspects of Irvine’s business. Personal information includes information about you, such as your name, address, email address, telephone and Social Security numbers, and financial information that is not otherwise publicly available.
This Privacy Policy does not apply to the practices of companies that Irvine does not own or control, or to people who 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 the 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. For example, personal addresses of residents in Irvine’s apartment communities may be used to inform those residents about Irvine’s retail projects.
Irvine limits access to personal information about you by Irvine employees and agents to those who we believe reasonably need to come into contact with that information to provide products or services to you or to do their jobs.
When you register to use the “Job Search” or “My Career Profile” features of the Web sites, you submit personal information that allows us to provide information on employment opportunities at Irvine that may be of interest to you. Once you register to use these features of the Web site, you are not anonymous to us.
Irvine automatically receives and records information on our server logs from your browser, including your Internet Protocol (“IP”) address, cookie information (as described below), and the pages you request.
Information Sharing and Disclosure
Your personal information will be intentionally disclosed to third parties only as follows:
Disclosures To Third Parties Assisting In Our Operations
Irvine may provide your personal information to trusted operators who work on behalf of or with Irvine under confidentiality agreements. These companies may use your personal information to help Irvine administer its business or communicate with you about offers or other information relevant to Irvine.
Disclosures to Third Parties To Provide Information To You About Products and Services
Irvine may provide your personal information to selected third-party entities, businesses or organizations that may review and use that information to send e-mail messages and other information to you about products or services that we believe you may be interested in. These third parties include residential homebuilders. 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 your personal information with third parties as described in this Section of the Privacy Policy 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.
Disclosures Under Special Circumstances
Irvine may provide information about you in response to subpoenas, court orders or legal process, or to establish or exercise our legal rights or defend against legal claims. Irvine also may provide information about you if Irvine believes it is necessary to share information in order to investigate, prevent or take action regarding illegal activities, suspected fraud, situations involving potential threats to the physical safety of any person, or as otherwise required by law.
Security
Irvine understands that storing our data in a secure manner is essential. Irvine stores general and personally identifiable data using industry standard physical, technical and administrative safeguards to secure data against foreseeable risks, such as unauthorized use, access, disclosure, destruction or modification.
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 the Web sites upon return. You may use the Web sites even if you choose to reject or delete the cookies. Cookies also may be used by some of the Web sites to which we link.
In addition, we may use your IP address to analyze trends, administer the Web sites and gather broad demographic information for aggregate use in order to improve our Web sites. We will not link your IP address to your personal information.
Children
Irvine is committed to protecting the privacy of children. The Web sites are not intended for minors. No information should be submitted to our Web sites by users under the age of 13, and we do not collect information from any user we have reason to believe is under the age of 13.
Links
On our Web sites, you may have the opportunity to follow a link to other Web 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 Web sites may not be hosted or controlled by Irvine, however, we are not responsible for the privacy practices of those Web sites or the content provided thereon. Therefore, the privacy policies with respect to these areas may differ from those applicable to the Web 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.
Changes To This Privacy Policy
This Privacy Policy may be revised from time to time as we add new features and services, as laws change, and as industry privacy and security best practices evolve. We display an effective date on the upper left corner of this Privacy Policy so that it will be easier for you to know when there has been a change. If Irvine makes any change to this Privacy Policy regarding use or disclosure of personal information, we will provide advance notice on the Web sites. However, small changes or changes that do not signficantly affect individual privacy interests may be made at any time without prior notice.
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 the Web sites.
Contact Us
If you have any questions about this Policy or our Web sites, please
contact us at webmaster@irvinecompany.com.