| What Information We CollectWe collect and use 
        information we believe is necessary to provide you with our appraisal 
        services. We may collect and maintain several types of personal 
        information needed for this purpose, such as:
 
          
          Information we receive from you on applications, 
          letters of engagement, forms found on our website, correspondence, or 
          conversations, including, but not limited to, your name, address, 
          phone number, social security number, date of birth, bank records, 
          salary information, the income and expenses associated with the 
          subject property, the sale price of the subject property, and the 
          details of any financing on the subject property;
          Information about your transactions with us, our 
          affiliates or others, including, but not limited to payments history, 
          parties to transactions and other financial information;
          Information we receive from a consumer reporting 
          agency such as a credit history. What Information We DiscloseExcept as 
        described below, we do not share nonpublic personal information. We will 
        not rent, sell, trade, or otherwise release or disclose any personal 
        information about you. We will not disclose consumer information to any 
        third party for use in telemarketing, direct mail or other marketing 
        purposes.
 
          
            
            We may share information when it is necessary or 
            required to process a loan or other financial transaction;
            We may share information when it is required or 
            permitted by law, such as to protect you against fraud or in 
            response to a subpoena; 
            We may disclose some or all of the information 
            described above with: 
              
              Companies that perform 
              marketing services on our behalf; or
              Other financial institutions 
              for the limited purpose of jointly offering, endorsing or 
              sponsoring a financial product or service. Confidentiality and Security 
          
          We consider privacy to be fundamental to our 
          relationship with clients. We are committed to maintaining the 
          confidentiality, integrity and security of clients’ personal 
          information. Internal policies have been developed to protect the 
          confidentiality, while allowing client needs to be served.
          We restrict access to personal information to 
          authorized individuals who need to know this information to provide 
          service and products for you. We maintain physical, electronic, and 
          procedural safeguards that comply with federal standards to protect 
          your nonpublic personal information. We do not disclose this 
          information about you or any former consumers or customers to anyone, 
          except as permitted by law. The law permits us to share this 
          information with our affiliates. The law also permits us to share this 
          information with companies that perform marketing services for us, or 
          other financial institutions that have joint marketing agreements with 
          us.
          When we share nonpublic information referred to 
          above, the information is made available for limited purposes and 
          under controlled circumstances. We require third parties to comply 
          with our standards for security and confidentiality. We do not permit 
          use of consumer/customer information for any other purpose nor do we 
          permit third parties to rent, sell, trade, or otherwise release or 
          disclose information to any other party. |