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The Schirm Firm, LLC Privacy Policy

The Schirm Firm, LLC is committed to maintaining robust privacy protections for its tenants, prospective tenants and other visitors to its website. The Schirm Firm, LLC’s Privacy Policy is designed to help you understand how we collect, use and safeguard the information you provide to us when using the Schirm Firm, LLC’s website.

For purposes of this Agreement, The Schirm Firm, LLC’s website can be accessed at www.theschirmfirm.com. By accessing The Schirm Firm, LLC’s website, you accept the Schirm Firm, LLC’s Privacy Policy and consent to the Schirm Firm, LLC’s collection, storage, use and disclosure of Personal Information as described in this Privacy Policy. This Privacy Policy is intended to comply with all applicable local, set and federal privacy of information laws.

INFORMATION WE COLLECT

The Schirm Firm, LLC collects both “Non-Personal Information” and “Personal Information.” Non-Personal Information includes information that cannot be used to personally identify you, such as anonymous usage data, general demographic information we may collect, referring/exit pages and URLs, platform types, preferences you submit and preferences that are generated based on the data you submit and number of clicks. Personal Information includes email address, home address, birth date, marital status, social security number, etc) which you submit to us through the registration process on the Schirm Firm, LLC’s website. *At this time, the Schirm Firm, LLC’s gathering of personal information only applies to Chicago tenants who register with the Schirm Firm’s online tenant portal.*

Information you provide us by registering for an account

*Applicable to Chicago tenants only*

For residents who set up an online account through the Schirm Firm, LLC’s tenant portal, you can create a profile through registering with the Schirm Firm, LLC by entering your email address, and creating a user name and a password. By registering, you are authorizing the Schirm Firm, LLC to collect, store and use your email address in accordance with this Privacy Policy.

Privacy of Information of Minors

The Schirm Firm, LLC and its website, www.theschirmfirm.com, are not directed to anyone under the age of 13. The Schirm Firm, LLC does not knowingly collect or solicit information from anyone under the age of 13, or allow anyone under the age of 13 to sign up for the Schirm Firm, LLC’s tenant portal. In the event that we learn that we have gathered personal information from anyone under the age of 13 without the consent of a parent or guardian, we will delete that information as soon as possible. If you believe we have collected such information, please contact us at greatapartments@schirmfirm.com

HOW WE USE AND SHARE INFORMATION

Personal Information

Except as otherwise stated in this Privacy Policy, the Schirm Firm, LLC, or any of its subsidiaries, does not sell, trade, rent or otherwise share for marketing purposes your Personal Information with third parties without your consent. We do share Personal Information with vendors who are performing services for the Schirm Firm, LLC, such as the servers for our email communications who are provided access to a user’s email address for purposes of sending emails from us. Those vendors use your Personal Information only at our direction and in accordance with our Privacy Policy.

In general, the Personal Information you provide to us is used to help us communicate with you. For example, we use Personal Information to contact users in response to questions, solicit feedback from users, provide technical support and inform users about promotional offers.

We may share Personal Information with outside parties if we have a good-faith belief that access, use, preservation or disclosure of the information is reasonably necessary to meet any applicable legal process or enforceable governmental request; to enforce applicable terms of the Schirm Firm, LLC’s privacy policy, including investigation of potential violations; address fraud, security or technical concerns; or to protect against harm to the rights, property, or safety of our users or the public as required or permitted by law.

Non-Personal Information

In general, the Schirm Firm, LLC uses Non-Personal Information to help us improve the Schirm Firm, LLC’s website and to customize the user experience. We also aggregate Non-Personal Information in order to track trends and to analyze use patterns on the website. This Privacy Policy does not limit in any way the Schirm Firm, LLC’s use or disclosure of Non-Personal Information, and we reserve the right to use and disclose such Non-Personal Information to our partners, advertisers and other third parties at our discretion.

In the event that the Schirm Firm, LLC undergoes a business transaction such as a merger, acquisition or sale of all or a portion of our assets, your Personal Information may be among the assets transferred. You acknowledge and consent that such transfers may occur and are permitted by this Privacy Policy, and that any acquirer of our assets may continue to process your Personal Information as set forth in this Privacy Policy. If the Schirm Firm, LLC’s information practices change at any time in the future, we will post the policy changes to the website so that you may opt out of the new information practices. We suggest that you check the website periodically if you are concerned about how your information is used.

HOW WE PROTECT INFORMATION

The Schirm Firm, LLC implements security measures designed to protect your information from unauthorized access. For Chicago tenants accessing the Schirm Firm, LLC’s online tenant portal, all accounts are protected by your account password and we urge you to take steps to keep your personal information safe by not disclosing your password and by logging out of your account after each use. We further protect your information from potential security breaches by implementing certain technological security measures including encryption, firewalls and transport layer security (“TLS”), or such additional or alternative protocols that The Schirm Firm, LLC may deem reasonable. However, these measures do not guarantee that your information will not be accessed, disclosed, altered or destroyed by breach of such firewalls and secure server software. By using the Schirm Firm, LLC’s website and tenant portal, you acknowledge that you understand and agree to assume these risks.

LINKS TO OTHER WEBSITES

The Schirm Firm, LLC may provide links to, or compatibility with, other websites or applications. However, we are not responsible for the privacy practices employed by those websites or the information or content they contain. This Privacy Policy applies solely to information collected by us through the www.theschirmfirm.com and the Schirm Firm, LLC. Therefore, this Privacy Policy does not apply to your use of a third party website accessed by selecting a link on our website. To the extent that you access the Schirm Firm, LLC online through or on another website or application, the privacy policy of that other website or application will apply to your access or use of that site or application and not to the Schirm Firm, LLC. We encourage our users to read the privacy statements of other websites before proceeding to use them.

CHANGES TO OUR PRIVACY POLICY

The Schirm Firm, LLC reserves the right to change this policy and our Terms at any time. We will notify you of significant changes to our Privacy Policy by sending a notice to the primary email address specified in your account or by placing a prominent notice on our website’s homepage. Significant changes will go into effect 30 days following such notification. Non-material changes or clarifications will take effect immediately. You should periodically check the Schirm Firm, LLC’s homepage and this privacy page for updates.

CONTACT US

If you have any questions regarding this Privacy Policy or the practices of the Schirm Firm, LLC, please contact us by sending an email to greatapartments@schirmfirm.com*

*Disclaimer*

The materials on the Schirm Firm, LLC’s website are provided “as is.” The Schirm Firm, LLC makes no warranties, expressed or implied, and hereby disclaims and negates all other warranties, including without limitation, implied warranties or conditions of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose or non-infringement of intellectual property or other violation of rights. Furthermore, the Schirm Firm, LLC does not warrant or make any representations concerning the accuracy, likely results or reliability of the use of the materials on www.theschirmfirm.com or otherwise relating to such materials or on any sites linked to the Schirm Firm’s website.