Your Privacy
At Uptown Mortgage, respecting the privacy and
security of your personal information is important to us. We know,
however, that not everyone who takes their privacy seriously is
necessarily well-versed in "legal or regulatory-ese." There are
plenty of legal terms in Uptown Mortgage's own privacy policy, which
you will find on the following pages. We urge you to read it carefully,
and make note of your rights under this policy. We've tried to provide
easy-to-understand explanations of the most frequently used legal
terms -- terms we are required to use to ensure clarity and consistency.
We want to make sure that your personal information is protected,
and that you understand the policies that protect you. You'll find
the same terms used in many companies' privacy policies.
Cookies & Browsers
This site uses a feature of your browser called
a "cookie" to assign a "User I.D.". Cookies, by themselves, cannot
be used to find out the identity of any user. Your Uptown Mortgage
User ID automatically identifies your computer - but not you - to
our servers when you visit wamu.com or other Uptown Mortgage Web
sites. Unless you specifically tell us who you are (for example
by completing an application), if you are just browsing our site,
we will never know who you are even though we assign you a cookie.
This site contains links to other sites. If you use a link to visit
the site of another company, we cannot be responsible for the privacy
practices or the content of that company or its site.
Safeguarding Customer Information
We only grant access to nonpublic personal information
about you (such as your name, address, social security number and
credit history) to company employees and affiliated and non-affiliated
service providers so that they can provide or offer products and
services to you, process and service your accounts, and administer
our business.
Our Code of Conduct requires that your information
remain confidential. Even if you are no longer our customer, we
will continue to treat your nonpublic personal information in the
same way as if you were still a customer. In addition, we maintain
physical, electronic and procedural safeguards that comply with
federal standards to guard this personal information. Some state
laws may further restrict the sharing of your nonpublic personal
information.
Collection of Information
We collect nonpublic personal information about
you from the following sources:
- From you, on forms, via the Internet, by telephone
or otherwise. Examples of this type of information include your
name, address, social security number, credit history and other
financial information.
- From transactions with us, our affiliates or
with others. For example, your payment histories, account balances,
and other transaction records.
- From credit reporting agencies, such as information
relating to your creditworthiness, your credit score and credit
usage.
- From third parties to verify information you
have given us.
Uses of Shared Information
We may share all the information that we collect,
as described above, for the following purposes:
To provide you with the products and services
you requested. To offer you additional products and services, from
us that may be of interest to you. To comply with reporting and
other legal requirements. To otherwise conduct business.
Identity Theft
Identity theft is a serious and growing problem.
If someone has fraudulently used your identification to establish
credit, report the incident as quickly as possible to each of the
credit reporting agencies listed below and ask that a fraud report
be placed on your file.
Experian 888-397-3742 Equifax
800-525-6285 Trans Union 800-680-7289
You may also check to see if any additional credit
accounts have been opened without your consent or whether unauthorized
charges were billed to your accounts. Contact these credit reporting
agencies to obtain a copy of your credit report.
Experian 888-397-3742 Equifax
800-685-1111 Trans Union 800-916-8800
Please note that this contact information is being
provided as a service to you. Uptown Mortgage is not affiliated
with any of these services and cannot guarantee their effectiveness.
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