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LandAmerica Financial Group, Inc. is committed to ensuring the privacy and confidentiality
of its customers and visitors to the company's web site. As such, LandAmerica
utilizes industry-standard security measures to safeguard internet transactions
and communications. The purpose of this statement is to explain the types of information
LandAmerica collects about visitors to its websites, the manner in which this
information is collected and used, with whom and under what circumstances the
information is shared, and the manner in which visitors can restrict the use or
disclosure of such information.
LandAmerica Privacy Policy for Customer Information
Beginning July 1, 2001, all financial institutions are required to deliver
privacy policy notices to members of the public
who buy financial products and services. If you have received such a notice from
LandAmerica, it may pertain to one of the companies shown in the alphabetical
list of affiliates with consumer contact. If you have any questions about
the notice or the list, please write to:
LandAmerica Privacy
101 Gateway Centre Parkway
Richmond, Virginia 23235
Special Note About Children
LandAmerica does not provide services to children and
its web sites are not intended for children. LandAmerica asks
that minors not submit any personal information to LandAmerica.
If you are a minor, you can use this site or LandAmerica's
services in conjunction with a parent or guardian.
Non-Personal Identification Information Collection
While LandAmerica's web servers automatically collect
visitor domain names, they do not involuntarily collect personal
identification information about visitors. The web servers
gather information about the particulars of a visitor's visit
through the LandAmerica web site such as the web page from
which a visitor enters LandAmerica's site, the pages within
LandAmerica's site visited, how long a visitor is on the site,
and other such information that will help LandAmerica evaluate
and improve its site.
Personal Identification Information Collection
When visitors voluntarily provide personal identification
information to LandAmerica through the company's web site,
such as when ordering services/products and accessing account
specific or other profile information, LandAmerica limits
its use of such information to the purposes for which the
information was provided. However, LandAmerica reserves the
right to use such information for marketing/product development
research and other similar purposes and/or to contact a visitor
regarding additional services/products such visitor may find
useful. Visitors have the right to choose not to receive this
information by notifying LandAmerica of their preference.
Internal Disclosure of Information
LandAmerica employees are permitted access to the information
they require to perform their jobs and service customers.
LandAmerica maintains strict internal policies against the
unauthorized disclosure or use of customer information. LandAmerica
has a number of separate subsidiaries and, subject to federal,
state, and local laws, reserves the right to make information
held by one LandAmerica entity available to other LandAmerica
affiliates for authorized purposes.
Third Party Disclosure of Information
LandAmerica does not sell or disclose personal identification
information obtained on-line from visitors through company
web site to anyone outside of LandAmerica and its affiliated
companies unless (i) specifically authorized by a visitor;
(ii) such disclosure is to a LandAmerica business partner
that can provide beneficial services to LandAmerica customers
and such business partner agrees to keep the information LandAmerica
provides confidential; (iii) required by law or a court or
government agency of competent jurisdiction; or (iv) such
disclosure is necessary to protect the safety of LandAmerica
customers, employees, or property.
Co-Sponsors or Co-Branded Products/Services
If a visitor provides personal identification information
to LandAmerica through a co-sponsored or co-branded site or
feature, the visitor may also be providing the personal identification
information to the co-sponsor. The visitor will be made aware
of this before the visitor submits the information and the
visitor can decide whether or not to participate. In the event
the visitor submits the personal identification information,
LandAmerica shall not be responsible for the use of such information
by the co-sponsor.
Unsolicited E-mail
LandAmerica does not send unsolicited "junk" e-mail (spam).
However, the company does use e-mail to communicate with customers
and respond to visitor inquiries, confirm orders placed online,
and send information requested by visitors through the company's
web site. Any visitors receiving unwanted e-mail from LandAmerica
should contact the company and advise of their desire not
to receive future e-mails and/or request removal from LandAmerica's
e-mail list. As soon as reasonable practicable, LandAmerica
will remove such visitor from the company's e-mail list.
Cookies
LandAmerica's web sites may use "cookies" to improve the level
of service to visitors. Cookies are lines of text that are
transmitted to a web browser and stored on the visitor's hard
drive. When the visitor returns to the LandAmerica web site
the cookie is transmitted back. Cookies provide a way for
a server to recall a previous request or registration, or
to keep track of a transaction as it progresses thereby eliminating
the need to repeat the information previously provided. A
cookie can only be accessed from the web site that placed
it on the visitor's system. The cookies used by LandAmerica
do not collect personal identification information and LandAmerica
does not combine information collected through cookies with
other personal information to determine a visitor's identity
or e-mail address. Cookies are commonly used on web sites
today and should not harm any system upon which they are transmitted.
Browsers can be configured to notified visitors when cookies
are about to be received and provide visitors with the option
of refusing cookies.
Future Privacy Policy Modifications
LandAmerica is continually trying to improve the services
it provides customers and the experiences of visitors to the
company's web site. As such, LandAmerica may expand its capabilities
for obtaining information about visitors in the future. Thus,
LandAmerica reserves the right to revise its Privacy Principles
as required by advances in technology or other changes in
the collection of information through the internet.
Questions
Questions regarding this statement should be directed to LandAmerica's
webmaster at the following e-mail address: .
Last revised 4/23/01
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