Privacy Policy

Purpose HR&A Advisors, Inc. (HR&A) has adopted this Privacy Statement to inform you of its policies with respect to information collected from https://www.hraadvisors.com/, https://hrahousing.com/app, https://www.housingweaver.com/, and affiliated websites owned or operated by HR&A, including those that may be powered by vendors HR&A uses (each, an “HR&A Website” and collectively, the “HR&A Websites”). Your use of any HR&A Website constitutes your acceptance of this Privacy Statement and your consent to the practices it describes.

Automatic Collection of Anonymous Information When you visit an HR&A Website, certain anonymous information about your visit is automatically logged, which may include information about the type of browser you use, the server name and IP address through which you access the internet (such as “aol.com” or “earthlink.net”), the date and time you access the HR&A Website, the pages you access, and the internet address of the HR&A Website, if any, from which you linked directly to the HR&A Website. This information is not personally identifiable.

Personally Identifiable Information Personally identifiable information is any information that concerns you individually and would permit someone to contact you, for example, your name, address, telephone/fax number, e-mail address or any information you submitted to HR&A that identifies you individually.

HR&A will not collect any personally identifiable information about you unless you provide it. Therefore, if you do not want HR&A to obtain any personally identifiable information about you, do not submit it.

You can visit and browse an HR&A Website without revealing personally identifiable information about yourself. You may also choose to disclose personally identifiable information about yourself, which will be maintained as described below. HR&A may collect personally identifiable information about you from an HR&A Website by methods such as the following:

Transactions and Activity If you conduct transactions through an HR&A Website, HR&A may collect information about the transactions you engage in while on the HR&A Website and your other activity on the HR&A Website. This information may include, without limitation, areas of the HR&A Website that you visit, transaction type, content that you view, download or submit transaction amount, and payment, shipping, and billing information.

E-Mail and Other Voluntary Communications You may also choose to communicate with HR&A through e-mail, via the HR&A Websites, by telephone, in writing, or through other means. We collect the information in these communications, and such information may be personally identifiable.

Disclosure of Information HR&A does not sell or trade your personally identifiable information. HR&A does not provide personally identifiable information to unaffiliated third parties for their use in marketing directly to you. HR&A may use unaffiliated companies to help it maintain and operate the HR&A Websites or for other reasons related to the operation of its business, and those companies may receive your personally identifiable information. HR&A may also disclose personally identifiable information about you in connection with legal requirements, such as in response to an authorized subpoena, governmental request, or investigation, or as otherwise required by law.

Information Use HR&A may use the personally identifiable information collected through the HR&A Websites primarily for such purposes as:

– helping to establish and verify the identity of users;

– opening, maintaining, administering, and servicing users’ accounts or memberships;

– processing or servicing transactions and sending related communications;

– providing services and support to users;

– improving the HR&A Websites, including tailoring it to users’ preferences;

– providing users with updates, notices, invitations, and other information about HR&A;

– responding to your questions, inquiries, and comments;

– maintaining the security and integrity of its systems.

Retention The retention period of collected information depends on the type of information and the reasons why we collect it. We retain your contact information unless you request us to delete the information. We may also retain some information we believe in good faith is necessary for legal and regulatory compliance, research and development, business matters, and improvement of our services, in which case we would anonymize and encrypt such information until complete deletion. Further, some information may be retained if it is contained in deleted emails or electronic documents which are archived by HR&A in compliance with our standard archival processes but which, in the ordinary course of operations, are not accessible by the individuals who created or received such emails or documents.

U.S. data privacy compliance Many U.S. states have implemented consumer data privacy laws, and we strive to comply with laws that apply to our business. Some states provide their residents with rights regarding our use of their personal information that would, for example, require us to do some or all of the following:

– Confirm whether we process your personally identifiable information;
– Delete certain personally identifiable information;
– Correct inaccuracies in your personally identifiable information;
– Provide your personally identifiable information in a common file format;
– Make certain disclosures about our use of your personally identifiable information;
– Provide a list of all third parties with which we have shared your data;
– Honor legally permitted requests that are made by authorized agents on your behalf;
– Honor opt-out signals made via application, program, or other process by third parties on your behalf;
– Allow you to opt out of personally identifiable information processing for targeted advertising, sales, or profiling in furtherance of decisions that produce legal or similarly significant effects; and
– Provide you with information about the data gathered for and the uses of the data if we offer any incentive or loyalty programs to you that require the disclosure of additional data that is not required to offer the services.

The scope of these rights varies by your state. To exercise any of these rights, please contact us using the information below or use the official state online request form and send us a copy. We will promptly review your request, and either comply or notify you that your request was denied and why it was denied.

Additionally, to the extent allowed by applicable law, we may reach out to you to validate your identity and that you made the request; failure to respond to these requests may result in a denial of your request.

If you wish to appeal our decision, you must submit your appeal within 30 days from the date your request was denied.

We will not deny you services, charge you different prices or rates, provide you with a different level of service, or otherwise discriminate against you solely because you exercised your privacy rights.

If you are a California resident, California law may provide you with additional rights regarding our use of your personal information. To learn more about your California privacy rights, visit our California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) Privacy Notice for California Residents.

European data privacy compliance Users located in countries outside of the United States who submit personally identifiable information do hereby consent to the transfer of that information to, and storage of the information in, the United States. If you are a resident of the European Economic Area (EEA), you have certain data protection rights covered by the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). In certain circumstances, you have the following rights:

– to access, update, or to delete the information we have on you;
– to have your information rectified if it is inaccurate or incomplete;
– to object to our processing of your personally identifiable information;
– to request that we restrict the processing of your personally identifiable information;
– to be provided with a copy of your personally identifiable information in a structured, machine-readable, and commonly used format; and
– to withdraw your consent at any time, where we rely on your consent to process your personally identifiable information.

Please email us at info@hraadvisors.com if you wish to be informed what personally identifiable information we hold about you, and if you want it to be removed from our systems. However, we may not be able to provide some or all of the services without some necessary data. We may ask you to verify your identity before responding to such requests.

You have the right to complain to a Data Protection Authority about our collection and use of your personally identifiable information. For more information, please contact your local data protection authority in the EEA.

Children’s Privacy The HR&A Websites are directed toward and designed for use by persons aged 13 or older. HR&A will not approve applications of, or establish or maintain accounts or memberships for, any child whom HR&A knows to be under the age of 13. HR&A does not solicit or knowingly collect personally identifiable information from children under the age of 13. If HR&A nevertheless discovers that it has received personally identifiable information from an individual who indicates that he or she is, or whom HR&A otherwise has reason to believe is, under the age of 13, HR&A will delete such information from its systems. Additionally, a child’s parent or legal guardian may request that the child’s information be corrected or deleted from HR&A by contacting us at info@hraadvisors.com.

“Cookies” and Advertisers  The HR&A Websites’ servers, or the servers of companies that are used to operate the HR&A Websites, may place a “cookie” on your computer in order to allow you to use the HR&A Websites and to personalize your experience.

A “cookie” is a small piece of data that can be sent by a Web server to your computer, which then may be stored by your browser on your computer’s hard drive. Cookies allow HR&A to recognize your computer while you are on an HR&A Website and help customize your online experience and make it more convenient for you. Cookies are also useful in allowing more efficient log-in for users, tracking transaction histories, and preserving information between sessions. The information collected from cookies may also be used to improve the functionality of an HR&A Website.

Most Web browser applications (such as Microsoft Internet Explorer and Mozilla Firefox) have features that can notify you when you receive a cookie or prevent cookies from being sent. If you disable cookies, however, you may not be able to use certain personalized functions of an HR&A Website.

External Links An HR&A Website may contain links to other websites, including those of advertisers or third-party content providers who offer downloads on HR&A. Please be aware that HR&A is not responsible for the privacy practices or the content of other websites. Third-party websites that are accessible by hyperlinks from an HR&A Website may use cookies. HR&A encourages you to read the privacy statements provided by third-party websites before you provide personally identifiable information to them.

Security HR&A maintains physical, electronic, and procedural safeguards to help guard personally identifiable information. If transactions are offered on an HR&A Website, transaction information is transmitted to and from HR&A in encrypted form using industry-standard Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) connections to help protect such information from interception. HR&A restricts authorized access to your personal information to those persons who have a legitimate purpose to know that information and those persons you have authorized to have access to such information. Please be aware, however, that any e-mail or other transmission you send through the internet cannot be completely protected against unauthorized interception.

Choice / Opt-Out In order to better communicate with you, HR&A may send you e-mails related to news updates, online transactions, security, or the administration of its HR&A Websites. From time to time, HR&A may also wish to send you other messages or updates about HR&A and its activities. If you do not wish to receive these communications from HR&A, please send an e-mail containing your request to info@hraadvisors.com with the word “Unsubscribe” in the subject line.

Changes to this Privacy Policy HR&A reserves the right to modify or supplement this policy at any time.

Contacting Us If you have questions about this privacy statement, the information practices of info@hraadvisors.com.