Privacy Policy
January 1, 2016
iBorrow, L.P. (“iBorrow,”, “we,” or “us”) values the privacy of the visitors (“you,” “your,” or “user”) to the iBorrow website (the “Site”). The Site provides information about iBorrow, including our investment services, lending services and other opportunities (together with the Site, the “Services”). In order to protect your personal information, we have adopted this Privacy Policy relating to the collection of data by us, our subsidiaries and affiliates. If you have questions or concerns regarding this statement, you should contact us at info@iBorrow.com.
This Privacy Policy identifies the type and nature of information we collect and how we use it, as well as the choices you can make about the way your information is collected and used. We also explain how any requests for personal or personally identifiable information will be used. Finally, we present our security policy, which outlines how your personal information is protected.
Information We CollectiBorrow collects personal and financial information from you when you visit the Site. We collect information during the registration and application process. We only require information for legal or security purposes or to better serve your needs. You may have a choice to provide or not provide additional information during subsequent visits to the Site, but keep in mind that some of this information will be required if you wish to partake in the Services.
We may collect, among other things, your name, address, phone number, email address, birthday, job and employment data, social security number and/or tax identification number, financial history and information related to your transaction. We collect this information so that we can verify your identity and evaluate your eligibility to utilize the Services. In addition, we collected non-identifiable and aggregated personal data pertaining to your Site visits that help us maintain the appropriate features, functionality and user experience
This data is used to: (i) enable you to log in to the Site; (ii) verify that you are at least 18 years of age; (iii) guard against potential fraud; (iv) contact you if there is a problem with your account; and (v) maintain regular communications with you as may be necessary to inform you of upcoming investment opportunities and other company updates. In addition, if we offer investment opportunities, we will use the data (a) to establish your ability to view offering materials and to make investments through the Site (for U.S. residents, only “accredited investors” with a certain level of annual income or net worth); and (b) to determine your credibility to partake in lending opportunities;
We also gather the names and email addresses of users who contact us through the Site with questions about iBorrow or our lending and our investment platform. We collect this information for the sole purpose of responding to such inquiries and do not store the contact information unless requested to do so, as in the case of job applicants who submit resumes.
Financial Data (for Investors)iBorrow may offer investment opportunities through the Site. When you subscribe to make an investment in one of our offerings on the platform, you will again be asked for your personal data. You will also be required to provide financial data, such as your bank routing number and bank account number, to enable us or our partners to utilize your bank account to originate funds transfers and make subsequent investment disbursements to you.
Financial Data (for Borrowers)You will be asked to provide and disclose financial data when filling out an application to partake in lending services. Such information may be shared with third parties. See “How and When Your Information Is Shared With Other Parties” for more details.
Non-Identifiable Data and Aggregated Personal DataRegardless of whether you register for an account or submit an application, we may send one or more “cookies” to your computer. Cookies are small text files placed on your web browser when you visit our Site that store information on your computer, such as your Site preferences. We use cookies when you sign in to keep track of your personal session, including some account identifiers to ensure that you are the only person making changes to your account. We also use cookies to track your activity on the Site as a unique person. For security purposes, all of this information is stored in encrypted form. No personal information about you is stored.
You can set your web browser to inform you when cookies are set, or to prevent cookies from being set altogether. Please note, however, that if you decline to use cookies, you may experience reduced functionality and slower site response times. In some instances, declining to use our authentication-related cookies may prevent you from using the website entirely.
We (or our service providers, such as Google Analytics) may also collect web surfing data related to your use of the Site. This information may include: your Internet Protocol (IP) address, browser type, and internet service provider (ISP); your operating system; which of our web pages you access and how frequently you access them; referral or exit pages; click stream data; and the dates and times that you visit the Site. This data may be collected using cookies, web beacons, page tags or similar tools. As with cookies, the web surfing information is anonymous, “click stream” transactional data that is not associated with any users as individuals.
We may aggregate web surfing data and similar information for administrative purposes. We may, for example, use this aggregated information in the administration of the Site to improve its usability and to evaluate the success of particular marketing and advertising campaigns, search engine optimization strategies, and other marketing activities. We also use it to help optimize the Site based on the needs of our users.
How and When Your Information Is Shared With Other PartiesWe do not sell or rent personal information about its users for marketing purposes. We do, however, work with a number of trusted partners who perform vital functions as part of our operations.
Sharing of Investor InformationWe plan to engage FundAmerica Securities, LLC (“FundAmerica”), a Delaware corporation, in connection with our planned investment platform. FundAmerica is a securities broker-dealer registered with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission and a member of FINRA and SIPC. FundAmerica is also a provider of execution and other brokerage services related to our equity securities transactions. FundAmerica is located at 641 Lexington Avenue, Suite 1518, New York, NY 10022, 212.582.9600, info@fundamerica.com (https://www.fundamerica.com).
Because it is anticipated that FundAmerica will perform services related to the offering, transaction, and settlement of our equity securities transactions, your personal information will be shared with FundAmerica and will be subject to its Privacy Policy and Regulation S-P. In addition to sharing your information with FundAmerica, we will also notify the party or parties offering (or issuing) the investment of your interest, and may notify other users in the event that you have chosen to share such information.
Sharing of Borrower InformationIf you are a potential borrower, then as part of the loan application process, we may verify information contained in the loan application and in other documents required in connection with the loan, either before the loan is closed or as part of our quality control program. Your information may also be shared with any investor to whom we may sell your mortgage; any investor to whom we may issue, sell, or resell Borrower Payment Dependent Notes (“Notes”) associated with your loan; and to any loan guaranty insurer. Such data may include, but is not limited to, employment history and income; bank, money market, and similar account balances; credit score and credit history; copies of income tax returns; and consumer report information. Such data may be provided to users of the platform to aid in their decision to commit funds.
Additional Sharing of Both Investor & Borrower InformationWe also work with providers of hosting services for the Site, electronic signature providers, electronic payment service providers and others. We may engage third parties to help us carry out certain other functions such as account processing, client services, or other data collection as part to our business. Examples of third parties might include those that perform data processing, reporting, tax documentation, custody or escrow services. Information is shared with these third parties only to the extent necessary for us to process the transactions you initiate or perform other specific services, like collections. Our partners are legally required to keep your information private and secure.
We may share your information with law enforcement or other government agencies as required by law or for the purposes of limiting fraud. We reserve the right to disclose your personally identifiable information when we believe that disclosure is necessary to protect our rights or to comply with a judicial proceeding, court order or legal process. We further reserve the right to disclose any of your personal information that we believe, in good faith, appropriate or necessary to take precautions against liability, to investigate and defend against any third party claims or allegations, to assist government enforcement agencies, to protect the security or integrity of the Site or our services, or to protect the rights, property or personal safety of iBorrow, its users, issuers, or others.
Notifications and Communications from Our SiteWe will send you email notifications from time to time. Some notifications are required parts of your transactions with us, such as confirmations of particular actions you have taken. These mandatory notices are typically sent to notify you of a change in status. For example, you will receive a notice when you are confirmed as an investor.
We also send out notices that are required for legal or security purposes. For example, certain notifications are sent for your own protection to ensure that another person cannot make a change to your account without your knowledge. In other cases, these notifications involve changes to various legal agreements or Site policies. Generally, you may not opt out of such service-related emails.
When we offer an investment platform, when you register as an investor, you will receive emails that confirm specific actions you requested. These will include emails to which you must respond to complete your registration and notifications confirming your registration. You will also receive emails when a new investment opportunity is offered, as well as updates concerning the progress of the funding of such offering and/or other relevant information. If you make an investment through the Site, iBorrow or FundAmerica will also send you confirmations of the investment as well as occasional updates as to the status of that investment and the timing of distributions relating to that investment.
We may also send you responses to emails you send us, if appropriate. From time to time, we will also send user surveys, requests for user feedback regarding user experience and Site operations, or marketing offers from us or from us on behalf of our marketing partners. Completing these surveys, answering requests for feedback, or accepting any offer is strictly voluntary. If you do not wish to receive these surveys, user feedback emails, and/or marketing offers, please opt out in any offer email you receive from us.
Where You Can View and Correct Your InformationWe urge you to review your information regularly to ensure that it is correct and complete. If you believe that any of your information is incorrect, or if you have any questions regarding this Privacy Policy, please contact us at info@iborrow.com.
Links to Other SitesIf you follow any links that direct you away from the Site, this privacy policy will not apply to your activity on the other websites you visit. We do not control the privacy policies or the privacy practices of any third parties.
Do Not TrackiBorrow does not track you over time and across third party websites to provide targeted advertising and therefore does not respond to Do Not Track (DNT) signals. However, some third party sites do keep track of your browsing activities when they serve you content, which enables them to tailor what they present to you.
International UsersThe Site may be accessed by users located outside the United States. If you choose to use the Service from the European Union or other regions of the world with laws governing data collection and use that may differ from U.S. law, then please note that you are transferring your personal information outside of those regions to the United States, and that by providing your personal information on or through the Site then you consent to that transfer.
Security PolicyAccess Limitations
We limit access to the personal information we have about you to those employees who have a legitimate business need to access such information. In keeping with industry standards and practices, we maintain appropriate physical, electronic and procedural safeguards and controls to protect your information. The Site is built upon a secure infrastructure with multiple layers of protection, and we use industry-standard encryption technologies to safeguard your information.
Users are required to identify and authenticate themselves prior to accessing sensitive portions of the Site. Generally, identification and authentication take place through the use of your username and a password and/or while logging in with one of our technical support staff.
Notifications of Security Systems BreachIf we learn of a security systems breach, then we may attempt to notify you electronically so that you can take appropriate protective steps. We may also post a notice on or through the Site in the event of a security breach. Depending on where you live, you may have a legal right to receive notice of a security breach in writing.
Take Precautionary MeasuresYou can take several precautions to protect the security of your computer and personal information. For instance, you can use a well-chosen password and restrict access to your email account. You can also install and regularly update antivirus and firewall software to protect your computer from external attacks by malicious users. When you are finished with a session on the Site, be sure that you log out and close the browser window.
You should also be aware of fraudulent attempts to gain access to your account information through “phishing,” whereby scammers try to bring unsuspecting people to a website by using a genuine-looking email purporting to be from a legitimate company. Sometimes, either in the email itself or on this fake site, scammers will ask for login information to gain access to people’s accounts and withdraw their money.
We will never send you an email asking you for your login information. In general, you can protect yourself against phishing by never providing personal or login information via a link contained in an email; instead, go the website directly. You might also make it a habit to check the URL of a website to be sure that it begins with the correct domain
Children’s PrivacyNone of the information on the Website is intended for the use of children under 13, and HTA does not knowingly register any person or accept information from any person under the age of 18.
Changes in Corporate StructureIn developing our business, we may engage in the sale of certain assets and the company itself, or parts of it, may be sold, merged or otherwise transferred. In such transactions and changes in ownership, user information, whether personally identifiable or otherwise, may constitute one of the transferred assets. iBorrow will notify affected users in accordance with the procedure for changing this Privacy Policy described below.
Your California Privacy RightsUnder California Civil Code sections 1798.83-1798.84, California residents are entitled to ask us for a notice describing what categories of Personal Information iBorrow shares with third parties or corporate affiliates for those third parties or corporate affiliates’ direct marketing purposes. That notice will identify the categories of information shared and will include a list of the third parties and affiliates with which it was shared, along with their names and addresses. If you are a California resident and would like a copy of this notice, please submit a written request to the following address: 12100 Wilshire Blvd., Suite 520, Los Angeles, CA 90025. In your request, please specify that you want a “Your iBorrow California Privacy Rights Notice”. Please allow at least 30 days for a response.
Changes to this Privacy PolicyWe will occasionally update this Privacy Policy as necessary to protect our users and to comply with a changing environment. We recommend that you check the Privacy Policy when you visit the Site to be sure that you are aware of and understand our current policy. If we make material changes to this policy, or in how we use or collect your Personal Information, we will prominently post such changes prior to implementing the change. We will not make any retroactive material changes in how we handle previously collected Personal Information unless you allow us to do so, or unless we are legally required to do so, and in such a case we will e-mail registered Website visitors information on material changes to this Privacy Policy.
Contact InformationIf you have any questions about this Privacy Policy or our privacy practices, please e-mail us at info@iborrow.com. Please include the URL of the Website involved in your request.
Or you can contact us by mail at:
iBorrow, L.P.
12100 Wilshire Blvd., Suite 520
Los Angeles, CA 90025