Effective Date: September 8, 2022

Last Updated: September 18, 2024

This Privacy Policy describes how Bonus, Inc. (“Bonus”) collects, receives and shares information about you from our website.

For purposes of this Privacy Policy, the term “Website” refers to the website currently located at https://www.bonushomes.com and the services offered by Bonus are referred to collectively as the “Product”. 

Types of Information We Collect

Bonus collects information from you and about you. Here are some examples of the information we may collect:

• Contact Information. For example, we may collect your name, address, telephone number and email address. 
• Information You Submit. We may collect information when you send us a message through the “Contact Us” form or similar features on our Website. We may also collect information about your home that you submit. 
• Device Information. For example, we may collect the type of device you use to access our Website. We may also collect your device identifier, IP address, or operating system.
• Financial Information. If you wish to proceed with a transaction on the Website, we may ask you to provide personal or financial information. This may include, for example, mortgage information.
• Other Information. If you use our Website, we may collect information about your browser type, language preference, referring site and the date and time of each visitor request. We might look at what site you came from, or what site you visit when you leave us. We may also collect data relating to your location. This may include your exact location.

How We Collect Your Information

Bonus collects your information in different ways. Below are some examples of how we may collect your information:

• Directly From You. For example, when you submit an inquiry to us.
• Passively. For example, when you visit and navigate our Website on any device. We may also collect information about users over time and across different websites and devices when you use the Website.
• From Third Parties. We may receive information about you from other sources. For example, this may include receiving information from our business partners, including analytics vendors. This may also include social media sites such as Facebook and Google.
• By Combining Information. For example, we may combine information that we collect offline with information we collect through our Website. We may also combine information we collect about you from the different devices you use to access our Website.

How We Use Your Information

Examples of how we may use your information include:

• To Run and Improve Our Website and Product. We may use your information to make our Website and Product better. We may also use your information to provide you with information about our Product.
• To Respond to Your Requests or Questions. This may include responding to your feedback. This may also include providing you with an offer for our Product.
• To Communicate With You. We may communicate with you about our relationship or let you know about changes or improvements to our Product. We may also contact you about this Policy or our Website terms of use.
• For Marketing Purposes. We may provide you with information about our company and our business initiatives.
• For Security Purposes. This could include protecting our company and consumers who use our Product. It may also include protecting our Policy.
• Aggregated Statistics. Bonus may collect statistics about the behavior of visitors to its website. For instance, Bonus may monitor the website’s most popular whitepapers. Bonus may display this information publicly or provide it to others.
• As Otherwise Permitted By Law or As We May Notify You.

How We Share Your Information

Bonus is not in the business of selling your information, however, we do disclose your information in connection with developing and maintaining the Bonus Product. We share your information in the following ways:

• Internally. We may share your information with our employees, contractors and affiliated organizations.
• With our Service Providers. We may share your information with third parties who perform services on our behalf. For example, this may include companies that send emails on our behalf or help us manage properties.
• To Comply with the Law or to Protect Ourselves. We may share your information in response to a subpoena, court order or other governmental request, or when Bonus believes in good faith that disclosure is reasonably necessary to protect the property or rights of Bonus, third parties or the public at large.
• Business Transfers. If Bonus, or substantially all of its assets, were acquired, or in the unlikely event that Bonus goes out of business or enters bankruptcy, user information would be one of the assets that is transferred or acquired by a third party.
• We will never sell your data or personal information to third parties for the purposes of marketing.
• For Other Reasons We May Describe to You.
• No mobile information will be shared with third parties/affiliates for marketing/promotional purposes. All the stated categories in this privacy policy exclude text messaging originator opt-in data and consent; this information will not be shared with any third parties.

Messaging

By providing your phone number, you agree to receive text messages from Bonus. Message and data rates may apply. Message frequency varies. To opt-out of text messages, send "STOP" at any time.

Cookies

Bonus uses small text files called cookies to improve the overall Website experience. We may also use “Web beacons” in HTML-based emails to track which emails are opened by recipients. Information collected by third parties in this manner is subject to that third party’s own data collection, use and disclosure policies.

Minors and Privacy

This website is not intended for use by minors. If you are under 18, you may use this website only with the involvement of a parent or guardian. If we discover that we have collected any personally identifiable information from a person under the age of 18, we will remove that information from our database as soon as possible. If you are a parent or guardian and believe that we may have inadvertently collected personal information from your child, please notify us immediately by sending an email to support@bonushomes.com.

Security

We are concerned about safeguarding the confidentiality of your information. We provide physical, administrative and technical safeguards to protect the information we collect and maintain. However, no method of Internet use, transmission over the Internet or other electronic transmissions, or method of electronic storage, is completely secure. Therefore, we cannot and do not guarantee (1) that these measures will prevent every unauthorized attempt to access, use, or disclose your information or (2) the absolute security of your personal information.

Your California Privacy Rights

If you reside in California, you have the right to ask us one time each year if we have shared personal information with third parties for their direct marketing purposes. To make a request, please send us an email at support@bonushomes.com. Indicate in your email that you are a California resident making a “California Shine the Light” inquiry.

Links to Third Party Sites

Our Website may contain links to third party websites and services, including those of our affiliated and unaffiliated partners and advertisers. Please remember that when you use a link to go from the Website to another website, this Privacy Policy does not apply to third-party websites or services. This Privacy Policy applies to Bonus’ Website only. Please visit those sites to review their privacy policies. The inclusion of a link on this Website does not imply and is not an endorsement of the linked site by us or any of our affiliates.

How to Contact Us

If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy or our services, please contact us at support@bonushomes.com.

Privacy Policy Changes

This Privacy Policy may be updated from time to time for any reason. We will notify you of any changes to our Privacy Policy by posting the new Privacy Policy here. Please consult this Privacy Policy regularly for any changes.