Privacy Policy
This is the Privacy Policy (“Policy”) of fl.veritecreports.com, a service of the Florida Office of Financial Regulation (“OFR”).
Who we are.
The website is an online service of Catalis ("Catalis") that allows Florida regulators to access information on the database; and provides for the retrieval and review of information regarding all such data in compliance with Part IV of Chapter 560, Florida Statutes. Catalis is a third party, privately held company under contract with the Commission to provide this service.
Privacy Notice.
Privacy and security are our highest priority – ensuring lawful electronic access to transaction information while maintaining privacy is a guiding principle of our program. Personal data in our possession is maintained and used in ways that respect individual privacy. Catalis educates its employees about the importance of protecting personal information and privacy, and only authorized employees of Catalis and the State of Florida have access to personal information.
The purpose of this Policy is to notify you of the following.
1. What personally identifiable information is collected through the website.
2. The organization collecting this information.
3. How the information is used.
4. With whom the information may be shared.
5. The kind of security procedures that are in place to protect the loss, misuse, or alteration of information under our control.
6. How you can correct any inaccuracies in the information.
If you feel that we are not abiding by our privacy policy, or if you wish to correct any inaccurate information, please contact Services by e-mail at
mail@catalisgov.com.
Information we collect through the website.
If you fill out the "Contact Us" form, your name and other identifying information will not be sold or shared with any person or organization, other than the State of Florida. Your e-mail address or telephone number may be used by authorized FLADPP employees to contact you concerning your comments, questions, or complaints.
How information is used.
The information contained in the database is authorized under section 560.404, Florida Statutes. We do not sell or rent information to third parties for marketing programs or for any other purpose.
Limited distribution of personal information.
At the direction of a lender (when a "Submit" button is clicked), the information provided to the database will be processed through the overall FLADPP system, recorded in the database, and appropriate responses will be returned to the lender. All the lenders in our network operate under federal and/or state laws and regulations. Regulators have access to such recorded information as required and allowed by the Florida Statutes.
Security.
The website has security measures in place to protect against the loss, misuse, and alteration of the information under our control. Catalis uses the Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) protocol to safeguard sensitive personal information during online transactions. Using this widely accepted form of encryption, data is secured from a user's personal computer to the Catalis computers processing requests, and the processing computers are located behind a secure firewall. This method protects your information.
This notice should not be construed in any way as guaranteeing, or warranting as fail proof, the security of information exchanged between users and Catalis.
Any changes to our privacy policy will be communicated through the website at least 30 days in advance of implementation. Information collected before changes are made will be secured according to the Policy in effect prior to the change.
Links.
This website contains links to other websites. Please be aware that we are not responsible for the privacy practices of such other websites. We encourage our users to be aware when they leave our website and to read the privacy statements of each and every website that collects user information. This privacy statement applies solely to information collected by this website.
Cookies.
A cookie is a piece of data stored on a user's hard drive containing information about the user. Usage of a cookie is in no way linked to any personally identifiable information while on our website. Once the user closes their browser, the cookie simply terminates. For instance, by setting a cookie on our website, the user would not have to log in a password more than once, thereby saving time while on our website. Users who reject the cookie may still use our website. The only drawback to this is that the user may be limited in some areas of our website.