Twin Cities Roommate Referrals Privacy Policy


INFORMATION COLLECTION AND USE
Information is collected at the time of the sale in order to complete the sale 
and deliver our service.TCRoommates.com is the sole owner of the information collected on this site. We will not sell, share, or rent this 
information to others.

REGISTRATION
In order to use TCRoommates.com, a user must first complete the  registration form. During registration a user is required to give their contact information (such as name, telephone number and e-mail address). This information is used to contact the user about the services on our site for which they have expressed interest.

ORDER
We request information from the user on our order form. Here a user must provide contact information and financial  information (like credit card number and expiration date). This information is used for billing purposes and to fill customer’s orders. If we have trouble processing an order,  this contact information is used to get in touch with the customer.

CREDIT CARD TRANSACTIONS 
TCRoommates.com credit card transactions are processed by Authorize.net. This professional payment authorization service was chosen 
for added security and reliability. Only the purchase price and the credit card information provided by the customer is supplied to Authorize.net. 
Information collected during transactions is maintained in their database for accounting and billing purposes. Information from these transactions is not 
released to third parties. 

COOKIES
A cookie is a piece of data stored on the 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 site. Once the user closes their browser, the cookie simply terminates. For instance, by setting a cookie on our site, the user would not have to log in a password more than 
once, thereby saving time while on our site. 

LOG FILES
We use IP addresses to analyze trends, administer the site, track user’s movement, and gather broad demographic information for aggregate use. IP addresses are not linked to personally identifiable information.

LINKS
This web site contains links to other sites. Please be aware that TCRoommates.com is not responsible for the privacy practices of such other sites. We encourage our users to be aware when they leave our site and to read the privacy statements of each and every web site that collects personally identifiable information. This privacy statement applies solely to information collected by this TCRoommates.com.

SECURITY
TCRoommates.com takes every precaution to protect our users’ information. When users submit sensitive information on  TCRoommates.com, your information is protected both online and off-line. When our registration/order form asks users to enter sensitive  information (such as credit card number), that information is encrypted and is protected with the best encryption software in the industry - SSL. While on a secure page, such as our order form, the lock icon on the bottom of Web browsers such as Netscape Navigator and Microsoft Internet Explorer becomes 
locked, as opposed to un-locked, or open, when you are just 
surfing’. To verify our web site security, visit https://www.tcroommates.com/matching/account.asp. While we use SSL encryption to protect sensitive information online, we also do everything in our power to protect user-information off-line. All of our users’ information, not just the sensitive information mentioned above, is restricted 
in our offices. The servers that store personally identifiable information on are kept in a secure environment. If you have any questions about the security at TCRoommates.com, you can send an email to info@tcroommates.com. 

CORRECTION / UPDATING PERSONAL INFORMATION
If a user’s personally identifiable information changes , or if a user no longer desires our service, we provide a way to correct, update or remove that user’s personal data provided to us. This can usually be done at the member information page or by emailing us at info@tcroommates.com.

NOTIFICATION OF CHANGES
If we decide to change our privacy policy, we will post those changes on our Homepage so our users are always aware of what information we collect, how we use it, and under what circumstances, if any, we disclose it. If at any point we decide to use personally identifiable information in a manner different from that stated at the time it was collected, we will notify users. 

If you have any questions at all please feel free to contact us at:

Twin Cities Roommate Referrals
1600 West Lake Street #105
Minneapolis, MN 55408
info@tcroommates.com