For purposes of these Terms, "Personal Information" means any information by which You can be personally identified, and includes Your name and address, age or date of birth, Your electronic mail address, number of children, Your occupation, employment information, telephone number, education, the kind of service provided to You, your social security number, real property purchased, leased, or rented, bank account number, debit card number, bank or investment account, debit card, or credit card balance, payment history, and information pertaining to your creditworthiness, assets, income or liabilities.
(a) IMT collects, retains, and uses Personal Information for the following reasons: to complete the leasing process; to request a credit report in connection with leasing or job applications; to process job applications; to contact You in response to Your inquiries, comments and suggestions; to contact You otherwise when necessary; to track the visitors' use of the Site for internal market research; to improve the Site and the services IMT promotes or provides through the Site or through other means; for special promotions, contests or survey registrations; to customize the content and/or layout of the Site for each individual visitor; to ask for Your participation in brief surveys; to complete any purchases or other transactions You may perform at the Site; to notify visitors about updates to the Sites; to notify You about promotions, special offers, etc., regarding products and services provided by IMT or our affiliates or partners; to be provided to third party service providers on behalf of IMT; in connection with an acquisition, merger, sale or other transfer of all or any portion of IMT’s business; and for IMT’s internal business purposes.
(b) Personal information collected on the Site may also be shared with those with whom IMT contracts to operate and/or repair the Site. These contractors have agreed with IMT to use Personal Information of Site visitors only for the purposes of carrying out these operations. Additionally, IMT reserves the right to disclose Your Personal Information and the contents of Your communications if required to do so by law, or as otherwise stated in this section, or in the good faith belief that such action is necessary to: (1) conform to the edicts of the law or comply with legal process served on us; (2) protect and defend the rights or property of us and others, including among other things to enforce the terms of these Terms; (3) act under exigent circumstances to protect the personal safety of our users or the public; (4) to correct technical problems and malfunctions on the Site and to technically process Your information; (5) to take precautions against liability; (6) to respond to claims that You have violated the rights or interests of a third party; or (7) as permitted by law or to provide information to law enforcement agencies.
(c) IMT may also use Your Personal Information as permitted by law to perform credit checks or report or collect debts owed.
(d) Some information may automatically be collected as you browse the Site. IMT’s web server automatically collects information known as "clickstream data," such as the domain name of the service providing You with Internet access, the Internet protocol (IP) address used to connect Your computer to the Internet, Your browser type and version, operating system and platform, the average time spent on the Site, pages viewed, information searched for, access times and other relevant statistics. IMT also uses cookies on the Site. Cookies are pieces of information that a website transfers to the hard drive of a visitor's computer for record-keeping purposes. IMT may use clickstream data and cookies to measure the use of the Site and to administer and improve the Site. This information is used and analyzed at an aggregate level to help IMT understand trends and patterns.
(e) By using the Site, You consent to IMT’s collection and use of Your Personal Information.
(f) Your provision of Personal Information through the Site constitutes Your affirmative consent that IMT may contact You by e-mail to provide You with information and notices relating to the property where you reside or any other IMT Residential property, and various services available to You at Your or other properties.