At Preferred Empire Mortgage Company, we value and respect your right to privacy. However, the collection of certain information from you, the customer, is necessary to complete your mortgage process. The policy below explains how we, Preferred Empire Mortgage, handle your personal information.

Information Collected
This policy applies to the following types of information:

• Information provided by you on applications, forms and other documents
• Information provided by you verbally in person, over the phone and/or via electronic communications
• Information collected from third party agencies such as credit bureaus or consumer reporting agencies
• Information about your transactions with us or our affiliated agencies including Prudential Douglas Elliman Real Estate, Douglas Elliman and PDE Title.

Use of Your Information
The information gathered by Preferred Empire Mortgage Company from and/or about you will be used primarily for the purpose of executing a mortgage or mortgage related service on your behalf. Your personal information may be shared with certain persons/agencies as necessary to facilitate the completion of services requested by you or as permitted by law. Delineated below are parties that may be granted access to your personal information:

• Employees of Preferred Empire Mortgage Company for the purpose of granting you a mortgage
• Certain third party agencies for the purpose of granting you a mortgage
• Internal and external auditors for the purpose of quality control and/or customer analysis
• Agencies affiliated with Preferred Empire Mortgage Company
• Outside marketing companies for the purpose of executing marketing efforts. If you wish to opt out of such efforts, contact our Marketing Department, at 631-547-5151 x215

Your information will be managed under the guidelines outlined above even after you are no longer an active customer of Preferred Empire Mortgage Company.

Confidentiality and Security
We will use our best efforts to make sure that your information is only accessible to authorized parties. We train our employees and agents to handle your information responsibly. We also maintain physical, electronic and procedural safeguards in compliance with federal standards to protect your personal information.

For more information about this Privacy Policy, contact our Marketing Department, at 631-547-5151 x215.