Privacy Policy

Last Updated July 15, 2024

We take your data seriously. In today’s interconnected world, we understand how important is is for you to know how we use your personal information.

This privacy statement describes how Owning, a division of Guaranteed Rate, Inc. (“Owning”, “Guaranteed Rate”, “we”, “us,” or “our”) collects and uses the personal information of users and visitors of our website (“user”, “you”, or “your”): www.owning.com. It also describes the choices available to you regarding our use of your personal information and how you can access and update this information.

Owning is committed to protecting your non-public personal information at all times. To that end, we employ and maintain physical, electronic, and procedural safeguards to ensure your non-public personal information is protected.

Our websites are not designed to appeal to children under the age of 17 as our business is financial in nature. We don’t knowingly attempt to solicit or receive any information from children.

PLEASE CAREFULLY READ THIS STATEMENT BEFORE USING THIS SITE, AS IT AFFECTS YOUR LEGAL RIGHTS AND OBLIGATIONS. CONTINUING TO NAVIGATE THIS SITE CONSTITUTES YOUR AGREEMENT TO THE TERMS OF THIS STATEMENT.

How and why we collect personal information

We primarily collect information by specifically requesting it from you. Generally, this occurs when you register at our website or request information or a service. Usually, we and our service partners use your information to operate the website and to deliver value-added services to you. Our website also uses your information to inform you about other products or services available from us.

For the purposes of this Privacy Policy, non-public personal information includes, without limitation, (a) your email address, (b) your first name, (c) your last name, (d) your social security number, and (e) your loan number.

Owning gathers two types of information about you:

Data, including non-public personally identifiable information, that users provide through optional, voluntary application on our website
Data that Owning gathers through aggregate tracking, including by tallying webpages that are viewed by users throughout our website.

If you are a potential, current, or former customer, or you have applied for a product, read our Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act Notice to understand additional financial privacy practices that may apply to you.

If you are a California resident, please scroll down and read our California Residents Privacy Policy, below.”

Information we collect when you browse our website

We do not access information about your identity while you browse our website. Although we collect information about the date, time and area of our website that you visited, you remain anonymous to us. Only if you decide to apply for a loan with us directly or through a broker, do we collect any personally identifying information about you.

Use of Tracking; Use of IP Addresses

An IP address is a unique number that is automatically assigned to your computer whenever you are surfing the Internet so that your computer can be identified by the main computers, known as “Web servers,” that “serve up” or display webpages. This allows us to identify and gather general information and data about you, such as the webpages you view.

Owning collects IP addresses for the purposes of system administration and security, to report on aggregated information, and to audit the use of our site. Aggregated information is intended for Owning internal use only, and is part of our performance tracking and diagnostic processes. When customers request pages from Owning, our servers log the customers’ IP addresses. We do not normally link IP addresses to anything personally identifiable, which means that a customer’s session will be logged, but the customer will remain anonymous to us unless they decide to apply for a loan with us. We can, and will, use IP addresses to identify you when we feel it is necessary to enforce compliance with our website Terms of Use Policy or to protect our service, website, users, or others.

Cookies

Owning uses a variety of third-party services to help provide the most streamlined and user-friendly website possible. We also use third parties such as Google Analytics to help us understand how our visitors use our website. These third-parties may collect certain information from your browser (i.e. using cookies and/or your IP address), and may tailor your ads so that you see Owning advertisements on other websites. To learn more, or to opt-out of receiving online display advertisements tailored to your interests by our third party partners, visit the Network Advertising Initiative at www.networkadvertising.org/choices.If you prefer, you can adjust your privacy settings in your browser so that your information is not tracked. Learn more about adjusting your Privacy Settings in your browser to turn off tracking here.

A cookie is a small text file that is stored on a user’s computer for record-keeping purposes. We use cookies on this site. We do not link the information we store in cookies to any personally identifiable information you submit while on our site.

We use both session ID cookies and persistent cookies. We use session ID cookies to make it easier for you to navigate our site. A session ID cookie expires when you close your browser. A persistent cookie remains on your hard drive for an extended period of time. You can remove persistent cookies by following directions provided in your Internet browser’s “help” file.

We use session cookies to tailor your experience on our site. Persistent cookies also enable us to track and target the interests of our users to enhance the experience on our site.

The use of cookies by third parties, including but not limited to our partners, affiliates, tracking utility company and service providers is not covered by our privacy statement. We do not have access or control over these cookies. Our partners, affiliates, tracking utility company and service providers may use session ID cookies.

If you reject cookies, you may still use our site, but your ability to use some areas of our site, such as contests or surveys, will be limited.

Web beacons

Our third party service provider employs a software technology called clear gifs (a.k.a. Web beacons/Web bugs), that help us better manage content on our site by informing us what content is effective. Clear gifs are tiny graphics with a unique identifier, similar in function to cookies, and are used to track the online movements of Web users. In contrast to cookies, which are stored on a user’s computer hard drive, clear gifs are embedded invisibly on Web pages and are about the size of the period at the end of this sentence. We tie the information gathered by clear gifs to our customers’ personally identifiable information.

We use clear gifs in our HTML-based emails to let us know which emails have been opened by recipients. This allows us to gauge the effectiveness of certain communications and the effectiveness of our marketing campaigns.

Access to information

In case you change your mind or some information changes we will try to provide a way to correct or update the information that you give us. You may update or delete your information at any time prior to completing your application. Once the application is submitted, you will not be able to change any of the information online. We also give you the opportunity to control the communications we direct to you. If you wish to update information or objects to any usage provided herein for any reason, you may email the requested change to at [email protected]. We will respond to your request to access within 30 days.

We will retain your information for as long as your account is active or as needed to provide you services. We will also retain and use your information as necessary to comply with our legal obligations, resolve disputes, and enforce our agreements.

How we protect your personal information and your privacy

We restrict access to nonpublic personal information about you to those employees and agents who we determine need to know that information to provide products or services to you, service your account, or maintain the systems that support your account. We maintain physical, electronic, and procedural safeguards that comply with federal regulations to guard your non-public personal information.

The security of our users’ information is an important concern to us. We exercise care in providing secure transmission of your information from your computer to our infrastructure. Owning uses industry standard efforts to safeguard the confidentiality of your information. We periodically upgrade and test these procedures and safeguards. All data transmitted between internet browsers and our servers are protected against unauthorized interception or access using Secure Sockets Layer (“SSL”) protocols. In order touse our website, users are required to be running an SSL-capable browser. We will use commercially reasonable methods to keep nonpublic personal information securely in our files and systems. Please note that with current technology, we cannot guarantee the security of your data as it travels over the internet.

Online applications are maintained on a secure server. We do not ensure or warrant the security of any information you transmit to us in a non-secure environment, such as within or attached to an email. Email is normally not protected and may be intercepted and viewed by others. Therefore, you should refrain from sending any confidential information via unsecured email to Owning.

Compliance with state and federal laws

As privacy rights vary by state, you may wish to contact the appropriate agency in your state that is charged with overseeing privacy rights of consumers. In addition, state and federal regulations may require us to maintain and report demographic information on the collective activities of consumers and users. We may also be required to maintain your personal information for at least seven years in order to be in compliance with applicable federal and state laws regarding record retention.

Session time-outs

If you are logged into your account on our website and are inactive for a certain period of time, you will be automatically logged out. This is a security measure that reduces the risk of unauthorized access to your account or non-public personal information.

Passwords

Owning requires the use of passwords that meet minimum length and complexity requirements. Users are also required to change their passwords periodically. To protect against unauthorized access, accounts are locked after a number of unsuccessful login attempts.

What you can do to protect yourself

While we take the security of your non-public personal information seriously and have taken steps to protect it, there are also a number of precautions that you can take to protect yourself:

If using your personal computer, ensure that your operating system and antivirus software are up to date with the latest versions.
Create strong, unique passwords for each online service that you use and change these passwords often.
When you finish using our website from a public computer, log out and clear the browser’s cache file.

Stay vigilant for scams like “phishing”. Never provide your login information in response to any email, physical mail or phone call that claims to be from GRI. Instead, go directly to our website, ensuring that the URL begins with https://www.owning.com, https://login.owning.com, or https://get.owning.com

Does Owning share my personal information with third parties?

As a visitor and user of our website, we will not share any of your non-public personal information with anyone outside our company except:

On a “need to know” basis, as necessary under the agreements with our vendors to perform the services as contracted by you
At your direction and with your consent.
To communicate with you about products and services, update you on new services and benefits, or to provide you with personalized promotional offers.
As required or permitted by law.
Owning may also disclose account information in special cases when we have reason to believe that disclosing this information is necessary to identify, contact or bring legal action against someone who may be violating our Terms of Use Policy, or may be causing injury to or interference (either intentionally or unintentionally) with any of Owning’srights or property, other users, or anyone else. Owning may disclose or access account information when we believe in good faith that the law requires it and for administrative and other purposes that we deem necessary to maintain, service, and improve our products and services.

Links to other sites

Our site includes links to other websites whose privacy practices may differ from those of Owning. If you submit personal information to any of those sites, your information is governed by their privacy statements. We encourage you to carefully read the privacy statement of any website you visit.

Public forums

Our website offers publicly accessible blogs or community forums. You should be aware that any information you provide in these areas may be read, collected, and used by others who access them. To request removal of your personal information from our blog or community forum, contact us at [email protected]. In some cases, we may not be able to remove your personal information, in which case we will let you know if we are unable to do so and why.

Contest and sweepstakes

We may offer you the option to participate in contests, sweepstakes, or surveys. If you agree to participate, we may ask you for contact information, preferences or other information. This information may be used to conduct research, improve our offerings, or contact you regarding home financing or award prizes. For information on how your information that you supply will be used, please refer to the rules for each contest or sweepstakes.

Notifications from us

If you use our website to apply for a loan or create an account, you will receive email notifications from Owning from time to time. These are required notices, and you cannot opt out of receiving them. They are designed primarily to protect your non-public personal information from unauthorized access and to provide you information on the status of your transaction with us. Some notifications may also be necessary when we make changes to various legal agreements or policies, including this privacy policy. If necessary, we may also respond to emails that you send us.

Change of control

Your non-public personal information may be transferred in connection with a sale, merger, transfer, exchange or other disposition (whether of assets, stock or otherwise) of all or a portion of a business of Owning.

Agreement and contact

By clicking on any button indicating an acceptance or agreement to terms, a continuance of processing or submission you understand that you are agreeing to the stated terms and conditions of that submission and that you are agreeing that you have read, accepted, and agreed to the Terms and Conditions and agree to do business electronically with Owning.

Your California Privacy Rights

California Civil Code § 1798.83 permits visitors to our website who are California residents to request certain information regarding their disclosure of personal information to third parties for their direct marketing purposes. To make such a request, please write us:

Guaranteed Rate, Inc.
Attn: Compliance Officer
3940 N. Ravenswood
Chicago, IL 60613

DISCLOSURE FOR CALIFORNIA USERS: GRI AND OTHER PARTIES NOT AFFILIATED WITH US MAY COLLECT PERSONALLY IDENTIFIABLE INFORMATION ABOUT YOUR ONLINE ACTIVITIES OVER TIME AND ACROSS DIFFERENT WEBSITES WHEN YOU USE OUR WEBSITE OR THE SERVICES OFFERED ON OUR WEBSITE. WE DO NOT HAVE ANY PROTOCOL THAT OFFERS YOU THE CHOICE TO OPT-OUT OF INTERNET TRACKING. AT PRESENT TIME, THE GRI WEBSITE IS UNABLE TO RESPOND TO “DO NOT TRACK” SIGNALS FROM YOUR INTERNET BROWSER. IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS REGARDING OUR INTERNET TRACKING METHODS PLEASE EMAIL US AT [email protected].

Notification of privacy statement changes

We reserve the right to modify this privacy policy to reflect changes to our information practices at any time with notice on this site prior to the change becoming effective. We encourage you to periodically review this page for the latest information on our privacy practices. Your continued use of Owning’swebsite following the posting of changes to these terms will mean you accept those changes.

PRIVACY NOTICE FOR CALIFORNIA RESIDENTS

Effective Date: July 15, 2024

Owning is a division of Guaranteed Rate, Inc. This Privacy Notice for California Residents supplements and is expressly made part of the information contained in Guaranteed Rate, Inc.’s Privacy Policy and applies solely to all visitors, users, and others who reside in the State of California (“consumers” or “you”). We adopt this Notice to comply with the California Consumer Privacy Act of 2018 (CCPA) and other applicable laws. Any terms defined in the CCPA have the same meaning when used in this Notice.

Information We Collect

Our Websites may collect information that identifies, relates to, describes, references, is capable of being associated with, or could reasonably be linked, directly or indirectly, with a particular consumer or device (“personal information”). In particular, our Websites may have collected the following categories of personal information from consumers since January 1, 2020, the effective date of the CCPA:

CATEGORY	EXAMPLES (NOT ALL WILL BE COLLECTED)	COLLECTED
A. Identifiers	A real name, alias, postal address, unique personal identifier, online identifier, Internet Protocol address, email address, account name, Social Security number, driver’s license number, passport number, or other similar identifiers	YES
B. Personal information categories listed in the California Customer Records statute (Cal. Civ. Code § 1798.80(e))	A name, signature, Social Security number, physical characteristics or description, address, telephone number, passport number, driver’s license or state identification card number, insurance policy number, education, employment, employment history, bank account number, credit card number, debit card number, or any other financial information, medical information, or health insurance information. Some personal information included in this category may overlap with other categories.	YES
C. Protected classification characteristics under California or federal law.	Age (40 years or older), race, color, ancestry, national origin, citizenship, religion or creed, marital status, medical condition, physical or mental disability, sex (including gender, gender identity, gender expression, pregnancy or childbirth and related medical conditions), sexual orientation, veteran or military status, genetic information (including familial genetic information).	YES
D. Commercial Information	Records of personal property, products or services purchased, obtained, or considered, or other purchasing or consuming histories or tendencies.	YES
E. Biometric Information	Genetic, physiological, behavioral, and biological characteristics, or activity patterns used to extract a template or other identifier or identifying information, such as, fingerprints, faceprints, and voiceprints, iris or retina scans, keystroke, gait, or other physical patterns, and sleep, health, or exercise data.	NO
F. Internet or other similar network activity	Browsing history, search history, information on a consumer’s interaction with a website, application, or advertisement.	YES
G. Geolocation Data	Physical location or movements.	YES
H. Sensory Data	Audio, electronic, visual, thermal, olfactory, or similar information.	NO
I. Professional or employment-related information	Current or past job history or performance evaluations.	YES
J. Non-public education information (per the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (20 U.S.C. Section 1232g, 34 C.F.R. Part 99))	Education records directly related to a student maintained by an educational institution or party acting on its behalf, such as grades, transcripts, class lists, student schedules, student identification codes, student financial information, or student disciplinary records.	YES
K. Inferences drawn from other personal information	Profile reflecting a person’s preferences, characteristics, psychological trends, predispositions, behavior, attitudes, intelligence, abilities, and aptitudes.	NO

Personal information does not include:

Publicly available information from government records.
De-identified or aggregated consumer information.
Information excluded from the CCPA’s scope, like:
- Health or medical information covered by the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA) and the California Confidentiality of Medical Information Act (CMIA) or clinical trial data;
- Personal information covered by certain sector-specific privacy laws, including the Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA), the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act (GLBA) or California Financial Information Privacy Act (FIPA), and the Driver’s Privacy Protection Act of 1994.

Guaranteed Rate, Inc. obtains the categories of personal information listed above from the following categories of sources:

Directly from you. For example, from forms you complete or products and services you purchase.
Indirectly from you. For example, from observing your actions on our Websites.
Records and copies of your correspondence (including email addresses), if you contact us.
Your responses to surveys that we might ask you to complete for research purposes.
From third-party business partners such as social media sites, ad networks, and analytics providers

Use of Personal Information

We use information to offer products and services to you, fulfill your requests, improve the quality of our products and services, engage in research and analysis relating to our products and services, personalize your experience, track usage of our Website, market the our products and services, provide customer support, message you, back up our systems, allow for disaster recovery, enhance the security of our Website, and comply with legal obligations. Even when we do not retain such information, it still must be transmitted to our servers initially and stored long enough to process.
We also use information that we collect about you or that you provide to us, including any Personal information:

To present the content of our products and services to you.
To provide you with information, products, or services that you request from us.
To fulfill any other purpose for which you provide it.
To provide you with notices about your account, including expiration and renewal notices.
To carry out our obligations and enforce our rights arising from any contracts entered into between you and us, including for billing and collection.
To notify you about changes to our products or services we offer or provide though it.
In any other way we may describe when you provide the information.
For any other purpose with your consent.

We may use or disclose the personal information we collect for one or more of the following business purposes:

To fulfill or meet the reason you provided the information. For example, if you share your name and contact information to request a price quote or ask a question about our products or services, we will use that personal information to respond to your inquiry. If you provide your personal information to purchase a product or service, we will use that information to process your payment and facilitate delivery. We may also save your information to facilitate new product orders or process returns.
To provide, support, personalize, and develop our Websites, products, and services.
To create, maintain, customize, and secure your account with us.
To process your requests, purchases, transactions, and payments and prevent transactional fraud.
To provide you with support and to respond to your inquiries, including to investigate and address your concerns and monitor and improve our responses.
To personalize your Website experience and to deliver content and product and service offerings relevant to your interests, including targeted offers and ads through our Websites, third-party sites, and via email or text message (with your consent, where required by law).
To help maintain the safety, security, and integrity of our Websites, products and services, databases and other technology assets, and business.
For testing, research, analysis, and product development, including to develop and improve our Websites, products, and services.
To respond to law enforcement requests and as required by applicable law, court order, or governmental regulations.
As described to you when collecting your personal information or as otherwise set forth in the CCPA
To evaluate or conduct a merger, divestiture, restructuring, reorganization, dissolution, or other sale or transfer of some or all of Guaranteed Rate, Inc’s assets, whether as a going concern or as part of bankruptcy, liquidation, or similar proceeding, in which personal information held by Guaranteed Rate Affinity, LLC about our Website users is among the assets transferred.

Guaranteed Rate, Inc. will not collect additional categories of personal information or use the personal information we collected for materially different, unrelated, or incompatible purposes without providing you notice.

Sharing Personal Information

Guaranteed Rate, Inc. may disclose your personal information to a third party for a business purpose. When we disclose personal information for a business purpose, we enter a contract that describes the purpose and requires the recipient to both keep that personal information confidential and not use it for any purpose except performing the contract.
We share your personal information with the following categories of third parties:

Subsidaries and affiliates.
Service providers.
Third parties with whom we partner with to offer products and services to you.
Data aggregators.

Disclosures of Personal Information for a Business Purpose

Since January 1, 2020, Guaranteed Rate, Inc. has disclosed the following categories of personal information for a business purpose:

Category A: Identifiers.
Category B: California Customer Records personal information categories.
Category C: Protected classification characteristics under California or federal law.
Category D: Commercial information.
Category F: Internet or other similar network activity.
Category G: Geolocation data.
Category I: Current or past job history or performance evaluations.

Sales of Personal Information

Guaranteed Rate, Inc. has not sold personal information since January 1, 2020, the effective date of the CCPA.

Your California Privacy Rights

We do not share personal information (as defined by California Civil Code § 1798.83) with other people or non-affiliated businesses for their direct marketing purposes. Our websites do not respond to browser do-not-track signals.

Under the California Consumer Privacy Act of 2018 (“CCPA”), California consumers have the right to request:

The deletion of the personal information we have about them
Additional information about whether and how we have collected, used, disclosed, and sold personal information about them
The specific pieces of personal information we have about them

California consumers also have the right not to receive discriminatory treatment if they exercise the rights listed above.

When you make a request, we may require that you provide information and follow procedures so that we can verify the request and your jurisdiction before responding to it. The verification steps we take may differ depending on the request you make. We will match the information that you provide in your request to information we already have on file to verify your identity. If we are able to verify your request, we will process it. If we cannot verify your request, we may ask you for additional information to help us verify your request.

Consumers will be required to submit their first and last name and email address and may also be asked to provide their telephone number or address so that we can verify the request. Please provide as much of the requested information as possible to help us verify the request. We will only use the information received in a request for the purposes of responding to the request.

California law permits California consumers to use an authorized agent to make privacy rights requests. We require the authorized agent to provide us with proof of the California consumer’s written permission (for example, a power of attorney) that shows the authorized agent has the authority to submit a request for the California consumer. An authorized agent must follow the process described below to make a request. The authorized agent must also verify his/her own identity. We will confirm the agent’s authority with the California consumer about whom the request was made.

You may submit a privacy rights request to us by:

Visiting our Data Subject Access Request (“DSAR”) portal here
Calling us at 866-934-7283
Sending us a letter to:

Guaranteed Rate, Inc.
Attn: Compliance Officer
3940 N. Ravenswood
Chicago, IL 60613

SMS Terms for Owning

PLEASE READ THESE TERMS OF USE as they contain an agreement to arbitrate and other important information regarding your legal rights, remedies, and obligations. The Agreement to arbitrate requires (with limited exception) that you submit claims you have against us to binding and final arbitration. Additionally, (1) you will only be permitted to pursue claims against Top Flite Financial on an individual basis, not as a plaintiff or class member in any class action or representative action or proceeding; (2) you will only be permitted to seek relief (including monetary, injunctive, and declaratory relief) on an individual basis, and (3) you may not be able to have any claims you have against us resolved by a jury or in a court of law. Also, the SMS Terms and Conditions can be found here: Owning SMS Terms.

Agreement to Arbitrate: This agreement to arbitrate is referred to and these Terms of Use as the “Arbitration Agreement.” You agree that any and all disputes, claims or controversies arising out of or relating to this Arbitration Agreement or the relationship between me, on the one hand, and Guaranteed Rate, Inc., dba Owning or its parents, subsidiaries or affiliates (collectively “COMPANY”), on the other hand, whether based in contract, tort, statute (including the Telephone Consumer Protection Act and similar federal and state laws and regulations), fraud, misrepresentation or any other legal theory – including, but not limited to, claims relating to my account, COMPANY products and services and communications from or on behalf of the COMPANY (“Disputes”) – shall be submitted to American Arbitration Association (“AAA”), or its successor, for confidential, final and binding arbitration to be resolved by a single arbitrator in accordance with the terms of this Arbitration Agreement. You further agree that the arbitration will take place on an individual basis, and that by entering this Arbitration Agreement, you and the Company agree to waive any right to a trial by jury and to participate in any class action. For avoidance of doubt, you agree to give up the ability to bring a lawsuit in court (except small claims discussed below); and you are giving up the ability bring or participate in a class action in any form or forum, even if your Dispute is determined not to be subject to arbitration. Your rights will be determined by a neutral arbitrator, not a judge or jury. The Federal Arbitration Act governs the interpretation and enforcement of this Arbitration Agreement.

Prohibition of Class and Representative Actions and Non-Individualized Relief: YOU AND COMPANY AGREE THAT EACH OF US MAY BRING CLAIMS AGAINST THE OTHER ONLY ON AN INDIVIDUAL BASIS AND NOT AS A PLAINTIFF OR CLASS MEMBER IN ANY PURPORTED CLASS OR REPRESENTATIVE ACTION OR PROCEEDING. UNLESS BOTH YOU AND COMPANY AGREE OTHERWISE, THE ARBITRATOR MAY NOT CONSOLIDATE OR JOIN MORE THAN ONE PERSON’S OR PARTY’S CLAIMS AND MAY NOT OTHERWISE PRESIDE OVER ANY FORM OF A CONSOLIDATED, REPRESENTATIVE, OR CLASS PROCEEDING. ALSO, THE ARBITRATOR MAY AWARD RELIEF (INCLUDING MONETARY, INJUNCTIVE, AND DECLARATORY RELIEF) ONLY IN FAVOR OF THE INDIVIDUAL PARTY SEEKING RELIEF AND ONLY TO THE EXTENT NECESSARY TO PROVIDE RELIEF NECESSITATED BY THAT PARTY’S INDIVIDUAL CLAIM(S), EXCEPT THAT YOU MAY PURSUE A CLAIM FOR AND THE ARBITRATOR MAY AWARD PUBLIC INJUNCTIVE RELIEF UNDER APPLICABLE LAW TO THE EXTENT REQUIRED FOR THE ENFORCEABILITY OF THIS PROVISION. THIS ARBITRATION AGREEMENT DOES NOT PRECLUDE YOU FROM BRINGING ISSUES TO THE ATTENTION OF FEDERAL, STATE, OR LOCAL AGENCIES, AND SUCH AGENCIES CAN, IF THE LAW ALLOWS, SEEK RELIEF AGAINST COMPANY ON YOUR BEHALF.

Arbitration Procedures: Arbitration will be conducted under AAA Streamlined Rules and comply with the AAA Consumer Minimum Standards. The arbitrator shall have exclusive authority to resolve disputes relating to the terms of this Agreement.

Governing Law: The formation, existence, construction, performance, and validity of this agreement shall be governed by the laws of the State of Illinois and the United States, without reference to choose or conflict of law principles.

What Are Owning Text Messages?

Owning Texting provides an easy way to get alerts from Owning about promotional and mortgage and payment information from almost any mobile device or cell phone at a number you provide. Messaging frequency varies for each customer.

Will it cost anything?

Owning will not charge you to send or receive text messages from us; however message and data rates may apply depending on the wireless plan that you have with your carrier. Privacy Policy and Opting In: You agree to Owning Privacy Policy by granting consent for SMS texting. You can view the Owning privacy policy here.

By opting-in to Owning Texting, you agree to the terms of the privacy policy. You can subscribe by texting START to our designated number. To unsubscribe, text STOP. For assistance, text HELP or contact our Customer Service.

What if I want to stop receiving messages?

If you wish to stop receiving text messages from us, you may unsubscribe by texting the word STOP to the five-digit US short code, by calling 866-934-7283 or by email at [email protected]. Owning will honor your request within a reasonable time.

Command Terms

Outside of the Commands mentioned below, any other keyword you may use may not be recognized or accepted.

Stop: At any time you can text STOP to the five-digit U.S. short code. This will terminate your participation in the notification program.

Help: At any time you can text HELP to the five-digit U.S. short code.

What if I want to re-subscribe?

You can start receiving Owning Texting messages by texting the word START to the ten-digit U.S. long code provided.

What if I have questions?

You may text the word HELP to the five-digit U.S. short code, by calling 866-934-7283 or by email at [email protected] for more information.

Disclaimers and Licenses: Guaranteed Rate, Inc., dba Owning is an Equal Housing Lender. We fully comply with the Equal Credit Opportunity Act (ECOA) and all other Federal regulations. All applicants applying for credit from Owning will never be discouraged on the basis of race, color, religion, national origin, sex, military status, marital status, age, or because you get public assistance. Guaranteed Rate, Inc., dba Owning is a licensed mortgage lender. The following states require disclosure of licensing information that can be found here.

Additional Disclosures: By signing up for Owning Texting, you provide consent for us to contact you about loan-related information and services. Message and data rates may apply. SMS Terms and Conditions can be found here: Owning SMS Terms. By signing-up for Owning Texting and providing your phone number, you agree to this policy, our our Privacy Policy and our Terms of Use. You also agree that you are providing express written consent for Guaranteed Rate, Inc. d/b/a Owning, its affiliates and agents, and its service providers to contact you about your loan application, loan transaction, loan servicing, available rates, and other products, promotions and services offered by Guaranteed Rate, Inc., dba Owning by text message or phone call (including by text message or call made using an automatic telephone dialing system or an artificial or prerecorded voice) to the telephone number you have provided, even if that telephone number is on a corporate, state or national Do Not Call Registry. You also agree and understand that consent to receive such messages or calls is not required or a condition of any purchase from Guaranteed Rate, Inc., dba Owning Message and data rates may apply. And, by communicating with us by phone and agreeing to this policy, our Privacy Policy and our Terms of Use, you consent to calls being recorded and monitored. You represent that you are the account holder for the mobile telephone number(s) that you provide to opt-in to the Owning Texting program. You understand that you are responsible for notifying Owning immediately if you change your mobile telephone number and agree to indemnify Owning and parties texting or calling on its behalf in full for all claims, expenses, and damages related to or caused in whole or in party by your failure to notify us of your number change. This includes but is not limited to all claims, expenses, and damages related to our arising under the Telephone Consumer Protection Act. Carriers are not liable for any delays or undelivered messages. The following Operators are supported: Verizon Wireless, AT&T, Sprint, TMobile®, Boost, Virgin Mobile USA, Metro PCS & U.S. Cellular.

You acknowledge and agree that Guaranteed Rate, Inc., dba Owning is not, and shall not be, responsible for the results of any defects that may exist in this website or its operations within text messaging. As to the operation of these services, to the maximum extent allowed by law, Guaranteed Rate, Inc., dba Owning expressly disclaims all warranties of any kind, whether express or implied, including, but not limited to the implied warranty of merchantability and fitness for a particular purpose.

Complaints and Contact: Any email or mobile messaging complaints should be directed to the Customer Success Dept at 866-934-7283 or by email at [email protected].

Phone Numbers Owned and Managed by Owning

3126671902, 7737395196, 5305624715, 7035926646, 7732900403, 9194430008, 2198647026

Changes to Our Privacy Notice

Guaranteed Rate, Inc. reserves the right to amend this privacy Notice at our discretion and at any time. When we make changes to this privacy Notice, we will post the updated Notice on the Websites and update the Notice’s effective date. Your continued use of our Websites following the posting of changes constitutes your acceptance of such changes.

Contact Information

If you have any questions or comments about this Notice, the ways in which Guaranteed Rate, Inc. collects and uses your information described above, your choices and rights regarding such use, or wish to exercise your rights under California law, please do not hesitate to contact us at:

Phone: 866-934-7283

Email: [email protected]

Sending a letter to us at:

Guaranteed Rate, Inc.
Attn: Compliance Officer
3940 N. Ravenswood
Chicago, IL 60613

DISCLOSURE FOR CALIFORNIA USERS: GRA AND OTHER PARTIES NOT AFFILIATED WITH US MAY COLLECT PERSONALLY IDENTIFIABLE INFORMATION ABOUT YOUR ONLINE ACTIVITIES OVER TIME AND ACROSS DIFFERENT WEBSITES WHEN YOU USE OUR WEBSITE OR THE SERVICES OFFERED ON OUR WEBSITE. WE DO NOT HAVE ANY PROTOCOL THAT OFFERS YOU THE CHOICE TO OPT-OUT OF INTERNET TRACKING. AT PRESENT TIME, THE GRA WEBSITE IS UNABLE TO RESPOND TO “DO NOT TRACK” SIGNALS FROM YOUR INTERNET BROWSER. IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS REGARDING OUR INTERNET TRACKING METHODS PLEASE EMAIL US AT [email protected]