Privacy Policy
What Personal Data We Collect
User Profile and Login Information
When you register on our site by creating a login, we collect login information such as your username and store your password in an encrypted format. In addition, you may fill out additional information on your User Profile page where additional information about yourself may optionally be provided.
Comments
When visitors leave comments on the site we collect the data shown in the comments form, and also the visitor’s IP address and browser user agent string to help spam detection.
Media
If you upload images to the website, you should avoid uploading images with embedded location data (EXIF GPS) included. Visitors to the website can download and extract any location data from images on the website.
Media, including profile pictures, listing pictures and any other media you upload to the site in connection with a public listing will be available to the public and can be downloaded by visitors of RentFromFriends.com.
Contact Forms
If you contact us through a contact form, any information you provide in these forms will be collected and may be viewed by personnel who run and service the RentFromFriends.com web site.
Cookies
If you leave a comment on our site you may opt-in to saving your name, email address and website in cookies. These are for your convenience so that you do not have to fill in your details again when you leave another comment. These cookies may last for one or more years.
If you have an account and you log in to this site, we may set a temporary cookie to determine if your browser accepts cookies. This cookie contains no personal data and is discarded when you close your browser.
When you log in, we may also set up several cookies to save your login information and your screen display choices. Login cookies last for various times, which could be days or years. If you select “Remember Me”, your login will persist for several days. If you log out of your account, the login cookies will be removed.
If you edit or publish an article, an additional cookie may be saved in your browser. This cookie includes no personal data and simply indicates the post ID of the article you just edited.
Embedded content from other websites
Articles on this site may include embedded content (e.g. videos, images, articles, etc.). Embedded content from other websites behaves in the exact same way as if the visitor has visited the other website.
These websites may collect data about you, use cookies, embed additional third-party tracking, and monitor your interaction with that embedded content, including tracking your interaction with the embedded content if you have an account and are logged in to that website.
Google Maps/Earth
Parts of the RentFromFriend.com web site use Google Maps/Earth services, including the Google Maps API(s). Use of Google Maps/Earth is subject to Google Maps/Earth Additional Terms of Use and the Google Privacy Policy.
Who We Share Your Data With
We do not share your data with anyone. Only those who provide customer support for RentFromFriends.com may see your data when in order to handle customer support related issues and the proper functioning of RentFromFriends.com
How Long We Retain Your Data
If you leave a comment, the comment and its metadata are retained indefinitely. This is so we can recognize and approve any follow-up comments automatically instead of holding them in a moderation queue.
For users that register on our website, we also store the personal information you provide in you user profile. All users can see, edit, or delete their personal information at any time (except they cannot change their username). Website administrators can also see and edit that information.
What Rights You Have Over Your Data
If you have an account on this site, or have left comments, you can request to receive an exported file of the personal data we hold about you, including any data you have provided to us. You can also request that we erase any personal data we hold about you. This does not include any data we are obliged to keep for administrative, legal, or security purposes.
Where We Send Your Data
Visitor comments may be checked through an automated spam detection service.
How We Protect Your Data
Data is protected and encrypted while in transit between our hosted servers and client browsers using SSL technology. In addition, passwords are kept an encrypted format.