Privacy Policy

 

The types of personal information we collect include:

  • Payment information processed by our payment processor 
  • Personalization information including, but not limited to, an uploaded profile photo;
  • Identifiers: A real name, alias, postal address,email address, unique personal identifier, online identification, Internet Protocol address, email address, account name, Social Insurance Number , Social Security Number, driver’s license number, passport number, current or past job history, or other similar identifiers;
  • Commercial Information: Records of personal property, products or services purchased, obtained, or considered, or other purchasing or consuming histories or tendencies;
  • Credit information, such as: Your name, current/ former address, date of birth, marital status, social insurance number, current/ former employment, paying habits, outstanding debt obligations, estimated income, cost of living obligations, etc.;
  • Information provided to us on applications for tenancy, in correspondence, and other communications; and
  • Information about how you interact with our websites and your online activity (which may include your Internet Protocol address, general location, domain, device type and one or more cookies that may uniquely identify your browser).

 

The personal information that we collect is used to perform our contractual obligations and for our other legitimate interests. We may use your personal information for purposes including, but not limited to, the following:

  • To verify your identity;
  • To offer and provide you with Renting Edge products, services and related transactions;
  • To create, prepare and disclose your rent credit report and related services to Renting Edge members as permitted by law;
  • To maintain, update and disclose your rent credit report to you upon written request;
  • To investigate and resolve inaccuracies in your rent credit report;
  • To monitor, review and improve customer service and internal business processes;
  • To audit or investigate the use of our products and services by our members;
  • To create and develop new products and services;
  • To detect, prevent, and address fraud or other illegal activity;
  • To improve our website, including upgrading security measures;
  • To send you promotional materials or communications regarding our content and services that we feel may be of interest to you;
  • To evaluate the products and services that we offer, develop new or improved products or services and to better understand Renting Edge’s business environment;
  • For educational purposes, such as polls conducted in webinars;
  • To conduct general research on topics of interest to Renting Edge and its customers;
  • To collect debts owed to or by you;
  • To comply with all applicable laws; and
  • To meet any applicable law, regulation, legal process, or enforceable request by a governmental agency.

 

We may share your information for any of these purposes with the following individuals and entities:

  • Other credit reporting agencies, including Equifax
  • To vendors engaged by Renting Edge to provide certain services, including, but not limited to, payment processing management, credit screening, and vacancy management. Renting Edge maintenance contracts with our vendors requiring them to only use your personal information as necessary to provide their services and requiring them to comply with the requirements of this Privacy Policy and applicable laws; 
  • Services used by Renting Edge to aid our ability to provide the best possible experience to our users;
  • Renting Edge may need to share your information for law enforcement or other legal purposes. This type of sharing may be necessary in connection with a lawsuit, claim or investigation, governmental inquiry, court order, enforcement of legal rights (e.g., contract terms, intellectual property rights, etc.), safety issue, or other similar legal or security matter. Sharing your information for these reasons is not a regular event, but could arise from time to time. We will strive to limit the types and amount of information we may need to share for legal purposes to that which is reasonably necessary;
  • We may share (or receive) information about you, including personal contact information, in the event of an acquisition, merger, sale, corporate restructuring, bankruptcy, or other similar event that involves RentingEdge. If such an event occurs, Renting Edge will take reasonable steps to require that your information be handled in accordance with this Privacy Policy;
  • To collect debts owed to or by you;
  • To comply with all applicable laws; and
  • To meet any applicable law, regulation, legal process, or enforceable request by a governmental agency.

Renting Edge does not sell, rent, or disclose your personal information to third-party entities except as described in this Privacy Policy.

Agreement

By accessing or using this website and/or the service, you agree to be bound by this privacy policy and the applicable Terms of Use or Terms of Service agreement you entered into with Equifax and Transunion. If you do not agree to these terms and conditions, in whole or in part, please do not access this website or use the service.

You consent to the collection of your personal information by Renting Edge for the purpose of creating, maintaining, and updating a rent credit report and for such information to be disclosed to and used by landlords, property managers and others for assessing suitability for tenancy, collecting debts, credit grantors assessing suitability for credit, and other credit reporting agencies including by not limited to Equifax to use in the creation of other credit reports.