Legal Disclaimer and Privacy Policy

DISCLAIMER

Apartment Magazine does not guarantee the accuracy or completeness of any information available on this site, and is not responsible for any errors, omissions, or misrepresentations. Product information including availability, features, floor plans and rent ranges are subject to change without prior notice and should be verified independently with the property managers

COPYRIGHT

All information displayed on the Apartment Magazine website, including, but not limited to directories, photographs, text, videos, images, illustrations, trademarks, and the like, is protected by copyright and other intellectual property laws. All content on the Apartment Magazine website is owned by Network Communications (NCI), its affiliates and advertisers. You may not modify, publish, transmit, transfer, sell, reproduce, distribute, or display any portion of Apartment Magazine content or infringe upon trademarks contained herein.

EQUAL OPPORTUNITY IN HOUSING STATEMENT

All real estate advertised herein is subject to the federal Fair Housing Act, which makes it illegal to advertise "any preference, limitation, or discrimination because of race, color, religion, sex, handicap, familial status, or national origin, or intention to make such preference, limitation or discrimination."

We will not knowingly accept or permit any advertisement for real estate that is in violation of the law. All persons are hereby informed that all dwellings advertised are available on an equal opportunity basis.

The Law

When it comes to renting an apartment, several state and federal laws were enacted to ensure the equal opportunity in housing for all people. The Civil Rights Act of 1966 prohibits all racial discrimination in the sale or rental of property. Moreover, the Fair Housing Act declares a national policy of fair housing throughout the United States, making illegal any discrimination in the sale, lease or rental of housing, or making housing otherwise unavailable, because of race, color, religion, sex, handicap, familial status, or national origin.

Other laws also impact the purchase, sale or lease of a home or renting an apartment. Title III of the Americans with Disabilities Act prohibits discrimination against persons with disabilities in places of public accommodations and commercial facilities. The Equal Credit Opportunity Act makes discrimination unlawful with respect to any aspect of a credit application on the basis of race, color, religion, national origin, sex, marital status, age or because all or part of the applicant's income derives from any public assistance program.

In addition, state and local laws often provide broader coverage and prohibit discrimination based on additional classes not covered by federal law.

Landlords have the responsibility and are required under the law not to discriminate in the sale, rental and financing of property on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, handicap, familial status, or national origin. Landlords cannot instruct the licensed broker, leasing agent, or consultant acting as their agent to convey any limitations in the sale or rental because the real estate professional is bound by law not to discriminate. Agents in real estate transactions are prohibited by law from discriminating on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, handicap, familial status, or national origin. They are prohibited from complying with a request from the landlord to act in a discriminatory manner in the lease or rental. Moreover, a landlord cannot establish discriminatory terms or conditions in the rental, deny that housing is available, or advertise that the property is available only to persons of a certain race, color, religion, sex, handicap, familial status, or national original.

As someone seeking to rent an apartment, you have the right to expect that housing will be available to you without discrimination or other limitations based on race, color, religion, sex, handicap, familial status, or national origin. This includes the right to expect equal professional service, the opportunity to consider a broad range of housing choices, no discriminatory limitations on communities or locations of housing, no discrimination in the financing, appraising, or insuring of housing, reasonable accommodations in rules, practices and procedures for persons with disabilities, and to be free from harassment or intimidation for exercising your fair housing rights.

IF YOU SUSPECT DISCRIMINATION:

Complaints alleging discrimination in housing may be filed with the nearest office of the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), or by calling HUD's toll free number, 1-800-669-9777 (voice), or 1- 800-543-8294 (TDD).

You can contact HUD on the internet at http://www.hud.gov/fhe/fheo.html

PRIVACY STATEMENT

Apartment Magazine respects the privacy of its users. This privacy policy may be modified in the future. If it is, a new policy will be posted on our web site.

Apartment Magazine is not responsible for the content or the privacy policies of any web sites to which it may link.

What personal information do we collect?

Cookies: Cookies are small text files that are placed on your computer's hard drive by our computers (or servers) to identify your computer. Cookies are only read by the server that placed them there and are unable to execute any code or virus. We may use cookies to recognize you when you visit our site, to personalize your experience and generally to serve you better. For example, if you enter your name, address, telephone number, email address, ZIP code or other personally identifiable information on one of our forms, such information will be stored in a cookie so you do not have to enter this information again. Cookies can also tell us which advertising you have seen on our site, allowing us to offer you a more diverse selection of advertising information. Cookies may also compile data about our visitor.

How do we use the information we collect? Apartment Magazine may perform statistical analyses of user behavior in order to measure interest in the various areas of our site, for development purposes, and to inform advertisers about consumers clicking on their advertising

E-mail and Contact Information: Using the e-mail address or other contact data in connection with a request for apartment information on the contact forms of our web site, an advertiser will use that information to contact you as applicable. However, by filling out the contact form, you also agree that Apartment Magazine may contact you by e-mail as a follow-up to the response you would receive from the advertiser..

Data Security: To prevent unauthorized access, maintain data accuracy and ensure the appropriate use of information, we have put in place procedures to protect the information we collect online.

With whom do we share the information we collect? In the future, Apartment Magazine may share your personally identifiable information with third parties for direct marketing purposes, but only if you have authorized Apartment Magazine to do so and only if you are over the age of 18. At the present time, Apartment Magazine will only share personally identifiable information with our advertisers as is necessary for those advertisers to provide information specifically requested by you..

Children's Guidelines: We believe that it is especially important to protect children's privacy online. We encourage parents to get involved with your children's online usage and to be aware of the activities in which they are participating. Note: we define "children as minors younger than 13 years of age". We do not knowingly collect or use any personally identifiable information from children and we do not knowingly allow children to request information. No information should be submitted to our web site by visitors under 13 years of age. You should be aware that if your child voluntarily discloses his or her name, e-mail address, or other information on any web site, such disclosures may result in unsolicited messages.

Does this privacy statement extend to links to other sites? This site contains links to other sites. While we encourage those with whom we do business to adopt privacy policies that build users' trust and confidence in the Internet, we are not responsible for the privacy practices or the content of web sites linked to any of our sites. Use of any personal information provided to such a third party will be governed by that party's privacy policy.