734-241-0066 or 734-854-1531
PRIVACY POLICY NOTICE
Dear Lawyers Title Agency of Monroe Customer:
The Financial Services Modernization Act, known as the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act, requires
us to explain to our customers the ways in which we collect and use customer information.
The statement attached to or on the reverse side of this letter is the privacy policy of the
Lawyers Title Agency of Monroe. Our concern with the protection of your information has
been a part of our business since 1876, when the company that is now Commonwealth Land
Title Insurance Company issued its first policy. We will continue to protect the privacy,
accuracy, and security of customer information given to us.
No response to this notice is required, but if you have questions, please write or call us:
Lawyers Title Agency of Monroe
15530 S. Telegraph Road
Monroe, MI 48161
(734) 241-0066
This Notice explains the ways in which we may collect and use personal information
under the Lawyers Title Agency of Monroe Privacy Policy.
Lawyers Title Agency of Monroe provides title insurance and other real estate services. The Privacy
Policy applies to all customers, former customers and applicants.
What kinds of information we collect: Depending on the services you use, the types of information
we may collect from you, your lender, attorney, real estate broker, public records or from other sources
include: · information from forms and applications for services, such as your name, address and
telephone number · information about your transaction, including information about the
real property you bought, sold or financed such
as address, cost, existing liens, easements, other title information and deeds · with closing,
escrow, settlement or mortgage lending services or mortgage loan servicing, we may also collect
your social security number as well as information from
third parties including property appraisals, credit reports, loan
applications, land surveys, real estate tax information, escrow account balances, and sometimes bank account
numbers or credit card account numbers to facilitate the transaction, and ·
information about your transactions and experiences as a customer of
ours or our affiliated companies, such as
products or services purchased and payments made.
How we use and disclose this information: We use your information to provide you with the services, products
and insurance that you, your lender, attorney, or real estate brokers have requested. We disclose information to our
affiliates and unrelated companies as needed to carry out and service your transaction, to protect against fraud or
unauthorized transactions, for institutional risk control, to provide information to government and law enforcement
agencies and as otherwise permitted by law. As required to facilitate a transaction, our title affiliates record documents
that are part of your transaction in the public records as a legal requirement for real property notice purposes.
We do not share any nonpublic personal information we collect from you with unrelated companies for their own use.
We do not share any information regarding your transaction that we obtain from third parties (including credit report
information) except as needed to enable your transaction as permitted by law.
We may also disclose your name, address and property information to other companies who perform marketing services
such as letter production and mailing on our behalf, or to other financial service companies (such as insurance
companies, banks, mortgage brokers, credit companies) with whom we have joint marketing arrangements. Additionally,
some affiliates may share information about their transaction and experiences with you in order to identify opportunities to
market other services or products that may be useful to you.
How we protect your information: We maintain administrative, physical, electronic and procedural
safeguards to guard your nonpublic personal information. We reinforce our privacy policy with our employees and our
contractors. Joint marketers and third parties service providers who have access to nonpublic personal information to
provide marketing or services on our behalf are required by contract to follow appropriate standards of security and
confidentiality. Title insurance agents may be covered by this policy: If your transaction goes through a title insurance agent
that is not part of Lawyers Title Agency of Monroe, the agent handling your transaction should provide you with the
agent's own privacy policy.