Privacy Policy

We at Community Title & Escrow Services, Inc. recognize and respect your expectations of privacy, and adhere to applicable federal and state privacy laws. This Privacy Statement provides an explanation of how we use your non-public personal information and to whom it is disclosed:

We may collect personal information about you from the following sources:

• From applications, forms and documents we receive from you or your authorized representative (including your real estate agent);
• From your conversations and transactions with us;
• From your conversations and transactions with other companies or person(s) arising from the services performed by them in connection with the closing;
• From our internet web sites and that of our affiliates and others;
• From public records obtained either directly or indirectly from the government agency that is the designated custodian of those records; and/or
• From lenders, consumer or other reporting agencies, and other service providers.

Our policies regarding the protection of your personal information:

We maintain physical, electronic and procedural safeguards to protect your personal information from unauthorized access or intrusion, access to which is limited only to those employees who need or reasonably require such access in connection with providing settlement services and related products or services to you, or for other legitimate reasons required or allowed by law.  Please be advised that while we employ in-house attorney(s) to assist in providing services to you, there is no attorney-client relationship between these attorneys and you, and your personal information is not protected by the attorney-client privilege/confidentiality. 

Our policies and practices regarding disclosure of your personal information

Our policy is to provide personal information to others only to the extent reasonably necessary to provide the services for which we were retained, including disclosure to (1) agents, brokers or representatives to provide you with services you have requested; and (2) Third-party contractors or service providers who provide services or other functions on our behalf, or on behalf of the parties to the transaction.  In addition, your personal information may be disclosed in the following circumstances:

• When you direct or give us permission to do so;
• When we are required by law to do so;
• When necessary to enforce our legal rights or obligations, including contractual rights, obligations imposed by subpoena or other legal process, or the obligation to record documents in the public records that contain personal information; and/or
• When necessary or reasonable to protect against fraud, illegal activity, or for the safety and protection of customers, employees, and/or their property.

Right to access, correct or delete your personal information

Certain states afford you the right to access, correct, amend or delete your personal information under certain circumstances, or to find out to whom that information has been disclosed. We reserve the right (where permitted by law) to charge a reasonable fee to respond to such a request.  Address your request concerning your personal information, or for more information concerning our privacy policy, to:

Privacy Compliance Officer

Community Title & Escrow Services, Inc.

121 North McCall Road

Englewood, Florida 34223

(941) 460-9100

Attorney/Client Privilege

Please be advised that, although an attorney from our company may provide assistance during the processing of your closing, the following rules apply:

• Our company does not provide legal advice;
• We do not provide legal representation to any party to a transaction;
• There is no attorney/client relationship between any party and our company nor any employee of our company (even if he or she is an attorney); and
• You can not assume that any communication with any employee or other person from our office is protected by an attorney/client privilege or confidentiality.