Privacy policy

Forte Financial (“Company”, “we”, “us”, or “our”) protects the personal information we collect when you visit this site or use our services. The practices below describe how Forte Financial handles information in the ordinary course of a mortgage business.

1. Information we collect

• Personal information: name, email, phone, mailing address, Social Security number (for applications), employment, income, and other financial information needed to originate a mortgage.
• Automatically collected: IP address, browser, OS, referring URLs, pages visited, and time on page, via cookies and similar tools.
• Social: if you interact with our TikTok, Instagram, or Facebook accounts, those platforms may share interaction data as their policies allow.

2. How we use it

To process and evaluate loan applications; communicate about products; send marketing if you opt in; improve the site; meet legal and regulatory duties; answer questions; and produce educational content.

3. Sharing

As a licensed mortgage broker and a licensed mortgage lender, we may share application information with investors, warehouse or funding partners, and other financial institutions as needed to originate, shop, or fund a loan. We may also share with service providers who run technology for us, and we may disclose information when the law requires it. We do not sell personal information.

4. Social media and content tools

We use tools to create and distribute educational content on TikTok, Instagram, and Facebook. Those platforms collect data under their own policies.

5. Cookies

You can control cookies in your browser. Blocking them may affect site features.

6. Security

We use technical and organizational measures appropriate to a mortgage business. No internet transmission is perfectly secure.

7. Your rights

Depending on where you live, you may have rights to access, correct, delete, or opt out of marketing. Contact us using the information below.

8. Retention

We keep information as long as needed for the purposes in this policy, to meet federal and state recordkeeping rules, and to resolve disputes.

9. Children

This site is not directed at anyone under 18. We do not knowingly collect information from children.

10. Third-party links

Linked sites have their own policies. The application portal is hosted by My Mortgage Online.

11. Changes

We may update this policy. The date at the top will change. Keep using the site after a change and you accept the update.

12. NMLS and GLBA

We operate under applicable federal and state mortgage laws, including the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act. NMLS ID 1892568. Verify licenses at www.nmlsconsumeraccess.org.

13. Contact

Forte Financial, 96 Danbury Rd, Ridgefield, CT 06877. Phone (475) 215-5401. Email info@fortefinancial.com.