Privacy Policy | Mortgage by Q
Mortgage by Q

Privacy Policy

Effective date: September 30, 2026 · Last updated: September 30, 2026

This Privacy Policy explains how Mortgage by Q ("Mortgage by Q," "we," "us," or "our") collects, uses, shares, and protects your personal information when you visit mortgagebyq.com, submit an inquiry or loan application, respond to one of our ads, or communicate with us by phone, email, or text message. Mortgage by Q is a mortgage brokerage located in Irvine, California (NMLS #1028669 and #1566096).

Text messaging: We do not sell, rent, or share mobile phone numbers, or text message opt-in data and consent, with third parties or affiliates for their marketing or promotional purposes.

1. Information we collect

Information you give us

  • Contact details: name, mobile and other phone numbers, email address, and mailing address.
  • Loan application details: property address and type, estimated value, loan amount, mortgage balance, income, employment, assets, real estate owned, marital and dependent status, citizenship and military status, declarations, and your estimated credit range.
  • Sensitive identifiers: date of birth and Social Security number, if you provide them in an application, and copies of documents you upload such as pay stubs, bank statements, and identification.
  • Communications: messages, call notes, and preferences you share with us, including whether you agreed to receive text messages.

Information collected automatically

  • Device, browser, IP address, pages viewed, and referral source, collected through cookies, pixels, and similar technologies (including advertising pixels from Meta and Google) to measure our website and advertising.
  • When you submit a lead form on Facebook or Instagram, Meta shares the answers you submitted with us.

Information from others

  • With your authorization, credit reports and verification of employment and assets from consumer reporting agencies and lenders.

2. How we use your information

  • To respond to your inquiry, prepare a quote or pre-qualification, and process your loan application.
  • To contact you by phone, email, and, if you have opted in, text message about your request.
  • To match you with licensed loan officers and lenders who can fulfill your request.
  • To verify your identity, prevent fraud, and meet legal and regulatory obligations.
  • To operate, secure, and improve our website, services, and advertising.

3. Text messaging (SMS) and mobile information

If you check the text message consent box on one of our forms, you agree to receive text messages from Mortgage by Q and its licensed loan officers at the mobile number you provided. Messages may include follow-ups about your inquiry, appointment reminders, and document and loan-status updates. Consent to receive texts is not a condition of purchase or of any loan. Message frequency varies. Message and data rates may apply. You can reply STOP at any time to opt out, or HELP for help. See our SMS Terms for details.

No sharing of mobile information. We do not sell, rent, or share mobile phone numbers, or text message opt-in data and consent, with third parties or affiliates for their marketing or promotional purposes. Mobile information may be used and disclosed only to our licensed loan officers acting on our behalf and to service providers that help us deliver messages (such as our messaging and CRM providers), and only to service your request and operate our texting program.

4. How we share information

WhoWhy
Licensed loan officers and partner lendersTo respond to your request, quote your loan, and process your application. They may use your information only for that purpose.
Service providersHosting, customer relationship management, messaging, email, e-signature, document storage, analytics, and advertising platforms that act on our behalf under confidentiality obligations.
Consumer reporting agencies, appraisers, title and escrow companiesTo carry out steps of your loan that you authorize.
Regulators, courts, and law enforcementWhen required by law or to protect rights, safety, and security.
Business transfersIf we are involved in a merger, sale, or reorganization, subject to this policy.

We do not sell your personal information for money and we do not share it with third parties for their own marketing. The sharing described above is limited to fulfilling your request and running our business.

5. Financial privacy

As a mortgage broker we are subject to the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act and applicable California financial privacy laws. We protect nonpublic personal information with administrative, technical, and physical safeguards, and we limit access to people who need it to serve you. We do not share nonpublic personal information with non-affiliated companies for their own marketing.

6. Cookies and advertising technologies

We use cookies and pixels to remember preferences, understand how our site is used, and measure and improve our advertising. You can block or delete cookies in your browser settings, and manage ad personalization in your Facebook, Instagram, and Google account settings. Blocking cookies may affect how parts of our site work.

7. Your choices and rights

  • Text messages: reply STOP to any text, or contact us to opt out.
  • Marketing email: use the unsubscribe link in any email.
  • Calls: ask us to place you on our internal do-not-call list at any time.
  • California residents: subject to legal exceptions (including for information covered by the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act), you may request to know, access, correct, or delete personal information we hold about you, and you will not be treated unfairly for exercising these rights. We do not sell or share personal information for cross-context behavioral advertising as defined by California law, other than through standard advertising pixels described in Section 6, which you can turn off using your browser and account settings.

To make a request, contact us using the details below. We may need to verify your identity first.

8. Security and retention

We use reasonable safeguards, including encryption in transit and restricted access, to protect your information. No method of transmission or storage is completely secure. We keep information as long as needed to provide services, meet legal, tax, and regulatory record-keeping requirements, and resolve disputes, then delete or de-identify it.

9. Children

Our services are not directed to anyone under 18, and we do not knowingly collect information from children.

10. Changes to this policy

We may update this policy from time to time. The "Last updated" date above shows when it last changed. Material changes will be posted on this page.

11. Contact us

Mortgage by Q
Irvine, California
Phone: (949) 536-7410
Email: [email protected]