Copyrights and Intellectual Property

Except as otherwise noted in a website, all information, documentation, and other content posted in a Freddie Mac website is the property of Freddie Mac. Without limiting the foregoing, the graphics, icons, and overall appearance of the Freddie Mac website are the property of Freddie Mac.

Use of Freddie Mac's Content

Link to Certain Content on our Website. Freddie Mac allows you to establish a link from your website to certain content on a Freddie Mac website without obtaining our prior written consent, as long as you adhere to our Linking Policy.

RSS Feeds. Freddie Mac offers RSS updates from a variety of sources as well as its Primary Mortgage Market Survey® (PMMS®) data. You may use our feeds for your own personal use or display the content on your website. You do not need Freddie Mac's prior written consent to do so as long as you adhere to the guidelines for syndication. Learn more on how to syndicate PMMS®.

Use Freddie Mac's Name or Logo. You may not use Freddie Mac's name, logo, designs, product identifiers, slogans, trademarks, and service marks in any advertising, publicity or promotion, or in any other commercial manner without the prior written consent of Freddie Mac.

Publish Freddie Mac Content. You may not publish, sell, republish, print, download, copy, retransmit, repost, or display any portion of a Freddie Mac website on your website or in other communication materials without our prior written consent. See our Content Use Permission form.

The Designated Agent for Notice of Alleged Infringement

Freddie Mac respects the intellectual property of others and we expect visitors to the Freddie Mac websites to do the same. Freddie Mac reserves the right to delete material transmitted to Freddie Mac by any electronic means or posted into any portion of a Freddie Mac website that Freddie Mac believes may infringe on the intellectual property rights of Freddie Mac or others.

If you believe that any content infringes your intellectual property, please notify Freddie Mac as soon as the alleged infringement comes to your attention. Notice should be provided to Freddie Mac's copyright notice agent in the manner prescribed below. Your notice should contain the following information and any other information you believe is appropriate to assist Freddie Mac:

• A physical or electronic signature of the person submitting the notice of the alleged infringement.
• Identification of the copyrighted work claimed to have been infringed, or, if multiple copyrighted works at a single site are covered, a representative list of such works at that site.
• Identification of the material claimed to be infringing and information reasonably sufficient to permit Freddie Mac to locate the material.
• Your address, telephone number, and if available, an electronic mail address at which you may be contacted.
• A statement that you, in good faith, believe that the use of the material in the manner complained of is not authorized by the copyright owner, its agent or the law.
• A statement by you, made under penalty of perjury, that the above information in your notice is accurate and that you are the copyright or intellectual property owner or authorized to act on the copyright or intellectual property owner's behalf.

Freddie Mac's agent for notice of alleged infringement involving a Freddie Mac website can be reached here.

Last updated: February 9, 2012