Relty Executives (hereinafter referred to as "we," "us," or "our") recognize the importance of protecting the privacy of personal information collected about our customers and prospective customers (hereinafter referred to as "Customers," "you" or "your"). This privacy policy discloses what information we might gather, how we might use it, and how to correct or change it. It is our intention to provide an understanding about how we collect Information and the use we make of it in the course of business.
We gather two types of information about Customers: data that Customers provide through voluntary registration on our website, and data gathered through aggregated tracking (tracking page views of our website). Such information allows us to customize our content to better serve the Customers' needs and to assist advertisers in understand the demographics of our sites’ audience. Providing such aggregated data is essential to cost reduction which might otherwise have to be passed on to our Customers. Nevertheless, we will not disclose personal Information to any third parties without your consent, except as may be noted in this Privacy Policy or disclosed to you when you submit information.
COLLECTING INFORMATION:
We collect information by specifically requesting it from you. Registration is strictly optional. This occurs when you register for a service or request information provided through our website. Our website is hosted by a service partner that uses the information you provide to operate some of the custom features and services and forwards your information directly to us. The information is also used to help inform you about new listings and other products or services that we provide.
TRACKING YOUR IP ADDRESS:
Your Internet Protocol (IP) address (aka “dotted quad”) is a unique number automatically assigned to your computer when you connect to the Internet. These data, although not ordinarily visible, is used to uniquely identify your computer within a network or to any one of millions of web servers across the internet (but I won’t go into detail on Internet Protocols at this time).
Real Estate Pros does not collect IP addresses, nor do we link it to personally identifiable information as many do. The hosting service which serves our website, however, needs to use your IP address for the purposes of system administration, to report aggregated information to us, and to audit the use of our website. Whenever a Customer requests a page from our website, the servers do temporarily log your IP address. However, when your session is logged, you will remain anonymous to us. We can and do use IP addresses to identify a Customer by IP address whenever it is necessary to enforce compliance with our terms of use, to protect the privacy of others, or to comply with lawful court orders.
COOKIE USAGE:
Cookies are small files written to the hard disk on your computer. They contain pieces of information that a website sends for record-keeping purposes, such as certain preferences you may have. Cookies generally make your visits to a website easier to use the next time you return. Cookies do not contain personal information unless you have chosen to provide it. We never save your credit card information or passwords in a cookie. Cookie usage is a widely accepted industry standard, which you will find are in use on most major websites.
Cookies assist us in viewing the areas of our website that have the most traffic. Many improvements to the website are based on such data as the traffic count and the number of pages viewed. These data are most readily tracked using cookies, and help us better serve our Customers.
Most cookies will expire after a predetermined time. You have the ability to delete your cookies at any time. Your internet browser was probably initially set to accept cookies. If you set your browser to refuse cookies if you wish. This may disable the functionality of portions of our website (and most other commercial websites). Furthermore, performance may suffer.
We have only two uses for cookies. Firstly, we use them to specify your preferences, such as for keyword searches. Secondly, we use cookies to track your website usage patterns. This assists us in better understanding your needs and to improve our services for other Customers.
SHARING OF INFORMATION:
We will not share or disclose any specific personal information that you might submit in a manner that would connect you with your Personal Information, except when you have granted us permission, or under special circumstances such as if we have reason to believe that the law requires it, or under the circumstances stated below.
BUSINESS PARTNERS: we may disclose some or all of your Personal Information to one of our business partners, but only with your permission to transfer your Personal Information to the partner (e.g., when shopping your loan application to a number of lenders). In most other instances, only your e-mail address would be shared. If more Personal Information needs to be shared with a business partner, you will be notified prior to any transfer.
THIRD PARTIES: If you opt-in to receive third party information, we will share your name and e-mail address with your permission. We may match Personal Information with third party data, only under the protections of a confidentiality agreement.
AGGREGATE DATA: We may keep track of which portions of our website our Customers are visiting, or similar statistical data; and aggregate this information to create a much better web experience for our Customers. This can all be tracked without knowing any of your Personal Information. This is done in order to describe these demographics to prospective business partners and other third parties, and may be used for other lawful purposes.
OTHER: We may share or disclose account Information in special cases when we have reason to believe that disclosing this Information is necessary to identify, contact or bring legal action against someone who may be violating our terms of use, or may be causing intentional or unintentional injury to or interference with our rights or property, or our other Customers. We may disclose or access account Information when we honestly believe that the law requires it, or for administrative and other purposes that we deem necessary to maintain.
CONTROLLING USAGE OF INFORMATION:
In the event that you change your mind about information you have forwarded to us, or if some of your Personal Information has changed (such as your e-mail address), we will try to provide a way to correct, update, or remove the Personal Information that you have given us. We also grant you the opportunity to control the communications that we may direct to you. We offer Customers the opportunity to "opt out" of having Personal Information shared with parties outside of our company. When you wish to update your Personal Information, or if you object to any usage described herein, please e-mail the requested change to: info@scottsecor.net and allow us sufficient time to correct the record.
THIRD PARTY WEBSITES:
You must be aware that whenever you are on our website you could be directed to other websites through a hypertext link. All such links are beyond our control. Most internet browsers offer the option to alert you to a change of domain. If yours in not configured in this manner the only indication would be the change in appearance of the web page to which you are transferred. Alternately, you can monitor the internet address displayed in your browser. These other sites may send their own cookies to your computer, collect data, or solicit Information from you. If you are uncomfortable with any third party website, may we suggest that you maneuver away from it or return to our website.
We have no control over third party websites. Therefore, we are not to be held responsible for their contents or the hyperlinks or advertising they choose to place on such web sites. Our inclusion of links to any third party website does not imply any endorsement of the material on these websites , nor do we claim any association with their operators. Our policy also disclaims all that is inherent to the operation of the Internet and your ISP, both of which are also beyond our' control.
When you provide any information online, that information can be collected and used by people you don't even know! While we strive to protect our Customers' privacy, we cannot guarantee the security of any information that you disclose online. You disclose such information strictly at your own risk.
IS MY INFORMATION SECURE?:
Your security, as well as the security of all of our Customers, is of paramount importance to us. We exercise great care in providing secure transmission of your information from your computer to our servers. Unfortunately, no data transmission over the Internet can be guaranteed 100% secure, especially with the prevalence of spyware, viruses, and other malware. Please consult the Security and ID Theft publications at ScottSecor.biz for comprehensive personal security measures.
While we strive to protect your information, we cannot ensure or warrant the security of any information you transmit to us. You do so at your own risk. However, once we have receive your transmission, we use accepted industry standard security measures to safeguard the confidentiality of your information.
YOUR ACCEPTANCE OF THESE TERMS:
By using our website, you signify your full agreement to our Privacy Policy. IF YOU DO NOT AGREE WITH THIS POLICY, PLEASE DO NOT USE THIS SITE. Your continued use of our website following the posting of changes to these terms will mean you accept those changes.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR AGREEMENT!
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