Because we value
your patronage, we want to address any privacy concerns you
may have. To that end, we have set forth
our privacy policy for handling the information you share
with us online. We want your decision to
do business with us to be an informed one.
1.
Collecting Information
When you visit our
Website, we may collect information about you that you
voluntarily choose to share with us. This
identification information may include, but is not limited
to, your name, your physical address, your e‑mail address,
your telephone and fax numbers, details of your real estate
and lending needs and preferences, and other details of your
life.
When you sign the
Guestbook at our Website, we reserve the right to decide
whether or not your message will be posted for the
public to view. Spammers and pornographers of our
Guestbook will be dealt with severely.
When you
email us a joke, recipe or other information to be
published on our Website you are giving up permission to
publish that information along with your name as the source
of that submission. If you want us to exclude
your name be sure to tell at the time you submit
information to us.
We
do not employ the use of "cookies." (i.e.
small text files placed on your computer by a Website), Web
server logs, and other Web tools. This
technology allows the
tracking of your Internet
use. The tracking data that is
collected through "cookies" may include, but is not
limited to, the date and time you visit, the time you spend,
the Web pages you view, the other Websites you visit, your
search queries, and basic information about your computer,
such as your Internet Protocol (“IP”) address, your domain
name, your browser type, and the name of your Internet
service provider. We consider the
use of "cookies" an invasion of your privacy and
therefore we do not use
them.
When visiting our
Website, you may be directed, through hyperlinks, to other
Websites that are beyond our control.
Furthermore, when you are visiting our Website, other
companies, such as third party advertisers and sponsors, may
be gathering information about you. This
Privacy Policy does not cover the collection of information
by those other companies and Websites.
Although we encourage third parties to provide their own
privacy policies, we are not responsible for their
activities, such as how they handle the information they
collect online.
2.
Using Information Collected
We primarily use
the identification information you voluntarily share with us
to do what you have asked of us and to contact
you. We also use your identification
information to tell you about our products and services, but
you may instruct us not to send communications to you by
following the procedure indicated below under “Contacting
Us.” On occasion, we use your
identification information to validate your
identity. As for usage tracking data, it
is of a statistical nature and not specific to individuals.
We primarily use that information to operate and improve our
Website, and to further our marketing efforts.
As a general rule,
we do not share your information with unaffiliated third
parties. We may, however, share your
information with our own personnel and our service providers
to the extent necessary to fulfill your
requests. We may also share your
information with our affiliates, but we will not share it
with unaffiliated third parties for direct marketing
purposes. We reserve the right to
disclose your information under limited circumstances, such
as to cooperate with law enforcement or judicial authorities
as required by law or legal process, to protect our own
legal rights, or to protect the public good.
Whenever you are
online, you run the risk that the information you give out
will fall into the wrong hands. Although
we implement and maintain reasonable security procedures and
practices to safeguard your privacy, we cannot guarantee the
security of any information you provide to
us. We accept no responsibility or
liability for the activities of third parties.
3.
Updating Information
If you would like
to review the information about you that we have collected
through our Website, or to change that information, you can
make that request by following the procedure indicated below
under “Contacting Us.” We may require
that you verify your identity before we process your
request.
4.
Updating Our Privacy Policy
We may, from time
to time, change our Privacy Policy. We
will notify you of any changes by posting our updated
Privacy Policy on our Website and inserting a new “Effective
Date.”
5.
Contacting Us
If you would
like to send us a request as indicated above, or if you have
any other questions or concerns regarding our Privacy
Policy, you may contact Joanne Gardiner by e‑mail at
AdvantageRealty@JoanneGardiner.com or fill out a form or call Joanne at
510-429-4800.
6. Effective Date: This
Privacy Policy is effective as of December 1,
2004.
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