RealtyAlerts

Privacy policy

At RealtyAlerts, Inc (“RealtyAlerts, Inc ” or “we” or “us” or “our“), we appreciate your use of and contributions to our websites, our mobile and desktop applications, our other properties and/or our related services (collectively known as the “Services,” or, each individually, a “Service“). RealtyAlerts, Inc respects your privacy and is committed to protecting your personal information.

This is our privacy policy and we will comply with it, as well as applicable U.S. privacy law, when we gather and use information from users of the Services. We encourage you to read this privacy policy to understand what we do with the information we collect from you.

Advertising-Supported Business Model

The Services and our extensive set of features are generally funded through advertising dollars. This advertising revenue helps keep RealtyAlerts, Inc free of charge for our personal user community. It also allows us to explore and build new features.

We strive to make advertisements relevant and useful to you. Therefore, we may serve advertisements to you based on the information we collect from you or in relation to your interaction with the Services.

We pledge to be transparent about the information we monitor and collect from you. We keep information private between you and RealtyAlerts, Inc, except as explained below.

Collection of Information

When you use the Services, we collect a variety of information.

  • Information you provide. When using the Services, you may provide information about yourself, such as name, address, phone number, email and details around a potential transaction. This may occur, for example, when you register on the Services, claim a home, correspond with a real estate agent via the Services, or complete other forms, such as a loan request. You may also provide information about a third party through the Services, for example, if you share a real estate listing with a recipient via email. We may combine this information with other information we collect from your interaction with the Services or from other companies.
  • In addition, when you order products or services through the Services, RealtyAlerts, Inc may collect your credit/debit card information. This information is secured using industry-standard encryption technology. RealtyAlerts, Inc will use this information solely to complete your order and will not share this information with outside parties, except to the extent necessary to complete the order or comply with applicable law.
  • In the event that a credit report is required to use a Service, RealtyAlerts, Inc may collect your Social Security number (“SSN”). This information is secured using industry-standard encryption technology. RealtyAlerts, Inc restricts access to SSNs to employees, vendors and subcontractors who require SSNs to support certain products and services. RealtyAlerts, Inc strives to protect SSNs from unlawful disclosure and to keep them confidential by maintaining physical, electronic, and procedural safeguards that comply with applicable state and federal regulations.
  • Cookies and Web beacons. Cookies are bits of electronic information that can be transferred to your computer or other electronic device to uniquely identify your browser. When you use the Services, we may place one or more cookies on your computer or other electronic device. We may use cookies to connect your activity on the Services with other information we store about you in your account profile or your prior interactions on the Services to, for example, store your preferences. The use of cookies helps us improve the quality of the Services to you, by identifying information which is most interesting to you, tracking trends, measuring the effectiveness of advertising, or storing information you may
    want to retrieve on a regular basis, such as your favorite homes. At any time, you may adjust settings on your browser to refuse cookies according to the instructions related to your browser. However, if you choose to disable cookies, many of the free features and Services will not operate properly. Also, the pages on the Services may include Web beacons or pixels, which are electronic files to count users who have visited that page, to track activity over time and across different Web sites, to identify certain cookies on the computer or other electronic device accessing that page, or to collect other related information, and this information may be associated with your unique browser, device identifier, or Internet Protocol address. We may, for example, implement a pixel on the pages of the Services where you view a certain advertisement so that we can track whether you visit a Web site associated with that advertisement at a later time.
  • Third-party Cookies and Web beacons. We work with service providers and advertising networks to track and manage cookie information and your activities while you’re using the Services and your online activities over time and across different websites. For example, third-parties may use cookies to deliver advertisements to you based on your visit to the Services. For additional information, please refer to the section below entitled, “Behavioral Advertising.” You may opt-out of cookie tracking and analysis from any of these service providers and advertising networks by Opting Out of Collection of Information, which is explained further below.
  • RealtyAlerts Ad Providers. Use of these technologies by RealtyAlerts Ad Providers is subject to their own privacy policies and is not covered by our privacy policy. For more information regarding the choices you have about these technologies (such as opting-out),click hereto learn about RealtyAlerts Ad Providers participating in the Network Advertising Initiative, and click here to learn about the RealtyAlerts Ad Providers participating in the Digital Advertising Alliance.
    RealtyAlerts has relationships with the following services: Advertising.com, Atlas, DoubleClick, Google, Intercept, Right Media, BlueKai, Xaxis and Microsoft Advertising. The Network Advertising Initiative and Digital Advertising Alliance offer some centralized opt-out tools; otherwise you must visit each provider’s website individually and opt out.
  • RealtyAlerts marketing service providers. If you do not want RealtyAlerts and its marketing services providers to follow your usage of our Services via
    cookies and Web beacons, you can opt out of Cookies/Web beacons from: comScore,Google Analytics, Omniture and Yahoo!Opting out of these services does not mean you will no longer receive online
    advertising. It does mean that the service from which you opted out will no longer deliver ads tailored to your Web preferences and usage patterns. Please note that, if you opt out and later delete your cookies, use a different browser, or use a different computer or other electronic device, you will need to renew your opt-out choices.
  • Some pages of the Services may use third-party Web beacons from Yahoo! In addition to our use of the data to analyze visitor activity on the Services, Yahoo! may use anonymous information about your visit in order to improve its products and services and to provide advertisements about goods and services that may be of interest to you.
  • We have implemented Google Analytics remarketing, which tracks and manages cookie information so that we and third-party service providers can better deliver advertisements that are relevant and useful to you on the Services and various websites across the Internet. We have also implemented Google Analytics display network impression reporting to better understand how ad impressions and ad services are related to visits to our sites. You can customize ads or opt out of these services using the Google Ads Settings.
  • Mobile Device and Mobile Browser. You may adjust settings on your mobile device and mobile browser regarding cookies and sharing of certain information, such as your mobile device model or the language your mobile device uses, by adjusting the privacy and security settings on your mobile device. Please refer to the instructions provided by your mobile service provider or mobile device manufacturer.
  • Usage logs. When you use the Services, your computer or other electronic device communicates a variety of information to computer servers, including the existence of cookies, your Internet Protocol address, and information about your browser program. We also create a record of what information you are requesting, such as the page or subject areas you’re visiting.
  • Social Networks. If you use the social networking connection functions offered through the Services, we may access all of your social network profile information that you have made available to be shared and to use it in accordance with this privacy policy. Please refer to the instructions governing your social network account to manage the information that is shared through your account.
  • Calls. Calls to RealtyAlerts, Inc or to third parties through RealtyAlerts, Inc may be recorded or monitored for quality assurance and customer service purposes. If a call is recorded between you and a third party, it will be deemed private information of both you and the third party, and may be released to either of you.

Usage and Disclosure

  • In general, RealtyAlerts, Inc uses the information collected from you to communicate with you and operate our Services. RealtyAlerts, Inc also uses this information to respond to your requests and present you with advertising that we believe will be of interest or useful to you.
  • Your privacy is important and we are committed to protecting information that identifies you personally, where you have chosen to keep it private (“Personal Information”). We will only share Personal Information that you provide outside the public areas of the Services in the following circumstances:
  • Consent. When you consent or direct RealtyAlerts, Inc to share the Personal Information. For example, if you choose to contact a real estate agent or lender through the Services, your name and email address will appear to the recipient of the message.
  • Service providers to RealtyAlerts, Inc. When RealtyAlerts, Inc hires a service provider to help operate the Services or our business, RealtyAlerts, Inc may give access to Personal Information only as necessary to perform the service for RealtyAlerts, Inc, and subject to the terms of this privacy policy.
  • Partners with whom we conduct business. RealtyAlerts, Inc may give business partners access to Personal Information only as necessary to offer products and services with those business partners, and subject to the terms of this privacy policy
  • Legal obligation or protection from harm. When RealtyAlerts, Inc has a good faith belief that access, use, preservation or disclosure of the Personal Information is reasonably necessary to (a) satisfy any requirement of law, regulation, legal process, or enforceable governmental request, (b) enforce or investigate a potential violation of the Terms of Use, (c) detect, prevent, or otherwise respond to fraud, security or technical concerns, (d) support auditing and compliance functions, or (e) protect the rights, property, or safety of RealtyAlerts, Inc, its users, or the public against harm.
  • Merger or sale. If and when RealtyAlerts, Inc is involved in a merger, acquisition, or any form of transfer or sale of some or all of its business, whether as a going concern or as part of bankruptcy, liquidation, or similar proceeding. Personal Information may be transferred along with the business.

When you provide public information without identifying yourself, we will protect your personal identity as described above. If your account profile does not identify you personally, RealtyAlerts, Inc won’t reveal your identity to third parties except in accordance with this policy. You should keep in mind that the information that you choose to provide in a public area of the Services (such as your profile page or the discussion forums) will not be protected by this privacy policy because you have made an active choice to make that information public. We are not responsible for any Personal Information you choose to submit in any public area of the Services.

When we deliver ads based on data about your use of the Services, we keep your identity anonymous. We won’t identify you personally to third parties, except in accordance with this privacy policy. Of course, if you choose to respond to an advertised offer with your name and contact information, you will no longer be anonymous to the advertiser. Further, while we do not share your Personal Information with third parties unless permitted above, RealtyAlerts, Inc may share aggregate anonymous information with third-parties. This information does not personally identify individuals, but instead provides a helpful understanding of the groups of people who prefer certain types of information and services.

Real Estate Information

RealtyAlerts, Inc strives to provide open and transparent information about real estate markets. For example, we make available past sales prices for homes, and allow any user to post a question or answer about a given home. Many times, this information is already publicly available. As long as discussion surrounds real estate and not individuals, we intend to keep this information freely available through the Services. Where a professional participates in the RealtyAlerts, Inc Group communities, we may also allow users to comment on the professional.Email Management

You may receive email from RealtyAlerts, Inc for a variety of reasons – for example, if you took an action through the Services, you signed up for a regular report, or you posted your home for sale and a buyer sent you a message. We respect your desire to manage email correspondence. If you have an account with RealtyAlerts, Inc Group, you can select your preferences through your account settings. Also, you can manage your receipt of some types of communication by following the instructions included in the email we send you. Please note that, even if you unsubscribe from certain email correspondences, we may still need to email you with important transactional or administrative information.

Behavioral Advertising

We may participate in behavioral advertising. This means that, for example, when you use the Services, we or third party service providers or advertisers may use cookies (that they collect or that we provide to them) or other similar technologies to collect information about your use of the Services (including mobile applications) or your online activities over time and across different Web sites. Collected information may include the content you view, the date and time that you view this content, and the Web site that referred you to the Services, and this information may be associated with your unique browser, device identifier, or Internet Protocol address. These practices help tailor advertisements that are
relevant and useful to you. These tailored advertisements may appear on the Services or on other websites, applications or properties.

In addition, if you have provided your email address to us, we may use a scrambled, unreadable form (a hash) of your email address to deliver tailored advertisements to you on the Services or on other websites, including via Facebook’s Custom Audience Feature or other similar Facebook tools. We will not share your email address with Facebook. Click here to learn about how you can control the ads you see on Facebook.

You may opt-out of cookie tracking and analysis as described in the section below entitled ‘Opting Out of Collection of Information’. The Services do not otherwise respond to ‘do not track’ signals.

Opting Out of Collection of Information by Third Parties

RealtyAlerts, Inc’s third-party ad servers, ad network providers, and third-party advertisers (the “RealtyAlerts, Inc Ad Providers”) may provide you with advertisements that you may see on the Services or on other affiliated websites. To improve the relevancy and help measure the effectiveness of such advertisements, the RealtyAlerts, Inc Ad Providers may use cookies, Web beacons, clear .gifs or similar technologies. These are used to record users’ activity, such as the pages visited, and to learn what types of information are of most interest to the users.

RealtyAlerts, Inc Ad Providers. Use of these technologies by RealtyAlerts, Inc Ad Providers is subject to their own privacy policies and is not covered by our privacy policy. For more information regarding the choices you have about these technologies (such as opting-out), click here to learn about RealtyAlerts, Inc Ad Providers participating in the Network Advertising Initiative, and click here to learn about the RealtyAlerts, Inc Ad Providers participating in the Digital Advertising Alliance. RealtyAlerts, Inc has relationships with the following services: Advertising.com,Atlas, DoubleClick,Google,
Intercept,Right Media, BlueKai, Xaxis and Microsoft Advertising. The Network Advertising Initiative and Digital Advertising Alliance offer some centralized opt-out tools; otherwise you must visit each provider’s website individually and opt out.

RealtyAlerts, Inc Group marketing service providers. If you do not want RealtyAlerts, Inc and its marketing services providers to follow your usage of our Services via cookies and Web beacons, you can opt out of Cookies/Web beacons from: comScore,Google
Analytics, Omniture and Yahoo! Opting out of these services does not mean you will no longer receive online advertising. It does mean that the service from which you opted out will no longer deliver ads tailored to your Web
preferences and usage patterns. Please note that, if you opt out and later delete your cookies, use a different browser, or use a different computer or other electronic device, you will need to renew your opt-out choices.

Location Data

RealtyAlerts, Inc can provide you with helpful information based on where you are. If you tell RealtyAlerts, Inc where you are (e.g., by allowing your mobile device to send RealtyAlerts, Inc your location), RealtyAlerts, Inc Group may use that information to provide you with location-based information and advertising. If you wish to deactivate this feature, you can disable location services on your mobile device.

Third-Party Websites

Throughout the Services, we may link to the websites of other companies and/or individuals. These websites may collect Personal Information about users on those websites, and RealtyAlerts, Inc Group’s privacy policy does not extend to these external websites and third parties. Please refer directly to these third parties and websites regarding their privacy policies.

Children Under the Age of 13

RealtyAlerts, Inc will not knowingly collect personally identifiable information from any person under the age of 13. The Services are not designed to attract the attention of persons under the age of 13.

Storage, Security and Retention of Information

Personal Information will be processed and stored by RealtyAlerts, Inc in databases hosted in the United States. RealtyAlerts, Inc has taken reasonable steps to protect the information users share with us, including, but not limited to, setup of processes, equipment and software to avoid unauthorized access or disclosure of this information. No transmission of information via the Internet can be entirely secure, however, so please always use caution when submitting Personal Information.

We will retain your Personal Information for as long as you have an active account, as needed to provide you with the Services, to comply with our legal, financial reporting, or compliance obligations, and to enforce this privacy policy.

Contacting RealtyAlerts, Inc

You can access, update, and delete Personal Information you provide to RealtyAlerts, Inc in your account profile by logging into your account or emailing us at support@RealtyAlerts.com for accounts on RealtyAlerts.com. While we are ready to assist you in managing the Personal Information you provide to us, we cannot always delete records due to financial reporting, compliance, or other reasons.

If you have any questions about this privacy statement, or the privacy practices of RealtyAlerts, Inc , please email us at support@RealtyAlerts.com.

Please note that this policy may be amended from time to time. You should check back for the most current version before relying on any of the provisions in this privacy policy. By using the Services, you agree to the terms of this Privacy Policy.