Privacy Policy

The Local Realty, Inc. and its affiliates respect your privacy. Here’s our privacy policy for this site:

Personally Identifiable Information

We do track how our visitors use this site so that we can see what people like and don’t like. We also analyze and aggregate information about use patterns and share the aggregated data with our advertisers (for example, we keep track of how many users see and click on particular advertisements). We may also collect personal information about you via registration for contests, surveys, and online ad submission. We will not, however, release your name, e-mail address, or any other personal information to anyone else outside The Local Realty unless we have your consent or there is an emergency involving personal danger. This means that we will not provide our advertisers or anyone else outside The Local Realty with any information specific to you unless we have your consent. Only The Local Realty employees or consultants are allowed access to personal information about you are those who need to have access. Any employee or consultant who violates our privacy and security policies is subject to disciplinary action, including possible termination or prosecution.

Cookies

Cookies are small text files that allow websites to store and retrieve information about you from your computer system. Site provider does serve cookies to track individual site usage for later aggregation. But we do not use cookies in order to retrieve any information from your computer other than information originally sent in the providers cookie, such as a user registration code. We have no control over whether and how our advertisers use cookies that originate from their own websites. By using this Site and inputting personal information the User understands that he or she may acquire cookies or other computer files that the site provider uses to identify users. Site provider may collect information such as pages visited, search parameters, and property information to supplement our records and help us learn what pages are most attractive to our customers, which of our features most interest our customers, and what kinds of homes and information our customers like to see.

Children

The Local Realty does not orient this site toward children or target them as an audience, nor does it screen them from using the site. Some of the material on this site is for mature audiences, and parents and guardians should take responsibility for monitoring their children’s use. The Local Realty does not collect or distribute information indicating whether a user is a child.

Links to Other Sites

This site provides links and pointers to websites maintained by other organizations. The Local Realty provides these links as a convenience to users, but it does not operate, control or endorse such sites. The Local Realtyalso disclaims any responsibility for the information on those sites and any products or services offered there, and cannot vouch for the privacy policies of such sites. The Local Realty does not make any warranties or representations that any linked sites (or even this site) will function without error or interruption, that defects will be corrected, or that the sites and their servers are free of viruses and other problems that can harm your computer.

Google Analytics

Our website uses Google Analytics, a web analytics service provided by Google, Inc. (“Google”). Google Analytics uses “cookies”, which are text files placed on your computer, to help the website analyze how users use the site. The information generated by the cookie about your use of the website (including your IP address) will be transmitted to and stored by Google on servers in the United States. Google will use this information for the purpose of evaluating your use of the website, compiling reports on website activity for website operators and providing other services relating to website activity and internet usage. Google may also transfer this information to third parties where required to do so by law, or where such third parties process the information on Google’s behalf. Google will not associate your IP address with any other data held by Google. You may refuse the use of cookies by selecting the appropriate settings on your browser, however please note that if you do this you may not be able to use the full functionality of this website. By using this website, you consent to the processing of data about you by Google in the manner and for the purposes set out above.

Google Maps

Our site features Google Maps, please review their privacy policy, legal notices and terms of use.

Google DoubleClick for Publishers

Our site uses Google DoubleClick, a web advertising service provided by Google, Inc. (“Google”). We use this technology solely to advertise our services to our customers and do not serve advertisements for 3rd parties. Please review their privacy policy.

Information Sharing/Reselling

By using the Web site and inputting personal information the user understands that The Local Realty will use such information for internal purposes and with your permission or upon your request may also provide that information to affiliated companies or persons. The Local Realty takes care to see that user information is not transmitted to unauthorized persons or the general public but is not liable for such information transmission due to theft, hacking or software errors.

Information Aggregation

The Local Realty is not responsible for any errors in displayed information or delays in displaying information. All information on the Web site is either transmitted to The Local Realty from other entities or persons or was obtained through publicly available government sources. Issues of data accuracy may be brought to the attention of The Local Realty by sending feedback but it is likely that such information accuracy cannot be corrected by The Local Realty and the entity or person that generated the information must be appealed to. For example: incorrect listing information can only be changed by the 3rd party listing agent under our terms with the MLS.

Affiliated Company Communication

The Local Realty and any other companies owned by The Local Realty, Inc. may have access to the information and data on the TheLocalRealty.com website. User understands that The Local Realty, Inc. may use such information for internal purposes.

Policy Changes

This privacy policy is effective as of May 1, 2013. We may need to change it from time to time as technology and the nature of the Web keep evolving. We will post any changes to this policy as soon as they go into effect.