Martindale Real Estate (“MRE” or “our”, “us” or “we”), a Texas corporation, operates martindalerealestate.com whereon real estate information and related services are available to a visitor or a member (for both “you” or “your”).
The website was created to provide our visitors and members with information about our services in relation to the sale or rental of real estate. This Privacy Policy describes our policy relative to any and all information relating to you that you have provided to us or that we have collected from you. Upon your use of the website, you consent to our collection, use, and disclosure of all information about you pursuant to this Privacy Policy. Further, you hereby acknowledge by your use of the website that you are bound by this Privacy Policy and our Terms of Use.
This Privacy Policy applies only to certain information we collect, process, and use through the website. This Privacy Policy does not apply to information that we collect through other channels, such as information that we collect offline, from other websites, or from your blogs, posts, comments, texts, emails, or uploaded content you provide to the website.
1. What Information We Collect
a.) Information You Submit To Us. We do not collect any personally identifiable information from you unless you register an account or with a member agent or entity. If you sign up for an account (if applicable), or register with a member agent or entity, we collect information you submit to us such as your email address, your first name and last name, telephone numbers, photo and username/password (“your information”) so that we or our member agents and entities can provide you service. Use by and disclosure of your information to a member real estate agent or entity is with your consent, is entirely optional and is a service available if you desire to receive information related to real estate. We do not collect “sensitive” or “special categories of personal data” information as defined under European data protection laws. If a credit card number is submitted by you, then it and some of your information is processed by third-party credit card processing companies solely for payment. They are not permitted to use the credit card or your information for any purpose other than to fulfill the specific purchase transaction. We do not store or save your credit card number.
b.) IP Address. We may collect your IP (Internet Protocol) address to administer our site. When a web browser or email application requests a web page or email from another device on the Internet, it automatically gives that device the address where it should send the information. This is called the computer’s “IP address”. This “address” does not contain any personally identifiable information.
c.) Cookies and Web Beacons. Cookies are bits of electronic information that can be transferred to any device such as a computer or mobile device to uniquely identify its browser. When you visit the website, we may place one or more cookies on your device. The use of cookies helps us improve the quality of our services to you, by identifying information which is most interesting to you, tracking trends, or storing information you may want to retrieve on a regular basis, such as your favorite homes. At any time, you may adjust the settings on the browser of your device to refuse cookies. However, if you choose to disable cookies, many of the free features and services on the website will not operate properly. Also, the pages of our service may include Web beacons, which are electronic files to count users who have visited that page.
d.) Third-party Cookies. We work with service providers and advertising networks to track and manage cookie information and your activities while you are on the website. Our third-party ad network providers and third-party advertisers may provide you with advertisements that you may see on the website or on other affiliated websites. To improve the relevancy and help measure the effectiveness of such advertisements, these ad networks or advertisers may use cookies, Web beacons, or similar technologies. These are used to record your online activity, such as the pages visited, and to learn what types of information are of most interest to you.
Use of these technologies by third-party ad servers is subject to their own privacy policies and is not covered by our Privacy Policy.
e.) Usage Logs. When on the website, your 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 information you are requesting, such as the page or subject areas you are visiting.
f.) Social Information. When you enter the website through Google, Facebook, Twitter or any other third-party authorization service (“Social Information Site”), we may receive information that you authorize the Social Information Site to share with us, which may include your information. When we receive this information, it becomes our information for purposes of your use of this site. Your information would also be subject to our Privacy Policy. Any information that we collect from your Social Information Site account may depend on the privacy settings you have set with that Social Information Site, so please consult that Social Information Site’s privacy policy. You have the ability to disconnect your Social Information Site account from our website by adapting the privacy settings in your Social Information Site account. If you come to the website through a Social Information Site, from other websites or with devices that enable third parties to collect information from or about you, such third parties receive information about you subject to their privacy policies. We may make use of the information that they provide us to further customize your experience on our website.
2. How We Use the Information
a.) To Provide You Services. If you have chosen to receive information from a member real estate entity or agent by submitting your information to them on the website, then that member agent or entity may use your information to contact you and provide you real estate related services. If you have activated some type of account on or website, we may share your information and activity from that account with our member agents or entities in order for them to provide you real estate related information in relation to the type of account you activated. We will use information collected as described in 1. b)-f), internally, to provide you better services. Also, we may use your email address to contact you for any updated information, surveys or promotions.
b. ) Entity Sale. We may disclose, transfer, sell, or assign your information obtained through our site, or information otherwise in its possession, to third parties as a result of a sale, merger, consolidation, change in control, transfer of substantial assets, reorganization or liquidation of Martindale Real Estate. You will be notified via email or prominent notice on our site for 30 days of any such change in ownership or control of your information.
c.) Investigations. We may also make your information available to law enforcement personnel and agencies when requested to do so or as required by law, subpoena or court order. We may disclose information that is useful or helpful to prevent, investigate or address possible wrongdoing in connection with any service provided by us, to protect our services as well as our users, affiliates, vendors, us or the public and to enforce our Terms of Use. Information you provide to us relative to complaints or comments about another may be shared with the person or entity to which the complaints or comments were directed as well as the public.
3. Email Management
You may receive email from us for a variety of reasons. We respect your desire to manage email correspondence. If you have an account with us, you can select your preferences through your account tools. Also, you can manage your receipt of some types of communication by following the instructions included in the email we send you. If you wish not to receive further emails from real estate entities or agents with whom you have registered, then you must personally contact that entity or agent and convey that information to them.
4. Storage and Security of Data
We also want you to know that we take the security of your information very seriously. We use industry accepted tools and procedures that protect the files in our data system. However, due to the open communication nature of the Internet we cannot guarantee that information we retain or that communication between you and us and us and you will be free from unauthorized access by third parties.
5. Business & Privacy Issues with Links to Other Sites
We are not responsible for the availability of or the business and privacy practices for other websites which are linked or connected to our site. We provide these links for information and service. We do not take responsibility for the contents, advertising, products or other materials made available through any other websites nor for their data collection practices. We refer you to their privacy statements and policies to learn how they collect and use information about you.
6. Children
This site is intended for general audiences and is not directed to children under 13. We do not knowingly collect information from children under 13. If you become aware that a child has provided us with information without parental consent, please contact us. If we become aware that a child under 13 has provided us with information without parental consent, we take steps to remove such information and terminate the child’s account.
7. Privacy Statement Changes
We reserve the right to make changes to its Privacy Policy at any time. Any changes will be effective on the Effective Date noted above. Your use of our website after the Effective Date constitutes your acceptance of any changes to the Privacy Policy. It is your responsibility to read and understand what, if any, changes affect you.
8. Questions About Our Privacy Policy?
If you have any questions about our Privacy Policy or our practices, you can send an email to info@martindalerealestate.com, or send correspondence to Martindale Real Estate, Attention: Privacy Policy Issue, 321 South Magnolia, Woodville, TX 75979. You can reach us by phone at 409-283-8727.