| PRIVACY POLICY
Last Updated: September 1, 2005
Albany-California-Real-Estate.com strives to offer its visitors
the many advantages of Internet technology and to provide an
interactive and personalized experience. We may use Personally
Identifiable Information (your name, e-mail address, street address,
telephone number) subject to the terms of this privacy policy. We
will never sell, barter, or rent your email address to any
unauthorized third party. Period."
How we gather information from users
How we collect and store information depends on the page you are
visiting, the activities in which you elect to participate and the
services provided. For example, you may be asked to provide
information when you register for access to certain portions of our
site or request certain features, such as newsletters or when you
make a purchase. You may provide information when you participate in
sweepstakes and contests, message boards and chat rooms, and other
interactive areas of our site. Like most Web sites,
Albany-California-Real-Estate.com also collects information
automatically and through the use of electronic tools that may be
transparent to our visitors. For example, we may log the name of
your Internet Service Provider or use cookie technology to recognize
you and hold information from your visit. Among other things, the
cookie may store your user name and password, sparing you from
having to re-enter that information each time you visit, or may
control the number of times you encounter a particular advertisement
while visiting our site. As we adopt additional technology, we may
also gather information through other means. In certain cases, you
can choose not to provide us with information, for example by
setting your browser to refuse to accept cookies, but if you do you
may be unable to access certain portions of the site or may be asked
to re-enter your user name and password, and we may not be able to
customize the site’s features according to your preferences.
What we do with the information we collect
Like other Web publishers, we collect information to enhance your
visit and deliver more individualized content and advertising. We
respect your privacy and do not share your information with anyone.
Aggregated Information (information that does not personally
identify you) may be used in many ways. For example, we may combine
information about your usage patterns with similar information
obtained from other users to help enhance our site and services
(e.g., to learn which pages are visited most or what features are
most attractive). Aggregated Information may occasionally be shared
with our advertisers and business partners. Again, this information
does not include any Personally Identifiable Information about you
or allow anyone to identify you individually.
We may use Personally Identifiable Information collected on
Albany-California-Real-Estate.com to communicate with you about your
registration and customization preferences; our Terms of Service and
privacy policy; services and products offered by
Albany-California-Real-Estate.com and other topics we think you
might find of interest.
Personally Identifiable Information collected by
Albany-California-Real-Estate.com may also be used for other
purposes, including but not limited to site administration,
troubleshooting, processing of e-commerce transactions,
administration of sweepstakes and contests, and other communications
with you. Certain third parties who provide technical support for
the operation of our site (our Web hosting service for example) may
access such information. We will use your information only as
permitted by law. In addition, from time to time as we continue to
develop our business, we may sell, buy, merge or partner with other
companies or businesses. In such transactions, user information may
be among the transferred assets. We may also disclose your
information in response to a court order, at other times when we
believe we are reasonably required to do so by law, in connection
with the collection of amounts you may owe to us, and/or to law
enforcement authorities whenever we deem it appropriate or
necessary. Please note we may not provide you with notice prior to
disclosure in such cases.
Affiliated sites, linked sites and advertisements
Albany-California-Real-Estate.com expects its partners,
advertisers and affiliates to respect the privacy of our users. Be
aware, however, that third parties, including our partners,
advertisers, affiliates and other content providers accessible
through our site, may have their own privacy and data collection
policies and practices. For example, during your visit to our site
you may link to, or view as part of a frame on a
Albany-California-Real-Estate.com page, certain content that is
actually created or hosted by a third party. Also, through
Albany-California-Real-Estate.com you may be introduced to, or be
able to access, information, Web sites, features, contests or
sweepstakes offered by other parties.
Albany-California-Real-Estate.com is not responsible for the actions
or policies of such third parties. You should check the applicable
privacy policies of those third parties when providing information
on a feature or page operated by a third party.
While on our site, our advertisers, promotional partners or other
third parties may use cookies or other technology to attempt to
identify some of your preferences or retrieve information about you.
For example, some of our advertising is served by third parties and
may include cookies that enable the advertiser to determine whether
you have seen a particular advertisement before. Other features
available on our site may offer services operated by third parties
and may use cookies or other technology to gather information.
Albany-California-Real-Estate.com does not control the use of this
technology by third parties or the resulting information, and is not
responsible for any actions or policies of such third parties.
You should also be aware that if you voluntarily disclose
Personally Identifiable Information on message boards or in chat
areas, that information can be viewed publicly and can be collected
and used by third parties without our knowledge and may result in
unsolicited messages from other individuals or third parties. Such
activities are beyond the control of
Albany-California-Real-Estate.com and this policy.
Children
Albany-California-Real-Estate.com does not knowingly collect or
solicit Personally Identifiable Information from or about children
under 13 except as permitted by law. If we discover we have received
any information from a child under 13 in violation of this policy,
we will delete that information immediately. If you believe
Albany-California-Real-Estate.com has any information from or about
anyone under 13, please contact us at the address listed below.
Contacting Us.
We can be reached by contacting:
Albany-California-Real-Estate.com
Email: privacyATAlbany-California-Real-Estate.com
Changes to this Policy
Albany-California-Real-Estate.com reserves the right to change
this policy at any time. Please check this page periodically for
changes. Your continued use of our site following the posting of
changes to these terms will mean you accept those changes.
Information collected prior to the time any change is posted will be
used according to the rules and laws that applied at the time the
information was collected.
Governing law
This policy and the use of this Site are governed by California
law. If a dispute arises under this Policy we agree to first try to
resolve it with the help of a mutually agreed-upon mediator in the
following location: Alameda County. Any costs and fees other than
attorney fees associated with the mediation will be shared equally
by each of us.
If it proves impossible to arrive at a mutually satisfactory
solution through mediation, we agree to submit the dispute to
binding arbitration at the following location: Alameda County, under
the rules of the American Arbitration Association. Judgment upon the
award rendered by the arbitration may be entered in any court with
jurisdiction to do so.
Albany-California-Real-Estate.com is controlled, operated and
administered entirely within California. This statement and the
policies outlined herein are not intended to and do not create any
contractual or other legal rights in or on behalf of any party.
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