
Privacy Policy :
Privacy Policy Effective November 01, 2010
ListMeNow.ca (the Website) operated by Times Realty Group Inc. (the Brokerage) is committed to respecting your privacy and protecting your personal information. This Privacy Policy explains how the Website collects, uses, retains and safeguards personal information, and states the companys commitment to collecting and using personal information responsibly.
Background
Times Realty Group Inc. is an Ontario Corporation, registered Real Estate Brokerage in the Province of Ontario, Member in good standing of Toronto Real Estate Board. Times Realty Group Inc. is the sole owner of the Listmenow.ca website and ListMeNow trademark (registration pending). ListMeNow website is designed to assist home sellers who prefer to choose which services they wish to purchase from a Real Estate Broker. The Website contains links to many services, education and resources for Sellers, Buyers and Real Estate agents with focus on the needs and interests of FSBO (for sale by owner) segment of the Real Estate housing market.
Personal Information
Personal information is information about an identifiable individual. Personal information includes information that relates to their personal characteristics (i.e. age, income, contact and billing information, or information about individual activities and personal interests). Personal information, however, does not include business information (i.e. an individuals professional affiliation, designation or title, product or service offers, business address, phone number, or website), which is usually not protected by privacy legislation. All personal information will be collected fairly, by lawful means and for the purposes as specified in this policy. The Brokerage will not use any form of deception to obtain personal information.
Consent
Wherever possible and /or required by law, the Brokerage pledges to seek consent from the individuals when personal information is collected and used for marketing purposes. This consent will be documented as to when and how it is received. Consent will be obtained by lawful means from individuals at the time of collection, prior to the use or disclosure of the personal information. If the consent to the collection, use or disclosure was not obtained upon receipt of the information, consent will be obtained prior to the use or disclosure of that information. This Website may collect certain personal information without consent where reasonable to do so and where permitted by law.
Purpose of collection / condition of product or service
Personal information will only be collected by the Brokerage to achieve and maintain the highest standard of delivery of its products, services, events, information and activities. The Website may, as a condition of a free product or service, such as free admission to ListMeNow marketing events or webinars, or delivery of other marketing information services, require an individual to consent to the collection and use of only such information as required to fulfill that specific purpose.
Finders Fees
Users are hereby notified that the Brokerage may be receiving commissions and/or finders fees from other brokerages, lenders or service providers in the event that additional services are provided to the user as a result of referrals made from use of or participation in the Website and the users consent to any such fee being retained by the Brokerage in addition to any fee or commission paid by user directly.
Opting-out (unsubscribe)
An individual may withdraw consent to the collection or use of personal information at any time, subject to discontinuation of service related to that consent. Each newsletter or group email will contain a link to allow the recipient to "unsubscribe" from the particular marketing information service carried out by the newsletter or email.
An individual not wishing to consent to collection and use of personal information as a condition of a free product or service will be given an option to purchase the product or service without disclosing personal information. The Brokerage will not withhold product or service solely for the reason of refusal of an individual to collect and use their personal information, unless collection of personal information for the purpose of a particular product or service is required by law.
Safeguard of Personal information
The Brokerage does not share individuals information with anyone except when lawfully obligated to do so, or when individuals prior consent has been obtained to allow sharing of personal information for the specific purpose of such consent.
The Brokerage does not rent, share, or exchange visitors email addresses or other contact information. Email addresses and other contact information collected upon registration or from comments and direct email contacts are never shared, or otherwise used for any marketing information services except with individuals prior consent. For the purpose of marketing information services such as distribution of newsletters or other group emails, email lists will be sent "blind copy".
Methods of protection and safeguards include, but are not limited to, locked filing cabinets, restricted access to offices, need-to-know access and technological measures including the use of passwords and firewalls. Employees and contractors whose work for the Brokerage requires having access to personal information are under contractual obligations with regards to safekeeping of such information.
Collection of aggregate not personally identifiable information
When you visit ListMeNow.ca website as a guest, our server automatically collects limited amounts of standard information for traffic monitoring and statistical purposes. No personal information is collected on guest visits and individuals cannot be identified.
The Website also gathers and stores information that it collects through cookies, log files, clear gifs, and/or third parties to create an aggregate profile of visitors to the website. The Brokerage may partner with other third parties to provide specific services, such as search engine optimization and marketing. For these purposes we share certain demographic information. Third parties are not allowed to use personally identifiable information. The Brokerage reserves the right to share with our partners and advertisers and any aggregated demographic information and any other information that is not linked to personally identifiable information.
User Registration
Upon becoming a registered user you will enjoy the benefits of subscription to online educational programs and admission to online and live educational events, marketing events and personalized marketing information services tailored to your specific interests. In order to identify your interests and deliver only the most appropriate and useful service to you, the Websites registration form may ask you to provide some personal information about yourself. This information will be stored in Websites database as personally identifiable information and maybe used in the future to provide offers and to improve the user-specific content of the site. The Brokerage does not sell or otherwise share users personally identifiable information with anyone.
Upon registration we will also record the time of users registration, the IP address, the operating system and the type of browser you are using to prevent abusive or mischievous multiple registrations.
Cookies
A cookie is a piece of data stored on a users computer tied to information about the user. As with most websites on the Internet, ListMeNow.ca uses session ID cookies. For the session ID cookie, once users close the browser, the cookie simply terminates. The Website does not use cookies to identify specific individuals. Therefore, usage of a cookie is in no way linked to any personally identifiable information while on the website.
Log Files
As with most websites on the Internet, the Website may use log files. This includes internet protocol (IP) addresses, browser type, internet service provider (ISP), referring/exit pages, platform type, date/time stamp, and number of clicks to analyze trends, administer the site, track movement in the aggregate, and gather broad demographic information for aggregate use. IP addresses maybe tied to personally identifiable information to enable our web-based service and to provide security.
Clear Gifs (Web Beacons/Web Bugs)
As with most websites on the Internet, the Website may employ a software technology called clear gifs (sometimes referred to as Web Beacons/Web Bugs) that help the Brokerage to better manage content on the website by informing it what content is effective. Clear gifs are tiny graphics with a unique identifier, similar in function to cookies, and are used to track the online movements of users. The main difference between the two is that clear gifs are invisible on the page and are much smaller, about the size of the period at the end of this sentence. Clear gifs may or may not be tied to users personally identifiable information.
In addition, as with most websites on the Internet, the Website may also use clear gifs in its HTML-based emails to let it know which emails have been opened by the recipients. This allows the Brokerage to gauge the effectiveness of certain communications and the effectiveness of our marketing campaigns. The emails will contain appropriate opt-out (unsubscribe) links.
Communications from the Site, Special Offers and Updates
The Website sends all new registrants a welcoming email to verify users email. All consenting registered users will occasionally receive marketing information services from the Website such as newsletters or other group emails with information relevant to users interests expressed in their registration information. These marketing information services will contain appropriate links to opt-out (unsubscribe) and to change preferences.
Non-promotional contacts and service announcements
On rare occasions it will be necessary to send out a service related announcement with non-promotional information. The Brokerage reserves the right to contact users regarding account status, changes to legal announcements, privacy policy, or any other policies, or for any non-promotional reason. Opting-out of these communications is generally not available, although users can deactivate their accounts.
Making changes to your personal information
You may update your personal information as necessary by following a related link in one of our newsletters or group emails. In addition, you may contact Times Realty Group Inc. through Contact page at the Website.
Links to websites outside of ListMeNow.ca
The Website may contain links to other affiliated or non-affiliated sites. Please be aware that the Brokerage is not responsible for the privacy practices of other websites. Users and visitors are encouraged to investigate privacy policies on other websites that collect personal information. This privacy statement applies only to information collected by the ListMeNow.ca Website.
Changes to this Privacy Policy
The Brokerage reserves the right to amend or change this Privacy Policy at any time at its sole discretion. It is users responsibility to check this Privacy Policy for updates by clicking on the Privacy Policy link at our home page.
Legal disclaimer and application of law
This website is a product of Times Realty Group Inc., created and controlled by Times Realty Group Inc. in the Province of Ontario, Canada. As such, the laws of the Province of Ontario will govern this policy and disclaimer, without giving effect to any principles of conflict of laws. The information on this website is provided as a general resource to those interested in Real Estate opportunities. Any information provided on the Website and/or at ListMeNow events is intended solely as general information and does not constitute accounting, legal, investment, architectural, zoning or other professional advice. It is the users sole responsibility to seek and obtain appropriate advice from qualified professionals who are authorized by law and licensed to perform professional services in the users jurisdiction. The Brokerage does not warrant or guarantee or otherwise vouch for the accuracy, completeness or usefulness of any information supplied by other users, sponsors or affiliates of the Website and the Brokerage. The Brokerage disclaims any representation or warranty, express or implied, concerning the accuracy, completeness or fitness for a particular purpose of the information. Individuals and entities accessing this information assume full responsibility for the use of the information and understand and agree that the Brokerage is not liable for any claim, loss or damage arising from the use of this information, even if the Brokerage, or any of its agents, employees, or representatives have been advised of the possibility of damages. Reference to specific products, processes or services does not constitute or imply recommendation or endorsement by the Brokerage. The Brokerage reserves the right to make changes at any time without notice.
The Brokerage reserves the right to make changes to this Privacy Policy at any time without notice.
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