PRIVACY POLICY

We created this Privacy Policy to demonstrate our firm commitment to privacy and to make you Aware of the kinds of information we may gather about you when you visit this Website, how we may use that information, whether we disclose it to anyone, security measures in place to protect The information from unauthorized disclosure and misuse, and the choices you have with regard To the information collected on this Web site.


INFORMATION GATHERED ON THIS WEB SITE

AND HOW IT IS USED

 

What information is generated when you visit our Web site? Depending on how you use our Web

Site, certain types of personal and non-personal information may be generated and collected.

 

Personal Information: In General. When you access certain areas and use certain products and

Services located on our Web site, you may be asked or required to provide personal information

About you, including but not limited to your name, address, telephone number, fax number, birth date or e-mail address (Personal Information).  We generally use the personal information for the purpose for which it was collected, such as creating and maintaining a user account, authenticating a person’s identity, processing a document or transaction and responding to client requests and other questions, comments and inquiries. If a product or service on our Web site requires that you maintain an account, unique identifiers such as user name and password may be created, and you will be required to enter your user name and password for authentication and security purposes.

 

Surveys and contests. From time to time we may conduct surveys on our Web site. Most surveys are simple "click box" surveys where you click a box on the screen to indicate your response, However, we may ask you for c             certain personal information. If a survey asks you for personal information to complete the survey, compile statistics and if applicable, to improve certain aspects of our Web site, or improve our products or services. We may also conduct contests on our Web site from time to time. If you participate, we will request certain personal information from you. We use this information to provide you with announcements and information about the contest, to notify winners and award prizes.

 

Newsletters. Our Web site may provide you with the ability to receive newsletters. If you choose to subscribe to a newsletter, we may ask you for certain personal information where we may send the newsletter to you. You will have the ability to "opt out" of receiving future newsletters.

 

Bulletin Boards, Chat Rooms and Other User Forums. If you use a bulletin board, chat room or other forum on this Web site, any personal information you submit can be read, collected or used by other users of these forums. Therefore, we strongly recommend that you exercise discretion before submitting any personal information in these forums. We are not responsible for any personal information you choose to submit in a bulletin board, chat room or other forum.

 

Children’s Guidelines. Our Web site does not attempt to collect or solicit information, including, including personal information, from persons who are under the age of eighteen. However, given the anonymous nature of the internet, it is possible that someone under the age of eighteen may access our Web site and provide us with personal information. If this situation occurs and it is brought to our attention, we will not use the information in any way without obtaining prior parental consent, and if possible, we will immediately take steps to prevent it from occurring again.

 

"Contact Us" feature. Like most sites on the internet, our Web site may allow you to provide us with your comments, questions inquiries. We may ask you to provide us with personal information. The information collected through the "Contact Us" feature is used to investigate and respond to your comments, questions and inquiries.

 

 

Storage.  If you provide personal information on our Web site, we may store the information indefinitely, including after our business relationship with you has ceased.

 

Non-personal Information; In General. Another type of information that may be generated and collected when you use our Web site is information that we consider non-personal in nature. For example, we collect information concerning the type of web browser you are using to access our Web site (e.g. Microsoft explorer), the URL that referred you to our Web site, the date and time you accessed our Web site and particular web pages within the Web site, and the internet address of the web site from which you linked directly to our site. We use this information to measure the number of visitors to the different sections of our Web site, average time spent on the Web site and to make our Web site more useful and interesting to visitors. We also use this information in conjunction with certain personal information to track when an account was accessed, or when changes were made to particular transactions or documents. The tracking information is accessible only to individuals who are authorized to have access to such information, such as supervising broker or a transaction coordinator.

 

Use of cookies. What is a cookie? A cookie is a data file that is created and stored on your computer’s hard drive when you visit a web site. The typical purposes of a cookie are to make your use of the web site easier and more convenient and to assist the web site in tracking your use of the site. For example, a cookie may save registration information, passwords, or preferences that you create when using a web site so you don’t have to re-enter this information. Cookies may also indicate which areas of the site are popular and which aren’t. Our Web site uses cookie technology to verify user information, to track session timeouts, to personalize your experience when visiting the Web site (such as giving you a personalized greeting when you visit the Web site), and for security purposes.  You must allow the use of cookies when using our Web site. By not accepting cookies, you may impair your ability to use the Web site.

 

Internal Business Purposes.  We may use personal information and non-personal information gathered on this Web site for our internal business purposes, such as quality control or client analysis.

 

Required by Law; Criminal Activity.  We may disclose information provided by you if we are legally required to do so, such as by court order or subpoena. We may also disclose account and other personal information if necessary to enforce our rights and rights of others in connection with any agreement, relationship or transaction with you. We may disclose personal information if we suspect fraudulent or criminal activity, such as providing information to law enforcement agencies, or providing information to other organizations for fraud protection. Rest assured we will comply with applicable laws when disclosing information for this purpose.

 

Security. We have adopted electronic, physical and procedural security measures such as firewalls, intrusion detection, encryption, internal and external audits, limitations on employee and third party access; employee training and oversight, password protection to protect personal information collected and maintained Web site from unauthorized access, disclosures and misuse.

 

Links to Other Sites. In many areas of our Web site, we have included links to other internet sites which we feel add to or improve the quality of our Web site. Some areas of our Web site may have links to downloadable software, such as Adobe Acrobat. These third party companies and their software operate under their own privacy and security policies. While we hope you find these links helpful, we cannot assume responsibility for the privacy practices, security or the content of any linked site. Therefore, we encourage you to investigate and determine the privacy policy and practices of any linked site prior to providing information to the linked site.

 

Contacting us about this Web Site. If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy, the practices of our Web site, or your dealings with our Web site, please feel free to email us at: YourHomeHunt@aol.com or write to us at :

FIRST TEAM ESTATES

Attn: Larry and Susan Goudge

4 Corporate Plaza, Suite 100

Newport Beach, CA 92660