PRIVACY POLICY
1. Privacy
Philosophy
Alicia
Realty (“Alicia”) has adopted this
privacy statement in order to
demonstrate our firm commitment to the
privacy and confidentiality of your
personal information. As a licensed real
estate company, Alicia adheres strictly
to state and federal laws regarding
privacy, as well as the National
Association of Realtors® Code of Ethics.
Additionally, most states, in their laws
governing real estate licensees, impose
specific requirements that licensees
keep most or all personal information of
clients in confidence. As a licensed
real estate brokerage company, we comply
with those laws. We have taken further
measures to enhance the protection of
your privacy as outlined in this Privacy
Statement. Whether you choose to list
your property with Alicia, or are simply
visiting our web site, you can be
assured that we take our commitment to
your privacy seriously. The following
discloses our information gathering and
dissemination practices for this web
site,
www.mls-fla.com.
2.
Information Collection and Use
Alicia is
the sole owner of the information
collected on this site. We will not
sell, share, or rent this information to
others in ways different from what is
disclosed in this statement.
Personal
Information
Alicia does
not collect personally identifiable
information from users without their
consent. Presently we are not using this
web site to gather any personal
information, except what you may choose
to send us via an email link on the
site. As a reminder, you should never
send us your social security number or
other sensitive financial information
via email.
Web Site
Trend Measurement
Alicia may
use a third-party provider to track
information about the usage of this
site. The data gathered simply reports
on web server activity. It includes a
count of visitors, which networks are
being used, which browsers are being
used, as well as which sites refer
visitors to us. All of those parameters
are part of the main HTTP protocol and
are passed to the server by all standard
browsers. No personal data or any
details about individual users is
gathered by the third-party tools.
Visitors are tracked via IP address, no
cookies are used.
3. Security
Workplace
Security
We also do
everything in our power to protect
user-information off-line. Our employees
are subject to a strict employment
policy regarding confidentiality. Each
employee is kept up-to-date on our
security and privacy practices: every
quarter, as well as any time new
policies are added, our employees are
reminded about the importance we place
on privacy, and what they can do to
ensure our customers’ information is
protected. All of our users’ information
is restricted in our offices. Only
employees who need the information to
perform a specific job (for example, our
listing management coordinators or
licensed real estate professionals) are
granted access to personally
identifiable information.
4. Sharing
of Information
We may share
aggregated demographic information with
our partners and advertisers. This
aggregated demographic information is
not linked to any personal information
that can identify any individual person.
Web
Development and Software Providers
We have
partners who assist us in our web site
development and who provide software
that supplies the functionality and
tools available to users on the web
site. Those partners have access to our
data, passwords and systems in order to
maintain and improve our web site. Each
of these partners is subject to
confidentiality and non-disclosure
provisions that prohibit them from
misusing or sharing any confidential
information with third parties.
Multiple
Listing Service
When a user
contracts to list their property with
Alicia, the user agrees that most of the
information gathered during the listing
process will be transferred to the local
Multiple Listing Service (MLS). In fact,
listing the property in the MLS is one
of the key services provided by Alicia.
If a user chooses not to have their
property listed in the MLS, the user may
notify Alicia at the time of the listing
so that the listing contract can be
altered to provide that the property
information will not be transferred to
the MLS.
5.
Correcting and Updating Personal
Information
If a user’s
personally identifiable information
changes, if a user sees that their
information on our web site is
incorrect, or if a user no longer
desires our service, we will endeavor to
provide a way to update, correct or
remove that user’s personal data
provided to us. This can usually be done
by
contacting Alicia Realty. You can do
so at any time and as often as
necessary. However, because Alicia
and/or its brokers/agents hold real
estate licenses, we are required to
keep information and specific
documentation regarding our relationship
and dealings with you. Therefore, we are
unable to remove all information about
you from our business records.
6. Choice
and Opt-out
Our users
are given the opportunity to “opt-out”of
having their information used for
contact purposes. Users who no longer
wish to receive our communications or
promotional materials from our partners
may opt-out of receiving these
communications by
emailing us.
Users of our
site are always notified when their
information is being collected by any
outside parties. We do this so our users
can make an informed choice as to
whether or not they should proceed with
services that require an outside party.
7. Links to
Other Sites
This web
site contains links to other sites.
Please be aware that Alicia is not
responsible for the privacy practices of
such other sites. You should make
yourself aware of the point at which you
leave our site and enter another web
site. You should read the privacy
statements of each and every web site
that collects personally identifiable
information. This privacy statement
applies solely to the Alicia web site.
8.
Notification of Changes
Alicia has
developed our Privacy Statement with an
emphasis on our strong commitment to our
users’ privacy and based upon our
current operations and practices. We
recognize, however, that Internet
technology and the real estate industry,
and hence, our business model, are
rapidly evolving. Accordingly, our
practices are subject to change in order
to facilitate our ability to provide
users with the best service and product
for their money while ultimately
protecting consumer privacy. If we
decide to change our Privacy Statement,
we will post those changes on this page
of our web site so users are always
aware of what information we collect,
how we use it, and under what
circumstances, if any, we disclose it.
We will use information in accordance
with the Privacy Statement in effect at
the time of the usage.
