Privacy Policy
Ask About Real Estate, LLC™ TAKES YOUR PRIVACY SERIOUSLY. Please read the following to learn more about our “Privacy Policy”. This Privacy Policy applies to the use of the Site, including real estate agents. Consumers, Professionals, real estate agents and other persons using the Site are individually and collectively referred to as “you” or “your”, and Ask About Real Estate, LLC™ is referred to as, " Ask About Real Estate, LLC™ ", “AskAboutRealEstate.net™”, “ATR, LLC”, “ATR”, "we", "us" and "our".
AskAboutRealEstate.net™ is a referral company that collects consumer request for Professional assistance in the real estate industry. Then the request is forwarded to the real estate agent or other real estate related Professional for them to contact the consumer. AskAboutRealEstate.net™ does not provide professional real estate advice to Consumers, Professionals, real estate agents and any others.
Consumers can request a different real estate agent or Professional at anytime by making that request at the "My Account" area of the AskAboutRealEstate.net™ Site where you registered.
In cases when AskAboutRealEstate.net™ may need personal information to provide visitors with services tailored especially for them, or to inform them about new features or services, visitors are asked explicitly for that information.
All identifiable information provided by consumer members (name, email, address, telephone numbers) will not be disclosed to anyone unless members specifically request AskAboutRealEstate.net™ to do so. We use the information you submit to determine which of our participating professional(s) may be able to serve your needs. We may then forward your information, which may include Personal Information, contained on our sign-up form to certain professional(s), who may then contact you.
AskAboutRealEstate.net™ operates under a set of privacy principles: The only information Ask About Real Estate, LLC™ / AskAboutRealEstate.net™ obtains about individual visitors to its Web site is information supplied voluntarily by visitors.
The AskAboutRealEstate.net™ Site provides you with information, tools, products, resources and services specific to the real estate, real estate consumers and related industries, and to provide you with information about us and our advertisers, and our respective products and services.
Ask About Real Estate, LLC™ / AskAboutRealEstate.net™ is committed to implementing policies and procedures designed to protect your privacy and security, in addition to providing you with the best possible online experience. We want you to understand what kinds of information we gather about you, how this information is used and safeguarded, and how you can control its use.
In addition to this Privacy Policy, you should also review our Terms of Use for a complete understanding of the rules governing our Site.
Information collected from you
Information collected from you will vary, depending on how you use the AskAboutRealEstate.net™ Site and what information you may choose to provide to us. It's possible to browse some sections of the AskAboutRealEstate.net™ Site without submitting any personally identifiable information. Personal information means individually identifiable information about you that we collect online, including but not limited to, your full name, a user name and password, email address, phone number, physical address, and e-commerce transactions that require your credit card information. If you choose to take advantage of some of our products and/or services, or to access certain of our tools or Site functionality, you may be asked to provide Personal Information. Whenever we ask for Personal Information, we strive to provide a link to this Privacy Policy to help you understand how your Personal Information will be used before you decide whether to disclose it. You can choose not to provide us with Personal Information, but then you may not be able to fully take advantage of certain features of our AskAboutRealEstate.net™ Site and we may not be able to provide you with certain requested information, products and/or services.
Your Information-Automatic Collected
Like many Web sites on the Internet, we automatically track certain information about you as you visit and use our AskAboutRealEstate.net™ Site to help us to better understand how we can enhance your overall experience. This automatically gathered data includes information provided through the use of "cookies.”
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 purpose of a cookie is to make your use of the web site easier, more convenient and to assist the web site in tracking your use of the site. For example, a cookie may save the registration information, passwords, purchases or preferences that you create when using a web site so you don’t have to reenter this information. Cookies may also tell the web sites which areas of the site are overall popular and which are not. Cookie technology is used by most major web sites.
Ask About Real Estate, LLC™ / AskAboutRealEstate.net™ may use cookie technology to verify user information. Most Internet browsers are initially set to accept cookies. If you prefer, you may set your browser so that it refuses cookies or alerts you when cookies are being created on your hard drive. You should be aware though that by not accepting cookies, you may impair your ability to use certain shopping or password protected areas of web sites. Some of our advertisers or third-party service providers may also utilize their own cookies. Again, you are always free to decline any cookies we use if your browser permits.
Information Sharing Disclosure
Personal Information
We take your privacy seriously; however we may share the Personal Information we collect from you. Your usage of this site indicates consent of the terms and conditions of these policies.
Certain products or services on our Site may seek Personal Information from you, which may be used in the following ways:
- The information you submit to Ask About Real Estate, LLC™ is used by us to provide the product or service you've requested. We may also share this information with others, but only if necessary to fulfill your request or to facilitate your use of these services. In addition, we may use any registration information that you submit as set forth in the “Registration Information” section.
- We may use other companies and individuals to perform supporting functions for the various tools, functionality, products and services offered through our AskAboutRealEstate.net™ Site on our behalf. These service providers will not be permitted to use the information collected from you for any other purpose other than performing the support functions for Ask About Real Estate, LLC™.
- Ask About Real Estate, LLC™ will only use your Personal Information as outlined in this Privacy Policy; however advertisers or third parties may use your information in different ways. You can tell when a product or service is offered by a third party, because a page of the Sites will be "co-branded" and will display the third party's logo and/or name along with our own, or you will be linked to the third party's site to complete the transaction. Please be aware that each company we do business with has its own policies regarding the use and protection of your information that may differ from those outlined in this Privacy Policy. It is your responsibility to know, understand and keep up to date with those advertisers or third party Privacy Policies.
- Any person with the authorization granted from you and communicated to us
Your Communication
From time to time, portions of the AskAboutRealEstate.net™ Site may enable you to send email to us or to third parties. Whenever you choose to initiate these kinds of communication with us, or anyone else, you may be contacted in return. Please use your own discretion when deciding what to email and whom to contact. We reserve the right, in our sole discretion, to edit or delete inappropriate emails or communications. This reservation of rights shall not under any circumstances obligate us to conduct such edits or deletions, nor shall it cause us to be liable for any such edits or deletions.
Legal Disclaimer
We reserve the right to disclose your personally identifiable information as required by law and when we believe that disclosure is necessary to protect the rights, property or personal safety of Ask About Real Estate, LLC™, its representatives, AskAboutRealEstate.net™ Site users and others, or we believe will cause injury to us or a third party, and/or to comply with a judicial proceeding, court order, or legal process served on us.
WHEN DISCLOSURE OF PERSONAL INFORMATION IS REQUIRED
(Minnesota Statute Chapter 325M.03)
An Internet service provider shall disclose personally identifiable information concerning a consumer:
(1) pursuant to a grand jury subpoena;
(2) to an investigative or law enforcement officer while acting as authorized by law;
(3) pursuant to a court order in a civil proceeding upon a showing of compelling need for the information that cannot be accommodated by other means;
(4) to a court in a civil action for conversion commenced by the Internet service provider or in a civil action to enforce collection of unpaid subscription fees or purchase amounts, and then only to the extent necessary to establish the fact of the subscription delinquency or purchase
agreement, and with appropriate safeguards against unauthorized disclosure;
(5) to the consumer who is the subject of the information, upon written or electronic request and upon payment of a fee not to exceed the actual cost of retrieving the information;
(6) pursuant to subpoena, including an administrative subpoena, issued under authority of a law of this state or another state or the United States; or
(7) pursuant to a warrant or court order.
WHEN DISCLOSURE OF PERSONAL INFORMATION IS PERMITTED or AUTHORIZATION.
(Minnesota Statute Chapter 325M.04)
An Internet service provider may disclose personally identifiable information concerning a consumer to:
(1) any person if the disclosure is incident to the ordinary course of business of the Internet service provider;
(2) another Internet service provider for purposes of reporting or preventing violations of the published acceptable use policy or customer service agreement of the Internet service provider; except that the recipient may further disclose the personally identifiable information only as
provided by this chapter;
(3) any person with the authorization of the consumer; or
The Internet service provider may obtain the consumer's authorization of the disclosure of personally identifiable information in writing or by electronic means. The request for authorization must reasonably describe the types of persons to whom personally identifiable information may be disclosed and the anticipated uses of the information.
In order for an authorization to be effective, a contract between an Internet service provider and the consumer must state either that the authorization will be obtained by an affirmative act of the consumer or that failure of the consumer to object after the request has been made constitutes authorization of disclosure. The provision in the contract must be conspicuous. Authorization may be obtained in a manner consistent with self-regulating guidelines issued by representatives of the Internet service provider or online industries, or in any other manner reasonably designed to comply with this subdivision.
Asset transfers
We continue to develop our business and in doing so might choose to buy or sell other businesses or assets. Personal Information is generally one of the transferred assets acquired or transferred in such transactions.
Internet Address & Domain Name
We continue to develop our business and in doing so might choose to change, add or alter our web site domain name(s) or web address. If you do not agree to this provision of this Privacy Policy, please do not sign up for our services or use our web site.
Registration Information
The Personal Information you provide when you become a registered user or customer of the AskAboutRealEstate.net™ Site is used primarily to help us customize your online experience, increase the convenience of accessing products and services, and, if applicable, provide the products and/or services you purchase or request. Your email address serves as a unique identifier in our record system, and together with your password is designed to prevent unauthorized access to any information you choose to store on the AskAboutRealEstate.net™ Site. The data you give us and demographics may be used to help us offer content, advertisements, products, and services that we believe will be of interest to you. In addition, we may share this information, in aggregate form, with our current and potential advertisers so that they can present advertisements more effectively. If you forget your password for any registered area of the Sites, we have an automated reset password system, which can be accessed by clicking on the "Forgot Your Password?" link on the sign-in page.
- Unless you specify that you'd prefer not to hear from us, we may use the email address you provide at the time of registration to contact you for promotional or other purposes. You may have these communications terminated at any time by opting out through your member profile on the AskAboutRealEstate.net™ Site, or by clicking on any “unsubscribe” link contained in a promotional email.
- Personal Information provided to us is not shared with third parties, unless you authorize it directly. Additionally, information provided by you for the purposes of offering your products and services to others via the AskAboutRealEstate.net™ Site will be shared with others, including consumers. To the extent such information is necessary to offer such products and services it will be posted on the AskAboutRealEstate.net™ Site. This may include, without limitation, your full name, email address, state of license (real estate agent or Professional), address, phone number, graphic images of your choice and any other data intended to help consumers identify or contact you and for your products and services.
Links to Other Sites
In some areas of AskAboutRealEstate.net™, we may have included links to other Internet sites which we feel add to or improve the quality of our Web site. While we hope you find these links helpful, we cannot assume responsibility for the privacy practices 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. When you use AskAboutRealEstate.net™, you have the option not to use other sites. If you do link to additional sites, you release AskAboutRealEstate.net™ from any and all liability claims, including cost, fees, attorney fess and other expenses that you may incur from said site(s).
Contractual Obligation
The terms and conditions of these Privacy Policies, the terms and conditions of the Terms of Use , along with your successful membership to the AskAboutRealEstate.net™ Web Site constitutes a binding Contractual Agreement between Ask About Real Estate, LLC™ and you. If you do not agree to any provision of this Privacy Policy, the Terms of Use or the AskAboutRealEstate.net™ Web Sit provisions please do not use the AskAboutRealEstate.net™ Site. If at any time your status changes and you no longer want to be a member of the AskAboutRealEstate.net™ Web Site please cancel your membership through your “My Account” options. Likewise, if AskAboutRealEstate.net™ finds that your actions do not meet our standards we may, without notice, cancel your membership. If an issue arises you will be given an opportunity to communicate your response; however, if the infraction is critical your membership will be immediately canceled and you will be given notice of said cancellation action.
Delivery Policy
All deliveries are made electronically via email.
Sales & Return Policy
All sales are final.
Surveys
We may from time to time create and use surveys on our Web site. Most surveys are simple “click box” surveys where you click a box on the screen to indicate your response. Surveys are always optional. We utilize customer surveys to communicate opportunity areas to real estate agents and/or additional Professionals whose services you have requested.
Contests
We may from time to time run contests on our Web site. If our contests require you to provide personal or demographic information, we primarily use this information to complete the contest. The information that you provide is of and by your own will.
Advertisements
Like many other sites on the Internet, we may sell advertising space on our Web site to other companies. The advertising space we may sell is usually in the form of an electronic “advertisement banner.” An advertisement banner is essentially a graphic link to the actual Internet site of the advertiser. While we hope you find our advertiser’s products helpful, AskAboutRealEstate.net™ cannot and does not assume any responsibility for the privacy policies or business practices of our advertisers. Therefore, like any other Internet site you may visit, we encourage you to become knowledgeable of the privacy policies and business practices of our advertisers prior to providing information on their sites. If you do not agree to the privacy policies and business practices of our advertisers, please do not use or link to their advertisement Site. You hold harmless AskAboutRealEstate.net™ from any and all liability claims, including cost, fees, attorney fess and other expenses that you may incur from said site(s) and any and all advertisements linked to our site.
Non-personal Information
Information Gathered Automatically
Information that is automatically gathered, including through the use of cookies, may be shared in aggregate form with advertisers or third parties, and advertisers, so that we may better understand how the AskAboutRealEstate.net™ Site is used and to enhance your overall experience on our Site. When such data is aggregated, all Personal Information is eliminated.
Children’s Privacy
Our AskAboutRealEstate.net™ Site is a general audience Web site. However, if you are under the age of 18 you should not register or provide information on our AskAboutRealEstate.net™ Site. We do not collect Personal Information from any person we actually know is a child or youth under the age of 18. If you have knowledge that a child under the age of 18 has submitted Personal Information to us, please email us at privacy@AskAboutRealEstate.net.
Change, access or update my information
To view, edit or delete the Personal Information you submitted on the AskAboutRealEstate.net™ Site during registration, the purchase of a product or service, or elsewhere as described above:
• You may edit your information by returning to the area of the AskAboutRealEstate.net™ Site where you registered and modify the information there, or you can also change by calling our Customer Service Representative (CSR) at (888)828-8802. By contacting us, you expressly authorize our CSR to access your data for the purposes of completing your requested changes.
Protection of My Information
Whenever Personal Information about you is stored on our computers, that information is password-protected from unauthorized access or use. In addition, this information is kept on servers that are located behind a firewall. Since your Personal Information is especially sensitive, we take special care to keep it secure. We will only electronically transmit or ask for this information over secure Internet connections using SSL (Secure Sockets Layer) encryption, the currently accepted standard for online security, and security keys. Finally, to the extent that we may ask for your credit card number, (real estate agents and Professionals) these will be stored on secure designated servers.
Of course, we appreciate your help in safeguarding the integrity of your own and others' privacy. We hope you'll use common sense whenever you disclose Personal Information over the Internet. Just as importantly, we encourage you to let us know immediately if you suspect that the information you share with us is being used in any way contrary to this Privacy Policy or contrary to your wishes. Unfortunately no data transmission over the Internet or the storage of information on servers can be guaranteed to be 100% secure and while we strive to protect your personal information, as described herein, we cannot guarantee or warrant its complete security. To contact us with privacy questions, please email us at: privacy@AskAboutRealEstate.net.
Outside Links & This Privacy Policy
Be aware that our Site link to other Web sites may collect personally identifiable information about you. This Privacy Policy only applies to the AskAboutRealEstate.net™ Site, and we are not responsible for the privacy practices or the content for any linked Web sites. You should refer to the privacy policies and statements of other Web sites of those Web sites to obtain information regarding their information collection, use and disclosure policies. You hold harmless AskAboutRealEstate.net™ from any and all liability claims, including cost, fees, attorney fess and other expenses that you may incur from said site(s) and any and all advertisements linked to our site.
Privacy Policy Statement Changes
With the ever-changing environment of the Internet and to maintain AskAboutRealEstate.net™ ability to improve the quality and safety of our AskAboutRealEstate.net™ Web site, we reserve the right to change this Privacy Policy at any time. As you use our Web site, we encourage you to periodically check back with this Privacy Policy for changes that we may make. Your continued use of our AskAboutRealEstate.net™ Web site will constitute your consent and agreement to any changes we make. If you do not agree to any provision of this Privacy Policy, or any update or modification thereto, please do not use the AskAboutRealEstate.net™ Site.
Warranties Disclaimer
YOU EXPRESSLY UNDERSTAND AND AGREE THAT: YOUR USE OF AND RELIANCE UPON ANY AND ALL OF AskAboutRealEstate.net™, SERVICES AND/OR CONTENT IS AT YOUR SOLE RISK AND IS MADE AVAILABLE ON AN "AS IS" AND "AS AVAILABLE" BASIS. Ask About Real Estate®, LLC MAKES NO EXPRESS OR IMPLIED REPRESENTATIONS, WARRANTIES, OR GUARANTEES WITH REGARD TO THE APPROPRIATENESS, ACCURACY, SUFFICIENCY, CORRECTNESS, VERACITY, VALUE, COMPLETENESS, OR TIMELINESS OF AskAboutRealEstate.net™, SERVICES AND/OR CONTENT. Ask About Real Estate, LLC™ EXPRESSLY DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND, WHETHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NON-INFRINGEMENT.
Indemnification
YOU AGREE TO INDEMNIFY AND HOLD Ask About Real Estate, LLC™, ITS THIRD-PARTY VENDORS, MMEMBERS, DIRECTORS, OFFICERS, EMPLOYEES AND INDEPENDENT AGENTS HARMLESS FROM ANY AND ALL CLAIMS AND DEMANDS, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO REASONABLE ATTORNEYS' FEES, MADE BY ANY THIRD-PARTY DUE TO OR ARISING OUT OF ANY CONTENT, SUBMITTED, POSTED, OR OTHERWISE PROVIDED BY YOU TO AskAboutRealEstate.net™ AND/OR Ask About Real Estate, LLC™ AND/OR ITS THIRD PARTY ADVERTISERS AND ANY BREACH BY YOU OR YOUR AFFILIATES, EMPLOYEES, AGENTS AND REPRESENTATIVES OF THESE TERMS OF USE.
Liability Limitations
IN NO EVENT SHALL Ask About Real Estate, LLC™ BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, PUNITIVE, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES OR ANY DAMAGES WHATSOEVER INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, DAMAGES FOR LOSS OF USE, DATA OR PROFITS, ARISING OUT OF OR IN ANY WAY CONNECTED WITH THE USE OR PERFORMANCE OF AskAboutRealEstate.net™, WITH THE DELAY OR INABILITY TO ACCESS OR USE AskAboutRealEstate.net™ OR RELATED SERVICES, THE PROVISION OF OR FAILURE TO PROVIDE SERVICES, OR FOR ANY CONTENT, SOFTWARE, PRODUCTS AND SERVICES MADE AVAILABLE OR OBTAINED THROUGH AskAboutRealEstate.net™, OR OTHERWISE ARISING OUT OF THE USE OF AskAboutRealEstate.net™, WHETHER BASED ON CONTRACT, TORT, NEGLIGENCE, STRICT LIABILITY OR OTHERWISE, EVEN IF Ask About Real Estate, LLC™ HAS BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF DAMAGES. ANY SERVICES OR CONTENT MADE AVAILABLE OR OBTAINED THROUGH THE USE OF AskAboutRealEstate.net™, AND ALL OTHER USE OF AskAboutRealEstate.net™, IS DONE AT YOUR OWN DISCRETION AND RISK AND YOU WILL BE SOLELY RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY LOSSES, CLAIMS, AWARD, JUDGEMENTS, AND DAMAGES OF WHATSOEVER NATURE, IN LAW OR IN EQUITY.
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THE STEPS OUTLINE IN THE “MY ACCOUNT” SECTION ON OUR WEB PAGE.”
Licensing
All materials on AskAboutRealEstate.net™ are owned or licensed by Ask About Real Estate, LLC™. Ask About Real Estate, LLC™ 2006, all rights reserved. No reproduction, distribution, or transmission of these licensed materials on AskAboutRealEstate.net™ is permitted without the written permission of Ask About Real Estate, LLC. Any and all rights not expressly granted herein are reserved.
If you have concerns about this Privacy Policy or our privacy practices in general, please contact us at:
Ask About Real Estate, LLC™
Privacy Administrator
5486 Pioneer Trail
Brainerd, MN 56401
Fax: (218) 828-8807
Email: privacy@AskAboutRealEstate.net
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