| Effective 01/01/2008 |
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| Privacy Notice Table Of Contents: |
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| Our Commitment To Privacy
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| Your privacy is important to us. To better
protect your privacy we provide this notice explaining our online information
practices and the choices you can make about the way your information is
collected and used. To make this notice easy to find, we make it available on
our homepage and at every point where personally identifiable information may be
requested. |
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| The Information We
Collect |
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| This notice applies to all information collected
or submitted on the RateMyAgent.com
website. On some pages, you can order products, rate real estate agents, make
requests, and register to receive materials. The types of personal information
collected at these pages are: |
Name
Address
Email address
Phone number
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| Credit/Debit Card Information |
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| On some pages, you can submit information about
other people. For example, if you rate and agent online, you may need to submit
the agents address. In these types of circumstances, the types of personal
information collected are: |
Name
Office Address
Phone Number
Email Address
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| How We Use Information |
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| We use the information you provide about yourself
when placing a rating only to complete that rating. We do not share this
information with outside parties except to the extent necessary to complete the
rating or handle rating disputes. |
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| We use the information you provide about a real
estate agent when placing a rating only to extent necessary to complete the
rating. We do not share this information with outside parties except to the
extent necessary to complete the rating process. |
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| You can personalize a rating by selecting to
display your user name with the rating on the RateMyAgent.com website. Information you
provide to us to create a rating is only used for that purpose, and it is only
disclosed to the agent with your permission given during the rating process.
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| We use return email addresses to answer the email
we receive. Such addresses are not used for any other purpose and are not shared
with outside parties. |
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| You can register with our website if you would
like to receive responses from agents and other members, as well as updates on
our new services and site features. Information you submit on our website will
not be used for this purpose unless you fill out the registration form.
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| We use non-identifying and aggregate information
to better design our website and to share with advertisers. For example, we may
tell an advertiser that X number of individuals visited a certain area on our
website, or that Y number of men and Z number of women filled out our
registration form, but we would not disclose anything that could be used to
identify those individuals. |
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| Finally, we never use or share the personally
identifiable information provided to us online in ways unrelated to the ones
described above without also providing you an opportunity to opt-out or
otherwise prohibit such unrelated uses. |
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| Our Commitment To Data Security
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| To prevent unauthorized access, maintain data
accuracy, and ensure the correct use of information, we have put in place
appropriate physical, electronic, and managerial procedures to safeguard and
secure the information we collect online. |
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| Our Commitment To
Children's Privacy |
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| Protecting the privacy of the very young is
especially important. For that reason, we never collect or maintain information
at our website from those we actually know are under 13, and no part of our
website is structured to attract anyone under 13. |
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| How You Can Access Or Correct Your
Information |
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| You can access all your personally identifiable
information that we collect online and maintain by logging into your account
manager at RateMyAgent.com. We use this
procedure to better safeguard your information. |
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| You can correct factual errors in your personally
identifiable information by sending us a request that credibly shows error.
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| To protect your privacy and security, we will
also take reasonable steps to verify your identity before granting access or
making corrections. |
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| How To Contact Us |
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| Should you have other questions or concerns about
these privacy policies, please send us an email at info@ratemyagent.com. |