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PRIVACY POLICY
This privacy statement discloses the privacy practices for Michael and Kathy Rain for the Coastal-RealEstateMaui.com ("Company") Web site found on http://www.coastal-realestatemaui.com.
This Web site has agreed to notify you of:
- What personally identifiable information of yours or third party personally identification is collected from you through the Web site;
- The organization collecting the information;
- How the information is used;
- With whom the information may be shared;
- What choices are available to you regarding collection, use and distribution of the information;
- The kind of security procedures that are in place to protect the loss, misuse or alteration of information under Coastal-RealEstateMaui.com control;
- How you can correct any inaccuracies in the information.
If you feel that Company is not abiding by its posted privacy policy, please contact Kathy Rain at therainteam@coastal-realestatemaui.com to resolve your concerns.
1. INFORMATION COLLECTION AND USE
Your online privacy is the primary issue for Michael and Kathy Rain. Michael and Kathy Rain are the sole owners of the information collected on this site. Neither Michael, Kathy nor any of their team associates will sell, share, or rent this confidential information to others. Michael and Kathy collects information from our users at several different points on our Web site.
2. ON-LINE FORMS COMPLETED BY VISITORS TO OUR WEBSITE
In order to obtain some of the services offered through our site, e.g., emailed Home Searches, a visitor must enter relevant contact information such as email address and optional name into an on-line form. This information is used subsequently to contact the visitor about the services on our site for which they have expressed interest. If requested, such information is also used to send updated real estate market information and to answer questions. It is not shared with other individuals or companies without approval from the visitor specific to any given request to share.
3. COOKIES
A cookie is a piece of data stored on the user’s hard drive containing non-contact information about the user. Cookies can also enable us to track and target the interests of our users to enhance the experience on our site. Usage of a cookie is in no way linked to any personally identifiable information while on our site. If a user rejects the cookie, they may still use our site.
The only drawback to this is that the user may be limited in some areas of our site. Some of our business partners may cookies on our site (for example, advertisers). However, we have no access to or control over these cookies.
4. LOG FILES
We use IP addresses to analyze trends, administer the site, track user’s movement, and gather
broad demographic information for aggregate use. IP addresses are not linked to personally
identifiable information.
5. LINKS
This web site contains links to other sites. Please be aware that Company is not responsible for the privacy practices of such other sites. We encourage our users to be aware when they leave our site and to read the privacy statements of each and every Web site that collects personally identifiable information. This Privacy Policy applies solely to information collected by this Web site.
6. SURVEYS AND CONTESTS
From time-to-time our site requests information from users via surveys or contests. Participation in these surveys or contests is completely voluntary and the user therefore has a choice whether or not to disclose this information. Information requested may include contact information (such as name and shipping address), and demographic information (such as zip code, age level). Contact information will be used to notify the winners and award prizes. Survey information will be used for purposes of monitoring or improving the use and satisfaction of this site and to provide a valuable educational experience to the survey participants.
7. FORWARD TO A FRIEND
If a user elects to use our referral service for informing friends about our site or newsletter, we ask them for the friends' name and email address. Company or a third party service used by Company will automatically send the friends a onetime email inviting them to visit the site. This information is used for the sole purpose of sending this onetime email.
8. CHOICE / OPT-OUT
Users who no longer wish to receive Visitors who no longer wish to receive information requested may opt-out of receiving it by: a) entering their subscribed e-mail address in the "Subscribe" form of this site, select "Remove" and then clicking the "Submit" button, or b) sending a blank e-mail to therainteam@coastal-realestatemaui.com with the word "unsubscribe" in the subject line.
9. NOTIFICATION OF CHANGES
If we decide to change our Privacy Policy, we will post those changes this site's Homepage so our users are always aware of what information we collect, how we use it, and under circumstances, if any, we disclose it. If at any point we decide to use personally identifiable information in a manner different from that stated at the time it was collected, we will notify users by way of an email. Users will have a choice as to whether or not we use their information in this different manner. We will use information in accordance with the privacy policy under which the information was collected.
10. INFORMATION SECURITY
The importance of security of all information associated with our visitors is an important concern to us. Transmitting Your Information to/from your computer to/from our servers: We exercise care in providing secure transmission of your information from your computer to/from our servers. However, no data transmission over the Internet can be guaranteed to be 100% secure. As a result, while we strive to protect your information, we can not ensure or warrant the security of any information you transmit to us or receive from us from our online products or services, and it is understood that you do so at your own risk. Once we receive your transmission, we use industry standard efforts to safeguard the confidentiality of your information, such as firewalls and Secure Socket Layers. However, "perfect security" does not exist on the Internet.
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