Privacy Policy
Effective date: May 17, 2021
Last Updated: Oct 7, 2021
Pat Menezes (“Pat Menezes”) California Licensed Realtor # 01154182 (collectively, “us”, “we”, or “our”) operates the website (patsellsproperty.com) and associated realtor services (the “Service”).
This Privacy Policy (the “Policy”) describes how we may collect, use disclose and otherwise process personal information when you use our Service or website.
Website Accessibility
If you have any difficulties while attempting to use or access any element of this website, please contact us. We will be happy to assist you in any way we can.
PRIVACY POLICY CONTENTS
1. Changes to our privacy policy
2. How we collect information
3. How we use the information collected
4. Sharing of Information
5. About Cookies
6. How we use Cookies
7. Types of cookies we use
8. How to control the way cookies are used
9. Privacy policies of other websites
10. How to contact us
1. Changes to Our Privacy Policy
We reserve the right to make changes to this Privacy Policy at any time and for any reason. All changes or modifications will be effective upon posting. Please review our privacy policy regularly to keep updated. If, for any reason, you do not agree with the changes, please discontinue use of our website and services.
2. How We Collect Information
We collect information from you in two ways, “directly” and “indirectly”.
Information You Provide “Directly” to Us
On Our Website
Our website may collect the following data when you make an inquiry regarding a property, fill out and submit a request to be contacted, request to receive our newsletter, request to be placed on our email list, or request to receive other notifications. Your device’s IP address may be collected for advertising, marketing and promotional purposes.
• Your first and last name
• Email address
• Mailing address
• Phone numbers
You Contact Us
You may contact us by phone or email regarding selling, or purchasing, a property. We may ask you to provide us with certain personally identifiable information (PII) that can be used to contact you. In addition, depending on the services we provide to you, we may also collect information needed to complete a legal real estate contract.
When providing “Real Estate Services” for you, we may collect the following information from you in completing property sales contracts and transactions:
• Your first and last name
• Email address
• Mailing address
• Phone numbers
• Digital signature
• Pen written signature
• Fair market and appraisal value of your home
• Specific information on your property to be disclosed to a potential buyer
Information Collected “Indirectly” by “Third-Party” Services
Third party services will be used to operate and maintain the Pat Menezes website (patsellsproperty.com). These services may collect your device information in order to allow you to view and navigate our site, complete forms and track the cookies being used on our site. These services also may track and log your navigation through our site to help determine your preferences.
The information that may be collected by “third-party” services:
• IP address
• Website page navigation
• Time spent on website pages
The third-party services used on our website
• Flywheel Hosting
• Constant Contact
• Cookiebot
• Google Analytics
• Yoast WordPress SEO
• Board of Realtors Multiple Listing Services (MLS) for Kings and Tulare counties
3. How We Use the Information Collected
We use information that we collect for the following purposes:
• To provide you with information or services that you have requested from us
• To diagnose and resolve technical problems with our website
• To track your browsing behavior, such as the pages you visit
• To measure analytics and the effectiveness of marketing methods
• To complete real estate transactions
• To obtain any required consents
• To improve our website and real estate services
• To improve content in our blog and newsletters
4. Sharing of Information
Service Providers
We may disclose personal information with third-party services providers for the purpose of having them perform services for us. Those services may include: website hosting, email marketing, cookie monitoring and control services.
Third-Parties
We may disclose personal information to third-parties, such as:
• Independent real estate professionals and owners and operators of real estate brokerage companies to enable them to provide services
• Third parties with whom you choose to let us share information, for example, other apps or websites that integrate with our service
• Third-parties we work with to provide you with more personalized content and ads and to track the effectiveness of campaigns.
Legal Requests
We may disclose information in accordance with any applicable law, regulation, or legal process, including lawful requests by law enforcement, public or national security authorities.
5. About Cookies
A cookie is a small text file that a website transfers to your hard drive to store and sometimes collect information about your usage of a website. Information such as time spent on the website, pages visited, preferred language and other anonymous traffic data may be collected.
6. How We Use Cookies
Our website may use first-party and third-party cookies, plugins and other tools to gather your device usage and browsing information when you visit our site. This information is used to measure our advertising campaigns,
improve our website content, design and function to better serve our visitors.
Session cookies are used while you visit our site to obtain such information as your IP address and associated location information, internet browser, computer type (Windows or Macintosh), screen resolution, operating system name and version, device manufacturer, the pages you view and links you select, time and date of your activities on our website.
7. Types of Cookies We Use
We use three types of cookies on our site and you may opt-out of one, or all of these cookies by making your selection when you enter our website.
Essential Cookies
Are necessary for moving around the site and using its features.
Functionality Cookies
Allows us to remember choices you made such as: the region you are in, your login and services you have requested. This helps the site to provide enhanced features and content for you.
Analytics and Performance Cookies
Collects information about how you use our website such as the pages you most often visit and if any errors being displayed on pages. Information collected using these cookies is used to monitor activity on the website and understand how it is being used.
8. How to Control the Way Cookies are Used
You can control the way in which cookies are used by selecting your cookie preference when you enter our website. You may refuse to accept all cookies by activating the appropriate setting. However, if you choose to opt-out of “Essential Cookies”, it may affect the functioning of some of the features on our site.
9. Privacy Policies of Other Websites
Our website offers links to outside (third-party) websites. For example, we offer social buttons that permit access to view the social accounts of Pat Menezes. Once you leave our website and enter on any third-party site, you will be outside our control of your personal data. Before using any outside website, it is your responsibility to review the site’s privacy policy, data collection practices, terms of use and processing activities upon entering the site. Other websites personal data collection policies may differ significantly from ours.
10. How to Contact Us
If you have any questions, comments or concerns about this Policy or about our privacy practices, please contact us at (559) 816-4102 or send an email message to contact@patsellsproperty.com. You may also direct your privacy questions or concerns to the following address:
KELLER WILLIAMS
Pat Menezes
1711 N. 11th Avenue
Hanford, CA 93230
Attention: Data Protection Officer