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Privacy
Policy - Sucasa.net
Effective July 15,
2004
We have created this
Privacy Policy to demonstrate our firm commitment to privacy and so that
you, as a visitor to www.sucasa.net (Web site), will be aware
of the uses made of information that may be generated as a result of you
using this Web site.
What information
is generated when you visit this Web site?
Depending how you
use our Web site, certain types of personal and nonpersonal information
may be generated and collected. For example, you may give us your name
or email address when you complete a registration screen, respond to a
questionnaire or submit an e-mail to us. Any personal information that
you provide to us will be primarily used to fulfill the stated objective
for which the information was requested or collected (e.g. if information
is provided as a result of you e-mailing us, we will use the information
provided, such as your e-mail address, to respond to you).
Other information
that may be generated and collected when you use our Web site is information
that we consider nonpersonal in nature. For example, we may collect the
name of the domain from which you access the Internet (for example, aol.com,
if you are connecting from an America Online account); the date and time
you access our site or and the Internet address of the web site from which
you linked directly to our site. We use this information to measure the
number of visitors to the different sections of our Web site and to help
us make our Web site more useful to visitors. We may also share this information
with third parties, such as advertisers, to demonstrate the amount and
character of traffic on our website.
Use of Cookies
What is a cookie?
A cookie is a data file that is created and stored on your computers
hard drive when you visit a web site. The typical purposes of a cookie
is to make your use of the web site easier and 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 dont have to reenter
this information. Cookies may also tell the web site which areas of the
site are popular and which arent. Cookie technology is used by most
major web sites and is considered an industry standard for the Internet.
Our Web site may use
cookie technology to verify user information. Also, 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.
Contact Us
Feature
Like most sites on
the Internet, our Web site contains a feature that allows you to contact
us with your comments or questions. We call this feature Contact
Us. To use this feature, there is an icon on each page on our Web
site which you can click onto. When you do click this icon, you will be
taken to another website where you will be provided with information on
how to contact us with your comments or questions.
The information collected
through the Contact Us feature is used primarily to investigate
and respond to your inquiries.
Links to Other
Sites
In many areas of our
Web site, 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 this
Web site, you may on occasion be transferred to another website, where
you may be prompted to enter information. By using our Web site, you agree
to be linked and transferred to other websites and be bound by the terms
of those websites.
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. However, we may from time to time ask you for your name, email
address or demographic information. If a survey does ask you this information,
we primarily use the information to complete the survey and compile statistics.
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.
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 advertisers products helpful, we cannot assume any responsibility
for the privacy practices of our advertisers. Therefore, like any other
Internet site you may visit, we encourage you to become knowledgeable
of the privacy policies and practices of our advertisers prior to providing
information on their sites.
Public Chat Rooms
or Forums
We from time to time
may provide chat rooms, forums, message boards, and/or news groups on
our Web site. While we feel these features will be helpful to the users
of our Web site, we will not monitor them regularly nor will we be responsible
for what is said on or done as result of them. Please remember that any
information you disclose on these types of features will be accessible
to the public and you should exercise caution prior to disclosing any
personal information on these features.
Security
We have adopted what
we consider to be reasonable security measures to protect against the
loss, theft, misuse and alteration of information collected through our
Web site. However, if you are concerned about the security of the Internet
or our Web site, we suggest that you not provide this information.
Other Products
and Services
Although we generally
collect and use information to fulfill the stated objective for which
the information was requested or collected, we reserve the right to collect
and use the information for other purposes, such as to send you information
regarding other products or services that may be valuable or interesting
to you. Real Estate Business Services, Inc. and RealSelect, Inc. may also
provide the information to their respective parent companies and subsidiaries.
Required by Law
We may disclose information
provided by you if we are legally required to do so, such as by court
order or subpoena.
Children's Guidelines
Our Web site does
not currently attempt to collect or solicit information from persons who
are under the age of eighteen. However, given the anonymous nature of
the Internet, it is possible that someone under the age of eighteen may
access our Web site and provide us with personal information. If this
situation occurs and it is brought to our attention, we will not use the
information in any way without prior parental consent and we will take
all reasonable steps to prevent it from occurring again.
Choice/Opt-Out
If our Web site provides
you the opportunity to opt-out of receiving communications from us, you
may exercise your opt-out privilege by emailing us at: cs@car.org
or write us at: 525 South Virgil Avenue, Los Angeles, CA 90020, Attn:
www.sucasa.net Web Developer.
Contacting our
Web Site
If you have any questions
about this Privacy Policy, the practices of our Web site, or your dealings
with our Web site, please feel free to email us at: cs@car.org
or write us at: 525 South Virgil Avenue, Los Angeles, CA 90020, Attn:
www.sucasa.net Web Developer.
Corrections/Updates
If you wish to review,
correct or update any personally identifiable information about you collected
through our Web site, if any, please email us at cs@car.org
or write us at: 525 South Virgil Avenue, Los Angeles, CA 90020, Attn:
www.sucasa.net Web Developer. Please note, however, that if you wish to
correct or update any information that may appear about your property
listing, you will need to contact your real estate listing broker/agent.
Changes to Privacy
Policy Statement
With the ever-changing
environment of the Internet and to maintain our ability to improve the
quality and safety of our Web site, we reserve the right to change this
Privacy Policy at any time. In the event we make any material changes
to our Privacy Policy, we will notify you by updating the Policys
Effective Date and indicating the previous Effective Date. 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 Web site
will constitute your agreement to any changes we make and if you do not
agree with a change, please refrain from using our Web site. Thank you!
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