It is very important to Coastal Maine Realty that you are able to maintain your privacy while you take advantage of all the Internet has to offer you. For this reason, Coastal Maine Realty will operate by the following principles. You agree to this Privacy Policy when you access or use Coastal Maine Realty website (“the Site”). This Policy does not apply to the practices of companies we do not own or control, or to people that we do not employ or manage.
Notice of Information (including Personal Information) Collection and Use
We may collect certain personally identifiable information when you visit or use our site, including IP address, the type of browser or operating system that you use, the domain name of your Internet Service Provider, cookie information and the page or other information that you requested (“Personal Information”).
Coastal Maine Realty may use information that you provide to improve operations of its site, and for customer service to provide you with information that you request and to customize your experience on the Site. We may also use the information collected for internal business purposes, to statistically analyze site usage, to improve content and to customize the Site’s content and layouts. We may use third parties to help us operate our business and the Site or to administer activities on our behalf. We also reserve the right to use this information in the aggregate to analyze Site usage. By visiting or supplying your Personal Information at the Site, you agree to allow us to provide such aggregate data to third parties.
Coastal Maine Realty does not sell or otherwise share any information you provide to us with any third parties.
Information Sharing and Consent
Coastal Maine Realty will disclose Personal Information if required to do so by subpoena, court order or legal process; or if we find that your actions on our web site violates the above terms of service, or any usage guidelines for specific products or services.
Cookies
A cookie is a very small text file that a website saves to your computer’s hard disk to store information that you provide about yourself or to store your preferences. Coastal Maine Realty may use cookies to maintain information about your activity on the site. Social media features (such as Facebook, for example) are either hosted by a third party or hosted directly on our Site. Your interactions with these features are governed by the privacy policy of the company providing it. Sites linked to or embedded within the site may use their own cookies. This privacy policy does not address how these companies use their cookies. It is important for you to read the privacy statement and terms of use for each site you visit to ensure you are comfortable with how they might use your Personal Information.
Google AdWords
This website may use the Google AdWords remarketing service to advertise on third party websites (including Google) to previous visitors to our site. Sometimes this means we advertise to previous visitors who haven’t completed a task on our site, for example using the contact form to make an enquiry. This could be in the form of an advertisement on the Google search results page, or a site in the Google Display Network. Third-party vendors, including Google, use cookies to serve ads based on someone’s past visits to Coastal Maine Realty website. Of course, any data collected will be used in accordance with our own privacy policy and Google’s privacy policy. Visits and cookies are anonymous, so we do not see what individuals would see what ads. We also may show ads on Facebook, or other sites, to customers who have visited before or have interests that relate to what we do.
You can set preferences using settings on your browser for how Google advertises to you of interest-based advertising entirely by cookie settings or permanently using a browser plugin. Without cookies you likely will miss out on significant features of many sites which you appreciate.
Privacy Guidelines
- Before or at the time of collecting personal information, we will identify the purposes for which information is being collected.
- We will collect and use of personal information solely with the objective of fulfilling those purposes specified by us and for other compatible purposes, unless we obtain the consent of the individual concerned or as required by law.
- We will only retain personal information as long as necessary for the fulfillment of those purposes.
- We will collect personal information by lawful and fair means and, where appropriate, with the knowledge or consent of the individual concerned.
- Personal data should be relevant to the purposes for which it is to be used, and, to the extent necessary for those purposes, should be accurate, complete, and up-to-date.
- We will protect personal information by reasonable security safeguards against loss or theft, as well as unauthorized access, disclosure, copying, use or modification.
- We will make readily available to customers information about our policies and practices relating to the management of personal information.
We are committed to conducting our business in accordance with these principles in order to ensure that the confidentiality of personal information is protected and maintained.