Privacy Policy
This Privacy Policy is part of the Terms of Use and describes how Michael the Home Buyer and our team handle information collected and received from or through our websites, associated applications, including mobile apps, as well as any other source such as social media. This Policy does not govern the activities of any third party. By accepting the Terms of Use you are accepting and agreeing to be bound by this Privacy Policy and consent to our use and disclosure of such information as indicated herein.
Collection and Use of Personally Identifying Information
We collect and use personally identifying information that you provide to us in the course of seeking offerings or information from us. This personally identifying information may include your name, address, e-mail address, contact information, and information about a property you seek to sell.
We use this information (and other information we collect from you as described in this Policy) for our business purposes, including to contact you, evaluate and value any property you seek to sell, and formulating proposed transactions. We will also connect you with our team, send you communications, contact you about changes to our Terms of Use and provide transaction related information. We may also communicate with you via text. We will also monitor your compliance with our Terms of Use. We may also provide you with offers based upon the information we collect including your location. We may also contact you, or provide your information to a third party to contact you, during and after any initial contact so as to inquire as to your user experience, to provide you with an opportunity to participate in a survey and or to offer you an opportunity to provide feedback as to your user experience. This may include disclosures to a research firm to conduct email, online, phone, text and or zoom surveys to homeowners who contacted us but did not sell their house to us.
We do not sell any of the personal information we collect about you to third parties.
Your personally identifying information will not be shared with any third party, with the following exceptions: A. information that Michael the Home Buyer in good faith determines is legally required to be revealed by any relevant statute, regulation, ordinance, rule, administrative or court order, decree, or subpoena; B. information revealed during the course of Michael the Home Buyer's enforcement of its policies and procedures, its Terms of Use, the terms of this Policy, the Online User Agreement, or any other agreement with us, or during the course of any disciplinary actions; C. information in a manner expressly permitted by the provisions of this Policy; D. information that Michael the Home Buyer in good faith determines must be disclosed to correct what it believes to be false or misleading information or to address activities that Michael the Home Buyer believes to be manipulative, deceptive or otherwise a violation of law; E. unless you are otherwise notified at the time we collect the data; or F. in connection with a merger, sale, acquisition, assignment, bankruptcy proceeding, reorganization or other disposition of some or all aspects of our business or assets.
We may also share your personal information with third-party non-profit organizations who may be interested in purchasing your home, but only after obtaining your consent to share.
Within the last twelve (12) months, we have shared each of the categories of personal information collected in connection with this website with affiliates and service providers as set forth herein.
"Nonpublic Personal Information" is the nonpublic information about you that is obtained by Michael the Home Buyer from you. Michael the Home Buyer and its advertisers may collect Nonpublic Personal Information from the online forms you complete, from information collected as a result of your transactions with Michael the Home Buyer, our advertisers, or others, and from consumer reporting agencies. Michael the Home Buyer will not disclose any Nonpublic Personal Information except as permitted or required by law or as described in this Policy.
Other Information You Provide or Post
In addition to the practices described above, we may also use information we collect to, at your election, provide you with information and advertisements about goods and services we believe may be of interest to you.
You may provide us with testimonials about your experience with us (including a picture of yourself), and with feedback about our services. We may use any such information you provide to enhance our services and for public-facing marketing purposes, such as through online or public display of your testimonial, feedback, and/or picture.
Accessing the Websites and Information Collection
When you access the Websites without actively providing any personal information we collect limited technical information, such as your IP address. We also use cookies as described below.
As a registered user, we collect information about your use of the Websites including homes viewed, photos viewed, pages visited, information about your location and preferences for offerings. We will maintain your login information.
Records of your use of the Websites are the sole property of Michael the Home Buyer. Michael the Home Buyer reserves the right to use such information for its marketing, franchising, and membership endeavors.
Cookies
We, like most major websites, use cookies (text files placed on your hard drive by a web server) to help personalize and maximize your experience and time online. Cookies are not used to run programs or deliver viruses to your computer. They are uniquely assigned to your computer and can only be read by a web server in the domain that issued the cookie to you. We use cookies to improve the Websites and to facilitate your use of the Websites.
Location-Based Services
To provide location-based services, it may be necessary to collect, use, and share precise location data, including the real-time geographic location of your computer or device. Where available, location-based services may use GPS, Bluetooth, and your IP Address, along with crowd-sourced Wi-Fi hotspot and cell tower locations, and other technologies to determine the location of your device. Unless you provide consent, such location data is collected anonymously in a form that does not personally identify you and is used to provide location-based services.
Links
The Websites contain links to other websites. Michael the Home Buyer is not responsible for the privacy practices of sites other than our own. We encourage you to be aware of the privacy statements on other websites and to read those statements.
Protection of Information
Some areas of the Websites are secured and can only be accessed using unique login credentials. You must have a specific user identifier (user ID) and password to access resources through any password-protected portions of the Websites. Your login credentials and password are for your use only and strictly confidential. You are responsible for maintaining the confidentiality and security of those credentials, and are responsible for all activity occurring on the Websites using your login credentials and password.
Third-Party Data Collection/Online Tracking
We use service providers such as Google Analytics to help us understand and improve the usage of the Websites and the effectiveness of our marketing efforts. We, Google Analytics, and/or our other analytics providers may use cookies, your IP address or an anonymous identifier as well as certain information from your browser, together with other non-personal information about your visits to the Websites and other websites, so that we, Google Analytics, or third parties may improve the Websites and provide you with advertisements about goods and services of interest to you on the Websites and other websites (including through search engine results pages) and/or to provide analytical information about our Websites.
Social Media; Third-Party Applications
The collection and use of information on social media websites and applications are governed by their own privacy policies and terms. Please remember that any information posted on or through the Michael the Home Buyer pages on Facebook, Instagram, or other social media pages or channels, is subject to the policies and practices of the applicable social media channel.
Children's Privacy
We are committed to complying with all applicable laws and regulations regarding the collection, storage, and use of personal information of minors under the age of 18. We do not collect personal information from minors under the age of 18. If we learn that someone under the age of 18 has provided any personal information through the Websites, we will remove and permanently delete that information as soon as reasonably possible.
Changes to This Statement
Michael the Home Buyer reserves the right to change this Privacy Policy at any time. Notification of changes will be posted on the Websites. Because these changes may affect your personal information, we suggest that you look for information regarding changes on a regular basis and review the changes as soon as they are published on the website.
Security
We employ reasonable security methods to prevent unauthorized access, maintain data accuracy, and ensure correct use of your information. We maintain organizational, technical and administrative measures designed to protect your information against unauthorized access, loss, alteration or misuse. However, no data transmission over the Internet or any wireless network can be guaranteed to be perfectly secure.
Contacting Us And Correcting Your Information
Please contact us with any questions including with any questions as to the correctness of the information that we collect and maintain. To contact us, including to provide us with corrections, please do so in any of the following ways:
- Send an e-mail message with corrections to: info@michaelthehomebuyer.ca
- Call us at 1 (888) 986-9883
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