The information contained on
BergenCountyMLS.com is information from the National Listing Service for which
Bergen County Multiple Listing Service in Northeastern New Jersey participates.
Only REALTOR® Members of the Bergen County Multiple Listing Service in
Northeastern New Jersey have access to the full information which includes the
Street Address. You can call your REALTOR® from the Bergen County Multiple
Listing Service in Northeastern New Jersey for more information. Bergen County's
Real Estate Property is located in Northeastern New Jersey.
This privacy
statement discloses the privacy practices for Bergen County MLS ("Company") Web site and
e-mail newsletters found on http://www.BergenCountyMLS.Com.
1. Information Collection and
Use
Company is the
sole owner of the information collected on this site. We will not sell,
share, or rent this information to others in ways different from what is
disclosed in this statement. Company collects information from our users
at several different points on our Web site.
2. REGISTRATION
In order to
subscribe to this Web site's newsletter, a user must first complete the
registration form. During registration a user is required to give their
contact information (such as email address and optional name). This
information is used to contact the user about the services on our site for which
they have expressed interest.
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. SHARING
We will share
aggregated demographic information with our partners and advertisers. This is
not linked to any personal information that can identify any individual person.
We may use an outside shipping company to ship orders, and a credit card
processing company to bill users for goods and services. These companies do not
retain, share, store or use personally identifiable information for any
secondary purposes. We partner from time to time with other parties to
provide specific services. When the user signs up for these services, we will
share names, or other contact information that is necessary for the third
parties to provide these services. These parties are not allowed to use
personally identifiable information except for the purpose of providing these
services.
6. 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.
7. NEWSLETTER
If a user
wishes to subscribe to our newsletter, we ask for contact information such as
email address and option name.
8. 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.
9. 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
one-time email inviting them to visit the site. This information is used
for the sole purpose of sending this one-time email.
10. CHOICE / OPT-OUT
Users who no
longer wish to receive our newsletter 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 unsubscribe@BergenCountyMLS.Com with
the word "unsubscribe" in the subject line.
11. 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.
