This policy does not apply to any other site accessed by a link located on this site. These sites are not controlled by GCAAR and GCAAR is not responsible for any content contained on any such website.
Our commitment to privacy
Your privacy is important to us. To better protect your privacy, we provide this notice explaining our information practices and the choices you can make about the way your information is collected and used. To make this notice easy to find, we make it available on our homepage.
Definitions
"Content" shall mean all information or images contained on our site(s), including but not limited to trademarks, copyrights, advertisements, data, text, graphics, photos, software and video. "Financial information" shall mean a user's Social Security number, credit card information or the number of any account held by the user in any financial institution. "General information" is all information related to users other than "financial information," whether provided by the user on the site or otherwise obtained by GCAAR. "Site" shall mean the Internet site located at www.gcaar.com. "User" shall mean any person or entity that accesses or uses the site in any manner. "GCAAR" shall mean the Greater Capital Area Association of REALTORS®, Inc., its employees, officers, directors and all other persons or entities affiliated with GCAAR responsible for creating, maintaining and publishing this site.
Use of information
GCAAR collects information from you in the course of your use of the GCAAR website, products and services. For example, we collect information from you when you become a member. We collect information from you when you contact or communicate with us (including through the website, by email or otherwise). We also collect your personal data while monitoring the website, products and services. We gather information about you when you provide it to us, or interact with us directly, such as engaging with our staff or registering for an event. We may also in certain cases collect or receive information about you from other sources, such as from an administrative user in your brokerage to create a member account for you.
We never use or share the personally identifiable information provided to us online in ways unrelated to the ones described above without also providing you with an opportunity to opt-out or otherwise prohibit such unrelated uses.
We use information about our users, members and non-members, for administrative, operational, and financial purposes. Databases are maintained to store information regarding: 1) membership records; 2) course registration, attendance and completion; 3) event registration; 4) product purchases and other financial or general information.
Strict privacy of email addresses
We use return email addresses to answer the email messages we receive, to contact someone regarding a problem with a registration, to update a member's record, send an automatic registration/purchase confirmation, or to send event reminders. Such addresses are not used for any other purpose and are not shared with outside parties. Email addresses are not sold or provided to third party vendors, direct mail companies, email list services, etc.
Our commitment to data security
To prevent unauthorized access, maintain data accuracy and ensure the correct use of information, we have put in place appropriate physical, electronic encryption and managerial procedures to safeguard and secure the information we collect electronically.
How to contact us
Should a user have other questions or concerns about our privacy policy, he/she may contact us at 301.590.2000 or send a message to membershiprecords@gcaar.com and enter "Unsubscribe" in the body of the message.
Cookies
Cookies are small text files that may be placed on a user's computer's hard drive. Essentially, cookies are identification cards for the GCAAR computers or servers that placed them there. Cookies help us understand how individuals use our websites and emails so we can design better services in the future.
Cookies are only read by the server that placed them there and are unable to execute any code or virus. GCAAR may use cookies on members' computers to identify that user as a member when that user accesses the site in the future. Cookies may also be used to provide personalized service to users of this site. However, we do not use cookies to collect any personally-identifiable information.
Web browsers can be adjusted to disable cookies. However, GCAAR may not be able to provide you with all the service or functionality you require on its website if you choose to disable cookies.
Changes to our privacy policy
Any material changes to this Privacy Policy will be posted on this page. Subject to any applicable legal and/or regulatory requirements, the updated Privacy Policy will take effect and be binding on you as soon as it has been updated.
GCAAR reserves the right to amend the terms of this Privacy Policy from time to time at its sole and absolute discretion.