Orenda Real Estate Services Online Privacy Shield-Compliant Privacy Policy
Orenda Real Estate Services provides you with this privacy policy (“Privacy Policy”) to let you know Orenda Real Estate Services’ information collection and usage policies and practices that apply to information collected on the Orenda Real Estate Services website at www.OrendaRealEstate.com (the “Site”). By using the Site, you agree to the terms of this Privacy Policy and agree to be bound by the Site’s Terms of Use, available here. If you do not agree with this Privacy Policy or the Terms of Use, you should discontinue your use of the Site.
Information Collection
When you visit the Site, Orenda Real Estate Services collects information about you and your browsing habits. The information we collect depends on the pages of our website you visit and what you do during your visit.
Orenda Real Estate Services may collect information from you automatically when you visit our website, which may include the name of the domain and host from which you access the Internet; the Internet protocol (IP) address of your computer; the type of browser and software operating system you use; web log data, including the date and time you access our website; and the Internet address of the website from which you linked to our site.
Several companies offer tools that allow people to browse the web anonymously. We cannot provide you a personalized experience if you use these tools because we cannot recognize you and your computer. However, we want to ensure you know of their existence. Because Orenda Real Estate Services does not track your online activities over time and across third-party websites in order to provide targeted advertising, Orenda Real Estate Services does not respond to Do Not Track (DNT) signals.
Orenda Real Estate Services may also use cookies to enhance browsing on our website. “Cookies” are small files or records that are placed on your computer’s hard drive to collect information about your activities on our website. You can choose to have your browser warn you every time a cookie is being sent to you, and you can turn off cookie placement. If you refuse, your overall browsing experience can be affected and may prevent you from fully using the Site. To learn more about cookies, visitwww.allaboutcookies.org. Orenda Real Estate Services may also use “message format” and “message open” sensing technologies to enable Orenda Real Estate Services to recognize whether you have enabled your email program to receive HTML emails. If so, this information is associated with your email address so that we can send subsequent messages to you in HTML format. The “message open” sensing technology allows us to recognize whether you have opened our email messages. We can only detect this if you have enabled your email program to receive HTML emails.
For most of the browsing services on the Site, Orenda Real Estate Services does not require your personal information. There are portions of the Site where you will be given the option to provide information about you. The information that you may be asked to provide may include your name, email address, telephone number and address. Depending on your request and other circumstances, other information may also be collected. It is your discretion and determination whether to provide such information. If you use the Site to inquire about a property or contact a real estate agent, broker or office, the information you have provided may be shared with a Orenda Real Estate Services agent, broker or market center. Additionally, when you use the Site to search for a property, you may be directed to a website operated by a Orenda Real Estate Services franchisee, and we may provide that Orenda Real Estate Services office or real estate agent with the information you have provided (e.g. your contact information as provided by you, or the parameters of your search) in addition to information automatically collected about you (e.g. your browser type or operating system version).
Use of the Information
Orenda Real Estate Services uses the information it collects (whether submitted by you or automatically collected) to respond to your requests, to provide you with information that Orenda Real Estate Services thinks may be of interest to you, and to operate its business. Orenda Real Estate Services may also disclose your information to its affiliates, agents, and third-party vendors and service providers working on our behalf. Orenda Real Estate Services has implemented technical measures to protect against the risks of unauthorized access to, erroneous disclosure of, and unlawful interception of Personally Identifiable Information (PII). You should know, however, that Orenda Real Estate Services cannot fully eliminate such risks.
In addition, Orenda Real Estate Services may disclose aggregated data and statistics in order to describe the Site to prospective partners, advertisers, and other third parties, and for other lawful purposes. Additionally, Orenda Real Estate Services may disclose part or all of a user’s personal information when Orenda Real Estate Services believes, in good faith, that the law requires or compels such disclosure, or when Orenda Real Estate Services has a good faith reason to believe that disclosure is necessary to protect Orenda Real Estate Services’ rights or property, the rights of another user, or to prevent harm. Orenda Real Estate Services may be required to disclose personal information in response to a lawful request by public authorities, including to meet national security or law enforcement requirements. Further, Orenda Real Estate Services may disclose information provided by you as part of any merger, sale, acquisition, or other acquisition of same or all of Orenda Real Estate Services or its assets.
Your Choices
Orenda Real Estate Services does not require you to provide personal information in order to use the Site. However, if you choose not to provide requested personal information, your ability to use all of the Site’s features may be limited, or you may not receive the information that you are requesting. By choosing to provide personal information, you agree to the terms of this Privacy Policy.
If you do not want to receive e-mail or other mail from Orenda Real Estate Services, please contact us at support@OrendaRealEstate.com. If you do not want to receive legal notices or other communications from Orenda Real Estate Services, it is your responsibility to review and monitor the Site for such notices and communications.
You have the right under Privacy Shield to access, correct or delete your personal data.
Underage Customers
This Site is not designed or intended to collect information from children under the age of 13. In addition, Orenda Real Estate Services does not knowingly collect information from children under the age of 13.
Orenda Real Estate Services markets our products and services exclusively to adults. If you are younger than age 18, you may use our website only with the permission and involvement of your parents or guardian.
Links to Third-Party Websites
When you click on links on the Site that take you to third-party website(s), you will be subject to the third parties’ privacy policies. Orenda Real Estate Services cannot and does not accept responsibility for the content or actions of any third-party website(s). We encourage you to read the posted privacy statement of every site you visit, whether you are linking from our site or browsing on your own. When you visit the Site or other third-party websites via links on the Site, depending on your browser settings and/or configurations and/or the sites you visit, some third-party sites may collect information about your online activities and browsing habits. Orenda Real Estate Services does not control the information these third parties collect about you and your online activities. Orenda Real Estate Services is potentially liable in cases of onward transfer to third parties.
Changes to Our Privacy Policy
This privacy policy was last updated on August 24, 2016. We reserve the right to modify or amend this policy at any time by posting the revised Privacy Policy on our Site. If we modify, amend, or otherwise revise this policy, we will revise the date. This Privacy Policy is effective as of the most recent date it was amended. We encourage you to periodically review this Privacy Policy for the latest information on our privacy practices.
EU-US Privacy Shield Statement
Orenda Real Estate Services Realty, Inc. (“Orenda Real Estate Services”) complies with the EU-U.S. Privacy Shield Framework as set forth by the U.S. Department of Commerce regarding the collection, use, and retention of personal information from European Union member countries. Orenda Real Estate Services has certified that it adheres to the Privacy Shield Principles of Notice, Choice, Accountability for Onward Transfer, Security, Data Integrity and Purpose Limitation, Access, and Recourse, Enforcement and Liability. If there is any conflict between the policies in this privacy policy and the Privacy Shield Principles, the Privacy Shield Principles shall govern. To learn more about the Privacy Shield program, and to view our certification page, please visit:
https://www.privacyshield.gov/.
In compliance with the EU-US Privacy Shield Principles, Orenda Real Estate Services commits to resolve complaints about your privacy and our collection or use of your personal information. European Union individuals with inquiries or complaints regarding this privacy policy should first contact Orenda Real Estate Services at legal@OrendaRealEstate.com.
Orenda Real Estate Services has further committed to refer unresolved privacy complaints under the EU-US Privacy Shield Principles BBB EU PRIVACY SHIELD, a non-profit alternative dispute resolution provider located in the United States and operated by the Council of Better Business Bureaus. If you do not receive timely acknowledgment of your complaint, or if your complaint is not satisfactorily addressed, please visit www.bbb.org/EU-privacy-shield/for-eu-consumers/ for more information and to file a complaint.
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has jurisdiction over Orenda Real Estate Services’ compliance with Privacy Shield.
It is possible, under certain limited conditions, for individuals to invoke binding arbitration before the Privacy Shield Panel to be created by the U.S. Department of Commerce and the European Commission.
Governing Law
This Privacy Policy is governed by the laws of the State of Kansas without giving effect to any principles of conflict of law. All claims arising out of or relating to this Privacy Policy or the Site’s Terms of Use will be litigated exclusively in the federal or state courts of Wyandotte County, Kansas, USA, and you and Orenda Real Estate Services consent to personal jurisdiction in those courts.
Questions or Comments
If you have any questions regarding our privacy policy, please email us at legal@OrendaRealEstate.com.
