PRIVACY POLICY

Introduction

Search Houses ("we," "us," or "our") operates a home search, comparison, and evaluation tools platform. We are committed to protecting your personal information and your right to privacy. This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, disclose, and safeguard your information when you visit our website or use our services.

Please read this Privacy Policy carefully. By accessing or using our services, you acknowledge that you have read, understood, and agree to be bound by all the terms of this Privacy Policy. If you do not agree with the terms of this Privacy Policy, please do not access or use our services.

Information We Collect

We collect information that you voluntarily provide to us when you express an interest in obtaining information about us or our services, when you participate in activities on our website, or otherwise when you contact us.

The personal information we collect may include the following:

Contact Information: We collect personal information such as your name, email address, telephone number, and mailing address when you submit contact forms, send email inquiries, or contact us by phone.

Communication Data: We collect information contained in or relating to any communication that you send to us or that we send to you, including the communication content and metadata associated with the communication.

Technical Data: We automatically collect certain information when you visit, use, or navigate our website. This information may include your IP address, browser type and version, time zone setting, browser plug-in types and versions, operating system and platform, and other technology on the devices you use to access our website.

Analytics Data: We may use third-party analytics tools to collect information about how you interact with our website, including pages visited, time spent on pages, links clicked, and other similar usage data.

Cookies and Similar Technologies: We may use cookies, web beacons, pixel tags, and other tracking technologies to collect information about your browsing activities and to distinguish you from other users of our website.

How We Use Your Information

We use the information we collect or receive for the following purposes:

To Respond to Your Inquiries: We use your contact information to respond to your questions, provide customer service, and send you information about our home search, comparison, and evaluation services.

To Communicate With You: We use your information to contact you regarding our services, including sending administrative information, updates, security alerts, and support messages.

To Improve Our Services: We analyze usage data and feedback to understand how our services are being used and to improve functionality, user experience, and service offerings.

To Maintain Security: We use technical data to monitor and analyze trends, usage, and activities in connection with our services to ensure the security and proper functioning of our website.

To Comply With Legal Obligations: We may use your information to comply with applicable laws, regulations, legal processes, or enforceable governmental requests.

To Protect Our Rights: We may use your information when we believe it is necessary to investigate, prevent, or take action regarding potential violations of our policies, suspected fraud, situations involving potential threats to the safety of any person, or illegal activities.

How We Share Your Information

We do not sell, trade, or rent your personal information to third parties. We may share your information only in the following limited circumstances:

Service Providers: We may share your information with third-party vendors, service providers, contractors, or agents who perform services for us or on our behalf and require access to such information to do that work. Examples include data analysis, email delivery, hosting services, customer service, and analytics providers.

Business Transfers: We may share or transfer your information in connection with, or during negotiations of, any merger, sale of company assets, financing, or acquisition of all or a portion of our business to another company.

Legal Requirements: We may disclose your information where we are legally required to do so in order to comply with applicable law, governmental requests, a judicial proceeding, court order, or legal process.

Vital Interests and Legal Rights: We may disclose your information where we believe it is necessary to investigate, prevent, or take action regarding potential violations of our policies, suspected fraud, situations involving potential threats to the safety of any person, or as evidence in litigation in which we are involved.

With Your Consent: We may disclose your personal information for any other purpose with your consent.

Data Security

We have implemented appropriate technical and organizational security measures designed to protect the security of any personal information we process. These measures include:

Encryption of data in transit using secure socket layer technology (SSL)

Restricted access to personal information to only those employees, agents, contractors, and other third parties who have a business need to know

Regular security assessments and updates to our systems and processes

However, please note that no electronic transmission over the internet or information storage technology can be guaranteed to be 100 percent secure. While we strive to use commercially acceptable means to protect your personal information, we cannot guarantee its absolute security.

Your Privacy Rights

Depending on your location, you may have certain rights regarding your personal information, including:

Right to Access: You have the right to request access to the personal information we hold about you.

Right to Correction: You have the right to request that we correct any information you believe is inaccurate or incomplete.

Right to Deletion: You have the right to request that we delete or remove your personal information under certain circumstances.

Right to Restriction: You have the right to request that we restrict the processing of your personal information under certain circumstances.

Right to Object: You have the right to object to our processing of your personal information under certain circumstances.

Right to Data Portability: You have the right to request that we transfer the data that we have collected to another organization, or directly to you, under certain circumstances.

To exercise any of these rights, please contact us using the contact information provided below. We will respond to your request within a reasonable timeframe and in accordance with applicable law.

Cookie Usage

Cookies are small text files that are placed on your computer or mobile device when you visit a website. We use cookies and similar tracking technologies to track activity on our website and store certain information.

Types of Cookies We Use:

Essential Cookies: These cookies are necessary for the website to function properly and cannot be switched off in our systems.

Analytics Cookies: These cookies allow us to count visits and traffic sources so we can measure and improve the performance of our website. They help us understand which pages are the most and least popular and see how visitors move around the site.

You can instruct your browser to refuse all cookies or to indicate when a cookie is being sent. However, if you do not accept cookies, you may not be able to use some portions of our website. Most web browsers are set to accept cookies by default, but you can usually modify your browser settings to decline cookies if you prefer.

Third-Party Websites

Our website may contain links to third-party websites that are not operated by us. If you click on a third-party link, you will be directed to that third party's site. We strongly advise you to review the privacy policy of every site you visit.

We have no control over and assume no responsibility for the content, privacy policies, or practices of any third-party sites or services.

Data Retention

We will retain your personal information only for as long as is necessary for the purposes set out in this Privacy Policy. We will retain and use your information to the extent necessary to comply with our legal obligations, resolve disputes, and enforce our policies.

When we have no ongoing legitimate business need to process your personal information, we will either delete or anonymize it, or, if this is not possible, we will securely store your personal information and isolate it from any further processing until deletion is possible.

Children's Privacy

Our services are not directed to individuals under the age of 18. We do not knowingly collect personal information from children under 18. If you are a parent or guardian and you are aware that your child has provided us with personal information, please contact us. If we become aware that we have collected personal information from children under 18 without verification of parental consent, we will take steps to remove that information from our servers.

International Data Transfers

Your information, including personal information, may be transferred to and maintained on computers located outside of your state, province, country, or other governmental jurisdiction where the data protection laws may differ from those of your jurisdiction.

If you are located outside the jurisdiction where our servers are located and choose to provide information to us, please note that we transfer the data, including personal information, to that jurisdiction and process it there.

Your consent to this Privacy Policy followed by your submission of such information represents your agreement to that transfer.

Changes to This Privacy Policy

We may update our Privacy Policy from time to time to reflect changes in our practices, technology, legal requirements, and other factors. We will notify you of any material changes by posting the new Privacy Policy on this page and updating the policy modification date.

We encourage you to review this Privacy Policy periodically for any changes. Changes to this Privacy Policy are effective when they are posted on this page.

Your continued use of our services after any modifications to the Privacy Policy will constitute your acknowledgment of the modifications and your consent to abide and be bound by the modified Privacy Policy.

Contact Information

If you have any questions, concerns, or requests regarding this Privacy Policy or our privacy practices, please contact us at:

Search Houses

Email: Bryn.Hudson@searchhouses.info

Phone: Contact us for phone number

Address: Contact us for address

We are committed to resolving any privacy concerns you may have and will respond to your inquiry in a timely manner.

Your Consent

By using our website and services, you consent to our Privacy Policy and agree to its terms.