PRIVACY POLICY
We at Coldwell Banker Pennington-Chen Real Estate Company, (referred to as "CBPC," "we," "us," or "our") recognize the importance of protecting the privacy of certain information ("Information") collected about our customers and prospective customers (referred to as "Customers," "you" or "your"). This privacy statement discloses what information we gather, how we use it, and how to correct or change it. At CBPC it is our intention to give you an understanding about how we collect your Information and the use we make of it in the course of our business. To that end, CBPC gathers two types of information about Customers: data that Customers provide through optional, voluntary registration on our site; and data CBPC gathers through aggregated tracking, mainly by tallying page views throughout our site. Such information enables us to tailor our content to fit Customers' needs better. However, be assured that CBPC will not disclose personal Information to third parties without your consent, except as may be noted in this Privacy Policy or disclosed to you when the Information is submitted.
How does CBPC collect Information?
Optional registration
We collect information by specifically
requesting it from you. Generally this occurs when you register at a site
or request information or a service. Usually, the CBPC site uses your information
to operate the site and to deliver services. CBPC may also use your information
to inform you about other products or services available from CBPC and
its affiliates.
Usage tracking
Use of Internet Protocol ("IP") Addresses
:
An IP address is a unique number that
is automatically assigned to your computer whenever you're surfing the
Internet so that your computer can be identified by the main computers,
known as "Web servers," that "serve up" Web pages. CBPC collects IP addresses
for the purposes of system administration and to audit the use of our site.
When Customers request pages from CBPC's site, our servers log the Customers'
IP addresses. We do not normally link IP addresses to anything personally
identifiable, which means that a Customer's session will be logged, but
the Customer will remain anonymous to us. We can and will use IP addresses
to identify a Customer when we feel it is necessary to enforce compliance
with our site terms of use or terms of service or to protect our service,
site, customers or others.
With whom does CBPC share my Information?
As a general rule CBPC will not disclose
any specific personal information that you submit to us about you ("Personal
Information") in a manner that connects you with the Personal Information,
except when we have your permission or under special circumstances, such
as when we believe in good faith that the law requires it and for administrative
and other purposes that we deem necessary to maintain, service, and improve
our products and services.
How can you control the usage of Information?
In case you change your mind or some Personal
Information changes (such as your zip code or e-mail address), we will
correct, update or remove the Personal Information that you give us at
your request. We also give you the opportunity to control the communications
we direct to you. If a Customer wishes to update Personal Information or
objects to any usage provided herein for any reason, he/she may e-mail
the requested change here: Email Us
What happens when you link to a third
party site?
You should be aware that when you are
on CBPC's site you could hyperlink or be directed to other sites that are
beyond our control and/or outside our service. For example, if you "click"
on a link or a penningtonchen.com search result, the "click" may transfer
you off the penningtonchen.com site. These other sites may include sites
of advertisers, contractors and partners that may use CBPC's and/or the
Coldwell Banker Corporate logo as part of a co-branding agreement. These
other sites may send their own interactive content to Customers, collect
data, or solicit Information. CBPC does not control such sites, and, therefore,
is not responsible for their contents or the hyperlinks or advertising
they choose to place on such site. CBPC's inclusion of hyperlinks to these
sites does not imply any endorsement of the material on such site or any
association with their operators. CBPC's policy does not extend to anything
that is inherent in the operation of the Internet, which is beyond CBPC's
control. Please keep in mind that whenever you give out information online
(for example, via message boards or chat) that information can be collected
and used by people you don't know. While CBPC strives to protect its Customers'
information and privacy, we cannot guarantee the security of any information
you disclose online, and you disclose such information at your own risk.
Is my Information secure from others
using the CBPC site?
The importance of security of all information
associated with our Customers is an important concern to us. We exercise
care in providing secure transmission of your information from your computer
to our servers. Unfortunately, no data transmission over the Internet can
be guaranteed to be 100% secure. As a result, while we strive to protect
your information, CBPC can't ensure or warrant the security of any information
you transmit to us or from our online products or services, and you do
so at your own risk. Once we receive your transmission, CBPC uses industry
standard efforts to safeguard the confidentiality of your information,
such as firewalls and Secure Socket Layers. However, "perfect security"
does not exist on the Internet.
YOUR ACCEPTANCE OF THESE TERMS
By using this site, you signify your agreement
to CBPC 's Privacy Policy. IF YOU DO NOT AGREE WITH THIS POLICY, PLEASE
DO NOT USE THIS SITE. Your continued use of CBPC's site following the posting
of changes to these terms will mean you accept those changes.