OpenRealEstate.ca - Privacy Policy

Use and Collection of Your Information

OpenRealEstate.ca uses the data we collect to help you find the most relevant information through optimal organization of our website. We may also use certain information in order to present advertising that is primarily of interest to you.

In order to help diagnose problems with our server, track usage statistics, and improve the services we offer you, we log your IP address and other anonymous web-surfing information such as time of visit, web brower, etc. We make no attempt to identify individual visitors on our site, unless a web service naturally requires it. We aggregate web-surfing data to examine traits and habits demonstrated on our website. This data does not identify individuals, but is instead used to improve our services.

OpenRealEstate.ca requires the use of cookies for various web services. A cookie is simply a small text file stored on your computer's hard drive that enables our web services to temporarily save settings from one web page to the next. Cookies cannot be used to read data off of your hard drive, and we cannot access information from any other cookies created by other web sites you visit. We use cookies to help us understand how our visitors use the site, and to improve the site. You may refuse to accept cookies through web browser settings. However, our web services will not function properly for you and it is thus not recommended.

Disclosure Of Information

Your personal information is used only to facilitate the services you request. OpenRealEstate.ca does not rent or sell personal information about you to any third parties and will disclose information only when we have your consent to do so, or when required by law or when permitted to protect our rights or property. We reserve the right to use and disclose in any manner any non-personal information that we collect including cookies and traffic data. We do not combine personal information with any of the non-personal information gathered on our site.

The release of personal information is only in order when we believe it to be appropriate to comply with the law (e.g., a lawful subpoena, warrant or court order); to enforce or apply our policies; to initiate, render, bill, and collect for amounts owed to us; to protect our rights or property, or to protect our users from fraudulent, abusive, or unlawful use of, our site or services; or if we reasonably believe that an emergency involving immediate danger of death or serious physical injury to any person requires disclosure of communications or justifies disclosure of records without delay.

Security

We make considerable effort to ensure your online security, using commercially available security measures to protect the loss, misuse, or alteration of data under our control. Having stated this, we cannot guarantee the protection of information against interception, misappropriation, misuse, or alteration or that your information may be not be disclosed or accessed by accidental circumstances or by the unauthorized acts of others.

Policy Updates

We reserve the right to alter this policy at any time, should we believe it appropriate to do so.