We recognize the importance of protecting the personal information you provide that is controlled by the Georgia Association of REALTORS® (GAR). We maintain the following privacy policy:
1. We gather the following types of information needed to process your transactions, fulfill your requests, and maintain our membership records:
- Contact information you provide (for example, your personal and business addresses, phone and fax numbers, firm affiliations and titles).
- Tracking information which our Web server automatically recognizes each time you visit one of our sites or communicate with us by e-mail (for example, your domain name, your e-mail address, and what pages you visit); and
- Information you volunteer, via applications or surveys (for example, education, designations, specialties, affiliations with other real estate organizations and general demographic data).
2. We use this information to:
- Improve and customize the content and layout of our sites and other communications tools, such as Georgia REALTOR® Magazine online and print.
- Notify you of updates to our sites.
- Notify you of relevant products and services.
- Notify you of upcoming events and programs.
- Compile specialty directories about which you will be made aware.
- Track usage of our sites.
- Assist local, state and national REALTOR® associations and affiliated Institutes, Societies and Councils in membership tracking and for their use for purposes similar to those listed above.
3. GAR does not share, sell or trade e-mail addresses, but may provide you with informational or marketing messages that have been approved by GAR for the purposes described in Part 4 of this policy.
4. We will not share, sell or otherwise provide other information about you to third parties, except for:
- Partners in our Affinity Program for the limited purpose of notifying you of GAR-approved promotions.
- Exhibitors at GAR trade shows and expos through marketing vehicles approved by GAR.
- Other entities for the limited purpose of contacting targeted groups of members, through vehicles approved by GAR.
- When required by law or valid legal process, or to protect the personal safety of our members or the public.
5. Credit information that you and credit authorizers provide when you make payments by credit card or electronic check for products, dues or other services via the REALTOR® Electronic Commerce Network (“E-Commerce Network”) or any GAR websites will only be used to process the transactions you request. This information will be provided to and maintained by reputable credit reporting databases, but will never be sold, shared or provided to other third parties.
6. We maintain security procedures and standards which we believe are as safe as today’s technology permits. We test these procedures and modify them regularly as new technologies become feasible.
7. We utilize a strict GAR Opt-Out policy for sending notifications regarding services, products and programs. You may opt-out of all emails and other forms of communications from GAR by contacting GAR’s membership department via electronic or written notice.
8. You may edit your personal contact information directly in the NRDS system or by contacting your local REALTOR® association.
9. Some of our sites contain advertising placed by advertising networks pursuant to agreements between GAR and the advertising network. We do not control these advertising networks, the sites of third parties reached through links on our site or their information collection practices and GAR will not be responsible for the activities of these third parties. The advertising network uses cookies to collect certain non-personally identifiable information when you click on the banner ads appearing on our sites. This information is collected by the advertising network for purposes of measuring and reporting on the advertising to advertisers and GAR. The advertising network may also aggregate the information for certain other statistical and reporting purposes.