Privacy Notice
FIND4CLOSE.COM respects your rights to privacy. We value your business and hold all the information you provide us in the strictest confidence in accordance with the Personal Information Protection Act (PIPA). When and Why we ask for Information: We will at times ask members and future members for personal information. You may wonder why your personal information is collected, used and disclosed? Your information may be collected, used and disclosed for some or all of the following purposes: 1. To allow members of real estate boards, including REALTORS and appraisers, to appraise your property. 2. To list your property with the Multiple Listing Service in order to better market your property. 3. To market your property for sale through any other media (both print and electronic). 4. To help you locate a suitable property to purchase. 5. To facilitate the purchase and sale transaction (by cooperating with financial institutions, legal advisors and government departments and agencies). 6. To allow the Boards and other real estate boards and their members (including REALTORS and appraisers) to compile current and historical statistics on sales and property prices, and to conduct comparative market analyses. Information about your property will be retained in the Multiple Listing Service for these purposes after your property has sold or your listing has expired (if you are a seller) and after you have purchased your property (if you are a buyer). 7. To enforce codes of professional conduct and ethics for members of real estate boards (by cooperating with real estate boards, the British Columbia Real Estate Association, the Real Estate Council of British Columbia, The Canadian Real Estate Association and other regulatory bodies). 8. To comply with legal requirements and to act pursuant to legal authorizations. The above-mentioned collections, uses and disclosures are a necessary part of your relationship with us.
Your information may also be collected, used and disclosed for the following additional purposes: 1. We may communicate with you in future to determine whether you require additional real estate services. 2. We may communicate with you to provide information about other products or services which may interest you. 3. Other REALTORS may communicate with you to determine whether you require additional real estate services. These additional purposes are optional. If you do not want your personal information disclosed or used for these purposes, please contact the Real Estate Board's privacy officer.
Privacy of Personal Information: FIND4CLOSE.COM will take all possible steps to keep your personal information confidential. This includes limiting access to member information databases, and communicating our privacy Statement to all employees and consultants who work for us. FIND4CLOSE.COM will not sell, lease / rent, or disclose our members personal information to other companies for use in selling products and services. Most personal information will be collected directly from you through the contracts and other documents you fill out (e.g., Multiple Listing Contract, Contract of Purchase and Sale, seller's Property Disclosure Statement) and through discussions you have with us. Some information may be collected from other sources such as government departments and agencies (e.g., Land Title Offices, BC Assessment), financial institutions and mortgage brokers. Your information may be disclosed to (or may be accessible by) Real Estate Boards, their staff and members, REALTORS and their clients, government departments and agencies, financial institutions, legal advisors, service providers, and members of the public, for the purposes described beneath the heading "When and Why we ask for information" (see above). Not all of your information will be accessible to each of the above-mentioned entities. For example, once the listing term has ended, the general public will not have access to your information unless it is otherwise available through public registries (e.g., Land Title Offices).
Contact us: If you have any questions or concerns regarding this privacy statement, the practices of this website, or your dealings with the FIND4CLOSE.COM Team, please contact our Privacy Officer Robert Wayne at Robert.Wayne@find4close.com |