Introduction
Welcome to Searchella.com, where we aim to assist you in finding your dream home. We are committed to protecting your privacy and safeguarding your personal information. This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, and protect your information.
Information We Collect
- Personal Information: When you use our services, we might collect information like your name, email address, phone number, and details about your home buying preferences or property interests.
- Usage Information: We automatically collect information on how you interact with our website, including IP addresses, browser types, pages visited, and search queries for homes.
- Cookies and Similar Technologies: We use cookies to enhance your experience on our site. Cookies help us understand how our users use the site and improve our services.
Comments
When visitors leave comments on the site we collect the data shown in the comments form, and also the visitor’s IP address and browser user agent string to help spam detection. An anonymized string created from your email address (also called a hash) may be provided to the Gravatar service to see if you are using it. The Gravatar service privacy policy is available here: https://automattic.com/privacy/. After approval of your comment, your profile picture is visible to the public in the context of your comment.
Cookies
If you leave a comment on our site you may opt-in to saving your name, email address and website in cookies. These are for your convenience so that you do not have to fill in your details again when you leave another comment. These cookies will last for one year.
If you visit our login page, we will set a temporary cookie to determine if your browser accepts cookies. This cookie contains no personal data and is discarded when you close your browser. When you log in, we will also set up several cookies to save your login information and your screen display choices. Login cookies last for two days, and screen options cookies last for a year.
If you select “Remember Me”, your login will persist for two weeks. If you log out of your account, the login cookies will be removed. If you edit or publish an article, an additional cookie will be saved in your browser. This cookie includes no personal data and simply indicates the post ID of the article you just edited. It expires after 1 day.
Links to Other Websites
Our site might include links to third-party websites, plug-ins, and applications. Clicking on those links or enabling those connections may allow third parties to collect or share data about you. We do not control these third-party websites and are not responsible for their privacy statements.
Media
If you upload images to the website, you should avoid uploading images with embedded location data (EXIF GPS) included. Visitors to the website can download and extract any location data from images on the website.
Embedded content from other websites
Articles on this site may include embedded content (e.g. videos, images, articles, etc.). Embedded content from other websites behaves in the exact same way as if the visitor has visited the other website.
These websites may collect data about you, use cookies, embed additional third-party tracking, and monitor your interaction with that embedded content, including tracking your interaction with the embedded content if you have an account and are logged in to that website.
How We Use Your Information
- Service Provision: To provide you with home search results, property alerts, and personalized content.
- Communication: For responding to your inquiries, sending you updates about properties, or marketing our services with your consent.
- Improving Our Services: To analyze trends, track users’ movements around the site, and gather demographic information.
Data Sharing and Disclosure
- Third Parties: We might share data with service providers who assist in our operations (like customer service support or analytics).
- Legal Compliance: We may disclose information if required by law or to protect our rights, safety, or property.
- Business Transfers: If Searchella.com is involved in a merger, acquisition, or sale of assets, your information might be transferred as part of that deal. We may also share you information with a real estate agent who actively works in the area you are searching for a home.
If you request a password reset, your IP address will be included in the reset email.
Your Rights and Choices
- Access/Update: You can access or update your personal information by contacting us directly.
- Opt-Out: You have the right to opt-out of marketing communications or any data collection we have not justified under legitimate interest or consent.
- Delete: You can request deletion of your personal data, subject to certain conditions.
Security
We are committed to ensuring your information is secure. We have put in place suitable physical, electronic, and managerial procedures to safeguard and secure the information we collect online.
Children’s Privacy
Our services are not directed at individuals under the age of 13, and we do not knowingly collect personal information from children. If you believe we have inadvertently collected such information, please contact us immediately.
Changes to This Privacy Policy
We may update our Privacy Policy from time to time. We will notify you of any changes by posting the new policy on this page. You are advised to review this Privacy Policy periodically for any changes.
How long we retain your data
If you leave a comment, the comment and its metadata are retained indefinitely. This is so we can recognize and approve any follow-up comments automatically instead of holding them in a moderation queue.
For users that register on our website (if any), we also store the personal information they provide in their user profile. All users can see, edit, or delete their personal information at any time (except they cannot change their username). Website administrators can also see and edit that information.
What rights you have over your data
If you have an account on this site, or have left comments, you can request to receive an exported file of the personal data we hold about you, including any data you have provided to us. You can also request that we erase any personal data we hold about you. This does not include any data we are obliged to keep for administrative, legal, or security purposes.
Where your data is sent
Visitor comments may be checked through an automated spam detection service.
Contact Us
If you have any questions or concerns about this privacy notice or how we handle your data, please contact us at:
- Email: contact@davebailey.me
- Address: 19321 US Hwy 19 N, Suite C415, Clearwater, FL, 33764