Privacy Policy

Privacy Notice

This website (the Site) is owned and operated by EK Group, a Washington corporation doing business as EK Group and affiliated with Windermere Real Estate Company. By accessing and using the Site you agree to be bound by the terms of this Privacy Policy.

Any information that you give to EK Group will be held with care, and will not be used in any way to which you have not already consented. A more detailed explanation follows.

This privacy notice discloses the privacy practices of EK Group. This privacy notice applies solely to information collected by our websites. It will notify you of the following:

  1. What personally identifiable information is collected from you through the website, how it is used and with whom it may be shared.
  2. What choices are available to you regarding the use of your data.
  3. The security procedures in place to protect the misuse of your information.
  4. How you can correct any inaccuracies in the information.

Information Collection, Use, and Sharing

  • We are the sole owners of the information collected on this site.
  • We only have access to/collect information that you voluntarily give us via email or other direct contact from you.
  • We will not sell or rent this information to anyone.
  • We will use your information to respond to you, regarding the reason you contacted us. We will not share your information with any third party outside of our organization, other than as necessary to fulfill your request, e.g. to ship an order.
  • Unless you ask us not to, we may contact you via email in the future to tell you about specials, new products or services, or changes to this privacy policy.

Your Access to and Control Over Information
You may opt out of any future contacts from us at any time. You can do the following at any time by contacting us via the email address or phone number given on our website:

  • See what data we have about you, if any.
  • Change/correct any data we have about you.
  • Have us delete any data we have about you.
  • Express any concern you have about our use of your data. 

Security
We take reasonable precautions to protect your information. When you submit sensitive information via the website, your information is protected both online and offline. Wherever we collect sensitive information that information is encrypted and transmitted to us in a secure way. You can verify this by looking for a lock icon in the address bar and looking for “https” at the beginning of the address of the Web page.

While we use encryption to protect sensitive information transmitted online, we also protect your information offline. Only employees who need the information to perform a specific job (for example, customer service) are granted access to personally identifiable information. The computers/servers in which we store personally identifiable information are kept in a secure environment.

Links
This website contains links to other sites. Please be aware that we are not responsible for the content or privacy practices of such other sites. We encourage our users to be aware when they leave our site and to read the privacy statements of any other site that collects personally identifiable information.
Surveys & Contests
From time-to-time our site requests information via surveys or contests. Participation in these surveys or contests is completely voluntary and you may choose whether or not to participate and therefore disclose this information. Information requested may include contact information (such as name), and demographic information (such as zip code). Contact information will be used to notify the winners and award prizes. Survey information will be used for purposes of monitoring or improving the use and satisfaction of this site.

Collection and Use of Information

Much of the general information on the Site can be accessed without needing to register or log in; we therefore collect no information about you whatsoever when you are accessing these generic areas of our website. To search our database of properties for sale you may select one of three search methods.

You may elect to connect with us via email, phone or through any of our social media networks. You may Opt-Out at any time from any and all of our online platforms in the future.

Browser information collected on the website

As with many website operators, Windermere analyzes our website logs to constantly improve the value of our website to our visitors. We use an external service to provide real-time reporting to us and our authorized agents of browser accesses to our site. This includes the IP addresses used to access our site, page views, unique views, unique visitors, repeat visitors, frequency of visits, and peak-volume traffic periods.

Use of cookies

We use cookies on our website to provide each visitor with a personalized experience. Cookies are small data files that are downloaded onto your computer when you visit our site and that automatically identify your browser to our server whenever you interact with our site. We do link the cookies to your personally identifiable information on our servers, but no personal information is stored in the cookies themselves. We use cookies to track your use of our site, and to authenticate users and features. We do not share cookies with any other site. If you prefer not to allow us to collect cookie information, you can block cookies with your browser as described below. By modifying your browser preferences, you have the choice to accept all cookies, to be notified when a cookie is sent, or to reject all cookies. However, please note that if you reject some or all cookies, your experience at our Site may not be complete. Specifically, if you do not allow cookies, you will not be able to take advantage of some of the website features.

Other uses of your personal information

In addition to using information about you for the specific purposes set out above, from time to time we may also use your personal information to send you news about our organization and new features available on the Site.

Disclosure of Information

Except as disclosed in this policy, EK Group does not sell, rent, loan, trade, or lease personal information collected on our website to any third party. However, information must be released in response to subpoenas or other court orders, and may be released to law enforcement agencies in connection with criminal investigations.

Data Quality and Access

EK Group provides you with the opportunity to know about the information that Windermere holds about you, together with the ability to correct, amend or delete, as appropriate, any such information that is incomplete or inaccurate. Should you wish to exercise any of these options or should you have any questions or concerns about information that EK Group has collected in relation to you, please feel free to contact us by emailing info@ekreg.com.

International Information Transfers

Any personally identifiable information that you provide to EK Group will be collected and maintained directly on servers located in the United States and Canada. This means that any information you provide may be transferred abroad. While Windermere is committed to providing your information with the highest level of privacy protection, we believe you should know that the level of protection for personal information in the United States may not be the same as that provided in other countries, including those that belong to the European Economic Area.

Children’s Privacy

Our site is not intended to be used by or solicit information of any kind from children under the age of 13. It is possible that due to fraud or deception by others, we may unknowingly receive information pertaining to children under 13. If we are notified of this, once we have verified the information, we will promptly delete the information from our servers. If you want to notify us of our receipt of information in relation to children under 13, please do so by emailing privacy@ekreg.com.

Terms and Modifications to Privacy Policy

By using this website, you signify your agreement to the terms of this privacy policy. If you do not agree with these terms, please do not disclose any personal information through the Site. EK Group may modify this privacy policy at any time at its discretion and modifications are effective upon being posted on the Site. You are responsible for reviewing this privacy policy periodically to ensure that you are aware of any changes to it.

CONTACTING EK Group ABOUT PRIVACY:

If you have any questions or concerns regarding privacy on the Site, please contact us at info@ekreg.com.

If you feel that we are not abiding by this privacy policy, you should contact us immediately via telephone at via email.

This Privacy Policy was last updated on April 30, 2018.