Introduction
This Privacy Statement is HighriseRealtyGroup.com's official online
privacy policy and it applies to all personal information collected
by us. In this policy we explain how and why we collect
your personal information, how we use it, and what controls
you have over our use of it.
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HighriseRealtyGroup.com is committed to complying with
legislation governing privacy of personal information by businesses
and to protecting and safeguarding your privacy when you deal with us.
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Collection of Information
Some information provided to us by clients, customers,
contractors and other third parties might be considered
private or personal. Without these details we would not be
able to carry on our business and provide our services to you.
We will only collect such personal information if it is
necessary for one of our functions or activities.
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In particular, personal information is collected from people in
the following situations by HighriseRealtyGroup.com:
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• If you contact us, we may
keep a record of that correspondence.
• When you submit your e-mail address
to our web site mailing list.
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At or before the time the personal
information is collected by us we will take reasonable steps
to ensure that you are made aware of who we are, the fact that
you are able to gain access to the information held about you,
the purpose of the collection, the type(s) of organizations to
which we usually disclose the information collected about you,
any laws requiring the collection of the information and the
main consequences for you if all or part of the information is
not collected.
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Use Of and Disclosure Of Personal Information to Others
We may use or disclose personal information held about an
individual for the primary purpose for which it is collected
(eg. provision of our services, including administration of
our services, notification to you about changes to our
services, record-keeping following termination of our services
to you and technical maintenance). We may also use such
information for a purpose related to the primary purpose of
collection and where it would reasonably be expected by you
that we would use the information in such a way. This
information is only disclosed to persons outside our business
in the circumstances set out in this policy or as otherwise
notified to you at the time of collection of the information.
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In addition we are permitted to use or disclose
personal information held about you:
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• Where you have consented to the use
or disclosure;
• Where we reasonably believe that
the use or disclosure is necessary to lessen or prevent a
serious, immediate threat to someone's health or safety or
the public's health or safety;
• Where we reasonably suspect that
unlawful activity has been, is being or may be engaged in
and the use or disclosure is a necessary part of our
investigation or in reporting the matter to the relevant
authorities;
• Where such use or disclosure is
required under or authorized by law (for example, to comply
with a subpoena, a warrant or other order of a court or
legal process);
• Where we reasonably believe that
the use or disclosure is reasonably necessary for
prevention, investigation, prosecution and punishment of
crimes or wrongdoings or the preparation for, conduct of,
proceedings before any court or tribunal or the
implementation of the orders of a court by or on
behalf of an enforcement body.
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Links
Our website may contain links to other web sites and those third
party websites may collect personal information about you. We
are not responsible for the privacy practices of other
businesses or the content of web sites that are linked to our
website. HighriseRealtyGroup.com encourages users to be aware when they
leave the site and to read the privacy statements of each and
every website that collects personally identifiable information.
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Security and Storage
HighriseRealtyGroup.com places a great importance on
the security of all information associated with our customers,
clients and contractors. We have security measures in place to
attempt to protect against the loss, misuse and alteration of
personal information under our control.
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Personal information is de-identified or destroyed securely when no
longer required by us.
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HighriseRealtyGroup.com retains the information you provide to us
to enable us to verify transactions and customer details and to retain
adequate records for legal and accounting purposes. This information is
held on secure servers in controlled facilities.
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Information stored within our computer systems can only be accessed by
those entrusted with authority and computer network password sanctions.
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No data transmission over the Internet can be guaranteed to be 100
percent secure. As a result, while we strive to protect user's personal
information, we cannot ensure or warrant the security of any information
transmitted to it or from its online products or services, and users do so
at their own risk. Once HighriseRealtyGroup.com receives your transmission,
it makes every effort to ensure its security on its systems.
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Ultimately, you are solely responsible for keeping
your passwords and/or account information secret. You should
be careful and responsible whenever you are online.
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Access to and Correction of Personal Information
HighriseRealtyGroup.com is committed to maintaining accurate, timely,
relevant and appropriate information about our customers, clients and
website users.
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So long as your request for your personal information
is in accordance with the accepted principles, then we
will give you access to that information.
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Inaccurate information will be corrected upon receiving advice to this
effect from you. To ensure confidentiality, details of your
personal information will be passed on to you only if we are
satisfied that the information relates to you.
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If we refuse to provide you with access or correct the personal
information held about you by us, then we will provide reasons
for such refusal.
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Tracking Your Visit
When you visit the HighriseRealtyGroup.com site to read, browse or
download information, our system will record/log your IP
address (the address which identifies your computer on the
internet and which is automatically recognized by our web
server), date and time of your visit to our site, the pages
viewed and any information downloaded. This information will
only be used for the purpose of site analysis and to help us
offer you improved online service. We may automatically
collect non-personal information about you such as the type of
Internet browsers you use or the site from which you linked to
our website. You cannot be identified from this information
and it is only used to assist us in providing an effective
service on our websites.
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Complaints
If you have a complaint about our Privacy Policy or the
collection, use, or safe disposal or destruction of your
personal information, your complaint should be directed
to us at:
Privacy@HighriseRealtyGroup.com
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We will investigate your complaint and attempt to resolve any
breach that might have occurred in relation to the collection,
use, or destruction of personal information held by us about you.
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Changes to Privacy Policy
If HighriseRealtyGroup.com decides to change its Privacy Policy,
it will post changes on this Privacy Policy page so that users are
always aware of what information is collected, how it is used and the
way in which information may be disclosed. As a result, please remember
to refer back to this Privacy Policy regularly to review any amendments.
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Contacting Us
If you require further information regarding our Privacy Policy,
please contact us at:
Privacy@HighriseRealtyGroup.com
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Acceptance
You accept that your use of this site includes your acceptance
of this Privacy Statement and the Terms of Use.
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