Privacy Policy Statement
The following information summarizes the personally identifiable information gathering and dissemination practices for The National Association of Real Estate Brokers, Inc. (“NAREB”) website located at the URL, www.nareb.com (the “Site”). Personally identifiable information (“PII”) includes information that can be linked to a specific individual, such as name, address, phone number, or email address. NAREB reserves the right to change this Privacy Policy at any time. If NAREB makes changes to this Privacy Policy, NAREB will post those changes at this location and provide notice of any material changes so that you are aware of what information we collect, how we use it, and under what circumstances, if any, we disclose it. Please review this Privacy Policy on a periodic basis.
Legal Action
NAREB will not sell any member information. Members can opt in or out to share their contact information on the Site under the “Find A Qualified Realtist” tab. NAREB may disclose additional PII when legally required to do so in accordance with government requests or regulations or legal proceedings. We may also disclose PII to protect against misuse or unauthorized use of the Site or as is otherwise required to limit legal liability, protect of defend our rights, property, or interests, or protect the safety, rights, or property of our members and users.
Use of Cookies
NAREB may use cookies to enhance your experience while using our Site. Cookies are pieces of information, which NAREB uses for record-keeping purposes, which the Site transfers to your computer’s Web-browser for storage on your computer’s hard drive. Cookies enable NAREB to customize your experience on the Site. Cookies also make Web-surfing easier by automatically performing certain functions such as saving your personal preferences and by ensuring that you don’t see the same advertisement repeatedly. NAREB, however, will “NOT” use cookies to record passwords or credit card or other financial information. Moreover, you can delete any cookies residing on your hard drive by following the instructions for your Web browser.
External or Third Party Web Sites
To the extent hyperlinks or gateways (whether through banner advertisements or otherwise) are utilized to access external or third party sites, you should be aware that these external or third party sites may collect PII and are not controlled by NAREB and therefore, are not subject to this Privacy Policy. NAREB suggests that you check the privacy policies of these sites to determine how the proprietors of these third party sites will utilize your PII.
Security
As is appropriate for the nature of PII collect and stored by NAREB, this Site has industry standard security measures or safeguards in place to protect against the loss, misuse, and alteration of the information un NAREB’s control. Although NAREB has endeavored to create secure and reliable Site, the confidentiality of any communication or material transmitted via the Internet cannot be guaranteed. Accordingly, you should consider carefully if you want to submit sensitive information via the Internet. NAREB urges you to take every precaution to protect you PII when on-line.
Our Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) software is the industry standard for secure commerce transactions. It encrypts all of your personal information, including credit card number, name and address, so that it cannot be read over the internet.
Questions
If you have questions or comments regarding this Site, are interested in obtaining more information concerning NAREB and its programs or services, want permission to use any NAREB content, or are aware of or wish to report misuse of the Site or NAREB materials by any person or entity, please contact NAREB at nareb@nareb.com or (301) 552-9340 between the hours of 9am and 5pm (EST), Monday through Friday.