Privacy Policy

We recognize the importance of protecting the personal information you provide at Web sites owned and/or controlled by the Williamson County Association of REALTORS^® (WCAR). We maintain the following privacy policy:

1. We gather the following types of information needed to process your transactions, fulfill your requests, and maintain our membership records:

• Contact information you provide (for example, your personal and business addresses, phone and fax numbers, firm affiliations and titles).
• Tracking information which our Web server automatically recognizes each time you visit one of our sites or communicate with us by e-mail (for example, your domain name, your e-mail address, and what pages you visit); and
• Information you volunteer, via applications or surveys (for example, education, designations, specialties, affiliations with other real estate organizations and general demographic data).

2. We use this information to:

• Improve and customize the content and layout of our sites and other communications tools, such as our newsletters and legislative communications.
• Notify you of updates to our sites.
• Notify you of relevant products and services.
• Notify you of upcoming events and programs.
• Compile specialty directories about which you will be made aware.
• Track usage of our sites.
• Assist national and state REALTOR^® associations and affiliated Institutes, Societies and Councils in membership tracking and for their use for purposes similar to those listed above.

3. Credit information that you and credit authorizers provide when you make payments by credit card or electronic check for products, dues or other services via the REALTOR^® Electronic Commerce Network (“E-Commerce Network”) will only be used to process the transactions you request. This information will be provided to and maintained by reputable credit reporting databases, but will never be sold, shared or provided to other third parties.

4. We maintain security procedures and standards which we believe are as safe as today’s technology permits. We test these procedures and modify them regularly as new technologies become feasible.

5. We utilize a strict Opt-Out policy for sending online notifications regarding services, products and programs. You may adjust your Communication Preferences by emailing WCAR staff and confirming your communication preferences, including opt-out of newsletters and other emails.

6. You may edit your personal contact information directly in the Member's Only section or by contacting WCAR's staff.

7. Some of our sites contain advertising placed by advertising networks pursuant to agreements between WCAR and the advertising network. We do not control these advertising networks, the sites of third parties reached through links on our site or their information collection practices and the National Association will not be responsible for the activities of these third parties. The advertising network uses cookies to collect certain non-personally identifiable information when you click on the banner ads appearing on our sites. This information is collected by the advertising network for purposes of measuring and reporting on the advertising to advertisers and WCAR. The advertising network may also aggregate the information for certain other statistical and reporting purposes.