Privacy Policy

 SCOPE
This Privacy Notice applies to the use of the Services (as defined below), including by both consumers and Professionals. “Professional(s)” means individuals, companies and other organizations or persons acting as real estate professionals or otherwise engaged in a business related to Texas Real Estate Gurus LLC., including, without limitation, agents, providers of moving-related services, products or information, home-builders, lenders, brokers, real estate professionals, re-modelers, seniors-related housing, product or service providers, home service professionals and other service professionals. Except as otherwise indicated, Professionals, consumers and other persons using the Services are individually and collectively referred to as “you.”

This Privacy Notice applies to personal information collected by Texas Real Estate Gurus LLC, through websites, mobile-optimized websites and other applications and/or electronic media (such as emails Texas Real Estate Gurus sends) (collectively, the “Services”).

INFORMATION WE COLLECT AND OBTAIN
We obtain personal information about you from a variety of sources. This includes personal information you provide to us directly, information we obtain from other sources, and information we gather through automated means.

Information you provide to us. When you register for or participate in certain services, seek access to certain content or features, or directly correspond with us, we may collect certain types of information from you:

Contact information (such as name, postal address, email address and telephone and/or mobile numbers);

Your social security number or payment information, when needed to facilitate certain transactions;and

Other information you may provide to us, such as through our “Submit a Request” or “Contact Us” feature.

If you are a Professional, we may also ask for additional information, such as relevant professional licensing numbers or an MLS ID#.

Information obtained from other sources. We may obtain personal information about you in connection with the Services from publicly and commercially available sources and from our Move affiliates and/or business partners (such as advertising networks or social networking services), including:

Demographic data (such as gender, age range, educational level, household income range, number of children in household, ethnicity to the extent permitted);

Purchasing data, including information about advertisements you have seen or acted upon and information about your interaction with advertisers’ products and services;

Occupational data (such as profession, position, title, industry; and business address);

Information Collected by Automated Means Through Our Services. We may gather by automated means (such as cookies, web beacons, web server logs, JavaScript and other similar technologies) certain information through our Services:

Your Internet Protocol (IP) address;

Your device type and settings, software used, browser type and operating system;

Dates and times you access or use the Services;

Location information, including the city, state and zip code associated with your IP Address, information derived through WiFi triangulation, and precise location information from GPS-based functionality on your mobile apps, with your consent;

COOKIES AND SIMILAR TECHNOLOGIES
Cookies are small files that we or others send to and store on or with your computer so that your computer, browser, mobile app or other application can be recognized as unique the next time you access, visit, use or otherwise take advantage of the Services or other media. Cookies may also reflect demographic data pertaining to you or other data linked to information you submit. One use or consequence of cookies is to enable you to receive customized ads, alerts, content, services or information. You are always free to decline any cookies we use by adjusting the settings of your browser, as your browser may permit; however, some products, services or features might not be available or operate properly if cookies are not enabled. Some of our advertisers and third-party service providers may also utilize their own cookies.

In addition, we, our service providers and others sometimes use data-gathering mechanisms on the Services, including without limitation “web beacons”, “clear GIFs”, “pixels” and/or “tags”. These perform statistical and administrative functions, such as measuring site and page traffic, verifying advertising paths, better understanding user interests and activity, gathering related information (such as information relating to a particular browser, device or IP address) and positioning images, and typically do so without detracting from your online experience. Such mechanisms are not necessarily designed to collect Personal Information. In addition, if you have provided your email address, we might use a non-human unreadable form (or “hash”) of your email address to deliver, or facilitate delivery of, relevant advertisements and information to you on or by way of the Services or on or by way of other websites or media, including, for example, popular social media sites and features.

HOW WE USE THE INFORMATION WE OBTAIN
We, or service providers acting on our behalf, may use the information collected from and about you to:

Provide our products and services, including authorizing a purchase, or completing a transaction that you requested;

Send promotional materials, alerts regarding available offers and other communications, including text/SMS messages if you provided your mobile number and opted in to receive such messages;

Communicate about, and administer participation in, special events, promotions, programs, offers, surveys, contests and market research;

Provide technical support;

Generate suggestions about the type of content you may enjoy;

Supplement your personal information collected directly from you and/or from automated means with additional information from publicly and commercially available sources, and/or information from Texas Real Estate Gurus LLC affiliates and our business partners;

Associate your browser and/or device with other browsers or devices you use for the purpose of providing relevant and easier access to content, advertising across browsers and devices, and other operational/business purposes;

Operate, evaluate and improve our business (including developing, enhancing, analyzing and improving our Services; managing our communications; reviewing and processing employment applications, performing data and statistical analytics; and performing accounting, auditing and other internal functions);

Protect against, identify and prevent fraud and other unlawful activity, claims and other liabilities;

Comply with and enforce applicable legal requirements, relevant industry standards, contractual obligations and our terms of service and other policies; and

In other ways for which we provide specific notice at the time of collection.

INFORMATION WE SHARE
We may share your personal information with:

With our Service Providers. With third parties who perform services on our behalf.

With our Clients or Business Partners. With our third-party clients or business partners, such as realtors, landlords, and other Professionals to facilitate your transactions, and other third parties for their own commercial or marketing purposes, such as to serve targeted advertisements.

For Legal Requirements and Proceedings.We may disclose information to law enforcement authorities or other government officials if we are required to do so to comply with subpoenas, court orders, legal process or other law enforcement or other government measures, and to comply with other legal obligations. We may also disclose information if we believe disclosure is necessary or appropriate in connection with an investigation of suspected or actual fraudulent or illegal activity.

To Protect our Services and Users. We may disclose information to protect and defend the rights, interests and safety of the Services, our subsidiaries and affiliates, and their employees, contractors and agents; to protect the security and safety of our users of the Services, including when we believe disclosure is necessary or appropriate to prevent physical harm or financial loss.

For Business Transfers. In the event of a proposed or completed sale or transfer of all or a portion of our business or assets (including in the event of a reorganization, dissolution or liquidation).

With Your Consent. We may share your information with select third-party partners with your consent or at your direction so they can send you promotions, ads or offers about their services or products that you may be interested in. We also may give you the option to receive communications from one of our advertising partners, such as when we offer a joint promotion with that third-party advertiser. If you choose to opt in to receiving communications from that third-party advertiser by providing your explicit consent, the third-party advertiser will manage your personal information pursuant to their own privacy policy.

Non-personal Information. When the information collected from or about you is not defined as personal information under applicable law, we may share such non-personal, de-identified information or aggregated information with third parties at our discretion.

YOUR CHOICES AND RIGHTS
We offer you certain choices and you also may have certain rights in connection with the personal information we collect about you.

YOUR CHOICES

You can choose to use Texas Real Estate Gurus LLC. Services without providing any information about yourself to us directly, but some information may be requested by us so that you can take advantage of certain features on our Services.

To ask us to remove your information from our marketing mailing lists, please contact us. We may still need to send you communications relating to your use of the Services, such as service announcements where you are using our Service.