Stewart Otton Real Estate is committed to protecting your privacy and developing technology that gives you the most powerful and safe online experience. This Statement of Privacy applies to the Stewart Otton Real Estate Web site and governs data collection and usage. By using the Stewart Otton Real Estate website, you consent to the data practices described in this statement.

Collection of your Personal Information

Stewart Otton Real Estate collects personally identifiable information, such as your e-mail address, name, home or work address or telephone number. Stewart Otton Real Estate also collects anonymous demographic information, which is not unique to you, such as your ZIP code, age, gender, preferences, interests and favorites.

There is also information about your computer hardware and software that is automatically collected by Stewart Otton Real Estate. This information can include: your IP address, browser type, domain names, access times and referring Web site addresses. This information is used by Stewart Otton Real Estate for the operation of the service, to maintain quality of the service, and to provide general statistics regarding use of the Stewart Otton Real Estate Web site.

Please keep in mind that if you directly disclose personally identifiable information or personally sensitive data through Stewart Otton Real Estate public message boards, this information may be collected and used by others. Note: Stewart Otton Real Estate does not read any of your private online communications.

Stewart Otton Real Estate encourages you to review the privacy statements of Web sites you choose to link to from Stewart Otton Real Estate so that you can understand how those Web sites collect, use and share your information. Stewart Otton Real Estate is not responsible for the privacy statements or other content on Web sites outside of the Stewart Otton Real Estate and Stewart Otton Real Estate family of Web sites.

Use of your Personal Information

Stewart Otton Real Estate collects and uses your personal information to operate the Stewart Otton Real Estate Web site and deliver the services you have requested. Stewart Otton Real Estate also uses your personally identifiable information to inform you of other products or services available from Stewart Otton Real Estate and its affiliates. Stewart Otton Real Estate may also contact you via surveys to conduct research about your opinion of current services or of potential new services that may be offered.

Stewart Otton Real Estate does not sell, rent or lease its customer lists to third parties. Stewart Otton Real Estate may, from time to time, contact you on behalf of external business partners about a particular offering that may be of interest to you. In those cases, your unique personally identifiable information (e-mail, name, address, telephone number) is not transferred to the third party. In addition, Stewart Otton Real Estate may share data with trusted partners to help us perform statistical analysis, send you email or postal mail, provide customer support, or arrange for deliveries. All such third parties are prohibited from using your personal information except to provide these services to Stewart Otton Real Estate, and they are required to maintain the confidentiality of your information.

Stewart Otton Real Estate does not use or disclose sensitive personal information, such as race, religion, or political affiliations, without your explicit consent.

Stewart Otton Real Estate keeps track of the Web sites and pages our customers visit within Stewart Otton Real Estate, in order to determine what Stewart Otton Real Estate services are the most popular. This data is used to deliver customized content and advertising within Stewart Otton Real Estate to customers whose behavior indicates that they are interested in a particular subject area.

Stewart Otton Real Estate Web sites will disclose your personal information, without notice, only if required to do so by law or in the good faith belief that such action is necessary to: (a) conform to the edicts of the law or comply with legal process served on Stewart Otton Real Estate or the site; (b) protect and defend the rights or property of Stewart Otton Real Estate; and, (c) act under exigent circumstances to protect the personal safety of users of Stewart Otton Real Estate, or the public.

Use of Cookies

The Stewart Otton Real Estate Web site use "cookies" to help you personalize your online experience. A cookie is a text file that is placed on your hard disk by a Web page server. Cookies cannot be used to run programs or deliver viruses to your computer. Cookies are uniquely assigned to you, and can only be read by a web server in the domain that issued the cookie to you.

One of the primary purposes of cookies is to provide a convenience feature to save you time. The purpose of a cookie is to tell the Web server that you have returned to a specific page. For example, if you personalize Stewart Otton Real Estate pages, or register with Stewart Otton Real Estate site or services, a cookie helps Stewart Otton Real Estate to recall your specific information on subsequent visits. This simplifies the process of recording your personal information, such as billing addresses, shipping addresses, and so on. When you return to the same Stewart Otton Real Estate Web site, the information you previously provided can be retrieved, so you can easily use the Stewart Otton Real Estate features that you customized.

You have the ability to accept or decline cookies. Most Web browsers automatically accept cookies, but you can usually modify your browser setting to decline cookies if you prefer. If you choose to decline cookies, you may not be able to fully experience the interactive features of the Stewart Otton Real Estate services or Web sites you visit.

Security of your Personal Information

Stewart Otton Real Estate secures your personal information from unauthorized access, use or disclosure. Stewart Otton Real Estate secures the personally identifiable information you provide on computer servers in a controlled, secure environment, protected from unauthorized access, use or disclosure. When personal information (such as a credit card number) is transmitted to other Web sites, it is protected through the use of encryption, such as the Secure Socket Layer (SSL) protocol.

Changes to this Statement

Stewart Otton Real Estate will occasionally update this Statement of Privacy to reflect company and customer feedback. Stewart Otton Real Estate encourages you to periodically review this Statement to be informed of how Stewart Otton Real Estate is protecting your information.

Contact Information

Stewart Otton Real Estate welcomes your comments regarding this Statement of Privacy. If you believe that Stewart Otton Real Estate has not adhered to this Statement, please contact Stewart Otton Real Estate at stewart@otton-realestate.com.au. We will use commercially reasonable efforts to promptly determine and remedy the problem.