Privacy Policy

Who We Are

Our website address is: https://waughequity.com.

Information Collected from Third Parties

We may collect personal information about individuals from commercially available third-party sources, public records, or data partners. This information may include your name, property ownership details, mailing address, and phone number. We use this data to identify real estate opportunities and reach out to individuals who may be interested in buying or selling property.

Mobile Messaging & SMS Privacy

  • Information Collection: We collect your mobile phone number only when you voluntarily provide it to us through our website contact forms, lead submission forms, opt-in checkboxes, or direct inquiries.
  • Use of Information: Your mobile number is used strictly to send you transactional updates, property notifications, account alerts, and promotional messages regarding our services, in direct accordance with the consent you provided.
  • Strict Privacy Protection: Mobile information, phone numbers, and explicit consent collected for SMS opt-in purposes will not be shared, sold, rented, or leased with third parties, affiliates, or partners for marketing or promotional purposes under any circumstances. All data sharing categories exclude text messaging originator opt-in data and consent; this information will not be shared with any third parties.
  • How to Opt-Out: You can cancel the SMS service at any time. Just text STOP to the number we messaged you from. After you send the SMS message STOP to us, we will send you an SMS message to confirm that you have been unsubscribed. After this, you will no longer receive SMS messages from us. If you want to join again, just sign up as you did the first time.
  • How to Get Help: If you are experiencing issues with the messaging program you can reply with the keyword HELP for more assistance, or you can get help directly at our main contact methods on our website.

Comments

When visitors leave comments on the site we collect the data shown in the comments form, and also the visitor’s IP address and browser user agent string to help spam detection.

An anonymized string created from your email address (also called a hash) may be provided to the Gravatar service to see if you are using it. The Gravatar service privacy policy is available here: automattic.com. After approval of your comment, your profile picture is visible to the public in the context of your comment.

Media

If you upload images to the website, you should avoid uploading images with embedded location data (EXIF GPS) included. Visitors to the website can download and extract any location data from images on the website.

Cookies

If you leave a comment on our site you may opt-in to saving your name, email address and website in cookies. These are for your convenience so that you do not have to fill in your details again when you leave another comment. These cookies will last for one year.

If you visit our login page, we will set a temporary cookie to determine if your browser accepts cookies. This cookie contains no personal data and is discarded when you close your browser.

When you log in, we will also set up several cookies to save your login information and your screen display choices. Login cookies last for two days, and screen options cookies last for a year. If you select “Remember Me”, your login will persist for two weeks. If you log out of your account, the login cookies will be removed.

If you edit or publish an article, an additional cookie will be saved in your browser. This cookie includes no personal data and simply indicates the post ID of the article you just edited. It expires after 1 day.

Embedded Content From Other Websites

Articles on this site may include embedded content (e.g. videos, images, articles, etc.). Embedded content from other websites behaves in the exact same way as if the visitor has visited the other website.

These websites may collect data about you, use cookies, embed additional third-party tracking, and monitor your interaction with that embedded content, including tracking your interaction with the embedded content if you have an account and are logged in to that website.

Who We Share Your Data With

If you request a password reset, your IP address will be included in the reset email. (As stated above, this completely excludes any mobile phone data or text messaging consent data, which is never shared).

How Long We Retain Your Data

If you leave a comment, the comment and its metadata are retained indefinitely. This is so we can recognize and approve any follow-up comments automatically instead of holding them in a moderation queue.

For users that register on our website (if any), we also store the personal information they provide in their user profile. All users can see, edit, or delete their personal information at any time (except they cannot change their username). Website administrators can also see and edit that information.

What Rights You Have Over Your Data

If you have an account on this site, or have left comments, you can request to receive an exported file of the personal data we hold about you, including any data you have provided to us. You can also request that we erase any personal data we hold about you. This does not include any data we are obliged to keep for administrative, legal, or security purposes.

Where Your Data Is Sent

Visitor comments may be checked through an automated spam detection service.

Compliance with Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act

Our website and services are directed to a general audience and are not intended for children under the age of 13. We do not knowingly collect personal information from children under 13. If we become aware that a child under 13 has provided us with personal information, we will take immediate steps to delete such information from our records.

Do Not Track (DNT) Signals

California law requires us to let you know how we respond to web browser “Do Not Track” (DNT) signals. Our website does not currently alter its behavior or respond to DNT signals, as a uniform technological standard has not yet been established.

Changes to This Privacy Policy

We reserve the right to update or change our Privacy Policy at any time. Any changes will be posted directly on this page. We encourage you to review this Privacy Policy periodically to stay informed about how we are protecting your data.

Contact Us

If you have any questions or concerns about this Privacy Policy or our data practices, please contact us at:

Phone: (840) 877-1138

Business Name: Waugh Equity

Website: https://waughequity.com