Schuckman Realty Inc.’s (the “Company”, “we”, “our” or “us”) respects your privacy and is committed to protecting it through our compliance with this Privacy Policy (the “Policy”). This Policy describes the types of information we may collect from you or that you may provide when you: (i) visit the Company’s website located at https://www.schuckmanrealty.com/ (our “Website”) and/or visit any of our social media accounts or webpages (the “Social Media Sites”); and our practices for collecting, processing, using, maintaining, protecting, and disclosing that information. This Policy also explains your rights in relation to your personal information (defined herein) and how to contact us or supervisory authorities in the event you have a complaint. As detailed herein, we collect, process, use and are responsible for certain personal information about you. When we do so we may be subject to various laws in the United States and the General Data Protection Regulation which applies across the European Union (including in the United Kingdom), use of any personal data you submit to the Site is governed by the Site’s Privacy Policy.
As used in this Policy, the word “Sites” shall include the Company’s Website and Social Media Sites. By using the Company’s Sites, you consent to the collection, processing, use, retention, protection and disclosure of your information by Company as described in this Policy. You shall also be subject to any additional terms posted with respect to individual sections of the Company’s Sites, which also govern your use of the Company’s Sites. These additional terms include without limitation the Terms of Service located at: [ ] (the “Terms of Service”) for the Company’s Sites. In addition, you agree to be bound by the terms and conditions, privacy policy and/or other policies (the “Social Media Platform Rules”) of any of the social media websites, platforms and applications on which the Company’s Social Media Sites reside.
This Policy applies to information we collect:
- on the Sites; and
- in email, text, and other electronic messages between you and the Sites.
This Policy does not apply to information collected by:
- Through any other means, including on any other website operated by Company or any third party or through other forms of communications such as telephone; or
- Any third party, including through any application or content (including advertising) that may link to or be accessible from or on the Sites.
Your Acceptance of this Policy
Please read this Policy carefully to understand our policies and practices regarding your information and how we will treat it. By accessing or using any of the Sites you agree to this Policy. If you do not agree to this Policy, you are directed to discontinue using and accessing the Company’s Sites. The Company reserves the right to change or update this Policy at any time and without prior notice to you. Your continued access or use of the Sites after such changes or updates indicates your acceptance of the Policy as changed or updated. It is your responsibility to review this Policy regularly for any changes or updates. This Policy was last updated on December [] , 2024.
Information We Collect About You and How We Collect It
When you use our Sites, the Company and/or our third-party service providers collect certain information about you (the “Sites Information”). Among the types of information from and about users of our Sites that we collect are:
- Personal Information. We receive or collect information that identifies you personally if you choose to provide such personal information to us via email or other means. When you sign up to become a user or contact us, you will be required to provide us with personal information about yourself (collectively, the “Personal Information”). Such Personal Information may include your name, e-mail address, physical address, phone number.
- Third-party Log In. If you register or visit the Sites through Facebook, Apple, Google, or another website or platform, you are authorizing us to collect, store, and use, in accordance with this Policy, any and all information that you agreed that such websites or platforms would provide to us through its Application Programming Interface. Such information may include, without limitation, your first and last name, username, profile picture, headline, unique identifier and access token, and e-mail address. We do not receive or store your passwords for your social media accounts.
- Geolocation Information. Certain features and functionalities of the Sites are based on your location. In order to provide these features and functionalities, we may, with your consent, automatically collect geolocation information from your device(s) or wireless carrier and/or certain third-party service providers (collectively, “Geolocation Information”).
- Third-Party Analytics. We and the third-party technology providers, ad exchanges, ad networks, advertisers, agencies, and ad servers with which we work use third-party analytics services (e.g., Google Analytics) to evaluate your use of the Sites, compile reports on activity, collect demographic data, analyze performance metrics, and collect and evaluate other information relating to the Sites and mobile and Internet usage (collectively, “Third-Party Analytics”). These third parties use cookies and other technologies to help analyze and provide us the data. You consent to the processing of data about you by these analytics providers in the manner and for the purposes set out in this Policy. Please be advised that if you opt out of any such service, you may not be able to use the full functionality of the Sites.
- Other Information. In addition to Personal Information, Geolocation Information, and Third-Party Analytics, we may automatically collect or receive additional information regarding you and your use of the Sites, your interactions with us and our advertising; and information regarding your computer and mobile devices used to access the Sites (collectively, the “Other Information”). Such Other Information may include:
- From and About Your Devices. The Sites, may access metadata and other information associated with other files stored on your devices. This may include, for example, photographs, audio and video clips, personal contacts, and address book information. We may also collect information regarding your mobile device, including: (a) the type of mobile device; (b) advertising Identifier (“IDFA” or “AdID”); (c) operating system and version (e.g., iOS, Android or Windows); (d) carrier; and (e) network type (WiFi, 3G, 4G, 5G, LTE, etc.).
- From Your Activity. We may collect or receive information regarding: (a) IP address, which may consist of a static or dynamic IP address and will sometimes point to a specific identifiable computer or mobile device; (b) browser type and language; (c) referring and exit pages and URLs; (d) date and time; and (e) details regarding your activity on the Sites, such as searches and other performance and usage data.
- From User Attribution Devices. User Attribution Devices help facilitate and enhance the Sites’ communications and interactions with you. The Company may share use User Attribution Devices to inform, optimize and serve information and content to you. User Attribution Devices include:
- Cookies (or browser cookies). A cookie is a small file placed on your smartphone or the hard drive of your computer. Unless you have adjusted your browser setting so that it will refuse cookies, our systems will issue cookies when you direct you visit our Sites. Cookies may be used to personalize your experience on the Sites, among other reasons.
- Flash Cookies. Certain features of our Sites may use local stored objects (or Flash cookies) to collect and store information about your preferences and navigation to, from, and on our Sites. Flash cookies are not managed by the same browser settings as are used for browser cookies.
- Web Beacons. Our Sites may contain small electronic files known as web beacons (also referred to as clear gifs, pixel tags, and single-pixel gifs) that permit us, for example, to count users who have visited certain webpages and for other related statistics (for example, recording the popularity of certain content on the Sites and verifying system and server integrity).
How and Why We Use Your Information
We may use any information about our users, including without limitation any Sites Information, in aggregated, anonymized and/or non-personally identifiable form, without restriction (except to the extent prohibited by applicable law).
We may use information that we collect about you or that you provide to us as described in this Policy, including without limitation any Sites Information. Under data protection law, we only use your personal information if we have an appropriate reason for doing so, including to comply with our legal and regulatory obligations; for the performance of our contract with you or to take steps at your request before entering into a contract; for our legitimate interests or those of a third party; or where you have given consent. A legitimate interest is when we have a business or commercial reason to use your information, so long as this is not overridden by your own rights and interests.
Disclosure of Your Information
We may disclose any information about our users, including without limitation any Sites Information, in aggregated, anonymized and/or non-personally identifiable form, without restriction (except to the extent prohibited by applicable law).
We may disclose information that we collect about you or that you provide to us as described in this Policy, including without limitation any Sites Information:
- To contractors, service providers, and other third parties we use to support our business (including but not limited to online service vendors) and who are bound by contractual obligations to keep the information that we disclose about you confidential and use it only for the purposes for which we disclose it to them. These contractors, service providers, and other third parties will have access to your Personal Information only as necessary to perform their functions and to the extent permitted by law. We also impose contractual obligations on contractors, service providers, and other third parties relating to ensure they can only use your Personal Information to provide services to us and to you.
- To a subsidiary, affiliate, buyer or to any other successor in the event of a merger, divestiture, restructuring, consolidation, reorganization, dissolution, or other sale or transfer of some or all of Company’s assets, whether as a going concern or as part of bankruptcy, insolvency, liquidation, or similar proceeding, in which information held by the Company about you is among the assets transferred.
- To third parties to market their products or services to you if you have not opted out of these disclosures. We contractually require these third parties to keep Personal Information confidential and use it only for the purposes for which we disclose it to them.
- To comply with any court order, law, or legal process, including responding to any government or regulatory request.
- To enforce or apply our Terms of Service and other agreements.
- If we believe disclosure is necessary or appropriate to protect the rights, property, or safety of the Company, our customers, or others. This includes exchanging information with other companies and organizations for the purposes of fraud protection and credit risk reduction.
The Company’s Social Media Sites
The Company maintains accounts on third party social media websites and applications, including on Facebook, LinkedIn, and Instagram. Your use of the Company’s Social Media Sites shall be subject to all of the following: this Policy; the Terms of Service; and the terms of use, privacy policy, and all other applicable terms and conditions for each social media website, platform and application on which the Company’s Social Media Sites reside, as in effect at such time. In addition, when you register to use social media websites and platforms in general, you are generally required to furnish profile and other information to such websites and platforms in accordance with their own internal policies. Therefore, by using the Company’s Social Media Sites, you authorize the Company to collect and retain information about you, including your profile and other information you disclosed to such social media websites, platforms and applications and other information arising from your access and use of the Company’s Social Media Sites. You expressly consent to the Company’s collection, processing, retention, use and disclosure of such information in accordance with this Policy and the Terms of Service.
External Websites
The Sites may contain links to third-party websites. We have no control over the privacy practices or the content of these websites, even if we are affiliated with such websites. As such, we are not responsible for the content or the privacy policies of those third-party websites. You should check the applicable third-party privacy policy and terms of use when visiting any other websites.
Children
The Sites are not intended for children under the age of thirteen (13). No one under the age of thirteen may provide any personal information to or on the Sites. The Company is committed to the safety of children and to protecting the online privacy of children. The Company does not request or knowingly collect any personal information from children under the age of thirteen. If the Company becomes aware that a child under the age of thirteen has provided personal information to the Sites, the Company shall take reasonable measures to delete all such information from the Company’s records. The Company relies on the parents and guardians of children to monitor their children’s access and use of the Internet, including the Company’s Sites. If you believe we might have any information from or about a child under the age of thirteen, please contact us at [ ].
Your California Privacy Rights
If you are a California resident, California law may provide you with additional rights regarding our use of your Personal Information. Annually, California residents may request and obtain personal information that the Company has shared with third parties for such third parties’ direct marketing purposes within the prior calendar year (as defined by California Civil Code § 1798.83, commonly known as California’s “Shine the Light Law”). If applicable, this information would include a list of the categories of personal information that was shared and the names and addresses of all third parties with which the Company shared this information in the immediately preceding calendar year. To obtain this information, please send an email message to [ ] with the words “California Shine the Light Privacy Request” in the subject line as well as in the body of your message. The Company shall then furnish any applicable requested information to your email address.
Risks
You acknowledge that you are aware of security and privacy limitations including but not limited to: (1) the global accessibility of the Company’s Sites on the Internet; (2) the technological limitations of security, privacy, and authentication measures and features on Internet sites and specifically on the Company’s Sites; (3) the risk that data or information is transmitted to or from the Company’s Sites may be subject to eavesdropping, sniffing, spoofing, forgery, spamming, “impostering”, tampering, breaking passwords, harassment, fraud, electronic trespassing, hacking, denial of service attacks, nuking, system contamination (including computer viruses, Trojan horses, worms, defects, date bombs, time bombs, malware, ransomware, bugs, executables or other items of a destructive nature or any other malicious computer codes, scripts, applications or programs) causing unauthorized, damaging, or harmful access to and/or retrieval of information and data on your computer or network; (4) the risk that data or information on any of the Company’s Sites may be subject to other security or privacy hazards, may not reach its destination, or may reach an erroneous address or recipient; (5) unauthorized access by third parties; and (6) the content or the privacy policies of other websites, social media websites, platforms, and applications, including without limitation those to which the Company may link or be linked.
Data Security
The Company considers protecting the security of your Personal Information important. We have implemented commercially reasonable measures to protect your Personal Information from accidental loss, from misuse and from unauthorized access, alteration, disclosure or destruction. All information you provide to us is stored on our secure servers behind firewalls. Please understand, however, that no security system is impenetrable. We cannot guarantee the security of our databases or the databases of the third parties with which we may share Personal Information, nor can we guarantee that the Personal Information you supply will not be intercepted while being transmitted over the Internet. Any transmission of information, including Personal Information, is at your own risk.
The safety and security of your Personal information also depends on you. Where we have given you (or where you have chosen) a password to access certain parts of our Sites, you are responsible for keeping this password confidential. We ask you not to share your password with anyone. We urge you to be careful about giving out information in public areas of the Sites, which may be viewed by others. You must take precautions to protect the security of all Personal Information that you Post or otherwise transmit to or through the Sites, including over any home networks, routers, private wireless (WiFi) networks, public WiFi networks, and all other communication technologies. We are not responsible for circumvention of any privacy settings or security measures contained on the Sites, for the unauthorized acts of others, or for acts or omissions beyond our reasonable control.
Your Rights Under the GDPR
If you are an individual physically located in the European Economic Area when you access and/or use the Sites, or if you are otherwise subject to the General Data Protection Regulation 2016/679 (“GDPR”), you may have certain additional rights, including:
| Right to Access | The right to be provided with a copy of your personal information. |
| Right to Rectification | The right to require us to correct any mistakes in your personal information. |
| Right to be Forgotten | The right to require us to delete your Personal Information in certain situations. |
| Right to Restriction of Processing | The right to require us to restrict processing of your Personal Information in certain circumstances, e.g. if you contest the accuracy of the data. |
| Right to Data Portability | The right to receive the Personal Information you provided to us, in a structured, commonly used and machine-readable format and/or transmit that data to a third party, in certain situations. |
| Right to Object | The right to object: (i) at any time to your Personal Information being processed for direct marketing (including profiling); and (ii) in certain other situations to our continued processing of your Personal Information, e.g. processing carried out for the purpose of our legitimate interests. |
| Right Not to be Subject to Automated Individual Decision-Making | The right not to be subject to a decision based solely on automated processing (including profiling) that produces legal effects concerning you or similarly significantly affects you. |
How to File a GDPR Complaint
We hope that we can resolve any query or concern you raise about our use of your Information. The GDPR also gives you the right to lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority, in the European Union (or European Economic Area) state where you work, normally live, or where any alleged infringement of data protection laws occurred.
Do You Need Extra Help?
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Law Enforcement
The Company fully cooperates with law enforcement personnel and agencies in identifying those who use the Company’s Sites and/or services for illegal activities. The Company reserves the right to release information to law enforcement agencies about any user of the Sites, including without limitation any Sites Information and/or Personal Information, whenever required by law, court order, other legal process, government agency or authority, or regulatory agency or authority or whenever the Company, in its sole and absolute discretion, believes: (i) a user is engaging in any activities in violation of this Policy, the Terms of Service, and/or applicable law; (ii) disclosure is necessary to prevent physical harm or financial loss; or (iii) is necessary in connection with an investigation of suspected and/or actual illegal activity.
Governing Law and Venue
All claims, disputes or legal proceedings arising out of or in connection with this Policy including, without limitation, its validity, interpretation, performance or breach, shall be adjudicated exclusively in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York located in Suffolk County, New York or the Supreme Court of the State of New York, County of Nassau. You expressly consent to the exclusive jurisdiction of such courts over you. You expressly waive any claim of forum non conveniens. This Policy and its validity and effect shall be interpreted under and governed by the substantive laws of the United States of America and the State of New York, without regard to principles of conflict of laws.
YOU AGREE TO WAIVE ANY RIGHTS TO PARTICIPATE IN A CLASS ACTION OR REPRESENTATIVE ACTION WITH RESPECT TO A CLAIM, DISPUTE OR LEGAL PROCEEDING ARISING OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THIS POLICY. IN ANY SUCH CLAIM, DISPUTE OR LEGAL PROCEEDING, YOU AGREE NOT TO JOIN OR CONSOLIDATE CLAIMS, DISPUTES OR LEGAL PROCEEDINGS BY OR AGAINST OTHER CUSTOMERS IN COURT OR OTHERWISE PARTICIPATE IN ANY CLAIM AS A CLASS REPRESENTATIVE, CLASS MEMBER OR IN A PRIVATE ATTORNEY GENERAL CAPACITY.
Limitation of Liability
In no event and under no legal or equitable theory, whether in tort, contract, strict liability, or otherwise, shall The Company be liable for any direct, indirect, special, incidental, or consequential damages arising out of any use of the information contained herein, including, without limitation, damages for lost profits, loss of goodwill, loss of data, work stoppage, accuracy of results, or computer failure or malfunction.
How to Contact Us
To ask questions or comment about this Policy and our privacy practices, contact us at: contact@schuckmanrealty.com.