Privacy Policy
This Policy does not apply to any other site accessed by a
link located on this Site. Please review the privacy policy of the other site
before providing any personal information.
To protect your privacy, the BNAR provides a link to this
Policy on all pages that collect and transmit information from the user to the
BNAR.
Definitions. "Content" shall mean all
information or images contained on the Site, including but not limited to,
trademarks, copyrights, data, text, graphics, photos, software and video.
“Financial information” shall mean a User’s social security number, credit card
number or expiration date, or the number of any account held by User in any
financial institution. “General information” is all information related to Users
other than “financial information”, whether provided by the User on the Site or
otherwise obtained by the BNAR. "Site" shall mean the Internet site located at
the URL address http://www.bnar.org.
"User" shall mean any person or entity that accesses or uses the Site in any
manner. "BNAR" shall mean the Buffalo Niagara Association of REALTORS® , Inc.,
its employees, officers, directors, and all other persons or entities affiliated
with BNAR responsible for creating, maintaining, and publishing this Site.
What the BNAR
does with the information it gathers. We use information about
our Users, members and non-members, for administrative, operational and
financial purposes. Databases are maintained to store information regarding: 1)
membership records; 2) course registration, attendance and completion; 3)
product purchases, and other financial and general information.
Distribution of Information Gathered on the Site.
The BNAR will not release a User’s financial information to
anyone outside the BNAR without first obtaining the User’s consent, except for
information that we are legally required to gather and/or report to government
agencies. General information may be released to third parties without the
User’s consent. General information, may also be distributed publicly in various
articles and reports.
Cancellation of communications or services.
Some general information gathered on the site is used to identify persons to
whom various communications or advertisements may be sent by the BNAR or third
parties. In the event that a User wishes to cancel future communications or
advertisements from the BNAR, they may do so by:
- Sending an email to webmaster@BNAR.org
- calling the following telephone number: (716) 636-9000
- writing to: Customer Service, Buffalo Niagara Association of
REALTORS®
200 John James Audubon Parkway, Suite 201, Amherst, NY 14228
This
Site's Policy on Correcting, Updating and Deleting Information.
BNAR members* and non-members may correct, update or delete** financial or
general information previously provided to the site or otherwise maintained in
BNAR databases by:
- Sending an email to webmaster@BNAR.org
- calling the following telephone number: (716) 636-9000
- writing to: Customer Service, Buffalo Niagara Association of
REALTORS®
200 John James Audubon Parkway, Suite 201, Amherst, NY 14228
* See the BNAR Internet Member Services web link on this
Site for an explanation of how membership records may be modified.
** Records that the BNAR is required by law to maintain may be
corrected or updated by members or non-members, but may not be deleted.
Online
Order, Registration and E-mail Security. The BNAR uses the
Internet standard Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) for cryptographic security on all
information transactions that feature sensitive information such as credit cards
and financial information. E-mail transmissions, once received by the BNAR, are
secured through the use of the BNAR’s virtual private network.
Financial and general information collected from Users via
online registration and order forms is used to process and send orders, bill
credit cards, verify BNAR membership, when applicable, and to accurately
maintain pre-license and continuing education records (as required by Department
of State rules). You may be asked to provide contact information (i.e., e-mail
address, phone number, firm name), unique identifiers (i.e., BNAR member number
(social security numbers may be volunteered, as an alternative, by a member who
does not have his/her membership number)), and/or financial information (i.e.,
credit card number). Financial information supplied via online order forms and
registration forms is used only by the BNAR. It is not sold or provided to third
party vendors, direct mail concerns, email list services, etc.
Contacting
the Web Site. If you have any questions about this privacy
statement, the practices of this site, or your dealings with this Web site, you
may contact us by:
- Sending an email to webmaster@BNAR.org
- calling the following telephone number: (716) 636-9000
- writing to: Customer Service, Buffalo Niagara Association of
REALTORS®
200 John James Audubon Parkway, Suite 201, Amherst, NY 14228
Computer
Data/Cookies. The BNAR uses cookies. Cookies are small text
files that are placed on User’s computer's hard drive. Essentially, cookies are
identification cards for the BNAR computers, or servers, that placed them there.
Cookies are only read by the server that placed them there and are unable to
execute any code or virus. The BNAR uses cookies on member’s computers to
identify that User as a member when that User accesses the Site in the future.
Cookies may also be used to provide personalized service to Users of the
Site.
The BNAR may also monitor the packets of information that are
sent to our webserver from the computers of Users that visit the Site. This
information is automatically imbedded in the communication packets that go back
and forth between the two computers as a result of the standards that have been
created for most computer networks. The information collected in this manner is
generic information relating to the User’s software, internet service provider
and the User’s interaction with the Site. Information that would identify the
individual User is not collected in these packets of information. The types of
information that are sent in these communications packets are the: -type of
operating system (Windows 3.11, MacOS, Windows 95, etc.); -type of browser being
used (IE 4.0, Netscape, Mosaic etc.); -the Internet Protocal (IP) address of the
computer while it is connected to the Site; -the region of the country; -the
internet service provider (ISP) being utilized by the user; -the time of day the
User connects to the Site and the duration of the connection time; -the pages of
our Site that the User visits; -the search engines used to get to the Site and
the words used in for the search request.
BNAR
Member Information Changes. BNAR members may change membership
records on the BNAR Internet
Member Services web link. Change requests made on this page are submitted to
the BNAR membership database. This is an electronic process and is reviewed
frequently. Membership information may also be changed by calling: (716)
636-9000 and asking for the membership department.
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