Privacy Policy

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Dana Elam, Realtor with Pearson Smith Realty, operates ThisIsNorthernVirginia.com and may operate other websites. It is This Is Northern Virginia's policy to respect your privacy regarding any information we may collect while operating our websites.

WEBSITE VISITORS

Like most website operators, This Is Northern Virginia collects non-personally-identifying information of the sort that web browsers and servers typically make available, such as the browser type, language preference, referring site, and the date and time of each visitor request.  This Is Northern Virginia's purpose in collecting non-personally identifying information is to better understand how This Is Northern Virginia's visitors use its website. From time to time, This Is Northern Virginia may release non-personally-identifying information in the aggregate, e.g.,by publishing a report on trends in the usage of its website.

This Is Northern Virginia also collects potentially personally-identifying information like Internet Protocol (IP) addresses for logged in users and for users leaving comments on YourInlandEmpire.com blogs/sites.  This Is Northern Virginia only discloses logged in user and commenter IP addresses under the same circumstances that it uses and discloses personally-identifying information as described below, except that commenter IP addresses and email addresses are visible and disclosed to the administrators of the blog/site where the comment was left.

GATHERING OF PERSONALLY-IDENTIFYING INFORMATION

Certain visitors to This Is Northern Virginia's websites choose to interact with This Is Northern Virginia in ways that require This Is Northern Virginia to gather personally-identifying information. The amount and type of information that This Is Northern Virginia gathers depends on the nature of the interaction. For example, we ask visitors opt in to  our mailing list to provide name and email address This Is Northern Virginia collects such information only insofar as is necessary or appropriate to fulfill the purpose of the visitor's interaction with This Is Northern Virginia.  This Is Northern Virginia does not disclose personally-identifying information other than as described below. And visitors can always refuse to supply personally-identifying information, with the caveat that it may prevent them from engaging in certain website-related activities.

AGGREGATED STATISTICS

This Is Northern Virginia may collect statistics about the behavior of visitors to its websites.  This Is Northern Virginia may display this information publicly or provide it to others. However, This Is Northern Virginia does not disclose personally-identifying information other than as described below.

PROTECTION OF CERTAIN PERSONALLY-IDENTIFYING INFORMATION

This Is Northern Virginia discloses potentially personally-identifying and personally-identifying information only to those of its employees, contractors and affiliated organizations that (i) need to know that information in order to process it on This Is Northern Virginia's behalf or to provide services available at This Is Northern Virginia's websites, and (ii) that have agreed not to disclose it to others. Some of those employees, contractors and affiliated organizations may be located outside of your home country; by using This Is Northern Virginia's websites, you consent to the transfer of such information to them.  This Is Northern Virginia will not rent or sell potentially personally-identifying and personally-identifying information to anyone. Other than to its employees, contractors and affiliated organizations, as described above,  This Is Northern Virginia discloses potentially personally-identifying and personally-identifying information only in response to a subpoena, court order or other governmental request, or when  This Is Northern Virginia believes in good faith that disclosure is reasonably necessary to protect the property or rights of  This Is Northern Virginia, third parties or the public at large. If you are a registered user of an This Is Northern Virginia website and have supplied your email address, This Is Northern Virginia may occasionally send you an email to tell you about new features, solicit your feedback, or just keep you up to date with what's going on with This Is Northern Virginia and our products. If you send us a request (for example via email or via one of our feedback mechanisms), we reserve the right to publish it in order to help us clarify or respond to your request or to help us support other users.  This Is Northern Virginia takes all measures reasonably necessary to protect against the unauthorized access, use, alteration or destruction of potentially personally-identifying and personally-identifying information.

COOKIES

A cookie is a string of information that a website stores on a visitor's computer, and that the visitor's browser provides to the website each time the visitor returns.  This Is Northern Virginia uses cookies to help  This Is Northern Virginia identify and track visitors, their usage of  This Is Northern Virginia website, and their website access preferences.  This Is Northern Virginia visitors who do not wish to have cookies placed on their computers should set their browsers to refuse cookies before using This Is Northern Virginia's websites, with the drawback that certain features of This Is Northern Virginia's websites may not function properly without the aid of cookies.

WHAT ABOUT LINKED SITES?

This Privacy Policy covers information collected on this website only. It does not apply to other sites you reach through links on our website. We encourage you to read the privacy policies of those other websites to learn how they collect and use information about you.

ADS

Ads appearing on any of our websites may be delivered to users by advertising partners, who may set cookies. These cookies allow the ad server to recognize your computer each time they send you an online advertisement to compile information about you or others who use your computer. This information allows ad networks to, among other things, deliver targeted advertisements that they believe will be of most interest to you. This Privacy Policy covers the use of cookies by This Is Northern Virginia and does not cover the use of cookies by any advertisers.

PRIVACY POLICY CHANGES

Although most changes are likely to be minor, This Is Northern Virginia may change its Privacy Policy from time to time, and in This Is Northern Virginia's sole discretion.  This Is Northern Virginia encourages visitors to frequently check this page for any changes to its Privacy Policy. Your continued use of this site after any change in this Privacy Policy will constitute your acceptance of such change.