We know that you are concerned about your privacy when visiting Web sites and doing business online. We want you to know that we don't give or sell your personal information to anybody other than those whom you intend it for. If you're ever asked to give personal information it's only that which we need to provide you with the services that you're requesting, or to comply with our legal and regulatory obligations.

YOUR PRIVATE INFORMATION IS PROTECTED BY STATE OF THE ART ENCRYPTION SOFTWARE
You can browse almost all of our guide to North Carolina Real Estate without ever having to give any personal information. If, however, you ever decide to take advantage of any of our services that require you to give personal information such as Social Security Account Numbers, credit card numbers, bank records or other personally identifiable and private information, you will be protected by state of the art encryption software from secure servers. If you elect to enter any secure, password protected areas you will be required to register and apply for an account with your personal details. But you will always do so from a protected secure page.

VERIFY THAT YOU ARE ON A SECURE PAGE
How do you know when you're on a secure server page? You will see that the Internet address, or URL, of the Web site page in your browser's address box starts with the designation, "https." The "s" stands for "secure". A normal nonsecure page URL starts with the familiar "http." Your browser may also display a small lock (or key, depending upon your brand of browser, in the lower right hand corner of the browser task bar.

WHAT WE DO WITH INFORMATION THAT YOU MAY PROVIDE TO US
We do not sell or give your personal information to third parties other than those real estate agents, vendors and service providers who are listed in our site. We only transmit that information when and only when you specifically authorize us to do so. When you use our guide to North Carolina real estate to contact real estate brokers you will be prompted to provide personal information such as your name, address and telephone number, e-mail address and certain information about the type, price and location of any home or commercial real estate that you may be seeking. You may also be asked about status of the mortgage for your prospective new home-- whether you are pre-qualified or have yet to start the loan process. Your request for information or assistance will be forwarded to a real estate broker or other provider in the geographical area of your interest, and you may be contacted by telephone or e-mail in order to process your request. Commercial real estate prospects also complete a similar form. We handle it the same way. Homeowners may complete one of two listing forms to place their home on the market. We will use the information that homeowners provide to contact them about the details of their home and/or to transmit the information to a participating real estate broker in their area. We may provide some data such as statistics, marketing trends or other information to third parties but that information never personally identifies you in any way. We don't want personal details such as Social Security Account Numbers, credit card numbers or other private information.

COOKIES
We may use "cookies" to help your browsing experience on our site. A cookie is a tiny computer code file on your hard drive that we use as a housekeeping device. A cookie doesn't snoop on you, and it doesn't transmit any information about you to unauthorized parties. Cookies are extremely convenient little snippets of code that make your visit more convenient. For example, when you log back onto our site the cookie helps our server remember you (or more accurately, your computer) and may make certain files available to you faster than they were on your first visit. We also use cookies for quality control. We may use a cookie to track your contact with one of our listed service providers or vendors so that we may follow up with you and the provider to ensure the quality of your experience. The cookie can't access your computer files and it certainly won't harm your computer. And it's not a privacy issue because the cookie won't reveal your identity or e-mail address to anyone other than us. Most common versions of the Netscape and Internet Explorer browsers will accept cookies unless you tell them not to. If your browser does not accept cookies, or if you return after the cookie expires or you erase your cookies, your browsing experience may be slower.

LINKS TO THIRD PARTY SITES
The service providers and vendors whom you link to from our pages are independent businesses. We have no control over the business practices or the privacy policies of those third parties. Therefore if you do business with any of the third parties you do so at your own risk. You should read the privacy policies of those businesses.