Privacy Policy

Effective Date: July 7, 2025

Kerwin’s Real Estate Agency (“we,” “us,” or “our”) is committed to protecting the privacy of our website visitors and clients. This Privacy Policy outlines the types of information we collect, how we use it, and the steps we take to safeguard your privacy when you visit our website at Kerwin’s Real Estate Agency (the “Site”).

By using our Site, you agree to the collection and use of information in accordance with this policy.

1. Information We Collect

We may collect several types of information from and about users of our Site, including:

• Personal Information (Directly Provided by You): This includes information that can be used to identify you individually. You may provide this information when you:

  • Fill out forms on our Site (e.g., contact forms, property inquiry forms, newsletter sign-ups).
  • Register for an account or portal.
  • Communicate with us via email, phone, or other channels.
  • Apply for a job.
  • Examples include your name, email address, phone number, mailing address, property preferences, financial information (if relevant to a specific service and provided by you), and any other information you choose to provide.

• Non-Personal Information (Automatically Collected): As you navigate through and interact with our Site, we may use automatic data collection technologies to gather certain non-personal information about your equipment, Browse actions, and patterns. This may include:

  • Usage Details: Information about your visits to our Site, including traffic data, location data, logs, and other communication data and the resources that you access and use on the Site.
  • Device Information: Information about your computer and internet connection, including your IP address, operating system, browser type, and referring website.
  • Cookies and Other Tracking Technologies: Details about how we use cookies and other tracking technologies are provided in Section 4.

2. How We Use Your Information

We use the information we collect for various purposes, including:

• To Provide and Improve Our Services:

  • To present our Site and its contents to you.
  • To provide you with information, products, or services that you request from us.
  • To fulfill the purpose for which you provide it (e.g., to respond to your property inquiry).
  • To process and manage your transactions.
  • To improve our Site, services, and marketing efforts.

• To Communicate with You:

  • To send you newsletters, marketing, or promotional materials and other information that may be of interest to you, based on your preferences.
  • To notify you about changes to our Site or any products or services we offer or provide through it.
  • To respond to your inquiries and provide customer support.

• For Internal Operations:

  • For data analysis, identifying usage trends, determining the effectiveness of our promotional campaigns, and to evaluate and improve our Site, products, services, marketing, and your experience.
  • For security purposes, including detecting and preventing fraud and unauthorized access.
  • To comply with legal obligations and enforce our terms and conditions.

3. Disclosure of Your Information

We may share your information with third parties in the following circumstances:

• With Your Consent: We may disclose your personal information for any purpose with your consent.

• Service Providers: We may share your information with trusted third-party service providers who assist us in operating our website, conducting our business, or providing services to you (e.g., website hosting, analytics providers, email marketing services, CRM systems). These service providers are obligated to keep your information confidential and use it only for the purposes for which we disclose it to them.

• Real Estate Professionals: To facilitate real estate transactions, we may share relevant information with other real estate agents, brokers, lenders, appraisers, inspectors, and title companies involved in a transaction at your direction or with your express consent.

• Legal Requirements: We may disclose your information if required to do so by law or in response to valid requests by public authorities (e.g., a court order or government agency).

• Business Transfers: In the event of a merger, acquisition, restructuring, bankruptcy, or sale of all or a portion of our assets, your information may be transferred to the acquiring entity.

• To Protect Our Rights: We may disclose information when we believe disclosure is necessary or appropriate to protect the rights, property, or safety of Kerwin’s Real Estate Agency, our customers, or others.

4. Cookies and Other Tracking Technologies

We use cookies and similar tracking technologies to track the activity on our Site and hold certain information.

• Cookies: A cookie is a small file placed on your device. It may be possible to refuse to accept browser cookies by activating the appropriate setting on your browser. However, if you select this setting, you may be unable to access certain parts of our Site. Unless you have adjusted your browser setting so that it will refuse cookies, our system will issue cookies when you direct your browser to our Site.

• Other Tracking Technologies: Pages of our Site and our emails may contain small electronic files known as web beacons (also referred to as clear gifs, pixel tags, and single-pixel gifs) that permit the Company, for example, to count users who have visited those pages or opened an email and for other related website statistics (e.g., recording the popularity of certain website content and verifying system and server integrity).

5. Data Security

We have implemented measures designed to secure your personal information from accidental loss and from unauthorized access, use, alteration, and disclosure. All information you provide to us is stored on secure servers behind firewalls.

However, the safety and security of your information also depend on you. Where we have given you (or where you have chosen) a password for access to certain parts of our Site, you are responsible for keeping this password confidential. We ask you not to share your password with anyone.

Unfortunately, the transmission of information via the internet is not completely secure. Although we do our best to protect your personal information, we cannot guarantee the security of your personal information transmitted to our Site. Any transmission of personal information is at your own risk. We are not responsible for circumvention of any privacy settings or security measures contained on the Site.

6. Your Choices and Rights

Depending on your jurisdiction, you may have certain rights regarding your personal information, including:

• Access and Correction: You may request access to the personal information we hold about you and request that we correct any inaccuracies.
• Opt-Out of Marketing Communications: You can opt-out of receiving future marketing emails from us by following the unsubscribe instructions provided in those emails.
• Do Not Track Signals: Some web browsers may transmit “do not track” signals to websites. We currently do not respond to “do not track” signals.
• Deletion: In some cases, you may have the right to request the deletion of your personal information.

To exercise any of these rights, please contact us using the contact information provided in Section 9.

7. Third-Party Websites

Our Site may contain links to third-party websites that are not operated by us. This Privacy Policy does not apply to the practices of these third-party websites. We strongly advise you to review the Privacy Policy of every site you visit. We have no control over and assume no responsibility for the content, privacy policies, or practices of any third-party sites or services.

8. Children’s Privacy

Our Site is not intended for children under 13 years of age. We do not knowingly collect personal information from children under 13. If you are under 13, do not use or provide any information on this Site. If we learn we have collected or received personal information from a child under 13 without verification of parental consent, we will delete that information. If you believe we might have any information from or about a child under 13, please contact us at the information provided below.

9. Changes to Our Privacy Policy

It is our policy to post any changes we make to our Privacy Policy on this page. The date the Privacy Policy was last revised is identified at the top of the page. You are responsible for periodically visiting our Site and this Privacy Policy to check for any changes. Your continued use of the Site after we make changes is deemed to be acceptance of those changes.

10. Contact Information

To ask questions or comment about this Privacy Policy and our privacy practices, contact us at:

Kerwin’s Real Estate Agency
623 Bluff Street
Beloit, WI 53511
Email: [email protected]
Phone: 608-365-7791