Privacy Statement

Welcome to Dougmal.com.au. All Products and Services on www.dougmal.com.au are made available subject to this Privacy Policy. By using our Products and Services, you agree, without limitation or qualification, to be bound by this Privacy Policy or any other privacy or data collection policy applicable to any individual using this Web site and to receive any required legal notices regarding our privacy practices through the continuous posting of a clear and conspicuous link to the current version of this Privacy Policy placed near the bottom of our data collection pages. If you become an inactive user, we will adhere to the policies and practices as described in this Privacy Policy, which may be revised from time to time.

1. What information of yours do we collect?

   Our goal is to become your favourite Internet real estate destination by providing the information, services, and product offerings that are most relevant to you. To achieve this goal, www.dougmal.com.au must collect information so we can understand what makes you different from its other unique users. While you are not required to register for any services on www.dougmal.com.au, some Products and Services may not function properly or may not be accessible unless you do.

   Information collected online is usually defined as being either anonymous or personally identifiable.

   • www.dougmal.com.au, through its Web service management company, EAC (Estate Agents Co-operative) collects anonymous information , which refers to data that cannot be tied back to a specific individual. For example, EAC collects some information each time a visitor comes to www.dougmal.com.au so we can improve the overall quality of the visitor's online experience. EAC collects the visitor's IP address (e.g., whether the user is logged on from ibm.com or aol.com), referral data (e.g., the Internet address of the last Web page visited by a user before clicking over to www.dougmal.com.au), and browser and platform type (e.g., a Netscape browser on a Macintosh platform). You do not have to register with EAC or with www.dougmal.com.au before they can collect this anonymous information.
   • Personally identifiable information refers to data that tells us specifically who you are, such as your name and postal address, which may be collected in addition to the anonymous data described above. Forms: Dougmal Real Estate collects your responses when you use an online form displayed on www.dougmal.com.au; these optional forms will allow you to request further information about the Products and Services displayed on www.dougmal.com.au. Correspondence: If you contact Dougmal Real Estate, we may keep a record of that correspondence.

2. What orginization is collecting the information?

   When you register for a service within www.dougmal.com.au, that information is generally collected and maintained solely by Dougmal Real Estate unless specifically stated otherwise at the point of collection. If data is collected and/or maintained by any company other than Dougmal, we will tell you at the point of collection. If you do not want to share your information with that company, you can choose not to use that service.

   Dougmal Real Estate runs occasional promotions and sweepstakes across its Network. These promotions may be sponsored or co-sponsored by third-party companies. Data collected during a promotion is typically shared with the sponsor or co-sponsor. Dougmal Real Estate will inform you at the point of collection whether or not we are sharing your personal data as a result of your participation in a promotion or sweepstakes. If you do not want to have the Dougmal Real Estate share your data, you can choose not to participate in the promotion or sweepstakes.

3. How does Dougmal use the information it collects?

   Any personally identifiable information you share with Dougmal when registering for Products and Services at our site is maintained and accessible only by Dougmal unless specifically stated otherwise.

   • Dougmal may, from time to time, use your information to contact you about changes or enhancements to Products and Services on www.dougmal.com.au.
   • If you enter a sweepstakes or a contest on the www.dougmal.com.au, we will use the information you provided to contact you in the event you win.

   You may opt-out of receiving notifications by sending an e-mail with "unsubscribe" written in the subject line to: kirstenf@dougmal.com.au.

4. How can you access or edit your information?

   Should you ever need to update your contact information, simply send the updated information to kirstenf@dougmal.com.au with "contact details" written in the subject line.

5. What kinds of security procedures are in place to protect against the loss, misuse or alteration of your information?

   Dougmal Real Estate has security measures in place to attempt to protect against the loss, misuse and alteration of your user data under our control. Dougmal Real Estate uses physical, electronic, and procedural safeguards to protect any personally identifiable data stored on its computers. Only authorized employees have access to the information you provide us.

   While we cannot guarantee that loss, misuse or alteration to data will not occur, we take many precautions to prevent such unfortunate occurrences.

Updates

Dougmal Real Estate and EAC will update this policy from time to time so please check back periodically. When such changes occur, you will see the word "Updated" next to the Privacy Policy link. If at any point we decide to use personally identifiable information in a manner different from that stated at the time it was collected, we will prominently post such changes prior to implementing them.