Privacy Policy

At HousingMarketNews, accessible from housingmarketnews.co.uk, one of our main priorities is the privacy of our visitors. This Privacy Policy document outlines the types of information collected and recorded by HousingMarketNews and how we use it. If you have additional questions or need more information about our Privacy Policy, please contact us. This Privacy Policy applies only to our online activities and is valid for visitors to our website concerning the information they share and collect on HousingMarketNews. This policy does not apply to any information collected offline or via channels other than this website.

Consent

By using our website, you consent to our Privacy Policy and agree to its terms.

Information We Collect

The personal information you are asked to provide and why you are asked to provide it will be clear at the point of request. If you contact us directly, we may receive additional information about you, such as your name, email address, phone number, the contents of the message and attachments you may send us, and any other information you may choose to provide. When you register for an account, we may ask for your contact information, including items such as name, company name, address, email address, and telephone number.

How We Use Your Information

We use the information we collect in various ways, including:

  • Provide, operate, and maintain our website
  • Improve, personalize, and expand our website
  • Understand and analyze how you use our website
  • Develop new products, services, features, and functionality
  • Communicate with you, either directly or through one of our partners, including for customer service, to provide you with updates and other information relating to the website, and for marketing and promotional purposes
  • Send you emails
  • Find and prevent fraud

Cookies and Web Beacons

HousingMarketNews uses “cookies” to store information, including visitors’ preferences and the pages on the website that the visitor accessed or visited. This information is used to optimize the user experience by customizing our web page content based on visitors’ browser type and other information.

Google DoubleClick DART Cookie

Google is one of the third-party vendors on our site. It uses cookies, known as DART cookies, to serve ads to our site visitors based upon their visit to www.housingmarketnews.co.uk and other sites on the internet. Visitors may choose to decline the use of DART cookies by visiting the Google ad and content network Privacy Policy at the following URL – https://policies.google.com/technologies/ads

Our Advertising Partners

Some of the advertisers on our site may use cookies and web beacons. Our advertising partners are listed below. Each partner has its own Privacy Policy for their policies on user data. For easier access, we have hyperlinked to their Privacy Policies below.

Advertising Partners Privacy Policies

You may consult this list to find the Privacy Policy for each of the advertising partners of HousingMarketNews. Third-party ad servers or ad networks use technologies like cookies, JavaScript, or Web Beacons in their respective advertisements and links that appear on HousingMarketNews, which are sent directly to users’ browsers. They automatically receive your IP address when this occurs. These technologies are used to measure the effectiveness of their advertising campaigns and to personalize the advertising content you see on websites you visit. Note that HousingMarketNews has no access to or control over these cookies used by third-party advertisers.

Third-Party Privacy Policies

HousingMarketNews’s Privacy Policy does not apply to other advertisers or websites. We advise you to consult the respective Privacy Policies of these third-party ad servers for more detailed information. This may include their practices and instructions on opting out of certain options. You can disable cookies through your browser settings. More detailed information about cookie management with specific web browsers can be found on the browsers’ respective websites.

CCPA Privacy Rights (Do Not Sell My Personal Information)

Under the CCPA, among other rights, California consumers have the right to:

  • Request that a business that collects a consumer’s data disclose the categories and specific pieces of personal data that a business has collected about consumers.
  • Request that a business delete any personal data about the consumer that a business has collected.
  • Request that a business that sells a consumer’s data not sell the consumer’s data.

If you make a request, we have one month to respond. If you would like to exercise any of these rights, please contact us.

GDPR Data Protection Rights

We want to ensure you are fully aware of all your data protection rights. Every user is entitled to the following:

  • The right to access – You can request copies of your data. We may charge you a small fee for this service.
  • The right to rectification – You have the right to request that we correct any information you believe is inaccurate. You also have the right to request that we complete the information you believe is incomplete.
  • The right to erasure – You can request that we erase your data under certain conditions.
  • The right to restrict processing – You have the right to request that we restrict the processing of your data under certain conditions.
  • The right to object to processing – You have the right to object to our processing of your data under certain conditions.
  • The right to data portability – You can request that we transfer the data we have collected to another organization, or directly to you, under certain conditions.

Children’s Information

Protecting children while they use the internet is a key priority for us. We encourage parents and guardians to observe, participate in, monitor, and guide their children’s online activity. HousingMarketNews does not knowingly collect any Personal Identifiable Information from children under 13. If you believe that your child has provided such information on our website, please contact us immediately, and we will do our best to promptly remove that information from our records.

Changes to This Privacy Policy

We may update our Privacy Policy from time to time. We advise you to review this page periodically for any changes. We will notify you of any updates by posting the new Privacy Policy on this page. These changes take effect immediately upon posting.

Contact Us

If you have any questions or suggestions about our Privacy Policy, please contact us.