At Landmarks Real Estate, we understand that your privacy is important. We are committed to providing you with top-quality, comprehensive services via a fully secure online experience that protects your privacy.

Governing principles for privacy on www.mvlandmarks.com

When Landmarks Real Estate collects personal information from you, its primary use will be to provide you with a fully customized online experience, including personalization services, online transactions, e-mail accounts, and other interactive communications. You will be explicitly asked for any information that personally identifies you or that allows Landmarks or our service partners to contact you. This information is generally requested when registering for personalization services such as saved searched and housing preferences, when requesting a particular service or purchasing a particular product, or when entering a sweepstakes or contest. Landmarks will not disclose personally identifiable information about you unless we have your permission or when we believe in good faith that the law requires it. We may share user information with select marketing partners. Landmarks will provide you with the means to verify and update your personal information, allowing you to ensure that such information is correct and current.


What personally identifiable information will Landmarks collect from me?

We collect information from you in several different ways and for a variety of different reasons. Personal information is collected when you register for Landmarks personalization services and is primarily used by us to assist you in servicing your island real estate needs. During such registration, Landmarks asks for your name, e-mail address, Zip code, and other information. The more information you provide, the better we are able to customize our services for you, allowing you to fully benefit from our knowledge of island properties. For example, your saved searches can be viewed by an agent who can then discern your tastes and make additional property recommendations for you.

We may also ask you for personal information when you make a purchase from us or one of our service partners, when you enter a sweepstakes or other promotion sponsored by Landmarks or our service partners, or when requesting specific services. Any transactions that require the collection of sensitive data such as your credit card information will be done over fully secured servers using sophisticated encryption technology for your protection.

How does Landmarks use cookies?

A cookie consists of a data file sent to your browser from a Web server, which is then stored on your computer’s hard drive. Cookies allow us to store and occasionally track information about you and your use of our site. Your browser can be configured not to accept cookies; however, all Landmarks services that require registration or are customizable require cookies for delivery. At Landmarks, we use cookies to:

• Tell us who you are and allow us to access your account information to deliver personalized services. This cookie is sent to your browser when you register for personalization services and when you log in.

• Store your Zip code, so that we can deliver services and information that are specific to your location, such as yellow pages, news, and weather.

• Facilitate your transactions with our service partners, including processing any items you wish to purchase and tracking your visits to those areas of the Landmarks Web site.

• Measure our audience size and analyze traffic patterns on Landmarks. This allows us to better understand how our site is being used, both individually and in the aggregate, and to improve the content and services we offer, including personalization, content, advertising, and promotions.

• Advertising networks, which may from time to time serve ads on Landmarks, may also serve cookies. In addition, Landmarks collects IP addresses for system administration and to report aggregated information (which does not identify individual users) to our advertisers. Landmarks e-mail accounts also include IP addresses in outgoing mail headers.

Who is collecting my personal information?

When you provide Landmarks with your personal information, you are providing it to us alone, unless otherwise explicitly stated. For example, some services, such as mortgages or home improvement contracting, may be offered in conjunction with our service partners. To provide such co-branded service, it is necessary that we provide them with required personal information about you. If you do not want your information shared with such partners, you can decline to use that particular service or opt-out of specific program components.

Some promotions or services may include the collection of personal information that may be shared with partner real estate agencies, sponsors or other companies. If this is the case, we explicitly state this to you at the time you complete the promotion request.

Landmarks advertisers and Web sites that have links on our site may also collect personally identifiable information about you. This privacy policy does not cover the practices of those sites.


Who will Landmarks share my information with?

Landmarks will not disclose personally identifiable information about you unless we have your explicit permission or when we believe in good faith that the law requires it. Your information may be shared with the following:

• Landmarks business partners and sponsors. The nature of disclosure of your personal information to business partners and sponsors will be described to you prior to collection and transfer of such data.

• Service and product partners for online transactions. When making a purchase from a store hosted by or framed by Landmarks, the information obtained from you to facilitate the transaction will be shared with Landmarks service partners. This includes your credit card number and required contact information. Such data will be collected and shared using secure servers and sophisticated encryption technology for your protection. Landmarks service and product partners have separate data collection and privacy policies, which should be reviewed on their individual sites.

• Prospective partners, advertisers, and other parties. To describe and promote our offerings to prospective partners, advertisers, investors, and other parties, Landmarks may share aggregated data regarding our users. This data in no way identifies individual users; it is collected and distributed to provide profiles of Landmarks users and for other lawful purposes.


What control do I have over the collection, use, and distribution of my personal information?

The collection and use of your personally identifiable information by Landmarks, including its distribution to other parties, is permission-based, meaning that such information will be collected and used with your knowledge and will only be shared with other parties with your consent. If you do not want your information shared, you will have the ability to opt-out of a particular service or to not participate in particular promotions.

Landmarks may, from time to time, issue outbound bulk e-mail and newsletters to its registered members. Such communications may include banner advertising and/or promotional/product offerings from Landmarks business and service partners, some of which may be specifically targeted at you based on the personal information we have collected. If you do not wish to receive such e-mail, simply tell us when you register for Landmarks personalization services. You can update your profile, including changing your newsletter receipt status, at any time by accessing the Preferences section of your personalized Landmarks account.

By modifying your browser preferences, you can also control the way you handle cookies, including the ability to accept or reject all cookies. However, rejecting cookies from Landmarks means we will be unable to provide you with registered services, including personalization, saved searches, e-mail, and calendaring. However, you will still be able to engage in online transactions facilitated via Landmarks.


Will I be able to access and update my personal information?

You may edit your personally identifiable information on Landmarks by accessing the Preferences section of your personalization account, which you can access at any time by using your Landmarks User ID and password (if you choose to disable login on your account, you will not be asked for this information prior to accessing your account, although access will be denied to any user other than you). You can also deactivate your account at any time, again using the Preferences section of your personalization account. However, doing so will prevent you from accessing all personalized Landmarks services. If you have forgotten your Landmarks password, click here for a reminder or to request a new one.

How does Landmarks protect my sensitive financial information, such as personal financial information?

There are several areas on Landmarks that require sensitive financial and personal information to complete a transaction. This includes mortgage services involving personal finances, product transactions requiring credit cards, and more. Any time we ask for sensitive information like a credit card number, this information will be transmitted using industry-standard, secure socket layer (SSL) encryption.

If you believe at any time that we have not adhered to the policy stated above, please notify us by email at privacy@mvlandmarks.com, and we will use all commercially reasonable efforts to identify and promptly correct the problem.