PropertyWikia Privacy Statement
This policy describes the types of information PropertyWikia gathers from its users of the PropertyWikia website at www.propertywikia.com and partner sites powered by the PropertyWikia search functionality and how that information is used.
PropertyWikia.com known hereafter and hereunder as ‘We’:
We are PropertyWikia.com part of the RMV Group of Companies and are registered under the Data Protection Act 1998. We provide this website to private property owners, property agents/realtors and property developers to display properties they are selling or renting. We are not property agents in any shape or form. All negotiations are carried out by simple to use software between the buyer and seller or tenant and landlord. Where the seller is an agent/realtor working on behalf of a client, our negotiating software informs the buyer or tenant and guides both parties.
Introduction
We are committed to protecting your privacy and this policy explains how and for what purposes we use the information collected about you on this site. Read this privacy policy carefully because by using this website and any services we offer via this website, you are agreeing to be bound by this policy in respect of the information collected about you via this website.If you have any queries or comments about this fair trade and honest privacy policy or our use of your personal information, please get in touch with us by emailing the 'Privacy Officer' of PropertyWikia.com at, please click here...
Generally we use the information we collect about you to:
- Help us to provide you a more personalised service
- Save you money when buying/renting property
- Make you more money when selling/renting your property
- Improve the features and services we offer frequently
Personal information collected
When you visit, register or use the services on this website, you may be asked to provide certain information about yourself, including your name and your contact details. We may also collect information about your use of this website as well as information about you from the emails or letters sent to you. Finally, we may collect information about your property and the type of property you wish to purchase or sell etc.Information collection and use
Your information will enable us to provide you with access to all parts of this website and to supply the services and features that you have requested. We may aggregate the information to identify patterns which we can use in our marketing and to help us develop, administer, support and improve our services and features.In particular, we may use your information to contact you for your views on our services and to notify you occasionally about important changes or developments to this website or our services. WE NEVER DISCLOSE YOUR DETAILS TO ANY OTHER 3RD PARTY OR SELL YOUR DETAILS.
The following features, by their nature, require and make use of personally identifiable information:
Sending emails
The information that you transfer during online negotiations on this website is recorded by us for security and helps us provide you with a more personalised service.Email a Friend
When you use the 'email a friend' feature of this website we record which properties you have sent to the friend solely so that we can track the popularity of those properties. We record the other details provided in the email for internal monitoring of the service. We will NOT add any information collected in this manner to our mailing lists to protect you and the recipient's privacy.Registering with us
If you register with us, we save the details you provide and use them to enable us to personalise the service we offer to you. You can update 'your details' at any time via the site’s member area, click here.Saving properties
If you register with us and 'save properties' you are interested in, we can identify which properties you have saved. We do not make this individual information available to our member agents or third parties.Using the 'email updates'
If you register with us and use the 'your email updates' feature to receive notification when new properties matching your criteria are added to this website, we record the settings you use and which properties have been sent to you.Who has access to the information you provide or we collect
We retain access to all personal information that we have collected from you. We will not disclose, sell or distribute your information to any third party without your permission unless we are required to do so by law.Access to, changing or removing the information we hold
Registered users of this Site can update their information, change settings or cancel their membership on their 'your details' page once signed into their personalised member's area.Non-registered and registered users of this website can request we provide them with a copy of the personally identifiable information we hold via email to, please click here... You may ask us to make any necessary changes to ensure that such information is accurate and kept up-to-date.
We subscribe to the mail preference scheme which regulates unsolicited addressed mail. For more information about the scheme please visit http://www.dma.org.uk
Cookies and tracking
Like many websites, we use "cookies" to enable us to personalise your visits to this website, simplify the signing-in procedure, keep track of your preferences and to track the usage of this website. Cookies are small pieces of information that are stored in the hard drive of your computer by your browser. Your browser will have the option to prevent websites using cookies (your browser's help screen or manual will tell you how to do this), but please note that this may reduce the functionality of this Site and other websites.Like all websites, our servers automatically record 'log files' containing information about the volume and characteristics of our website traffic e.g. IP address, numbers of pages viewed, length of time spent on site. We use log files to build pictures of how our site is used that help us to monitor and improve the service. We cannot identify you from your log files.
Security, storage and transfer of information
We follow strict security procedures to ensure that your personal information is not damaged, destroyed, or disclosed to a third party without your permission and to prevent unauthorised access to it. The computers that store the information are kept in a secure facility with restricted physical access and we use secure firewalls and other measures to restrict electronic access.All of the information we collect or record is restricted to our offices. Only employees who need the information to perform a specific job are granted access to personally identifiable information. We will explicitly ask you when we need information to identify you. We may require you to co-operate with our security checks before we disclose information to you. You can update the personal information that you give us at any time by viewing 'your details' page.
We will retain your information for a reasonable period or for as long as is required by law.
Changes to the policy
We may change this policy from time to time as we add new services or features or in response to changes in the law or our commercial arrangements. Any changes to this policy will be posted on this website.