PRIVACY POLICY
Revised April 3, 2008


Frank Biganski, a real estate professional licensed in the states of Virginia (referred to as "Frank Biganski, Realtor ABR", I," "me", "my", "we," "us," or "our") recognize the importance of protecting the privacy of certain information (referred to as "Information" or "Personal Information") collected about our customers and prospective clients (referred to as "Customers," "Clients," "their," "you" or "your"). This privacy statement discloses what information we gather, how we use it, and how to correct or change it.  It is my intention to give you an understanding about how I collect your Information and the use I make of it in the course of our business.

To that end, Frank Biganski, Realtor ABR gathers two types of information about Customers: data that Customers provide through optional, voluntary registration on our site; and data I gather through aggregated tracking, mainly by tallying page views throughout our site. Such information enables me to tailor our content to fit our Customers' needs better, and to help us better understand our audience. Because Frank Biganski, Realtor ABR derives its revenue through the operation of this website, providing such data is essential to keeping our online service free to Customers.

HOW WE COLLECT, USE, AND DISCLOSE INFORMATION
We collect information by specifically requesting it from you, or when you voluntarily submit your Information to us.  Frank Biganski, Realtor ABR uses your Information to inform you about products, services, and property listing availability.  Our affiliates and we may, when applicable, provide your Information to our business partners, such as mortgage lenders, when it necessitates the best interest of our Customers.  Frank Biganski, Realtor ABR will not disclose any specific and personal Information that you submit to us except under special circumstances such as when we believe in good faith that the law requires it.

BUSINESS PARTNERS & SPONSORS Frank Biganski, Realtor ABR may disclose some or all of your Information to business partners, such as mortgage lenders, for the sole intention to further benefit, fulfill, and necessitate your request to receive real estate  information and services. Only your name, telephone number and email address and will be shared and if more Personal Information is required, you will be contacted by either the Business Partner, Sponsor, and/or Frank Biganski, Realtor ABR.

REQUIREMENT TO RECEIVE FREE PROPERTY LISTINGS
You must provide your first and last name, valid telephone number, and valid email address, for you to receive our free property listings. We do not sell, exchange, trade, or barter your Personal Information under any circumstances and your Information is utilized by Frank Biganski, Realtor ABR for the sole intention to provide you with services directly related to your request for real estate related information.

THIRD PARTY DATA From time to time, you may be offered the opportunity to receive materials or special offers from third parties.  If you opt to receive information from these third parties, Frank Biganski, Realtor ABR will (with your permission) share your name and contact information with such third parties. Under confidentiality agreements, Frank Biganski, Realtor ABR may match Personal Information with third party data.

AGGREGATE DATA Frank Biganski, Realtor ABR tracks what pages of the website Customers are visiting and other Customer statistics, and aggregate this information to help us create a better experience for users of our site. This is all done without our need to know your name or other Personal Information. Frank Biganski, Realtor ABR and/or its affiliates collect IP addresses for the purposes of system administration, and to audit the use of our site.  When Customers request pages and listings from Frank Biganski, Realtor ABR and/or its affiliates' sites, our servers log the Customers' IP addresses.  We do not link IP addresses to anything personally identifiable, which means that a Customer's session will be logged, but the Customer will remain anonymous to us. We can and will use IP addresses to identify a Customer when we feel it is necessary to enforce compliance with our site terms of use or terms of service or to protect our service, site, customers or others.

USAGE TRACKING
Use of Internet Protocol ("IP") Addresses: An IP address is a unique number that is automatically assigned to your computer whenever you're surfing the Internet so that your computer can be identified by the main computers, known as "Web servers," that "serve up" Web pages. When submitting your information through our online forms, the IP address of the computer that you are using will be recorded.

USE OF "COOKIES"
Cookies are small pieces of information that a website server sends to your computer for record-keeping purposes, and this information is stored in a folder on your computer. Cookies make Web surfing easier for you by saving your preferences so that we can use the saved information to facilitate your use of our website when you return to the site in the future. Cookies typically do not tell us your individual identity unless you have chosen to provide it to us, and we never save name, telephone number, or email address information in cookies. The use of cookies is an industry standard and most websites use them. You may occasionally receive cookies from advertisers, and Frank Biganski, Realtor ABR and/or its affiliates do not control these cookies. The use of advertising cookies sent by third-party servers is standard in the Internet industry.

OTHER Frank Biganski, Realtor ABR may also disclose Personal Information in special cases when we have reason to believe that disclosing this Information is necessary to identify, contact or bring legal action against someone who may be violating the terms of use or terms of service with this website, or may be causing injury to or interference (either intentionally or unintentionally) with any of Frank Biganski's rights or property, other Customers, or anyone else. Frank Biganski, Realtor ABR may disclose or access Personal Information when we believe in good faith that the law requires it and for administrative and other purposes that we deem necessary to maintain, service, and improve our products and services.

HOW YOU CONTROL YOUR INFORMATION
We provide you a way for you to correct, update or remove your Personal Information on our website.  In addition, we offer Customers the opportunity to "opt out" of having Personal Information shared with parties outside of the mrtownhome.net website and/or its affiliated companies.  If a Customer wishes to update Personal Information, objects to any usage provided herein for any reason, wishes to become removed from our database, that Customer may email the change or request to: remove@MrTownhome.net.  At any time after requesting to receive our free property listings, you may "opt-out" from receiving further property listings by clicking a link that is found at the bottom of each property listings page. Once we receive your request to "opt-out," all of your Personal Information will be completely and permanently removed and deleted from our database and website servers. The "opt-out" link is also provided on every email correspondence.

LINKS TO THIRD PARTY SITES
You should be aware that when you visit an affiliates' website, you could hyperlink or be directed to other sites that are beyond our control and/or outside our service. For example, if you click on the Apartments.com rental banner, that link may transfer you away from our website. These other sites may include sites of advertisers, sponsors and partners that may use our logo and/or its affiliates' logo as part of a co-branding agreement. These other sites may send their own cookies to Customers, collect data, or solicit Information.

Mr. Townhome, Inc., Frank Biganski, Realtor ABR, and EZ-Vest Realty, Inc. and its affiliates do not control such sites and therefore, are not responsible for their contents or the hyperlinks or advertising they choose to place on such sites.  An affiliates' inclusion of hyperlinks to these sites do not imply any endorsement of the material on such sites or any association with their operators. Our policy does not extend to anything that is inherent in the operation of the Internet, which is beyond the control of our affiliates and us.

HOW SECURE IS MY INFORMATION FROM OTHERS WHO USE THE WEBSITE?
The importance of security of all information associated with our Customers is an important concern to us.  We exercise great care in providing secure transmission of your Information from your computer to our servers, and no Personal Information is permanently stored on our website servers.  Unfortunately, no data transmission over the Internet can be guaranteed to be 100% secure.  While we strive to protect your information, Mr. Townhome, Inc., Frank Biganski, Realtor ABR, and its affiliates cannot ensure or warrant the security of any information you transmit to us or from our online services, and you do so at your own risk. Once we receive your transmission, we use industry standard efforts to safeguard the confidentiality of your information however, "perfect security" does not exist on the Internet.

YOUR ACCEPTANCE OF THESE TERMS 
By using this site, you signify your agreement to the Privacy Policy of this website.  IF YOU DO NOT AGREE WITH THIS POLICY, PLEASE DO NOT USE THIS SITE. Your continued use of our Website and/or our affiliates' Web sites following the posting of changes to these terms will mean you accept those changes.


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