It is the policy of the REALTORS® Association of Hamilton-Burlington (RAHB) that personal information, such as your name, postal and email address or telephone number is private and confidential. Because your privacy is important to us, RAHB maintains an Internet privacy policy to protect your personal information on its www.openhouses.ca website.

1. Sites Covered By This Policy
The REALTORS® Association of Hamilton-Burlington website www.openhouses.ca is made up of and includes links to many sites including real estate association home pages, board home pages, REALTOR® home pages, advertisers and, in some cases, board listing information sites. This privacy policy applies only to those sites which display the RAHB Privacy Policy statement. While RAHB encourages site operators to comply with these principles, users should carefully examine the privacy statements of sites appearing on or linking to or from www.rahb.ca which do not display the statement. Personal information that you choose to provide to other sites will be subject to the privacy policies of those sites.

2. The Information We Collect
Each time a visitor enters the RAHB site; our web server collects only the visitor's domain name or IP address; but not the email address. RAHB does not use "cookies" -defined as a small piece of information that a web site sends to a visitor's computer, which is stored on his or her hard drive. Throughout your use of the real estate services on this site, you may communicate extensively with a REALTOR® or Broker. The agent may use your email address and all of the information you submit in order to provide you with guidance, suggestions and service in your efforts to either sell or buy real estate. The RAHB also collects the email address provided through the "Contact Us" feature of this web site, so we can respond to your questions or suggestions.

The personal information you provide to RAHB is forwarded only to the person, department, or member sales representative that is equipped to handle your request and is used only to respond to your inquiry.

The data collected is used to help RAHB analyze the browsing patterns of its visitors in order to improve the content and design of its site.

Personal information will not be sold to any third parties, nor will such information be added to bulk emailing lists.

Any changes to the REALTORS® Association of Hamilton-Burlington Privacy Policy will be promptly communicated on this page. Policy changes will not alter how we handle previously submitted personal information.

If you have any comments or questions about the REALTORS® Association of Hamilton-Burlington's Privacy Policy and how it pertains to this web site, please contact:

REALTORS® Association of Hamilton-Burlington
505 York Blvd.
Hamilton, Ontario L8R 3K4
Telephone: (905) 529-8101
Facsimile: (905) 529-4349