Privacy Policy

We recognize the importance of protecting the personal information you provide at International MLS Forum website. We maintain the following privacy policy:

1. International MLS Forum gathers the following types of information needed to process your transactions, fulfill your requests, and maintain our membership records:

• Contact information you provide (for example, your personal and business addresses, phone and fax numbers, firm affiliations and titles).
• Tracking information which our Web server automatically recognizes each time you visit one of our sites or communicate with us by email (for example, your domain name, your email address, and what pages you visit).
• In the case of International MLS Forum’s mobile applications, your location data. You can control or limit location data collected through mobile applications by changing your preferences in your device’s location services preferences menu or through your choices regarding the use of Bluetooth and other network interfaces you may use to interact with International MLS Forum’s mobile applications.
• Information you volunteer, via applications or surveys (for example, education, designations, specialties, affiliations with other real estate organizations and general demographic data).

2. International MLS Forum uses this information to:

• Improve and customize the content and layout of our site
• Notify you of updates to our sites.
• Notify you of relevant products and services.
• Notify you of upcoming events and programs.
• Track usage of our sites and mobile applications.

3. Email contact information. International MLS Forum does not share, sell, or trade email addresses. International MLS Forum may use your email address to directly send you information and may provide you with online informational or marketing messages that have been approved by International MLS Forum together with other communications to which you have subscribed.

When required by law or valid legal process, or to protect the personal safety of our members or the public.

Some or all of the data collected during promotions or contests on our sites that are sponsored by third parties may be shared with the sponsor for the limited purpose of a one-time marketing follow-up by the sponsor. If information about you will be shared with a sponsor you will be notified prior to your participation in the promotion or contest and you can decide not to participate in the promotion or contest.

4. Credit information that you and credit authorizers provide when you make payments by credit card or electronic check for products, dues or other services via the third party payment processing system will only be used to process the transactions you request. This information will be provided to and maintained by reputable credit reporting databases, but will never be sold, shared or provided to other third parties.
5. International MLS Forum follows generally accepted standards to protect the information it collects and makes available via its Web sites. International MLS Forum tests their security procedures regularly and modifies them as new technologies become feasible.
6. International MLS Forum utilizes a strict Opt-Out policy for sending online notifications regarding services, products and programs. You may adjust your Communication Preferences by reviewing your International MLS Forum.org registration.
7. Some of our Web sites contain advertising placed by advertising networks pursuant to agreements between International MLS Forum and the advertising network. International MLS Forum does not control these advertising networks, the sites of third parties reached through links on our site, or their information collection practices, and International MLS Forum will not be responsible for the activities of these third parties. The advertising network uses cookies to collect certain non-personally identifiable information when you click on the banner ads appearing on our sites. This information is collected by the advertising network for purposes of measuring and reporting on the advertising to advertisers and International MLS Forum. The advertising network may also aggregate the information for certain other statistical and reporting purposes.
8. Do-Not-Track Disclosure: Some browsers have a “Do Not Track” feature that allows you to communicate to websites that you do not want to have your online activities tracked. Our system does not respond to Do Not Track requests or headers from some or all browsers at this time.
9. We take data protection and privacy seriously and are committed to complying with the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). This regulation is designed to safeguard the rights and freedoms of individuals with respect to the processing of their personal data. When you interact with our services, we may collect, process, and store your personal information in accordance with GDPR principles. We ensure that your data is processed lawfully, transparently, and for legitimate purposes. You have the right to access, rectify, or erase your data, as well as the right to object to or restrict its processing. Our Privacy Policy outlines how we collect, use, and protect your data, and by using our services, you consent to our GDPR-compliant data practices.