PRIVACY POLICY 

Last Updated: January 30, 2024

Introduction

We have created this privacy statement in order to demonstrate our firm and continuing commitment to the privacy of personal information provided by those visiting and interacting with our website and online media. We hold the privacy of your personal information in the highest regard. The following discloses our information gathering and dissemination practices for this website.

We recognize the importance of protecting your privacy and our policy is designed to assist you in understanding how we collect, use, and safeguard the personal information you provide to us and to assist you in making informed decisions when using our site.

The purpose of this Privacy Policy (the “Policy”) is to describe what Personal Information (as defined below) and other information Antwan Fuqua (collectively “Antwan Fuqua”, “us,” “our,” or “we”) may collect from you, how we may collect it, with whom we may share it, as well as the choices you have regarding our collection of information and our use and disclosure of that information to other parties. This policy will be continuously assessed against new technologies, business practices, and our customer’s needs.We may collect information through our websites located at afuquaresidences.com, our real estate development project websites, and any other site on which this Policy is posted.

Except as otherwise discussed in this Policy, this document only addresses the use and disclosure of information we collect from you through our Services. For some services, we may collect and transfer Personal Information to a service provider, or you may visit other sites or service providers through third-party links in our Services, who may collect and use your Personal Information for other purposes. We encourage you to review the privacy policies of these third-party sites before you disclose your Personal Information to others.

If you do not agree to the terms of this Policy, please do not use our Services.

Third parties

This Policy does not apply to information collected by third parties, such as when you visit a third party website, or interact with online advertisements. Please take a moment to review the privacy policies of third-party sites before you disclose your Personal Information to them, as we disclaim responsibility for their actions with regard to your information.

Information we collect

When you visit our websites you may provide us with two types of information: personal information you knowingly choose to disclose that is collected on an individual basis and website use information collected on an aggregate basis as you and others browse our website.

When you register for any of our products, services, or newsletters you will provide us information about yourself.

If you choose to correspond with us through email, we may retain the content of your email messages together with your email address and our responses. We provide the same protections for these electronic communications that we employ in the maintenance of information received by mail and telephone.

Similar to other commercial websites, our website utilizes a standard technology called cookies and web server log files to collect information about how our website is used. Information gathered through cookies and web server logs may include the date and time of visits, the pages viewed, time spent at our website, and the websites visited just before and just after our website.

When you register or sign up for our Services

You may register for our Services in order to save searches, sign up for alerts, access our real estate resources, and for other features we may add from time to time. You may be registered for our Services automatically when you contact one of our agents regarding a property or inquire about us or our Services. If you register for our Services, we collect Personal Information such as your first and last name, email, user name, password and any other Personal Information required on the registration form. If you wish, you may provide us your phone number and a zip code. We primarily use this information to provide information you have requested, manage and correspond with you about your account, send you information and newsletters related to real estate markets and/or other information we think may interest you, and for other matters described in this Policy.

Newsletters, Inquiries and Emails

We may offer newsletters and/or other communications to share information with you about our real estate activities, sales associates, real estate, helpful guides and information, and other topics or offers in which we believe you may be interested, about us and our related entities, or about our advertisers, sponsors, or other business partners. You may sign up to receive information about a property, from a specific agent, office, or to join our general mailing list. If you inquire regarding a property, Antwan Fuqua or an independent real estate sales associate may contact you regarding that or related properties to the extent related to your inquiry. In addition, if you indicate that a property is one of your “favorites,” you may automatically be placed on a list to receive email updates regarding that property.

Please note, if you choose to provide your email address or other contact information to an independent sales associate, we will submit your information to that associate. However, we cannot control how these independent sales associates use that information, and therefore this Policy does not apply to their use of your Personal Information. Please contact the associate or office directly or follow the links included in the communications you receive from the associate to learn more about their privacy practices.

Use of Cookies, web beacons and other tracking technologies and your options

Our Sites use cookies, which are small, commonly-used files that are transferred to your computer by us or a third party when you allow your browser to accept cookies. Similarly, we or our third party service providers/advertisers may also use “web beacons,” “pixel tags” or other tracking technologies, which are typically small pieces of code placed on a web page to monitor behavior and collect certain data regarding the actions of our guests online.

These cookies and other technologies may be used to track across time and sites. For example, these technologies can be used to analyze your online traffic patterns, to enhance your experience when using our Sites, to store information during your session, to personalize the Sites for you based on your preferences and selections, to target advertising or content to you (as described further below) and to collect information about you and your visit to our Sites for other marketing and business purposes. You can adjust your privacy preferences regarding the use of cookies and similar technologies through your browser. However, disabling cookies may impair your user experience and disable certain features of our Sites.

Data about your activities online may be collected for use in providing advertising tailored to your individual interests, either by us, our affiliates, or third parties. We may work with third parties such as network advertisers and ad exchanges to serve advertisements across the internet and may use third party analytics service providers to evaluate and provide us and/or third parties with information about the use of these ads on third party websites and viewing of ads and of our content.

We and these third-party vendors, including Google, may use third-party technologies (such as a Facebook Custom Audience Pixel) together with our own first party technologies in order to analyze ad impressions, your use of ad services, and interactions with these ad impressions and ad services. The information collected may also include information about your visits to our Sites, include the pages you have viewed and what content you have seen. These third-party tracking technologies may be set to, among other things: (a) help deliver advertisements to you that you might be interested in; (b) prevent you from seeing the same advertisements too many times; and (c) understand the effectiveness of the advertisements that have been delivered to you.

You can opt out of certain advertising by visiting the Network Advertising Initiative opt out page or permanently using the Google Analytics opt out browser add on. If you wish to take steps to opt-out of tracking by certain online advertisers, you can visit the Digital Advertising Alliance’s opt-out page at https://www.aboutads.info/choices or the Network Advertising Initiative at www.networkadvertising. org/optout_nonppii.asp. To learn more about how to opt out of Google’s use of cookies, visit Google’s Ads Settings, here. You may control Facebook’s use of interest-based ads through your Facebook account settings, or may visit the customer support page here. Please note, at this time we do not respond to browser-based “do not track” signals.

To learn more about cookies and similar tracking technologies, and how they can affect your privacy, visit allaboutcookies.org. To learn more about, or to opt-out of Google’s analytic and marketing services, visit Google Analytics Terms of Use, the Google Privacy Policy, or Google Analytics Opt-out.

IP Addresses and Click-stream Data

Our Sites and servers may collect other information from you when you access our Sites, including your IP address and the pages you visited and content you viewed while on our Sites. The Information collected cannot typically be used to identify you personally. However, if you have registered on the Sites, it may be possible for us to link certain information to information that identifies you personally. Information collected through our Sites includes information sent to us automatically by your web browser, the address of the web page you were visiting when you accessed our Sites, information about your operating system, the browser you are using, the date and time of your visit, and online traffic patterns and content accessed throughout our Sites

If you contact us through the Services.

You may contact us with questions about our Services, our business or other matters. Any information you provide through our Services, including your name, email, phone, and residence information will be used in the context of resolving your request or answering your inquiry, or to provide additional information related to that inquiry. We may also place you on our marketing list for information related to your inquiry or which we otherwise believe would be of interest to you, and we may otherwise use your information as described in this Policy. If you do not want to be placed on our marketing list, or wish to be removed from our marketing list, you may contact info@afuquaresidences.com.

How we Use Information

We use collected information to make available and to improve our high standard of reliable services. We use such information to:

  • respond to inquiries or service requests and monitor such responses;
  • provide information about and market our products or services;
  • resolve problems;
  • manage the Services and assess usage;
  • enhance or personalize your experience using our Services;
  • inform you of offers or new features that we believe may be of interest to you;
  • provide information or services you have requested;
  • process or maintain your subscription to a newsletter or mailing list;
  • target advertising or content, or for other advertising, promotional or marketing purposes;
  • study the use and popularity of various areas of our Services and to improve our Services; and
  • analyze general locations where our content is viewed (by reviewing IP addresses). We may also use such information for other purposes related to our business or that of our related entities, as well as for any other purpose described in this Policy or any other agreement you may enter with Antwan Fuqua or otherwise as we may disclose to you or to which you consent from time to time.

How we Share Information

Generally. Personal Information we collect may be shared with a variety of parties, depending upon the purpose for and context in which that information was provided. When you search for a property, we will redirect you to similar properties and provide information you have submitted to us, including the parameters of the search, and if you have registered, we may provide your contact information to the specialist in that area. If you request to be contacted by Antwan Fuqua, we will disclose the Personal Information you provide to those parties in order to satisfy your request. In addition, sponsors or other third parties may offer various promotions, and we may share your information with those third parties to enable them to offer promotions that relevant to you.

Further, we reserve the right to share your Personal Information with our current or future Affiliates. We may also share your Personal Information and other information with trusted third parties for marketing, advertising, or other commercial purposes, and we may occasionally share your Personal Information with trusted parties who may have information that we believe will interest you. You may also request to receive information relating to third parties who are not affiliates or franchisees of Antwan Fuqua or our Affiliates (such as mortgage brokerage partners, banks, or one of our partners, sponsors or service providers). In the event you request information from, or request to be contacted by such a third party, we will share your Personal Information with them.  If you would like to opt out of sharing information with trusted third parties please contact info@afuquaresidences.com.

Anonymized Information. We may share analyses of our server logs, traffic or information relating to customer leads, including details regarding usage of our Sites and general information about our audience, with current or potential advertisers or business partners. Such disclosures typically aggregate usage data from these analyses and other information not generally considered to be Personal Information.

Site Providers. We may, without your consent, share Personal Information and other data with service providers who provide certain services on our behalf, or in the other circumstances noted below. For example, we may share certain Personal Information we collect with third parties such as providers of data hosting or processing services, payment processors, or other service providers. We also reserve the right to share any information we possess or data derived from it with service providers or others if such information has been reasonably de-identified. If you would like to opt out of sharing information with service providers please contact info@afuquaresidences.com.  Please note such an opt out may inhibit the services you receive.

Mergers & Acquisitions. In addition, in the event that we go through a business transition, such as a merger, acquisition, liquidation or sale of all or a portion of our assets, Personal Information will, in most instances, be part of the assets transferred, or may be disclosed (subject to confidentiality restrictions) during the due diligence process. If such a transfer occurs, the acquiring company’s use of your Personal Information will still be subject to this Policy and the privacy choices you have made.

Legal Disclosures. Finally, we may, without your consent, access and disclose your Personal Information, any communications sent or received by you, and any other information that we may have about you as may be permitted or as we believe in good faith may be reasonably necessary to comply with any law, regulation, rule or court order; pursuant to subpoenas or other lawful requests from governmental, regulatory or administrative agencies or law enforcement authorities (including in response to law enforcement or national security requirements); to respond to any claims, or to prevent, investigate, identify persons or organizations potentially involved in, or take any action regarding suspected fraud, violations of our Terms of Service, or activity that appears to us to be illegal or we believe may expose us to legal liability. Additionally, we may disclose Personal Information in situations that we believe to be emergencies involving potential threats to the physical safety of any person or property, if we believe that your information in any way relates to that threat.

Your choices

It is possible for you to use most of our Services without giving us any Personal Information. When you do register with us or give us Personal Information, you may sometimes have an opportunity at the time we collect your information to limit e-mail communications from us or opt-out of receiving emails from third parties, or you can unsubscribe from email newsletters or similar communications by clicking on the unsubscribe link in every email.

How can I access, update or delete my Personal Information?

You may access or update (including deletion of) any Personal Information included in your profile by, you may contact us using our ‘Contact Us’ form. We will respond to reasonable requests for access or revision and will provide access to the extent required or allowed by law. However, we may decide not to grant access or make revisions where the burden or expense of providing access would be disproportionate to the risks to the individual’s privacy in any given case, or when the rights of others would be violated by granting the access.  If you would like to contact us directly to opt out please contact info@afuquaresidences.com.

Links and Redirection to Third Party Services

 The Services contain links and may redirect you to Third Party Services (as defined in our Terms of Service). Third Party Services are not under the control of Antwan Fuqua, and Antwan Fuqua is not responsible for the data privacy or security practices of such Third Party Services, or how they may use the information you provide. Please be aware that when you enter a Third Party Service, any information you provide, including financial information, is subject to the terms of use and privacy policy of that site or service.

Information Security

We have implemented reasonable security measures to safeguard the Personal Information you provide us. However, please keep in mind that we cannot be liable for the actions of third parties to whom we may transfer your Personal Information in accordance with this Policy. Furthermore, please remember that “perfect security” does not exist on the Internet, and accordingly we cannot provide any guarantee that your Personal Information or any other information you provide us will remain secure.

Effective Date; Policy Changes

Each time you use the Services, the current version of the Policy will apply. Accordingly, when you use the Services, you should check the date of this Policy (which appears at the top of the Policy) and review any changes since the last version. We reserve the right to modify this Policy at any time and without notice other than simply posting such modifications. Any such modifications will be effective immediately upon posting on the Services.

Limitation of Liability

By providing us with any Personal Information, you expressly and unconditionally release and hold harmless Antwan Fuqua and each of their related entities, parents, service providers, licensors, and its or their respective officers, directors, employees or agents (collectively the “Antwan Fuqua”) from any and all liability for any injuries, loss or damage of any kind arising from or in connection with the use and/or misuse of your collected Personal Information. In addition, while we take reasonable steps to prevent third party companies from making unauthorized use of your Personal Information, we cannot be held be held liable for any injuries, loss or damage of any kind arising from or in connection with the use and/or misuse of your collected Personal Information by those third parties.

UNDER NO CIRCUMSTANCES SHALL ANY Antwan Fuqua PARTIES BE LIABLE FOR ANY DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO DIRECT, INDIRECT, PUNITIVE, SPECIAL, INCIDENTAL, CONSEQUENTIAL, LOST PROFITS OR LOST REVENUE) THAT RESULT FROM THE USE OF THE INFORMATION OR MATERIALS ON THIS SITE, EVEN IF THE Antwan Fuqua PARTIES HAVE BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES.

International guests

If you are accessing our Services from outside of the USA, you consent to the transfer of your information to the USA, and the processing, use, and sharing of your information in accordance with this Policy

Policy Modification

We may change this Privacy Policy from time to time. If/when changes are made to this Privacy Policy, we will email users who have given us permission to do so. We will post any changes here, so be sure to check back periodically. However, please be assured that if the Privacy Policy changes in the future, we will not use the personal information you have submitted to us under this Privacy Policy in a manner that is materially inconsistent with this Privacy Policy, without your prior consent.