Privacy Policy

We Respect Your Privacy

Thank you for visiting a web site operated or controlled by Winchester Homes™, including www.winchesterhomes.com and the Winchester Homes blog site, located at http://blog.winchesterhomes.com/blog/winchester-homes. This Privacy Policy contains information about Winchester Homes'™ commitment to your privacy, including:

  • The information we collect and how we use it;
  • Your rights to access or update your personally identifiable information;
  • Your right to opt-out of receiving communications from us; and
  • Our pledge to have reasonable security measures in place to protect against the loss, misuse or alteration of information under our control.

NOTE : THIS PRIVACY POLICY ONLY APPLIES TO INFORMATION COLLECTED BY WINCHESTER HOMES™ VIA THE INTERNET AND DOES NOT APPLY TO ANY INFORMATION THAT IS COLLECTED OFFLINE.

Information We Collect

Winchester Homes™ collects two types of information about you when you visit one of our web sites: personal information (including, by way of example only, your name, address, telephone number, e-mail address and your realtor's name and contact information, if applicable) and non-personal, aggregate information (such as information regarding the pages on our site that you have visited and your IP address).

1. Personally Identifiable Information

The only personally identifying information that we collect and store about you is the information that you choose to provide to us. For example, if you request information about Winchester Homes™ properties, we will have to collect your personal information to respond to your request. Additionally, if you wish to register on the Winchester Homes™ web site, you will be required to submit your personal information. If you send us an e-mail requesting information about Winchester Homes™ or otherwise asking us a question, we may collect your name, address, e-mail address and other personal information so that we can respond to your request or question. We may also from time to time send you email and postal mail correspondence regarding products or services that we believe may be of interest to you.

2. Non-Personally Identifiable Information

We collect and use non-personally identifiable information about you in the following ways:

Cookies

A "cookie" is a small text file that a web site can place on your computer's hard drive. The cookie transmits non-personal information back to the applicable web site. Winchester Homes™ may use cookies to help us recognize you when you come back to one of our sites. We may also use cookies to help us track traffic on our sites. Finally, we may link cookie data with your personal information in order to personalize your experience on a Winchester Homes™ web site.

Referrers, IP Addresses and Other Non-Personal Information

Winchester Homes™ may also collect information through "referrers," IP addresses and various environmental variables. A "referrer" is information the web browser passes along to the Winchester Homes™ web server that references the URL from which you came. An "IP address" is a number used by computers on a network to identify your computer so that data can be transmitted to you. "Environmental variables" may include, among other things, the domain from which you access the Internet, the time you accessed the applicable web site, the type of web browser and operating system or platform used, the Internet address you visited before visiting a Winchester Homes™ web site, the pages you visit while at one of our web sites and the Internet address of the web site you then visit. We may collect all of this information to allow us to detect broad demographic trends, to provide information tailored to your interests and to enhance your experience on our web sites.

Sharing Your Information With Third Parties

1. Disclosure of Information by Winchester Homes™

We may share your personal information with third parties including our Internet web site hosting company, our promotion company, and our advertising agency. These parties will only use the information they obtain from us for the purpose of providing services to Winchester Homes™. Further, Winchester Homes™ may disclose your personal information if Winchester Homes™ reasonably believes it is required to do so by law, to protect itself, or to protect another user.

Though we may also from time to time share your personal information to third parties for research and development purposes, we will not sell your personal information to any third parties, other than as specifically disclosed in this policy. If you do not wish for Winchester Homes™ to share your information with the third parties noted above, please do not submit your personal information to Winchester Homes™.

From time to time, we might offer chat rooms or posting boards. Keep in mind that if you choose to post information in any chat rooms or on any posting boards, you may be revealing your personal information to the public. If you do not wish for your personal information to be disclosed to the public, you should not include any personal information in your postings, or you should refrain from using the chat rooms or posting boards. By using the Winchester Homes™ chat rooms or posting boards, you acknowledge that Winchester Homes™ has no control over what third parties may do with that information.

2. Third Party Links

Our web sites may contain links to other sites. Additionally, third parties may from time to time link to one of the Winchester Homes™ web sites. PLEASE BE AWARE THAT WE ARE NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR THE CONTENT OR PRACTICES OF ANY OTHER SITES. We encourage our users to read the privacy statements of each and every web site that they visit. This Privacy Policy applies solely to the information collected via the Winchester Homes™ web sites.

Notification of Changes

If we decide to change our Privacy Policy, we will notify you and post those changes on our web sites so you will always be aware of what information we collect, how we use it and under what circumstances we disclose it. Please check our Privacy Policy from time to time to see if it has been updated. If at any point we decide to use personally identifiable information in a manner different from that stated at the time it was collected, we will notify you by way of an e-mail. You will then have a choice as to whether or not we use your information in this different manner. We will use information in accordance with the Privacy Policy in effect at the time that the information was collected.

Choices Available to the User

Winchester Homes™ provides the following choices regarding the use of your information:

You may choose not to provide us with any personal information.

You may set your browser to not accept cookies, or to warn you when a cookie is being placed on your computer. If you choose not to accept cookies, however, your ability to navigate our web sites may be hindered.

If you would like to unsubscribe to any of our services or would like us to remove you from any of our on-line mailing lists, please follow the unsubscribe directions at the bottom of each email.

You may elect to not have your information shared. However, if you do not want for us to share your information with the parties mentioned above, please do not submit your personal information to us.

Security

We take reasonable precautions to protect your information from inadvertent disclosure and intrusion by third parties. If you have any questions about the security at our web sites, please contact us.

Special Policy Regarding Information from Children Under Thirteen

The web sites offered by Winchester Homes™ are general audience web sites and are not targeted to children. We do not knowingly collect personally identifiable information from any child under the age of 13. If it comes to our attention that we have collected such information, we delete it as soon as we discover it.

Insolvency

In the unlikely event that Winchester Homes™ ever becomes insolvent and seeks protection under the Bankruptcy laws, Winchester Homes™ may share or sell your personal information and non-personal information with a third party that intends to continue the business.

Effective June 3, 2010.