Privacy Policy
Effective date: [Launch date]
Foothills Home Buyers (“we,” “us” or “our”) respects your privacy. This policy explains what information we collect through foothillshomebuyers.com and our related phone, text and email conversations, how we use it, who we share it with and the choices you have. We’ve written it in plain English. If anything is unclear, just ask us.
Who we are
Foothills Home Buyers is [Legal business name], owned and operated by Daniel Hopkins and Ruslan “Russ” Trach. Our mailing address is [Mailing address]. You can reach us at daniel@foothillshomebuyers.com or (530) 537-0805.
Information we collect
Information you give us. When you fill out our form, call, text or email us, you may share:
- Your name, phone number and email address
- The property address
- Details about the property, such as its condition, whether anyone lives there and anything else you tell us
- Your situation and timeline for selling
- Anything else you choose to share in conversation with us
Information collected automatically. Like most websites, our site and hosting provider automatically receive basic technical information when you visit, such as your IP address, browser and device type, the pages you view and the website that referred you. We use this to keep the site secure, block spam and understand how the site is used overall.
Cookies. We do not use advertising or cross-site tracking cookies. Our site may use a small number of cookies or similar tools that are needed for security and basic site performance. [Update this section if you add advertising pixels or analytics tools later.]
How we use your information
- To respond to your request and talk with you about your property
- To evaluate the property, schedule a visit and prepare a cash offer
- To complete a purchase if you decide to sell to us
- To contact you by phone, text or email about your property and your request
- To keep business records we are required to keep
- To protect our website and our business from spam, fraud and misuse
Text messages
If you check the consent box on our form, you agree that Foothills Home Buyers may call or text you at the number you provide about your property and your request, including by automated means. Consent is not required to receive an offer. Message frequency varies. Message and data rates may apply. You can reply STOP at any time to stop receiving texts, or HELP for help.
We do not share your mobile information with third parties or affiliates for marketing or promotional purposes. Text messaging originator opt-in data and consent will not be shared with any third parties. The sharing described in the next section excludes this information, except for the service providers that deliver our text messages for us.
How we share information
We do not sell your personal information, and we do not share it with other companies for their own marketing. We share information only as follows:
- Service providers who help us run our business, such as website hosting and security, email, phone and texting services, and record-keeping tools. They may use your information only to provide services to us.
- Parties to a sale. If you decide to sell your property to us, we share the information needed to complete the transaction with parties such as the escrow or title company.
- Legal reasons. When required by law, court order or a licensing authority, or to protect our rights, our customers or the public.
Tracking and “Do Not Track”
We do not allow third parties to collect personal information about your online activities over time and across other websites through our site. Some browsers offer a “Do Not Track” setting. Because there is no common standard for how websites should respond to it, our site does not currently change its behavior when it receives a Do Not Track signal. Either way, we do not track you across other websites.
How long we keep information and how we protect it
We keep your information for as long as we need it for the purposes above, including any records we are legally required to keep, and then delete it. We use reasonable safeguards to protect your information, but no website or system is completely secure.
Your choices
- Review, correct or delete. Contact us to ask what information we have about you, to correct it or to ask us to delete it. We’ll honor your request unless we’re required to keep certain records by law.
- Texts. Reply STOP to any text to opt out.
- Calls and emails. Tell us you’d like us to stop contacting you, and we will.
California residents
We post this policy in line with California’s Online Privacy Protection Act. We do not share personal information with third parties for their own direct marketing purposes. If you live in California and have questions about your privacy rights, contact us using the information above.
Children
Our website is not intended for children under 13, and we do not knowingly collect personal information from them. If you believe a child has given us information, contact us and we will delete it.
Changes to this policy
If we update this policy, we’ll post the new version on this page and change the effective date at the top. If we make a significant change to how we use your information, we’ll post a clear notice on our website.
Contact us
Foothills Home Buyers
[Mailing address]
daniel@foothillshomebuyers.com
(530) 537-0805