Privacy Policy

Last modified: November 17, 2023

Your privacy is very important to us. Alan Dinnie (“Alan Dinnie,” “us,” “him” or “we”), which owns the alandinnie.com.au and buildtosell.com.au website and hosts various third-party real estate websites (collectively, the “Site”), provides this Privacy Policy to explain the ways in which we collect, use, share and protect personal data (“Personal Data”).

This Privacy Policy applies to persons and businesses anywhere in the world that may access the Site. For the avoidance of doubt, the term “Site” includes any third-party branded website hosted by Alan Dinnie or paid for or approved by him (the “Third-Party Sites”). By using the Site or any of our or our third-party clients’ (the “Third-Party Clients”) Third-Party Sites or services (collectively, the “Services”), you agree to be bound by this Privacy Policy in its most recent iteration. If you do not wish to provide Personal Data or be bound by this Privacy Policy, you may not use the Site or the Services.

We reserve the right to modify or replace this Privacy Policy at any time by updating this document across alandinnie.com.au and the Third-Party Sites. You agree to be bound by the most recent version of the Privacy Policy available on the Site.

As used in this Privacy Policy, “Alan Dinnie,” “us,” and “we” also means any Third-Party Client if you have visited or used its Third-Party Site.‍

Personal Data Collection

We collect Personal Data from people when they access our Site or our Services. Our legal basis for collecting and processing your Personal Data is (i) your explicit consent when accessing the Site or Services and (ii) a legitimate interest and need in order to provide the Services. We may collect the following Personal Data from users:

  1. Information you submit to us or our Third-Party Clients
  2. ~If you submit information through the Site, including through any contact form, live help feature, or other submission functionality, we will collect any Personal Data you submit.
  3. Information you submit when receiving the Services. 
  4. ~We will collect any Personal Data you share in order to become a client of Alan Dinnie or when you work with us to receive the Services. In addition, if you become a client of, or receive any Services from, any of our Third-Party Clients, we will collect any Personal Data you transmit to receive Services from Third-Party Clients. This Personal Data may include, but is not limited to, your name, company information, customer information, email address, phone number, mailing address, bank account information, debit card information, and other verification or fraud prevention related information.
  5. ~Build to Sell also collects business information, where you choose to complete online forms, and/or you submit business information in connection with The Value Builder System™, which business information may be entered or obtained and associated with your personally identifiable information, such as, but not limited to, your company´s revenue and profitability.
  6. ~Build to Sell may also collect certain non-personally identifiable information in connection with the operation of the Sites or as otherwise disclosed herein, including IP address, HTTP request headers, browser or operating system information, publicly available third-party data associated with your business, and data on advertisements or links on which you click.
  7. ~Where you provide Build to Sell any personally identifiable information, business information, or other non-personally identifiable information, you are representing and warranting that you have the right and authority to provide such information.
  8. Information automatically collected by Alan Dinnie. 
  9. ~We may use cookies, log files, clear. gifs, and other analytics tools to track the ways in which you use and interact with the Site, the Services, and other uses. This information helps us analyse and improve our features. You may be able to disable cookies in your web browser or mobile device. However, please note that disabling cookies may prevent you from taking full advantage of the Site or its Services. For more information about the use of cookies and how to block or disable them, you may visit allaboutcookies.org or youronlinechoices.eu
  10. Information required for technical or customer support. If you contact us for technical or customer support, we may collect any Personal Data you provide to us.

Personal Data Use and Sharing

We use Personal Data to provide the Site and Services and to comply with applicable laws. Specifically, we may use your Personal Data in the following ways:

  1. To provide the Services to our clients and the clients of Third-Party Clients.
  2. ~To optimize and customize your experience when using the Site.
  3. To enable you to search or use third-party real estate listings (which may include the MLS). This requires us to share your Personal Data with third parties to provide these services.
  4. ~To present offers that we believe you may be interested in.
  5. ~To work with you as a client, either of Alan Dinnie or of a Third-Party Client.
  6. ~To contact you about the Site, our Services, or other features we may offer.
  7. ~To provide an email newsletter or other administrative or marketing messages via e-mail. You may unsubscribe at any time by following the links in any emails sent by us.
  8. ~To process any payments, you may make. This may require us to share your Personal Data with third parties to provide these services.
  9. ~To provide customer or technical support.
  10. ~To analyse the way in which you use the Site the Services. 
  11. ~We may use Google Analytics to collect information about use of the Site. Google Analytics collects information such as how often users visit the Site, what pages they visit when they do so, and what other sites they used prior to coming to this site. Google Analytics collects only the IP address assigned to you on the date you visit the Site, rather than your name or other identifying information. We do not combine the information collected through the use of Google Analytics with personally identifiable Personal Data. Although Google Analytics plants a permanent cookie on your web browser to identify you as a unique user the next time you visit this site, the cookie cannot be used by anyone but Google. Google’s ability to use and share information collected by Google Analytics about your visits to this site is restricted by the Google Analytics Terms of Use (available at https://www.google.com/analytics/terms/) and the Google Privacy Policy (available at https://policies.google.com/privacy). You can prevent Google Analytics from recognizing you on return visits to this site by disabling cookies on your browser.
  12. We respect your privacy and do not share your Personal Data except (i) as described in Section 2(a), (ii) as required by law or (iii) in defending or bringing a legal action in which you are involved.

Children

No person younger than 16 years of age is permitted to use the Site. We do not knowingly collect Personal Data from any person under the age of 16. If you believe we have collected Personal Data from a child under the age of 16, please contact us immediately so we may investigate and take any necessary corrective action.

Security

  1. Alan Dinnie is committed to protecting your security. We utilise various methods of protecting your Personal Data, including certain encryption. Nevertheless, we cannot guarantee the safety or security of any Personal Data. Further, transmission of Personal Data cannot be made completely secure. For that reason, you agree to transmit Personal Data to Alan Dinnie and the Third-Party Clients solely at your own risk.
  2. You may encounter links to third party websites, property listings, or downloads when browsing the Site or using the Services (“Third Party Links”). We cannot control the content or security practices of these Third-Party Links. You agree to access Third-Party Links solely at your own risk. 
  3. If your personal data was ever compromised. (Either by human/system error or malicious activity) We will make all reasonable efforts to confirm the breach, contain the breach, assess risks and impact, and then report the breach to affected individuals and relevant governing authorities (if appropriate). We will communicate what was compromised, when, our analysis of how it was compromised, the impact ,and any steps we have taken to mitigate this in the future.

What is Alan Dinnie’s policy in international privacy?

Alan Dinnie is primarily operated and managed on servers located and operated within Australia. In order to provide our products and services to you, we may send and store your Personal Data outside of the country where you reside or are located, including to Australia. Accordingly, if you reside or are located outside of Australia, your Personal Data may be transferred outside of the country where you reside or are located, including countries that may not or do not provide the same level of protection for your Personal Data. We are committed to protecting the privacy and confidentiality of Personal Data when it is transferred. If you reside or are located within the European Economic Area and such transfers occur, we take appropriate steps to provide the same level of protection for the processing carried out in any such countries as you would have within the European Economic Area to the extent feasible under applicable law. By using and accessing our Services, Users who reside or are located in countries outside of Australia agree and consent to the transfer to and processing of Personal Data on servers located outside of the country where they reside, and that the protection of such information may be different than required under the laws of their residence or location.

Choice and Opt-Out Preferences

You may receive email communications from Build to Sell. You will have the ability to unsubscribe from marketing communications by means of a link provided in any such emails that are sent to you by Build to Sell. Any email opt-out shall not apply to emails permitted by applicable law, such as messages relating to any transaction you have requested or your relationship with us

Access to your Information

At your request, where the law requires us to do so, Build to Sell will confirm what personal information we have about you, update your information, remove your information, and/or correct any inaccuracies in such personal information. We will make every concerted effort to respond to your request in a timely manner.

Rights of Data

You have the following rights with respect to your personal data:

  1. The right to request a copy of your personal data that The Value Builder System holds about you.
  2. The right to request that The Value Builder System corrects your personal data if inaccurate or out of date.
  3. The right to request that your personal data is deleted when it is no longer necessary for The Value Builder System to retain such data.
  4. The right to withdraw any consent to personal data processing at any time. For example, your consent to receive e-marketing communications.
  5. If you want to withdraw your consent to e-marketing, please make use of the link to manage your subscriptions included in our communication. Please note that you may still receive system messages and administrative communications from The Value Builder System, such as order confirmations, system messages and notifications about your account activities.
  6. The right to request that The Value Builder System provides you with your personal data and, if possible, to pass on this information directly (in a portable format) to another data controller when the processing is based on consent or contract.
  7. The right to request a restriction on further data processing, in case there is a dispute in relation to the accuracy or processing of your personal data.
  8. The right to object to the processing of personal data, in case data processing has been based on legitimate interest and/or direct marketing.
  9. Any query about your Privacy Rights should be sent to alan@alandinnie.com.au

May I delete or access my Personal Data

  1. We will honour any user’s request to access, correct, or delete Personal Data, to the extent required by applicable law, including the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). To request that we correct, delete, or export any Personal Data, please contact us via email at alan@alandinnie.com.au
  2. Personal Data that we process shall not be kept for longer than is necessary for the relevant purpose. We may, however, retain Personal Data as required for legal compliance.

Data Controller and How to Contact Us

The Personal Data we collect and process is controlled by Alan Dinnie located in Australia. You may contact Alan at 434 Vincent Street West, West Leederville WA 6007 or by email at alan@alandinnie.com.au

Your Acceptance of this Policy and Revisions to this Policy

Build to Sell reserves the right to update and revise this Policy at any time. You can determine if this Policy has been revised since your last visit by referring to the “Effective Date of Statement” date at the top of this page. Your use of the Sites constitutes your acceptance of the terms of this Policy as amended or revised by us, and you should therefore review this Policy regularly to ensure that you are aware of its terms.

Changes to this Privacy Statement

Build to Sell reserves the right to amend this Privacy Statement at any time. The applicable version will always be found on our websites. We encourage you to check this Privacy Statement occasionally to ensure that you are happy with any changes.

If we make changes that significantly alter our privacy practices, we will notify you by email or post a notice on our websites prior to the change taking effect.