Privacy Policy

We recognize the importance of protecting the personal information you provide at Web sites owned and/or controlled by the NATIONAL WOMEN’S COUNCIL OF REALTORS® (“We,” “Women’s Council,” “Council,” or “WCR”) and maintain the following privacy policy:

1. We gather 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 e-mail (for example, your domain name, your e-mail address, and what pages you visit); and
• Information you volunteer, via applications or surveys (for example, education, designations, specialties, affiliations with other real estate organizations and general demographic data).

2. We use this information to:

• Improve and customize the content and layout of our sites and other communications tools, such as newsletter online and print.
• Notify you of updates to our sites.
• Notify you of relevant products and services.
• Notify you of upcoming events and programs.
• Compile specialty directories about which you will be made aware.
• Track usage of our sites.
• Assist local and state NATIONAL WOMEN’S COUNCIL OF REALTORS® networks in membership tracking and for their use for purposes similar to those listed above.

3. NATIONAL WOMEN’S COUNCIL OF REALTORS® does not share, sell or trade e-mail addresses, but may provide you with online informational or marketing messages that have been approved by NATIONAL WOMEN’S COUNCIL OF REALTORS® together with other communications to which you have subscribed for the purposes described in Part 4 of this policy.

4. We will not share, sell or otherwise provide other information about you to third parties, except for:

• Some or all of the data collected during promotions or contests on our site 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.
• Vendors with whom the Women’s Council is working with to provide a member benefit, such as Radius Agent.
• Other vendors for the limited purpose of contacting targeted groups of members, through marketing vehicles approved by NATIONAL WOMEN’S COUNCIL OF REALTORS®.
• When required by law or valid legal process, or to protect the personal safety of our members or the public.

5. Radius Agent – As a member benefit, the Women’s Council in collaboration with Radius Agent, provides its members with an online referral directory which displays members’ contact information.  While the information provided in Radius Agent is believed accurate, it is not guaranteed by the Women’s Council and the Women’s Council disclaims any liability arising out of anyone’s use of the online referral directory.  Please note that Women’s Council members can opt-out of and unsubscribe from any marketing or promotional communications they receive from Radius.  If a Women’s Council member wishes to opt-out of Radius entirely, they may do so by contacting a Customer Service Representative and submitting a written request at wcr@wcr.org with copy to wcr@radiusagent.com.  

6. 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 Women’s Council Store 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.

7. We maintain generally accepted security procedures and standards to protect the information Women’s Council collects and makes available via its websites.  Women’s Council will modify them as new technologies become feasible.

8. We utilize a strict Opt-Out policy for sending online notifications regarding services, products and programs. You may adjust your Communication Preferences by reviewing your wcr.org registration. Just Login first. Then you can change your preferences. (Examine and update your existing account).

9. You may edit your personal contact information directly in the Members Profile portion of NATIONAL WOMEN’S COUNCIL OF REALTORS®.org. Note that information entered here does NOT update your records at any other Web site, including REALTORS®  M1 Member ID, and your local REALTOR® association.

10. Some of our sites contain advertising placed by advertising networks pursuant to agreements between NATIONAL WOMEN’S COUNCIL OF REALTORS® and the advertising network. We do not control these advertising networks, the sites of third parties reached through links on our site or their information collection practices and NATIONAL WOMEN’S COUNCIL OF REALTORS® 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 NATIONAL WOMEN’S COUNCIL OF REALTORS®. The advertising network may also aggregate the information for certain other statistical and reporting purposes.

11. Local and state networks.  Your Women’s Council membership may include local and state membership, and this privacy policy only applies to your membership in National Women’s Council of REALTORS® only.  Local and state networks are separately chartered entities and they are provided your membership information for providing local and state benefits and as described herein this Privacy Policy.  While local and state networks are requested to and should abide by this Privacy Policy, Women’s Council does not guarantee it and disclaims any liability arising out of their use of your membership information.  Therefore, Women’s Council members must contact the local and state network to which they hold membership if there is an issue about the local or state network’s use of their membership information. 

email: wcr@wcr.org