distressedpropertyspecialists.com (“this site,” “we,” “us”) is operated by George Howell Ward. This policy explains what personal information we collect, how we use and share it, and the choices and rights you have. It is provided for transparency and is not legal advice.
We collect only two categories of information:
We use the information you send us solely to respond to you and to provide the information or services you request. We use automatically collected technical data only to operate, secure, and maintain the site. We do not use your information for automated decision-making that produces legal or similarly significant effects.
We do not sell or rent your personal information, and we do not share it for cross-context behavioral advertising. We share it only with the service providers that help us operate this site, and only as needed for them to perform their function:
We may also disclose information where required by law, to enforce our Terms of Use, or to protect the rights, property, or safety of any person.
This site sets no tracking or advertising cookies and uses no third-party analytics that track you across sites. If we ever add analytics, we will prefer a cookieless, privacy-respecting option and will update this policy first.
Because this site does not track visitors across third-party websites over time, we do not change our behavior in response to a browser “Do Not Track” (DNT) signal — there is no cross-site tracking here to turn off. We do not knowingly permit third parties to collect personally identifiable information about your online activities across different sites when you visit this site. This disclosure is provided under California Business & Professions Code § 22575 (CalOPPA).
If you are a California resident, you may request to know what personal information we hold about you, request that we delete it, and request a copy. We do not sell or share your personal information, so there is nothing to opt out of on that front. We will not discriminate against you for exercising these rights. To make a request, email george@georgehowellward.com; we may need to verify your identity before responding.
If you write to us from the European Union or United Kingdom, we process your message on the basis of our legitimate interest in responding to you and, where applicable, taking steps at your request. You may ask us to access, correct, or delete your information, or to restrict or object to its processing, by emailing the address below. You may also have the right to complain to your local data-protection authority.
We keep correspondence only as long as needed to respond to you and to keep a reasonable record of our communications, after which we delete or archive it. Host security logs are retained on our provider’s standard schedule.
We take reasonable administrative and technical measures to protect the information you share with us. No method of transmission or storage is perfectly secure, so we cannot guarantee absolute security.
This site is intended for a business and professional audience and is not directed to children under 13. We do not knowingly collect personal information from children.
We may update this policy from time to time. Material changes will be posted here with a new effective date, and the archived version of this page is our record of what was in effect on a given date.