Privacy Policy

Last Updated: June 30, 2025

IMPORTANT DISCLAIMER: This document is a general template for a “Privacy Policy” and is provided for informational purposes only. It does not constitute legal advice. It is essential to consult with a qualified legal professional to review, customize, and finalize this policy to ensure it complies with all applicable privacy laws and regulations in your jurisdiction (e.g., Manitoba, Canada, including PIPEDA and provincial privacy legislation) and accurately reflects the specific data collection, use, and disclosure practices of Ethicx Real Estate Inc.. Ethicx Real Estate Inc. is not liable for any legal issues arising from the use of this template without proper legal review.

1. Introduction

Ethicx Real Estate Inc. (“we,” “us,” or “our”) is committed to protecting the privacy of our website visitors and clients. This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, disclose, and protect your personal information when you visit and use our website, ethicx.ca (the “Website”), and utilize our services (the “Service”).

2. Information We Collect

We may collect various types of information from and about users of our Website and Service, including:

  • Personal Identification Information:
    • Contact Information: Name, email address, phone number, mailing address.
    • Property Information: Address of the property you wish to sell, property type, size, condition details, and any other relevant information you provide about the property.
    • Communication Records: Records of your correspondence with us (e.g., emails, phone calls).
  • Non-Personal Information:
    • Usage Data: Information about how you access and use the Website, such as your IP address, browser type, operating system, referring URLs, pages viewed, and the dates/times of your visits.
    • Cookies and Tracking Technologies: Information collected through cookies, web beacons, and similar technologies (see Section 5).

3. How We Collect Information

We collect information in several ways:

  • Directly from You: When you fill out forms on our Website (e.g., “Get an Offer” form), communicate with us via phone or email, or otherwise provide information directly to us.
  • Automatically: As you navigate through the Website, we may use automated data collection technologies to gather certain information about your equipment, browsing actions, and patterns.

4. How We Use Your Information

We use the information we collect for various purposes, including:

  • To Provide and Improve Our Service:
    • To process your requests for cash offers and facilitate property transactions.
    • To communicate with you regarding your property, offers, and the selling process.
    • To understand and analyze how you use our Website and Service to improve functionality and user experience.
  • To Communicate with You:
    • To respond to your inquiries and provide customer support.
    • To send you updates, notifications, and other information related to our Service (with your consent where required).
  • For Marketing and Promotional Purposes:
    • To send you marketing communications about our services that may be of interest to you (you can opt-out at any time).
  • For Legal and Security Purposes:
    • To comply with legal obligations, enforce our Terms and Conditions, and protect our rights, privacy, safety, or property, and/or that of our affiliates, you, or others.
    • To detect, prevent, and address technical issues or fraudulent activities.

5. Cookies and Tracking Technologies

We may use cookies and similar tracking technologies to enhance your experience on our Website.

  • Cookies: Small data files stored on your device that help us recognize you, remember your preferences, and track your usage patterns.
  • Web Beacons: Small electronic files (also referred to as clear gifs, pixel tags, and single-pixel gifs) that permit us, for example, to count users who have visited certain pages and for other related website statistics.

You can set your browser to refuse all or some browser cookies, or to alert you when cookies are being sent. However, if you disable or refuse cookies, some parts of the Website may then be inaccessible or not function properly.

6. Disclosure of Your Information

We may disclose aggregated information about our users, and information that does not identify any individual, without restriction.

We may disclose personal information that we collect or you provide:

  • To Our Affiliates: To our subsidiaries and affiliates for business purposes consistent with this Privacy Policy.
  • To Service Providers: To contractors, service providers, and other third parties we use to support our business (e.g., legal professionals, title companies, IT service providers) who are bound by contractual obligations to keep personal information confidential and use it only for the purposes for which we disclose it to them.
  • For Legal Reasons: To comply with any court order, law, or legal process, including to respond to any government or regulatory request.
  • To Enforce Our Rights: To enforce or apply our Terms and Conditions and other agreements, including for billing and collection purposes.
  • Business Transfers: In the event of a merger, divestiture, restructuring, reorganization, dissolution, or other sale or transfer of some or all of Ethicx Real Estate Inc.’s assets, whether as a going concern or as part of bankruptcy, liquidation, or similar proceeding, in which personal information held by Ethicx Real Estate Inc. about our Website users is among the assets transferred.
  • With Your Consent: For any other purpose disclosed by us when you provide the information, or with your consent.

7. Data Security

We have implemented measures designed to secure your personal information from accidental loss and from unauthorized access, use, alteration, and disclosure. However, the transmission of information via the internet is not completely secure. Although we do our best to protect your personal information, we cannot guarantee the security of your personal information transmitted to our Website. Any transmission of personal information is at your own risk.

8. Your Rights

Depending on your jurisdiction, you may have certain rights regarding your personal information, including the right to:

  • Access your personal information.
  • Request correction of inaccurate personal information.
  • Request deletion of your personal information.
  • Withdraw your consent (where consent is the basis for processing).

To exercise any of these rights, please contact us using the contact information provided below.

9. Children’s Privacy

Our Website is not intended for children under 18 years of age. We do not knowingly collect personal information from children under 18. If we learn that we have collected or received personal information from a child under 18 without verification of parental consent, we will delete that information.

10. Changes to Our Privacy Policy

It is our policy to post any changes we make to our Privacy Policy on this page.