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Privacy Notice

Castaneda Corp

THE CASTANEDA CORPORATION & AFFIILIATES

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Effective Date: March 30, 2023.

Updated: February 27, 2024.

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Protecting your private information is our priority. This Statement of Privacy applies to the https://www.hugoacastaneda.com, Hugo A. Castaneda, The Castaneda Corp., and any of its affiliates including Barnes & Associates Realty, Inc. dba Central Coast Sotheby's International Realty. The Castaneda Corporation or "Castaneda Corp" governs data collection and usage. For the purposes of this Privacy Policy, unless otherwise noted, all references to Balcazar-Castaneda, Inc. or The Castaneda Corporation including https://www.hugopinon.com or Castaneda, Inc. are "the Company." The Castaneda Corp. website is a personal branding site for a California licensed real estate salesperson. By using the Castaneda Corp website, you consent to the data practices described in this statement. Hugo A. Castaneda of The Castaneda Corp. is a Real Estate Salesperson. CA DRE 02210169

Collection of your Personal Information

In order to better provide you with services offered on our site, Castaneda, Inc. may collect personally identifiable information, such as your:

  • First and Last Name 

  • E-mail Address

  • Phone Number

 

We do not collect any personal information about you unless you voluntarily provide it to us. However, you may be required to provide certain  personal information to us when you elect to use certain services available on the Site. These may include: (a) registering for an account on our site; (b) entering a sweepstakes or contest sponsored by us or one of our partners; (c) signing up for special offers from selected third parties; (d) sending us an email message; (e) submitting your credit card or other payment information when ordering and purchasing products and services on our Site. To wit, we will use your information for, but limited to, communicating with you in relation to services and/or products you have requested from us. We also may gather additional personal or non-personal information in the future.

Use of your Personal Information

Castaneda, Inc. collects and uses your personal information to operate its website(s) and deliver the services you have requested. Castaneda, Inc. may also use your personally identifiable information to inform you of other products, services, or “episodes” available from Castaneda, Inc. and its affiliates. 

Sharing Information with Third Parties

Castaneda, Inc. does not sell, rent, or lease its customer lists to third parties. Balcazar-Castaneda, Inc. may share data with trusted partners to help perform statistical analysis, send you email or postal mail, provide customer support, or arrange for deliveries. All such third parties are prohibited from using your personal information except to provide these services to Balcazar-Castaneda, Inc., and they are required to maintain the confidentiality of your information. Balcazar-Castaneda, Inc. may disclose your personal information, without notice, if required to do so by law or in good faith belief that such action is necessary to (a) conform to the edicts of the law or copley with legal process served on Balcazar-Castaneda, Inc. or the site; (b) protect and defend the rights or property of Balcazar-Castaneda, Inc.; and/or (c) act under exigent circumstances to protect the personal safety of user of Balcazar-Castaneda, Inc., or the public. 

Automatically Collected Information

Information about your computer hardware and software may be automatically collected by Castaneda, Inc. This information can include: your IP address, browser type, domain names, access times and referring website address. This information is used for the operation of the service, to maintain quality of the service, and to provide general statistics regarding use of the Castaneda, Inc. website.

Security of your Personal Information 

Castaneda, Inc. secures your personal information from unauthorized access, use, or disclosure. Castaneda, Inc. uses the following method for this purpose: SSL Protection. When information ( such as a credit card number) is transmitted to other websites, it is protected through the use of encryption, such as the Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) protocol. We strive to take appropriate security measures to protect against unauthorized access to or alteration of your personal information. Unfortunately, no data transmission over the Internet or any wireless network can be guaranteed to be 100% secured. As a result, while we strive to protect your personal information, you acknowledge that: (a) there are security and privacy limitations inherent which are beyond our control; and (b) security, integrity, and privacy of any and all information and data exchange between you and us through this site cannot be guaranteed.

Right to Deletion

Subject to certain exceptions to out below, on receipt of a verifiable request from you, we will: 

  • Delete your personal information from our records; and 

  • Direct and service providers to delete your personal information from their records. 

 

Please note that we may not be able to to comply with requests to delta your personal information if it is necessary to: 

  • Complete the transaction for which the personal information was collected, fulfill the terms of written warranty or service recall conducted in accordance with federal law, provide a good or service requested by you, or reasonably anticipate within the context of our ongoing business relationship with you, or otherwise perform a contract between you and us; 

  • Detect security incidents, protect against malicious, deceptive, fraudulent, or illegal activity; or prosecute those responsible for that activity; 

  • Debug to identify and repair eros that impair existing intended functionality; 

  • Exercise free speech, ensure the right of another consumer to exercise their right right of free speech, or exercise another right provided for by law;

  • Comply with the California Electronic Communications Privacy Act;

  • Engage in public or peer-reviewed scientific, historical, statistical research in the public interest that adheres to all other applicable ethics and privacy laws, when our deletion of the information is likely to render impossible or seriously impair the achievement of such research, provided we have obtained your informed consent;

  • Enable solely internal uses that are reasonably aligned with your expectations based on your relationship with us;

  • Comply with an existing legal obligation; or

  • Otherwise use your personal information, internally, in a lawful manner that is compatible with the context in which you provided the information

Children Under Thirteen

Castaneda, Inc. does not knowingly collect personally identifiable information from children under the age of thirteen. If you are under the age of thirteen, you must ask your parent or guardian for permission to use this website. 

E-mail Communications

From time to time, Castaneda, Inc. may contact you via email for the purpose of providing announcements. Promotional offers, alerts, confirmations, surveys, and/or other general communication. If you wish to stop receiving marketing or promotional communications via email from Balcazar-Castaneda, Inc., you may opt out of such communications by replying “STOP”. 

Use of Cookies

Castaneda, Inc. website may use “cookies” to help you personalize your online experience. A cookie is a text file that is placed on your hard disk by a web page server. Cookies can not be used to programs or deliver viruses to your computer. Cookies are uniquely assigned to you, and can only be read by a web server in the domain that issued the cookie to you. One of the primary purposes of cookies is to provide a convenience feature to save you time. The purpose of a cookie is to tell the web server that you have returned to a specific page. For example, if you personalize Balcazar-Castaneda, Inc. pages, or register with the Balcazar-Castaneda, Inc. site or services, a cookie helps the Balcazar-Castaneda, Inc. Team to recall your specific information on subsequent visits. This simplifies the process of recording your personal information, such as billing addresses, shipping addresses, and so on.When you return to the same Balcazar-Castaneda, Inc. website, the information you previously provided can be retrieved, so you can easily use the features that you customized. You have the ability to accept or decline cookies. Most web browsers automatically accept cookies, but you can usually modify this function setting to decline cookies if you prefer. If you prefer to decline cookies, you may not be able to fully experience the interactive features of Balcazar-Castaneda, Inc. services or websites you visit.

Changes to this Statement

Castaneda, Inc. reserves the right to change this Privacy Policy from time to time. We will notify you about significant changes in the way we treat personal information by sending a notice to the primary email address specified on your account, by placing a prominent notice on our site, and/or by updating any privacy information on this page. Your continued use of the site and/or Services available through this site after such modification will constitute your; (a) acknowledgement of the modified Privacy Policy; and (b) agreement to abide and bind by that Policy.  

Information

Castaneda, Inc. welcomes your questions or comments regarding this Statement of Privacy. If you believe that Balcazar-Castaneda, Inc. has not adhered to this Statement, please contact Castaneda, Inc. through the following means:

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