At Lewis Realty we understand and respect the privacy of our clients and the public. We try to handle personal information in a way that is fair, legal and ethical.

We are property experts in the Moreland area. We collect and hold information that helps us find and serve property sellers, buyers, landlords and tenants.

For marketing purposes, we may collect:

– Names
– Gender and age
– Contact details such as address, phone numbers, email addresses, web addresses
– Property details and prices

Further personal or sensitive information that you disclose to us such as financial arrangements, employment, housing preferences, health issues etc. is treated with utmost confidentiality. If you are selling your house with us, we believe your reasons for selling should not be disclosed to anyone, especially potential buyers.

Prospective tenants or employees may be asked for credit checks, employment or other references which will be treated confidentially.

We only gather information that is in the public domain or willingly disclosed to us. The ways we gather personal information include:

  • You make an enquiry about our services
  • You apply for a job with us or enquire about a career in real estate
  • You visit our web site or register on one of our mailing lists
  • We door-knock or call you to market our services
  • We gather property sale data from information services and public marketing campaigns.
  • You become a client, debtor, supplier or employee of our agency
  • You directly disclose to us personal information for a specific purpose

We do not use personal information for purposes outside our core purpose of providing real estate services. We do not sell personal information. We will not provide personal information details to any third party or to any overseas country without your permission, although computerised data may be kept in cloud databases.

If you have any privacy concern or question that you feel has not been adequately addressed by our staff, please contact our office manager Paul Cutinelli at paul@lewisre.com.au.

INTERNET PRIVACY STATEMENT

This privacy statement concerns this website which is owned and operated by Lewis Real Estate.

Any personal information gathered from users of the Lewis Real Estate’s website is for the sole use of communicating with our clients and audience

In using this website, you may be asked to disclose personally identifiable information when you:

  • Send us your inquiries, comments, suggestions or feedback
  • Register for any services offered on this site
  • Subscribe to our automatic database updating system
  • Request sales and advertising information

In all cases of receiving your personal information, we assure you that information will be held in the upmost promise of confidentiality. Users of this website are promised the strictest confidentiality of personal information, and Lewis Real Estate will remove personally identifiable information from its current operational systems upon request. Personal information obtained from users is securely stored and access is restricted to authorised Lewis Real Estate’s personnel only, ensuring that your personal information is secure, protected and safeguarded.

The information Lewis Real Estate receives from users enables the provision of better services that are tailored to your needs. Information gathered is analysed and changes are made to the business in order to make our services more relevant to today’s market. Identifiable characteristics and the users name remain anonymous.

Information accumulated is used to respond to your needs and provide service beyond expectations to our market. Your email address will only be recorded if you send us a message electronically and will only be used for the purpose for which you have provided. Personally identifiable content will not be in use for any other purposes and not accessible to any other third party unless unequivocally communicated on the submission of information. Access to your information is restricted to Lewis Real Estate’s personnel only and you are assured complete privacy of information you wish to disclose, however where it is necessary for law enforcement purposes or where it is believed to be threat to a person’s health or safety we may need to disclose your personal information to third parties as required from us by the law. Lewis Real Estate assumes no responsibility for information and content of third party websites from which our properties are featured upon.

USE OF “COOKIES”

A cookie is a text file that contains a unique identification number, which can be used to identify a browser. This cookie allows the server to recognize a user’s browser when he/she returns to a Website. Cookies are being used to enhance the user’s browsing experience.

Since cookies are only text files, they cannot “run” on a computer and have no ability to search a computer for information or to transmit information to anyone.

You can disable any cookies already stored on your computer, but these may stop our website from functioning in the same way.

This website uses tracking software to monitor its visitors to better understand how they use it. This software is provided by Google Analytics which uses cookies to track visitor usage. The software will save a cookie to your computer’s hard drive in order to track and monitor your engagement and usage of the website, but will not store, save or collect personal information. You can read Google’s privacy policy here for further information [ http://www.google.com/privacy.html ].

DISCLAIMER

Lewis Real Estate believe that the information contained in this website is correct. However, no representation or warranties of any nature are given, intended or implied and you should rely on your own enquires to determine the accuracy of material available on this website.

The information contained on each individual property for sale or for rent has been gathered from the vendor or landlord of the property and professional service providers. We cannot verify its accuracy either way. Prospective purchasers or tenants must rely on their own enquiries and should verify accuracy of information before proceeding with a purchase or lease.

Please note, the material available is general information only, and is subject to change without notice. The information held within this website should not be relied on as a substitute for legal, financial, real-estate or other expert advice. Lewis Real Estate disclaims all liability, responsibility and negligence for direct and indirect loss or damage suffered by any person arising from the use of information presented on this website or material that arises from it.