Privacy Policy
Homeside Realty ("Homeside," "we," "us") is a licensed New York real estate brokerage owned and operated by Frank J. Profeta, Licensed Real Estate Broker. This Privacy Policy explains what information we collect through homesiderealty.com (the "Site"), how we use and share it, and the choices you have. By using the Site, you agree to this Privacy Policy.
1. Information you give us
You choose what to send us. Depending on which form you use, this may include:
- Contact details: your name, email address, phone number and mailing address.
- Selling or home value requests: the property address, details about the home, and any photos you upload.
- Buying requests: the areas, price range, timing and type of home you are looking for.
- Financing applications: information lenders need to prepare quotes, such as your date of birth, marital status, dependents, employment, income, assets, debts, estimated credit score and the property you want to buy or refinance, plus any documents you choose to upload (for example pay stubs, W-2s, tax returns, bank statements or photo ID).
- Remodeling requests: details about your project.
- Agent applications: your license status and number, experience, areas served, availability and any resume you attach.
We never ask for your Social Security number, bank account numbers or online banking logins on this Site. If you choose a lender, that lender collects those details through its own secure process. Please do not email us your Social Security number.
2. Information collected automatically
When you visit the Site, our hosting provider (Cloudflare) receives standard technical information, such as your IP address, browser type and the pages requested, so it can deliver the Site and protect it from abuse. Fonts are loaded from Google Fonts, which also receives your IP address.
We do not use advertising cookies, tracking pixels or third-party analytics on this Site. If you create an account, sign in or start a form, the Site may save that information in your own browser (local storage) on your device so you can pick up where you left off. You can clear it at any time through your browser settings.
To improve the Site, we count which buttons visitors click (for example, the Market Meter’s Buy Now button), along with the page and whether a phone or computer was used. These counts are stored in our Google account and contain no names, contact details or IP addresses. If you then send us a request, we note which button you last clicked, and the Site keeps that button name in your browser only until you close the tab.
3. How we use your information
- To respond to your request: prepare a home value estimate, help you buy or sell, connect you with lenders or contractors, or review your agent application.
- To contact you by phone, text or email about your request.
- To keep records of our real estate business as the law requires.
- To protect the Site, our clients and our business, and to comply with the law.
4. How we share your information
We do not sell or rent your personal information. We share it only as follows:
- With lenders: if you submit a financing application and check the box authorizing us to share it, we send it to our bank and lender partners so they can prepare quotes. No credit check is run until you choose a lender.
- With contractor partners: if you request remodeling quotes and agree to be contacted, we share your project request with contractor partners.
- With Homeside Realty agents who work with us, so they can help with your request.
- With service providers who run our systems for us under their own security and privacy terms: Google (Google Workspace, Sheets, Drive and Gmail, where your requests and uploaded files are stored and where we are notified of new requests) and Cloudflare (website hosting).
- When required by law, such as a subpoena or court order, or when needed to protect the rights, property or safety of our clients, our business or others.
- If our business is sold or merged, with the new owner, who must honor this Privacy Policy.
Mobile phone numbers and text-message consent are never shared with third parties or affiliates for their own marketing.
5. Calls and text messages
If you agree to be contacted, Homeside Realty (and, for remodeling requests, our contractor partners) may call or text you, including by automated means, about your request and related offers. Message and data rates may apply. Message frequency varies. Consent is not a condition of any purchase. Reply STOP to any text to opt out, or HELP for help. You can also ask us to stop calling you at any time.
6. Market data on this Site
Home sale figures, the market ticker, the town and ZIP lookup and the Market Meter are built from OneKey MLS data and are provided for general information only. They do not contain information about you.
7. How we protect and keep your information
The Site is served over a secure (HTTPS) connection. Your requests and uploaded files are stored in a password-protected business account with access limited to people who need it to help you. No method of storage or transmission is completely secure, so we cannot guarantee absolute security, but we take reasonable steps to protect your information, consistent with New York law.
We keep your information for as long as we need it to handle your request and to meet our legal and record-keeping obligations as a New York real estate brokerage. Financial documents you upload are shared only as you authorize, and we keep them only as long as reasonably needed for your request and for our legal and record-keeping obligations.
8. Your choices
- You can ask us what personal information we have about you, ask us to correct it, or ask us to delete it, subject to any records we must keep by law.
- You can opt out of marketing emails using the unsubscribe instructions in the email, or by contacting us.
- You can opt out of texts by replying STOP.
To make a request, email support@homesiderealty.com. We may need to confirm your identity before acting on it.
9. Children
This Site is intended for adults. We do not knowingly collect personal information from children under 13. If you believe a child has sent us information, contact us and we will delete it.
10. Links to other websites
The Site may link to other websites, such as lenders, government agencies or social media. Their privacy practices are their own, and this Privacy Policy does not apply to them.
11. Changes to this Privacy Policy
We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. The "Last updated" date at the top shows when it last changed. Changes take effect when they are posted on this page.
12. Contact us
Homeside Realty
Attn: Privacy
80 Orville Drive, Bohemia, NY 11716
support@homesiderealty.com
Frank J. Profeta
Licensed Real Estate Broker and Founder of Homeside Realty