Privacy Policy Statement for the R. Blum and Associates Web Site

Commercial Real Estate Appraiser for the San Francisco Bay Area

Thank you for visiting the R. Blum and Associates website and reviewing our privacy policy. The Site does not collect personal information about visitors to the Website unless you choose to provide that information to us. The Site will use that information to respond to your message and to help us get you the information you have requested. Information Collected and Stored Automatically

If you visit our Website, we automatically gather and store the following information about your visit so that we can track the use of our Website in order to make improvements. This information is stored and used in the aggregate only, and is not used to contact you personally:

• The IP address from which you access our Website
• The name of the domain from which you access the Internet (for example, aol.com, if you are connecting from an America Online account)
• The type of browser and operating system used to access our Website
• The date and time you access our site
• The pages, files, documents and links that you visit
• The Internet address of the website from which you linked to this Website

Cookies

In addition to information collected automatically, we use cookies, which are small pieces of information sent to your browser by a website that you visit. The cookies do not collect personally identifiable information. Cookies are used to track usage patterns, traffic trends and customer behavior, as well as to record other information from the Website. When you register on the Website, cookies also allow us to save information so that you will not have to re-enter it the next time you visit. Many content adjustments and customer service improvements are made based on the data derived from cookies. The website may use a third-party vendor, Google Analytics, to place cookies and analyze the information collected by cookies in order to make the website more interesting and useful to you. Information that we collect from cookies will not be used to create profiles of individual users and only will be used in aggregate form.

You may set your browser to refuse cookies from any website that you visit. If you so choose, you may still gain access to most of the R. Blum and Associates website, but you may not be able to conduct certain types of transactions or take advantage of some of the interactive elements offered. You also may opt out of Google Analytics using the Google Analytics Opt-out Browser Add-on.

If You Send Us Personal Information

The R. Blum and Associates Website will only collect personal information which you knowingly and voluntarily provide by, for example, sending emails. If you provide us with personal information, we will normally respond to your inquiry or request. We may also contact you to provide information about R. Blum and Associates products and special events that may interest you. We will never share your name or information outside the R. Blum and Associates context unless you affirmatively authorize us to do so by opting-in.

When we send you such information by email, you will always have an immediate opportunity to decline further communication. Please use the contact specified in the email so that we can remove you from the list that contains your name.

Please note that the website may also provide your information to: (1) a Federal, State, or local law enforcement agency if the website becomes aware of a violation or potential violation of law or regulation; (2) a court or party in a court or Federal administrative proceeding if the website is a party or in order to comply with a subpoena; (3) the Department of Justice or in certain legal proceedings when the website is a party to litigation or has an interest in the litigation and the use of such records is deemed relevant and necessary to the litigation; and (4) any other person or entity as required by law.

Security

The website is committed to ensuring that its IT systems, applications and information technology infrastructure are secured.

Unauthorized access and/or unauthorized attempts to change information on this website are strictly prohibited and punishable under the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act of 1986 and the National Information Infrastructure Protection Act.

Linking

Within the R. Blum and Associates website there may be links to outside websites. These sites operate independently of R. Blum and Associates and have their own privacy policies. When you link to third party websites, you leave our Website and no longer will be subject to our privacy and security policies. R. Blum and Associates is not responsible for the privacy or security practices nor the content of other websites, and such links are not intended to be an endorsement of the other website or its content.