Effective Date: October 8, 2026 | Last Updated: October 8, 2026
Real Estate Blake Franklin LLC (“we,” “us,” or “our”) respects your privacy. This Privacy Policy explains what information we collect when you visit realestateblakefranklin.com (the “Website”), how we use and protect it, and the choices and rights you have. By using the Website, you agree to the practices described below.
1. Information We Collect
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Information you provide
- Contact details: your name, email address, phone number, and the message you submit through our contact or consultation forms.
- Scheduling information: details you enter when booking a call or meeting through our scheduling tool.
- Home value requests: property address and contact details you enter to receive a home value report.
- Downloads and resources: details you provide to receive our homebuyer guide or other resources.
- Property search activity: if you create an account or save searches or favorites on our property search tool, the information you enter there.
- Real estate preferences: details you choose to share, such as budget, target areas, timeline, or whether you are using VA or military benefits.
Information collected automatically
- IP address, browser type, device type, and operating system.
- Pages viewed, links clicked, time spent on pages, and the website that referred you.
- Approximate location based on your IP address.
- Property search behavior, such as searches run and listings viewed.
2. How We Use Your Information
We use the information we collect to:
- Respond to your questions and consultation requests.
- Provide real estate services, including buyer, seller, VA loan, and military relocation guidance.
- Schedule calls and meetings with you.
- Send you home value reports, listings, market updates, and resources you request.
- Personalize property search results and recommendations.
- Improve the Website, its content, and the experience of our visitors.
- Send marketing communications, where permitted by law and with your consent where required.
- Protect against fraud, abuse, and security threats, and comply with legal obligations.
3. How We Share Your Information
We do not sell your personal information for money. We do not sell or share personal information of consumers we know to be under 16 years of age.
We may share your information only in the following situations:
- Our brokerage: Blake Franklin is affiliated with VIP Realty. Information may be shared with the brokerage as needed to provide real estate services and meet regulatory requirements.
- Service providers: companies that help us operate the Website and our business, such as website hosting, email and CRM tools, scheduling, analytics, property search (IDX), home valuation, and form-processing providers. They may use your information only to perform services for us.
- Transaction partners: with your knowledge and as needed to complete a transaction, we may share information with lenders, escrow and title companies, inspectors, other agents, and similar professionals.
- Legal and safety reasons: when required by law, court order, or government request, or to protect the rights, property, or safety of our clients, the public, or ourselves.
- Business transfers: if our business is sold, merged, or reorganized, your information may be transferred as part of that transaction.
4. Cookies & Tracking Technologies
Our Website and the tools embedded in it may use cookies, pixels, and similar technologies to keep the Website working, remember your preferences, understand how visitors use the site, and measure the performance of our marketing.
- Essential cookies keep the Website functioning and secure.
- Analytics cookies help us understand which pages and content are most useful.
- Marketing cookies and pixels may be used by advertising or social platforms to measure results and show relevant ads.
You can block or delete cookies in your browser settings, although some parts of the Website may not work properly if you do. You can also use your browser’s “Global Privacy Control” or similar opt-out signal, which we honor where required by law.
5. Property Search (IDX) & Third-Party Tools
Our property search is provided through a third-party IDX platform that displays Multiple Listing Service (MLS) data and may be hosted on a separate web address. When you use it, your activity and any account information you enter are processed by that provider under its own privacy practices in addition to this policy.
The Website may also embed content or tools from other providers, including Google (reviews and maps), Calendly (scheduling), CloudCMA (home value reports), and social media platforms. These providers may collect information directly from you according to their own privacy policies. We encourage you to review them.
6. Your California Privacy Rights
If you are a California resident, the California Consumer Privacy Act, as amended by the California Privacy Rights Act (CCPA/CPRA), gives you the following rights, subject to certain exceptions:
- Right to know: request the categories and specific pieces of personal information we have collected about you, the sources, the purposes, and the categories of third parties we share it with.
- Right to delete: request that we delete personal information we collected from you.
- Right to correct: request correction of inaccurate personal information.
- Right to opt out of sale or sharing: opt out of the sale or sharing of personal information for cross-context behavioral advertising. We do not sell personal information for money, but some advertising or analytics cookies may count as “sharing” under California law. You can opt out by emailing us or using your browser’s opt-out signal.
- Right to limit use of sensitive personal information: we do not use or disclose sensitive personal information for purposes beyond those permitted by law.
- Right to non-discrimination: we will not treat you differently for exercising your rights.
To make a request, contact us using the details in Section 12. We may need to verify your identity before fulfilling a request, and we will respond within the time required by law (generally 45 days). You may use an authorized agent to submit a request on your behalf.
Categories of personal information collected in the last 12 months: identifiers (name, email, phone, IP address); internet or network activity (browsing and search behavior); geolocation (approximate); and commercial or real estate preferences you share with us. We collect these for the business purposes described in Section 2.
Under California’s “Shine the Light” law, California residents may request information about disclosures of personal information to third parties for their direct marketing purposes. We do not disclose personal information to third parties for their own direct marketing.
7. Calls, Texts & Email Communications
If you provide your phone number or email address, we may contact you about your inquiry and about our services. You can opt out of marketing emails at any time by clicking the “unsubscribe” link in any email or by contacting us. If we send text messages, you can reply STOP to opt out. Message and data rates may apply. We do not share mobile opt-in information with third parties for their own marketing purposes. Opting out of marketing does not stop messages directly related to a transaction or service you requested.
8. Data Retention & Security
We keep personal information only as long as needed for the purposes described in this policy, to provide our services, and to meet legal, accounting, and regulatory obligations (including California real estate record-keeping requirements). When information is no longer needed, we delete or de-identify it.
We use reasonable administrative, technical, and physical safeguards to protect your information. However, no method of transmission over the internet or electronic storage is completely secure, and we cannot guarantee absolute security. Please do not send sensitive information, such as Social Security or bank account numbers, through the Website’s contact forms.
9. Children’s Privacy
The Website is intended for adults and is not directed to children under 13. We do not knowingly collect personal information from children under 13. If you believe a child has provided us with personal information, please contact us and we will delete it.
10. Third-Party Links
The Website may link to other websites, including social media pages, lender or partner sites, and listing platforms. We are not responsible for the content or privacy practices of those sites. Please review their policies before sharing information with them.
11. Changes to This Policy
We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. When we do, we will post the updated version on this page and change the “Last Updated” date above. We encourage you to review this page periodically. Your continued use of the Website after changes are posted means you accept the updated policy.
12. Contact Us
If you have questions about this Privacy Policy, or want to exercise any of your privacy rights, contact us:
Real Estate Blake Franklin LLC
Blake Franklin, REALTOR® — DRE#02182413
VIP Realty — DRE#02332719
Phone: (619) 453-8655
Email: blakefranklin619@gmail.com
