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Privacy Policy

Last updated: May 30, 2026

This Privacy Policy describes how Ecuador Realty ("we", "us", or "our") collects, uses, maintains, and discloses information collected from users ("you" or "your") of the website ecuador-realty.com (the "Service"). It also tells you about your privacy rights and how the law protects you.

We use your Personal Data to provide and improve the Service. By using the Service, you agree to the collection and use of information in accordance with this Privacy Policy.

Company details: Ecuador Realty, Salinas, Ecuador.
Contact email: platforms@ecuador-realty.com
Website: https://ecuador-realty.com

1. Interpretation and Definitions

Interpretation

Words with an initial capital letter have meanings defined below. These definitions apply whether the word appears in singular or plural.

Definitions

For the purposes of this Privacy Policy:

Account means a unique account created for you to access our Service or parts of it.
Business, for CCPA purposes, refers to Ecuador Realty as the legal entity that collects consumers' personal information and determines the purposes and means of its processing.
Company (referred to as "the Company", "We", "Us" or "Our") means Ecuador Realty, Salinas, Ecuador.
Consumer, for CCPA purposes, means a natural person who is a California resident, as defined by law.
Cookies are small files placed on your device by a website, containing details of your browsing history and other uses.
Country refers to: Ecuador.
Data Controller, for GDPR purposes, means Ecuador Realty, which determines the purposes and means of processing Personal Data.
Device means any device that can access the Service (computer, mobile phone, tablet, etc.).
Do Not Track (DNT) is a concept promoted by US regulatory authorities for users to control online activity tracking across websites.
Personal Data is any information relating to an identified or identifiable individual. For GDPR and CCPA, this includes names, identification numbers, location data, online identifiers, and factors specific to physical, physiological, genetic, mental, economic, cultural, or social identity.
Sale, for CCPA purposes, means selling, renting, releasing, disclosing, making available, or transferring a consumer's personal information to another business or third party for valuable consideration.
Service refers to the website ecuador-realty.com.
Service Provider means any natural or legal person who processes data on behalf of the Company (e.g., third-party vendors). Under GDPR, Service Providers are Data Processors.
Usage Data refers to data collected automatically, generated by the use of the Service (e.g., page visit duration).
You means the individual accessing or using the Service, or the legal entity on whose behalf such access occurs. Under GDPR, you are the Data Subject or User.

2. Collecting and Using Your Personal Data

Types of Data Collected

Personal Data
While using our Service, we may ask you to provide certain personally identifiable information that can be used to contact or identify you. This may include, but is not limited to:

Email address
First name and last name
Phone number
Address, State, Province, ZIP/Postal code, City
Usage Data

Usage Data
Usage Data is collected automatically when using the Service. It may include your Device's Internet Protocol address (IP address), browser type, browser version, the pages you visit, the time and date of your visit, time spent on pages, unique device identifiers, and other diagnostic data.

When you access the Service via a mobile device, we may collect certain information automatically, including the type of mobile device, its unique ID, IP address, operating system, browser type, and other diagnostic data.

Tracking Technologies and Cookies

We use Cookies and similar tracking technologies (beacons, tags, scripts) to track activity on our Service and store certain information. These include:

Cookies or Browser Cookies. A small file placed on your device. You can instruct your browser to refuse all Cookies or indicate when a Cookie is sent. If you do not accept Cookies, some parts of our Service may not function properly.
Flash Cookies. Local stored objects used to collect and store information about your preferences or activity. Flash Cookies are not managed by the same browser settings as Browser Cookies.
Web Beacons. Small electronic files (clear gifs, pixel tags) that permit the Company to count users who visited pages or opened emails, and for related website statistics.

Cookies can be "Persistent" or "Session" Cookies. Persistent Cookies remain on your device when you go offline, while Session Cookies are deleted as soon as you close your browser.

We use both Session and Persistent Cookies for the following purposes:

Necessary / Essential Cookies (Session, administered by us): essential to provide you with services and enable features such as authentication and fraud prevention.
Cookies Policy / Notice Acceptance Cookies (Persistent, administered by us): identify if users have accepted the use of cookies.
Functionality Cookies (Persistent, administered by us): remember choices you make (e.g., login details, language preference) for a more personal experience.
Tracking and Performance Cookies (Persistent, administered by third parties): track traffic and how users use the website. Information gathered may directly or indirectly identify you as an individual visitor.

3. Use of Your Personal Data

The Company may use Personal Data for the following purposes:

To provide and maintain our Service, including monitoring usage.
To manage your Account as a registered user.
For the performance of a contract: development, compliance, and undertaking of purchase contracts or any other contract with us.
To contact you by email, phone calls, SMS, or other electronic communication regarding updates, informative communications, or security updates.
To provide you with news, special offers, and general information about similar goods, services, and events unless you have opted out.
To manage your requests and attend to your inquiries.
To deliver targeted advertising tailored to your interests and/or location, and to measure its effectiveness.
For business transfers: evaluation or conduct of a merger, divestiture, restructuring, reorganization, dissolution, or sale of assets where Personal Data is among the assets transferred.
For other purposes: data analysis, identifying usage trends, determining promotional campaign effectiveness, and improving our Service, products, and marketing.

We may share your personal information in the following situations:

With Service Providers: to monitor and analyze use of our Service, to advertise on third-party websites, and to contact you.
For business transfers: in connection with any merger, sale of assets, financing, or acquisition of all or a portion of our business.
With Affiliates: we will require affiliates to honor this Privacy Policy.
With business partners: to offer you certain products, services, or promotions.
With other users: when you share personal information or interact in public areas.
With your consent: for any other purpose with your explicit consent.

4. Retention of Your Personal Data

The Company will retain your Personal Data only as long as necessary for the purposes set out in this Privacy Policy. We will retain and use your Personal Data to comply with legal obligations, resolve disputes, and enforce our agreements and policies.

Usage Data is generally retained for a shorter period, except when used to strengthen security, improve functionality, or when we are legally obligated to retain it for longer.

5. Transfer of Your Personal Data

Your information, including Personal Data, is processed at the Company's operating offices and in any other places where parties involved in the processing are located. This means information may be transferred to computers located outside your jurisdiction where data protection laws may differ.

Your consent to this Privacy Policy followed by your submission of information represents your agreement to such transfer. We will take all steps reasonably necessary to ensure your data is treated securely and in accordance with this Privacy Policy.

6. Disclosure of Your Personal Data

Business Transactions

If Ecuador Realty is involved in a merger, acquisition, or asset sale, your Personal Data may be transferred. We will provide notice before your data becomes subject to a different Privacy Policy.

Law enforcement

We may be required to disclose your Personal Data if required by law or in response to valid requests by public authorities (e.g., a court or government agency).

Other legal requirements

The Company may disclose your Personal Data in the good faith belief that such action is necessary to:

Comply with a legal obligation
Protect and defend the rights or property of the Company
Prevent or investigate possible wrongdoing in connection with the Service
Protect the personal safety of users or the public
Protect against legal liability

Security of Your Personal Data

The security of your Personal Data is important to us. While we strive to use commercially acceptable means to protect it, no method of transmission over the Internet or electronic storage is 100% secure. We cannot guarantee absolute security.

7. Detailed Information on the Processing of Your Personal Data

Service Providers we use may have access to your Personal Data. These third-party vendors collect, store, use, process, and transfer information about your activity on our Service in accordance with their own Privacy Policies.

Analytics

We may use third-party Service providers to monitor and analyze the use of our Service:

Google Analytics. Tracks and reports website traffic. Data is shared with other Google services. You can opt-out via the Google Analytics opt-out browser add-on. More information: https://policies.google.com/privacy.
Matomo. A web analytics service. Privacy Policy: https://matomo.org/privacy-policy.

Email Marketing

We may use your Personal Data to send newsletters, marketing, or promotional materials. You may opt-out by following the unsubscribe link in any email or by contacting us. We may use Email Marketing Service Providers such as HubSpot. Their Privacy Policy: https://legal.hubspot.com/privacy-policy.

Behavioral Remarketing

We use remarketing services to advertise to you after you visited our Service. Third-party vendors use cookies and non-cookie technologies to recognize your device and serve interest-based advertisements. You can opt-out via:

NAI opt-out: http://www.networkadvertising.org/choices/
EDAA opt-out: http://www.youronlinechoices.com/
DAA opt-out: http://optout.aboutads.info/?c=2&lang=EN

We may share hashed email addresses or other online identifiers with these vendors. Third-party vendors we use include:

Google Ads (AdWords). Privacy Policy: https://policies.google.com/privacy.
Facebook. Learn more: https://www.facebook.com/help/516147308587266. Data Policy: https://www.facebook.com/privacy/explanation.
LinkedIn. Privacy Policy: https://www.linkedin.com/legal/privacy-policy.

Usage, Performance and Miscellaneous

Google Places. Returns information about places using HTTP requests. Information gathered is held in accordance with Google's Privacy Policy: https://www.google.com/intl/en/policies/privacy/.

8. GDPR Privacy

Legal Basis for Processing Personal Data under GDPR

We may process Personal Data under the following conditions:

Consent: you have given your consent for one or more specific purposes.
Performance of a contract: provision of Personal Data is necessary for the performance of an agreement with you.
Legal obligations: processing is necessary for compliance with a legal obligation.
Vital interests: processing is necessary to protect your vital interests or those of another person.
Public interests: processing is related to a task carried out in the public interest.
Legitimate interests: processing is necessary for the legitimate interests of the Company.

The Company will help clarify the specific legal basis that applies to processing, including whether providing Personal Data is a statutory or contractual requirement.

Your Rights under the GDPR

If you are within the EU, you have the following rights:

Request access to your Personal Data.
Request correction of incomplete or inaccurate information.
Object to processing of your Personal Data, including for direct marketing.
Request erasure of your Personal Data when there is no good reason to continue processing it.
Request transfer of your Personal Data in a structured, machine-readable format.
Withdraw your consent at any time.

To exercise these rights, contact us at platforms@ecuador-realty.com. We may ask you to verify your identity. You also have the right to complain to a Data Protection Authority in the European Economic Area.

9. CCPA Privacy

This section applies solely to California residents. It supplements the information contained in our Privacy Policy.

Categories of Personal Information Collected

We may collect or have collected the following categories of personal information within the last twelve (12) months:

Category A – Identifiers: real name, alias, postal address, unique personal identifier, IP address, email address, account name, etc. Collected: Yes.
Category B – California Customer Records: name, address, telephone number, passport number, etc. Collected: Yes.
Category C – Protected classification characteristics: age, race, color, etc. Collected: No.
Category D – Commercial information: records of products or services purchased. Collected: No.
Category E – Biometric information: Collected: No.
Category F – Internet or other network activity: interaction with our Service or advertisement. Collected: Yes.
Category G – Geolocation data: approximate physical location. Collected: No.
Category H – Sensory data: Collected: No.
Category I – Professional or employment-related information: Collected: No.
Category J – Non-public education information: Collected: No.
Category K – Inferences drawn from other personal information: Collected: No.

Personal information does not include publicly available information from government records, deidentified or aggregated consumer information, or information excluded from the CCPA's scope (e.g., HIPAA, GLBA).

Sources of Personal Information

We obtain the categories above from: (a) directly from you, (b) indirectly from you (e.g., observing activity), (c) automatically through cookies, and (d) from Service Providers.

Use of Personal Information for Business or Commercial Purposes

We may use or disclose personal information for business or commercial purposes, including operating the Service, providing support, fulfilling requests, responding to law enforcement, detecting security incidents, and internal auditing.

Disclosure of Personal Information

We may disclose and may have disclosed in the last twelve months Categories A, B, and F for business or commercial purposes. When we disclose, we enter a contract that requires the recipient to keep the information confidential and use it only for performing the contract.

Sale of Personal Information

We may sell and may have sold in the last twelve months Categories A, B, and F as defined under CCPA. "Sale" includes sharing for valuable consideration. You have the right to opt-out of the sale of your personal information.

Sale of Personal Information of Minors Under 16

We do not knowingly collect or sell personal information of minors under 16 years of age. If you believe a child has provided us with personal information, please contact us.

Your Rights under the CCPA

California residents have the following rights:

Right to notice of categories collected and purposes.
Right to request disclosure of collection, use, sale, and disclosure of personal information.
Right to say no to the sale of Personal Data (opt-out).
Right to delete Personal Data, subject to exceptions (e.g., completing a transaction, detecting security incidents, legal compliance).
Right not to be discriminated against for exercising any of your rights.

To exercise your rights, contact us at platforms@ecuador-realty.com or visit https://ecuador-realty.com. Only you or an authorized representative may make a verifiable request. We will respond within 45 days (extendable once by an additional 45 days with notice).

Do Not Sell My Personal Information

You have the right to opt-out of the sale of your personal information. To exercise this right, contact us at platforms@ecuador-realty.com. The opt-out is specific to the browser you use. You may need to opt out on every browser you use. You can also use the following platforms:

NAI opt-out: http://www.networkadvertising.org/choices/
EDAA opt-out: http://www.youronlinechoices.com/
DAA opt-out: http://optout.aboutads.info/?c=2&lang=EN

On mobile devices, you can use "Limit Ad Tracking" (iOS) or "Opt out of Ads Personalization" (Android).

10. "Do Not Track" Policy as Required by California Online Privacy Protection Act (CalOPPA)

Our Service does not respond to Do Not Track signals. However, some third-party websites do track browsing activities. You can set your preferences in your web browser to inform websites that you do not want to be tracked.

11. Children's Privacy

Our Service does not address anyone under the age of 13. We do not knowingly collect personally identifiable information from anyone under 13. If you are a parent or guardian and you are aware that your child has provided us with Personal Data, please contact us. If we become aware that we have collected Personal Data from anyone under 13 without verification of parental consent, we will take steps to remove that information.

12. Your California Privacy Rights (California's Shine the Light Law)

Under California Civil Code Section 1798, California residents with an established business relationship with us can request information once a year about sharing their Personal Data with third parties for their direct marketing purposes. To request this information, contact us at platforms@ecuador-realty.com.

California Privacy Rights for Minor Users

California Business and Professions Code Section 22581 allows California residents under 18 who are registered users to request removal of content or information they have publicly posted. To request removal, contact us with the email address associated with your account. Note that removal may not be complete or comprehensive in all circumstances.

13. Links to Other Websites

Our Service may contain links to third-party websites not operated by us. We have no control over and assume no responsibility for their content, privacy policies, or practices. We strongly advise you to review the Privacy Policy of every site you visit.

14. Changes to this Privacy Policy

We may update our Privacy Policy from time to time. We will notify you of any changes by posting the new Privacy Policy on this page and updating the "Last updated" date. We may also notify you via email or a prominent notice on our Service. You are advised to review this Privacy Policy periodically.