Privacy Policy

Flathound, LLC. is committed to respecting the privacy rights of all visitors to our web sites. We also recognize that our visitors need protection of any personally identifying information they choose to share with us. This privacy policy is intended to provide you with the information on how we collect, use and store the information that you provide, so that you can make appropriate choices for sharing information with us.

Web Sites

We currently operate the web site www.Flathound.com. In addition, we own several other domain names that point to the web site listed above. From time to time we may add new sites that will provide a link to this policy.

Links

This policy applies only to the site maintained by Flathound. We may create links to web sites that are not owned or affiliated with Flathound. This policy does not apply to third party sites. Additionally, many other sites that we are not associated with, and have not authorized, may have links leading to our site. We cannot control these links and are not responsible for any content appearing on these sites or the privacy practices of such sites.

Collection of Personal Information through Our Web Sites

We do not require that visitors reveal any personally identifying information in order to access our web site. However, visitors who do not wish to, or are not allowed by law to, share personally identifying information, may not be able to access certain areas that require registration.

Participants provide information on a voluntary basis only. Generally, we may wish to collect personal information about you in connection with the following services:

  • Searching for apartments to rent
  • Questions or comments sent through our web site
  • Inclusion in our email newsletter program
  • Participation on our message boards, if any
  • Registration to become a registered user of our site.

Collection of personal information for these services may include the collection of your name, address, telephone number, email address.

How We Use Your Information

Personally identifying information, which we collect through our web site, may be saved and may be used for other purposes to enhance your experience or for additional promotional opportunities, unless the participant chooses to opt-out of one of the programs discussed below.

When you have provided personally identifying information for a particular purpose, we will not disclose your information to certain third parties.

Policies for Children 12 Years Old and Under

We do not knowingly collect personally identifying information through our web site from children 12 and under. To the extent Flathound does collect personally identifying information, it is generally name and email address, which is used for internal promotional activities. Parents of children who have consented to our collecting of personally identifying information about their child may contact Flathound using the contact information below to review the information collected, to have Flathound delete any information, or to require Flathound to cease further collection or use of the information.

Cookies

Cookies are bits of electronic information which a website can transfer to a visitor's hard drive to help tailor and keep records of his or her visit at the site. Cookies allow web site operators to better tailor visits to the site to visitor's individual preferences. The use of cookies is standard on the Internet and many major web sites use them.

We may use cookies in certain areas to improve your experience when visiting our web sites. They may be used to anonymously track interest and collect aggregate information on various parts of the sites. Cookies will also be used to keep track of your shopping cart in our online store.

Log Files

We may use log files to gather statistics about our users' browsing habits and to assess overall web site activity, including how many "hits" a particular web page is getting. These entries are generated anonymously, and enable us to track interest in specific promotions, troubleshoot technical concerns, and provide you with content that is most interesting to you. We also use the log file entries for our internal marketing and demographic studies, so we can constantly improve the online services we provide you. Log files are used internally only, and are not associated with any particular user, computer, or browser.

Web Beacons

Our web site uses a variety of technical methods for tracking purposes, and may include Web beacons. Web beacons are small pieces of data that are embedded in images on the pages of websites. We also use these technical methods to analyze the traffic patterns on our web site, such as the frequency with which our users visit various parts of our web sites. These technical methods may involve the transmission of information either directly to us or to another party authorized by us to collect information on our behalf. We also use these technical methods in HTML e-mails that we send our guests to determine whether our guests have opened those e-mails or clicked on links in those e-mails. The information from use of these technical methods may be collected in a form that is personally identifiable.

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Contact Us

For further information on our privacy policy, or for questions on information that we may have collected from you, or should you wish to have your name removed from our records, please contact us by either of the following methods and we will be happy to review, update or remove information as appropriate:

By Mail at:
FlatHound Realty, LLC
31 Peterborough Street
Suite B3
Boston, MA 02215


On the Web Site

By using this site, you signify your assent to Flathound LLC.’s Privacy Policy. If you do not agree to this policy, please do not use our web site. We reserve the right to make changes to this policy. If we make a material change to this privacy policy, we will notify you by posting the change on our web site or in this Privacy Policy. Please check back from time to time to ensure that you are aware of these changes. Your continued use of our sites will signify your acceptance of these changes.