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This
site is owned and operated by Quarles & Associates,
Inc., a Georgia Corporation, with offices located in
Douglas County, Georgia, hereinafter referred to as
"Quarles & Associates" or "its". This privacy statement
discloses what information Quarles & Associates collects
about each visitor, customer, prospective customer,
tenant, prospective tenant, client, prospective client,
associate or prospective associate, hereinafter referred
to as "Visitor" and how Quarles & Associates uses the
collected information.
COLLECTION OF INFORMATION
– Depending on the hosting provider, server software and
Web design; Quarles & Associates may utilize two
acquisition methods; voluntary and usage:
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Voluntary – Visitors can voluntarily
submit information via optional emails, registration
forms, submission forms or request forms, thereby
providing feedback or requesting information, products
and/or services. |
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Usage – The identifying and tracking data
that Quarles & Associates may collect includes, but is
not limited to: Visitor’s IP address (Internet Protocol
Address), browser type, domain name, search engine
identification, name of referring or linking site and
specific Quarles & Associates Web pages through which
Visitor clicks. Quarles & Associates currently utilizes
cookie technologies.
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Some
sections of Quarles & Associates' sites may not function
or may function at a reduced speed if cookies are
blocked. |
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USE
OF COLLECTED INFORMATION
- Collected data has multiple uses which include, but
are not limited to:
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Site Enhancement - Data is utilized
in aggregate to help Quarles & Associates look for
Visitor's trends and patterns thereby providing the
insight required for improvements and updates. Many
modifications, improvements and updates to Quarles &
Associates’ sites have been based on collected data.
Naturally, the most important data, for enhancement
purposes, is the total number of visitors and pages
viewed by each Visitor. Quarles & Associates has
determined that site usage tracking is most easily
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Site Security – Acquisition and
retention of identifying data such as IP addresses
(Internet Protocol Address) and domain names aid in the
protection and defense of the rights and property of
Quarles & Associates and Visitors to its sites.
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THIRD PARTY ADVERTISING
- Quarles & Associates may provide advertising from
third party partners, affiliates and/or associates. If
Visitor elects to view third party advertising or any
pages associated therewith then aggregated summary level
usage information may be provided to these advertisers
so they can evaluate the association and productivity of
the Quarles & Associates site. Some of our third party
advertisers automatically send cookies; however, Quarles
& Associates does not control these cookies and Visitor
is advised to refer to the visited advertiser’s Privacy
Policy. The use of advertising cookies sent by
third-party servers is standard in the Internet
industry.
DISCLOSURE OF INFORMATION
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No
online transmission of data can be guaranteed to be 100%
secure because "Perfect security" does not exist on the
Internet. Whenever information is transmitted over the
internet the information can be collected and used by
others. As a result, Quarles & Associates does not
guarantee the security of any online transmitted
information and all transmissions are at Visitor's own
risk.
All
financial transactions are redirected to third party
secure servers; therefore, Visitors are advised to
follow proper links and never transmit financial
information directly to Quarles & Associates' Web sites
via unsecured connections.
Generally; Quarles & Associates does not disclose
specific personal information; however, below are two,
of several, possible exceptions
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When
required to do so by law or in the good faith belief
that such action is necessary to comply with any legal
process served on Quarles & Associates or its sites.
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In
order to, protect and defend the rights or property of
Quarles & Associates or to protect the personal safety
of users of Quarles & Associates’ services or members of
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Quarles & Associates is and shall be under no obligation
to maintain any information in confidence; however,
Quarles & Associates does not sell, rent or lease its
Visitor lists to third parties.
TERMS OF USE
- Please visit Quarles & Associates'
Terms of Use
for complete disclosure of Quarles & Associates' terms
and conditions of use.
LINKS TO OTHER SITES
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Quarles & Associates may provide links to other, what is
hoped to be useful, sites. If Visitor follows any link
then Visitor has left Quarles & Associates' site and
should refer to that site’s Privacy Policy and Terms of
Use.
RIGHT TO MODIFY
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Quarles & Associates reserves the right to update or
modify this Privacy Policy at any time; without prior
notice. Visitor's use of the Quarles & Associates site
following any such change constitutes Visitor's
acceptance of the Privacy Policy as changed.
In the event that any
inconsistencies exist between this Privacy Policy any
future published Privacy Policy, the last published
Privacy Policy shall prevail.
ACCEPTANCE OF POLICY TERMS
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By using this site, Visitor signifies Visitor's
agreement to Quarles & Associates' Privacy Policy.
IF THIS POLICY IS NOT ACCEPTABLE THEN VISITOR SHOULD
LEAVE THIS SITE IMMEDIATELY.
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