Privacy Policy

You can search every listing on this site without an account and without telling us who you are. Until you tell us who you are, we keep no record of which homes you look at.

What we get when you write to us

When you send a form (a showing request, a question about a listing, a home value request or a message), we get your name, the phone number or email you gave, and what you wrote. It comes to the office by email so one of us can call or write back, and we keep it in the office's private contact list so whoever helps you can see what you asked. If we text or email back and forth, those messages are kept there too. We don't sell it, rent it, or hand it to anyone outside Pope Realty, and we don't sign you up for texts or a mailing list because you asked about a house. Alerts only start if you ask for them yourself.

Listing alerts

If you sign up for listing alerts, we keep your name (if you give it), the email and mobile number you choose, the searches you save, how often you want to hear from us, and a record of when and how you agreed and confirmed (the page, the time, your device's internet address and the exact words you agreed to). We keep that record because the rules for email and texting require us to be able to show you asked. Pope Realty's agents can see who signed up and what they're looking for, so one of them can help if you want.

The emails go out through Resend and the texts through Twilio, which handle them only to deliver them. Every email has a link to change or stop your alerts, and you can reply STOP to any text. When you stop, we stop sending, but keep the record that you opted in and out.

Our newsletter

If you sign up for the newsletter, we keep your email, your first name if you give it, the towns, price range and kind of property you tell us you want to see (so we can pick homes for you), and the same kind of record of when you signed up and confirmed. You're on the list only after you tap the button in the confirm email, and every issue has a one-click unsubscribe link. The newsletter and listing alerts are separate: signing up for one doesn't sign you up for the other. If you'd like us to delete everything we have about you, call or email the office and we will.

The homes you open, once we know you

After you send us a form, or confirm listing alerts or the newsletter, the phone or computer you did it on is linked to your name with a cookie (a small file this site saves in your browser). From then on, when you open a listing on that device, we note which one, when, and how many times. It goes on your card in the office's private contact list, so the agent helping you can see what you like and not waste your time. Only Pope Realty's agents see it. We don't sell it, share it, or use it for ads, and we erase each entry after 12 months.

We don't do this for visitors we don't know, and we don't do it if your browser sends a Global Privacy Control or Do Not Track signal. You can switch it off here, which also erases your list:

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Messages with the office

If you text the office line or reply to one of our emails, the message is kept in your conversation in the office's contact list so whoever answers can see what was said. If we book a showing with you, the time and address go on the office calendar. Ask us to delete any of it, or all of it, and we will.

Text messages

We do not sell or share your SMS opt-in data or personal information with third parties for marketing purposes. We don't rent or share mobile numbers or text opt-in information with affiliates for marketing either. Mobile numbers and consent are used only to send the alerts you asked for and to answer your texts. Details are in our text alert terms.

What the site keeps on its own

Like any website, the servers that run this one (Cloudflare) keep basic request logs: the pages asked for, the time, and the address of the device asking. We use them to keep the site running and, if the Greater Alabama MLS ever asks, to show how its listing data was used here, as its rules require.

Maps

The map on the contact page and the “Open in Google Maps” links are from Google, and Google may set cookies when you use them.

Questions

Email [email protected] or call (256) 447-1111.