Privacy Policy
Last Modified: June 18, 2025
Introduction
Benoit Enterprises, LLC and our affiliated and subsidiary companies (collectively, “we”, “our”, or “us”) respect your privacy and are committed to protecting it through our compliance with this policy.
This policy describes the types of information we may collect from you or that you may provide when you access www.mikebenoit.com (“Website”) or use our other services, products, and technology solutions (collectively with the Website, the “Services”), and our practices for collecting, using, maintaining, protecting, and disclosing that information. Our Services are intended for U.S. residents only.
This policy applies to information we collect related to:
- Our Services
- Emails, texts, and other electronic messages between you and our Services.
- Your interaction with our advertising and applications on third-party websites and services, if those applications or advertising include links to this policy.
- Former, current, and prospective clients, brokers, independent agents, and customers.
- Other individuals who use our Services, whose personal information we receive related to the Services, or who otherwise interact or communicate with us related to our Services or our business.
Our collection, use, disclosure, and processing of personal information about individuals will vary depending upon the circumstances. This Privacy Policy is intended to describe our overall privacy and data protection practices.
This Privacy Policy does not apply to information collected by:
- Us offline or through any other means, including on any other website operated by us or any third party; or
- Any third party, including through any application or content (including advertising) that may link to or be accessible from or through the Website.
Please read this policy carefully to understand our policies and practices regarding your information and how we will treat it. If you do not agree with our policies and practices, your choice is not to use our Services. By accessing or using our Services, you agree to this privacy policy. This policy may change from time to time (see “Changes to Our Privacy Policy”). Your continued use of our Services after we make changes is deemed to be acceptance of those changes, so please check the policy periodically for updates.
Children Under the Age of 13
Our Services are not intended for children under 13 years of age. No one under age 13 may provide any information to or on the Services. We do not knowingly collect personal information from children under 13. If you are under 13, do not use or provide any information on the Services or through any of its features, register on the Services, make any purchases through the Services, use any of the interactive or public comment features of the Services or provide any information about yourself to us, including your name, address, telephone number, email address, or any screen name or user name you may use.
If we learn we have collected or received personal information from a child under 13 without verification of parental consent, we will delete that information. If you believe we might have any information from or about a child under 13, please contact us at legal@mikebenoit.com.
Information We Collect and How
We collect several types of information:
- Personally identifiable information such as name, postal address, email address, telephone number, username, information you provide in messages to us, or any other identifier by which you may be contacted online or offline (“personal information”)
- Real estate preferences and search criteria
- Technical information about your device and browsing behavior
- IP address and geolocation data
- Pages visited, time spent, and links clicked
- Referral sources (e.g., if you clicked to our site from another page or ad)
We may also collect information via cookies, web beacons, and other tracking technologies. These tools help us understand how users interact with our site and services to enhance performance and user experience.
How We Use Your Information
We use the information we collect for various purposes, including:
- To provide you with information, products, or services that you request from us
- To respond to your inquiries or requests
- To manage and maintain your user account (if applicable)
- To improve our website, offerings, and user experience
- To send marketing communications or promotional content (only with your consent or opt-in)
- To comply with legal obligations, enforce policies, or protect our rights and safety
Disclosure of Information
We may share your personal information with:
- Our affiliates, subsidiaries, and trusted third-party service providers who support our business operations
- Legal and regulatory authorities when required to comply with the law
- A buyer or successor in the event of a merger, restructuring, or sale of company assets
- Others only with your express consent
We do not sell or rent your personal information to third parties for their marketing purposes.
Cookies & Tracking Technologies
We use cookies, web beacons, and other tracking technologies to:
- Understand user behavior
- Improve site performance
- Deliver tailored content
Cookies help us improve your user experience. You may manage your cookie preferences and disable cookies through your browser settings, but some features of our website may not function properly as a result.
We also use analytics tools (e.g., Google Analytics) to understand usage trends and website performance. We also may use these technologies to collect information about your online activities over time and across third-party websites or other online services (behavioral tracking). For information on how you can opt out of behavioral tracking on the Services and how we respond to web browser signals and other mechanisms that enable consumers to exercise choice about behavioral tracking, please visit:
www.google.com/analytics (Google Analytics)
www.facebook.com/about/privacy (Facebook)
The information we collect automatically may include personal information, or we may maintain it or associate it with personal information we collect in other ways or receive from third parties. It helps us to improve our Services and to deliver a better and more personalized service, including by enabling us to:
- Estimate our audience size and usage patterns.Store information about your preferences, allowing us to customize our Services
- according to your individual interests.
- Speed up your searches.
- Recognize you when you return to our Services.
The technologies we use for this automatic data collection may include:
- Cookies (or browser cookies). Cookies are text files with small pieces of data that a website stores on the hard drive of your computer. We may use cookies to make it easier for you to navigate our Services. To the extent we provide a log-in portal or related feature on our Services, cookies may be used to store passwords so that you don’t have to enter it more than once. You may refuse to accept browser cookies by activating the appropriate setting on your browser. However, if you select this setting, you may be unable to access certain parts of our Services. Unless you have adjusted your browser setting so that it will refuse cookies, our system will issue cookies when you direct your browser to our Services.
- Web Beacons. Pages of our Website and our emails may contain small electronic files known as web beacons (also referred to as clear gifs, pixel tags, and single-pixel gifs) that permit us, for example, to count users who have visited those pages or opened an email and for other related website statistics (for example, recording the popularity of certain website content and verifying system and server integrity).
- Flash Cookies. Certain features of our Services may use local stored objects (or Flash cookies) to collect and store information about your preferences and navigation to, from, and on our Website. Flash cookies are not managed by the same browser settings as are used for browser cookies. For information about managing your privacy and security settings for Flash cookies, see “Choices And Rights”.
Third-Party Advertising and Analytics
Third-party services may use cookies and tracking to serve ads and gather analytics. We do not control these third-party services.
Choices and Rights
You have certain choices and rights regarding your personal data:
- Access & Correction: You can request access to or correction of your personal information by contacting us.
- Opt-Out: You can opt-out of receiving promotional emails by using the “unsubscribe” link or emailing us directly.
- Do Not Track: Our site may not respond to Do Not Track signals, depending on browser compatibility.
Data Security
We implement reasonable security measures to protect your information. However, no system is 100% secure. Use our Services at your own risk.
Third-Party Links
Our website may contain links to third-party websites. We are not responsible for the privacy practices or content of those sites. We encourage you to read their privacy policies before submitting any information.
Changes to This Policy
We may update this Privacy Policy periodically. The “Last Modified” date at the top reflects the latest revision. Any changes will become effective once posted. Continued use of our Services means you accept the current policy.
Contact Information
For any questions about this Privacy Policy or our practices, contact:
Benoit Enterprises, LLC
Attn: Legal Department
P.O. Box 29308
Columbus, OH 43229
Email: legal@mikebenoit.com