Who we are

About: Estate Monthly is a real estate and estate management publication for U.S. and Canadian markets, featuring opinion articles and interviews with recognized expert agents, property managers, and tax specialists across North America.

Our website address is: https://estatemonthly.com.

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Who we share your data with

If you request a password reset, your IP address will be included in the reset email. Anonymized user data is shared with multiple technology services, as required to provide website functionality.

Information Sharing with our Local Market Experts

We are committed to keeping you (our readers) informed about your local real estate market. When you request information or services on our website, we share your submitted information with our designated local market experts in your region to effectively address your queries. This sharing is essential for providing you the requested service, such as answering questions about your real estate situation or offering a home price valuation estimate. Our local market experts may use the provided personal contact information to contact you at any time in the future.

How long we retain your data

If you leave a comment, the comment and its metadata are retained indefinitely. This is so we can recognize and approve any follow-up comments automatically instead of holding them in a moderation queue.

For users that register on our website (if any), we also store the personal information they provide in their user profile. All users can see, edit, or delete their personal information at any time (except they cannot change their username). Website administrators can also see and edit that information.

What rights you have over your data

If you have an account on this site, or have left comments, you can request to receive an exported file of the personal data we hold about you, including any data you have provided to us. You can also request that we erase any personal data we hold about you. This does not include any data we are obliged to keep for administrative, legal, or security purposes.

Where we send your data

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