Privacy Notice
Effective July 25, 2026
Introduction
This Privacy Notice explains how 4Mac Properties, a DBA of 4Mac Associates, Inc. (“4Mac Properties,” “we,” “us,” or “our”) collects, uses, discloses, and safeguards information obtained through this website.
This notice applies to information collected through website contact forms, homeowner-guide requests, appointment-scheduling features, direct communications, and your use of the website.
Information We Collect
Depending on how you use the website, we may collect the following categories of information:
Information You Provide
Name
Email address
Telephone number
Mailing address
City, state, and ZIP code
Questions, comments, and information included in website forms
Appointment preferences and information submitted when scheduling a conversation
Your communication preferences
Whether you affirmatively consented to receive text messages
Please do not submit Social Security numbers, bank-account information, credit-card information, passwords, medical information, or other highly sensitive information through general website forms.
Information Collected Automatically
When you visit the website, our website host and service providers may automatically collect certain technical and usage information, including:
Internet Protocol address
Browser and device type
Operating system
Pages visited
Date and time of access
Referring website
General geographic information
Cookie, security, and website-performance information
How We Use Information
We may use information collected through the website to:
Respond to questions and requests
Mail a requested homeowner guide
Schedule and manage appointments
Contact you by email or telephone
Respond by text message when appropriate consent has been provided
Provide real estate and homeownership information
Maintain records of inquiries and communications
Operate, secure, troubleshoot, and improve the website
Prevent fraud, spam, misuse, or unauthorized activity
Comply with legal, regulatory, licensing, and record-retention requirements
Protect our rights, property, users, and business operations
We may send promotional or ongoing marketing communications only when permitted by applicable law and consistent with your communication preferences.
Text Messages and Mobile Information
Providing a mobile telephone number does not automatically authorize us to initiate text messages.
When a website form includes an optional text-message consent checkbox, text-message consent is provided only when you affirmatively check that box. Consent is not required to submit a question, request information, schedule a conversation, or purchase any service.
When text-message consent is provided:
Message frequency may vary.
Message and data rates may apply.
Reply STOP to opt out.
Reply HELP for assistance.
Consent is not a condition of purchasing any service.
When text-message consent is not provided, we may respond by email or telephone instead.
If you initiate a text message directly to us, we may reply to that message as part of the resulting conversation.
We do not sell mobile telephone numbers or text-message opt-in information. We do not share mobile opt-in information with third parties for their own marketing or promotional purposes. Information may be provided to communications service providers solely as necessary to transmit and manage messages.
How We Disclose Information
We may disclose information to the following categories of recipients when reasonably necessary:
Service Providers
We may use third-party companies to provide website hosting, form processing, email, appointment scheduling, telecommunications, security, analytics, data storage, and related business functions.
These providers may process information on our behalf and are subject to their own contractual obligations, privacy policies, and security practices.
Current website-related service providers may include:
Hostinger for website hosting and website forms
Calendly for appointment scheduling
Google Workspace or Gmail for email communications
RingCentral for telephone and text-message communications
Professional Advisers
Information may be disclosed to attorneys, accountants, technology consultants, insurers, compliance professionals, or other advisers when reasonably necessary for professional, operational, or legal purposes.
Legal and Safety Purposes
We may disclose information when we reasonably believe disclosure is necessary to:
Comply with a law, regulation, subpoena, court order, or governmental request
Protect the safety, rights, property, or security of an individual or organization
Investigate suspected fraud, abuse, unauthorized activity, or security incidents
Establish, exercise, or defend legal claims
Business Transactions
Information may be transferred as part of a merger, acquisition, sale, reorganization, financing, or transfer of all or part of the business, subject to applicable legal requirements.
No Sale of Personal Information
We do not sell personal information obtained through this website for monetary compensation.
We do not use information submitted through website forms for unrelated third-party advertising.
Cookies and Similar Technologies
This website and its service providers may use cookies and similar technologies for:
Essential website operation
Security and fraud prevention
Remembering website preferences
Measuring website performance
Understanding general website usage
Supporting embedded or linked services
You may be able to limit or delete cookies through your browser settings. Disabling cookies may cause certain website features to function improperly.
Do Not Track Signals and Third-Party Tracking
Some browsers provide a “Do Not Track” signal. Because there is not currently a universally accepted standard for responding to these signals, this website does not presently respond to browser Do Not Track signals.
Third-party website hosting, scheduling, analytics, security, communications, or embedded-service providers may collect information about your device or online activity over time and across different websites, subject to their own privacy policies and technologies.
We do not control how third-party services respond to Do Not Track signals.
Appointment Scheduling and Third-Party Services
When you use a third-party scheduling service, such as Calendly, information you submit may be collected and processed by that provider under its own privacy policy and terms.
The scheduling provider may send confirmation emails, create calendar files, or process appointment information on our behalf.
This website may also contain links to websites operated by other organizations. We are not responsible for the privacy, security, content, or practices of third-party websites. Review their policies before submitting information.
Information Security
We use reasonable administrative, technical, and organizational measures intended to protect personal information against unauthorized access, loss, misuse, alteration, or disclosure.
However, no website, email system, telecommunications system, transmission method, or data-storage system can be guaranteed to be completely secure. You provide information through the website at your own discretion.
Information Retention
We retain personal information for as long as reasonably necessary to:
Respond to and document inquiries
Provide requested information or services
Maintain business and communication records
Satisfy legal, licensing, compliance, tax, insurance, and record-retention obligations
Resolve disputes
Protect against fraud, misuse, or legal claims
Information that is no longer reasonably necessary may be deleted, anonymized, or securely disposed of.
Reviewing, Correcting, or Deleting Your Information
You may contact us to request that we review, correct, or delete personal information you previously submitted through the website.
We may need to verify your identity before processing a request. Certain information may be retained when required or permitted for legal, regulatory, licensing, security, recordkeeping, or dispute-resolution purposes.
Communication Preferences
You may unsubscribe from promotional emails by using any unsubscribe instructions included in the email or by contacting us.
You may stop text messages by replying STOP.
Requests to stop promotional communications will not prevent us from sending communications necessary to respond to an active inquiry, manage an appointment, comply with legal obligations, or provide information you specifically requested.
California Privacy Requests
California residents may contact us with questions or requests concerning personal information collected through this website.
Depending on the circumstances and the laws applicable to the business, you may have rights to request access to, correction of, or deletion of certain personal information.
We will not unlawfully discriminate against a person for exercising an applicable privacy right.
Children’s Privacy
This website is intended for adults seeking real estate or homeownership information. It is not directed to children under 13, and we do not knowingly collect personal information from children under 13 through the website.
If we learn that a child under 13 submitted personal information, we will take reasonable steps to delete it.
Changes to This Privacy Notice
We may revise this Privacy Notice to reflect changes in our website, services, information practices, service providers, or applicable requirements.
Material changes will be posted on this page and identified by a revised effective date. Unless otherwise stated, changes become effective when posted.
Contact Us
Questions, requests, or concerns regarding this Privacy Notice may be directed to:
4Mac Properties
A DBA of 4Mac Associates, Inc.
Email: Tim@4MacProperties.com
Phone: 949-229-8630
4Mac Associates, Inc.
California Real Estate Corporation
DRE Corporation License #02257188
Thomas Timothy Formica (“Tim Formica”)
California Real Estate Broker
DRE #00892802 | NMLS #240792
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