One Team Realty, LLC. 

Personal Information Privacy Policy

1. What is personal information?
Personal information is:

(1) information in a consumer report; or

(2) an individual’s first name or initial and last name in combination with any of the following:

(a) birth date;

(b) social security number or other government issued identification number;

(c) mother’s maiden name;

(d) unique biometric data (fingerprint, voice print, retina image);

(e) unique electronic identification number our routing code;

(f) financial institution account or information.

A consumer report is a report related to a person’s credit worthiness, credit standing, credit capacity,

character, general reputation, personal characteristics, or mode of living prepared by or obtained from an

agency that collects such information such as a credit reporting agency.

2. How is personal information collected?

This company obtains personal information in the following ways:

(1) in consumer reports from reporting agencies to which this company subscribes in connection with

lease applications, loan applications, or for other reasons that the consumer may authorize this company

to obtain;

(2) in lease applications a prospective tenant completes;

(3) in loan applications a borrower or buyer completes;

(4) in other real estate related forms the customer or client completes in or related to a transaction; and

(5) in tax reporting forms that the customer, client or vendor is required to complete and which are given

to this company.

When completing the forms required above, the customer or client may send the information to this

company by mail, fax, personal delivery, or by e-mail. Customers or clients may occasionally provide

personal information to this company or its agents by other means such as telephone calls, fax

messages, or e-mail messages in order expedite a transaction in which the customer or client is involved.

3. How and when is the personal information used?

Personal Information from Prospective Tenants: The personal information that prospective tenants

provide to this company is primarily used to obtain consumer reports (credit checks). It may also be used

to perform background checks and rental history searches. The information in the consumer reports may

be discussed with landlords for whom this company manages property. This company also reports

information to credit reporting agencies and uses personal information to complete those reports. The

information may be used as part of an effort to collect a debt if the tenant has a balance due to the

landlord or property manager.

Personal Information from Owners of Properties Managed by the Company: When this company acts as a

property manager for a property owner, the company uses the property owner’s personal information

only: (a) to deliver the required management services; (b) to file any required reports with governmental

agencies (for example, the IRS); or (c) for other purposes the property owner may authorize (including

collecting a debt).

Personal Information from Vendors of the Company: The personal information that vendors and

prospective vendors provide to this company is used to: (a) file any required reports with governmental

agencies (for example, the IRS); and/or (b) conduct a background check and obtain consumer reports

(credit checks) on the principals of any prospective vendor; and/or (c) share with any attorney, insurance

company, court, or other third-party if necessary and related to work performed by the vendor.

Personal Information from Clients: When this company represents a person (buyer, seller, landlord, or

tenant) in a transaction the agent servicing the client may, on the client’s behalf and at the client’s

instruction, convey personal information he or she provides to the agent to service providers (for example,

mortgage lenders and title companies) as those service providers may require for the products or services

the client needs or requests. If this company represents a prospective tenant in a lease transaction, the

personal information may, on the tenant’s behalf and with the tenant’s knowledge, be discussed with and

provided to landlords or their agents. This company and its agents exercise reasonable discretion when

discussing any personal information with others.

4. How is the personal information protected?

Written files in this company are protected under lock and key, and are generally temporary in nature. All

records are converted in to electronic records, at which time original documents are shredded.

Electronic records are protected under an access name and password assigned to persons in this

company. Electronic records are maintained on individual company computers, as well as third-party

services (management software, cloud storage) that have their own unique privacy policies (can be made

available upon request).

This company and its agents exercise reasonable discretion when discussing any personal information

with others and releases personal information to others only as described by this policy.

This company does not permit its employees or agents to make copies of consumer reports or records of

insurance claims. The consumer reports retained in the company’s files are not to be accessed in the

future as a convenience to customers or clients.

The individual agents that work with this company are independent contractors and the agent with whom

a customer or client works with may maintain a separate transaction file. The company instructs its agents

to not permit other persons to access the personal information in files the agents maintain. The company

instructs its agents to protect the personal information in the agents’ files in the same manner as

described in this policy.

5. Who has access to the personal information?

The following persons have access to personal information in this company’s files:

(1) the agent or broker who is servicing or coordinating the transaction;

(2) the office manager to whom the agent reports; and

(3) the owner of the company.

Property owners for whom the company manages properties do not have access to personal information

in the company’s files. However, the company and its agents may discuss the information in a tenant’s

consumer report or lease application with a property owner. Copies of such information are provided to

the landlord only: (1) with the tenant’s consent; or (2) if the company ceases to be the property manager

and the landlord requests that the files be sent to the landlord, the landlord’s attorney, or the new property

manager. Personal information from a buyer, seller, landlord, or tenant may be discussed with others

(such as mortgage lenders or prospective landlords) only as is reasonably necessary to negotiate or

close the transaction or to provide the services the customer or client seeks from this company. Personal

information from a buyer, seller, landlord, or tenant may be discussed with others (such as mortgage

lenders or prospective landlords) only as is reasonably necessary to negotiate or close the transaction or

to provide the services the customer or client seeks from this company. If you sign a lease with our company you are

authorizing this company to provide rental history requests from future landlords or property management

companies.

This company may, at the customer’s or client’s request, provide personal information to service providers

in a transaction such as a title company or mortgage company if it is necessary to expedite or complete a

transaction.

If the company is required by law to allow others to access the personal information in the company’s

files, the company will comply with the law (for example, compliance with court orders, subpoenas, or

governmental investigations). The company will also allow law enforcement agencies access to personal

information in order to cooperate with such investigations.

Limited personal information, such as names, phone numbers, addresses and email addresses will be

shared with other company personnel or 3rd party contractors to facilitate communication or scheduling of

appointments.

Personal information may also be shared with debt collectors or other relevant 3rd parties in any attempts

to collect monies owed to the company or its clients.

6. How is the personal information disposed?

This company uses reasonable measures to dispose of personal information. Personal information is

usually disposed of by shredding or burning documents, erasing electronic files by means that make the

files unreadable or undecipherable, or by eradicating personal information from documents or electronic

files in ways that make the personal information unreadable. The length of time that files are maintained

is dictated by the Hawaii Real Estate Commission, the IRS, and other regulatory agencies.

7. Erroneous Records:

If this company erroneously reports information to a consumer reporting agency, the company will act to

correct the information in the company’s records and request the reporting agency to correct the

information in its records promptly after the company has learned and determined that the report was in

error.

If this company maintains an erroneous record that a consumer has issued a dishonored check, the

company will promptly delete the record after the company and consumer agree that the information is in

error or after the consumer provides the company with a law enforcement agency report stating that the

dishonored check was not authorized.

Notice: This Company asks any person who provides personal information to this company or one of its

agents to identify the information at that time as “personal information.”