Effective Date: Sep 16, 2026
IMPORTANT NOTICE REGARDING TEXT-MESSAGING DATA
Good Hill Real Estate LLC DBA Marks Forte (“Marks Forte,” “we,” “us,” or “our”) does not share customer opt-in information, including mobile phone numbers, SMS consent records, or text-messaging originator opt-in data, with affiliates or third parties for their marketing or promotional purposes. This information is used only to provide our direct services and administer the messaging program as described in this Privacy Policy.
This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, disclose, and protect information when you visit MarksForte.com; communicate with us; request real estate information or services; use our property-search, home-valuation, lead-magnet, appointment-scheduling, or other online tools; purchase products or services; or otherwise interact with Marks Forte.
1. INFORMATION WE COLLECT
Personal Information
We may collect information you voluntarily provide, including:
• Name, email address, telephone number, mailing address, or property address;
• Real estate interests, property-search criteria, home-valuation information, timing, preferences, and other transaction-related details;
• Appointment details and customer-service requests;
• Billing or payment information when you make a purchase or payment;
• Information submitted through forms, questionnaires, calculators, applications, phone calls, emails, text messages, or other communications; and
• Communication preferences and records of consent, including the date, time, source, and method of an SMS or email opt-in or opt-out when available through our systems.
Automatically Collected Information
When you use our website or online services, we may automatically collect information such as your IP address, browser type, device information, referring pages, pages visited, approximate location derived from an IP address, and website usage information through cookies and similar technologies.
Communications and Service Information
We may retain records of inquiries, requested services, appointments, communications, service history, feedback, and interactions with our website, customer-relationship-management system, telephone system, email platform, or messaging platform.
2. HOW WE USE YOUR INFORMATION
We may use collected information to:
• Provide, operate, maintain, and improve our website, real estate services, online tools, and customer experience;
• Respond to inquiries and provide requested property information, home searches, home valuations, appointments, reports, and customer support;
• Process authorized purchases, payments, or transactions;
• Communicate with you about your inquiries, appointments, requested services, service updates, and, where permitted and specifically authorized, marketing or educational content;
• Personalize content and follow-up based on your stated real estate interests and preferences;
• Maintain records of communication preferences, consent, and opt-out requests;
• Protect our website, systems, customers, and business from fraud, misuse, and security threats; and
• Comply with applicable laws, regulations, legal processes, and professional obligations.
3. SMS MESSAGING AND COMPLIANCE
Text-Message Program
If you provide your mobile number and expressly opt in, you agree to receive text messages from Marks Forte relating to requested real estate information or services, property searches, home valuations, appointments, scheduling updates, customer support, service notifications, and marketing or educational messages when you have specifically consented to receive them.
Consent to receive marketing text messages is not a condition of purchasing any property, product, or service.
Opt-In and Consent
• We send SMS messages only to recipients who have provided the applicable consent or where otherwise permitted by law.
• We may maintain records of opt-in actions, including timestamps, source forms, and consent language.
• Consent applies to the telephone number provided, and the person opting in represents that they are the subscriber or customary user of that number.
• We administer the messaging program in accordance with applicable communications and consumer-protection requirements.
Opt-Out Instructions
You can cancel SMS messages at any time by replying “STOP” to 203-707-9809. After you send “STOP,” we will send a confirmation message that you have been unsubscribed. After that confirmation, you will no longer receive SMS messages unless you later opt in again.
Message Frequency and Content
Message frequency varies based on your inquiries, appointments, requested services, and communication preferences. Message and data rates may apply. Promotional text messages are not sent without the applicable consent.
Help and Support
Reply “HELP” for assistance, email markforte17@gmail.com, or call 203-707-9809.
Carrier Information
Carriers are not liable for delayed or undelivered messages. Message delivery is subject to carrier networks, device compatibility, and service availability.
SMS Data Protection Statement
No mobile information will be shared with third parties or affiliates for marketing or promotional purposes. Information sharing with subcontractors that provide support services, such as customer service or message delivery, is permitted only as necessary to provide those services. All other use-case categories exclude text-messaging originator opt-in data and consent; this information will not be shared with any third parties.
We use reasonable administrative, technical, and organizational safeguards designed to protect SMS opt-in information and consent records.
4. INFORMATION SHARING AND DISCLOSURE
We do not sell, rent, or trade your personal information.
Service Providers
We may disclose information to service providers that help operate our website and business, including customer-relationship-management providers, website hosts, payment processors, appointment-scheduling providers, email platforms, telephone and text-messaging providers, analytics providers, and other technology or professional service providers. These providers may use information only as needed to provide services to us, subject to their applicable obligations and agreements.
SMS aggregators, carriers, and messaging providers may process mobile information solely as needed to deliver and administer text messages you have consented to receive. Mobile opt-in data and consent are not provided to third parties or affiliates for their own marketing or promotional purposes.
Legal and Safety Disclosures
We may disclose information when required by applicable law, legal process, court order, or valid governmental request, or when reasonably necessary to protect the rights, safety, security, or property of Marks Forte, our customers, or others.
Business Transfers
Information other than text-messaging opt-in data and consent may be transferred as part of a merger, acquisition, financing, reorganization, bankruptcy, or sale of some or all business assets, subject to applicable law. Text-messaging opt-in data and consent will not be transferred for unrelated marketing or promotional use.
5. DATA SECURITY AND RETENTION
We use reasonable administrative, technical, and organizational safeguards designed to protect personal information from unauthorized access, use, alteration, or disclosure. Safeguards may include access controls, authentication, secure service providers, system maintenance, and backup or recovery practices appropriate to the systems we use.
No method of transmission over the Internet or electronic storage is completely secure. We cannot guarantee absolute security.
We retain personal information for as long as reasonably necessary to provide services, maintain business and consent records, resolve disputes, enforce agreements, and meet legal, regulatory, tax, accounting, or professional obligations. Retention periods vary according to the type of information and the reason it was collected.
6. COOKIES AND TRACKING TECHNOLOGIES
We may use cookies and similar technologies to operate our website, remember preferences, analyze website traffic and usage, improve functionality, and measure the effectiveness of our services and communications.
You may control cookies through your browser settings. Disabling cookies may limit the availability or functionality of certain website features.
7. YOUR RIGHTS AND CHOICES
Depending on where you live and applicable law, you may have the right to request access to, correction of, or deletion of certain personal information; request information about how we process or disclose it; or exercise other privacy rights.
You may:
• Unsubscribe from marketing emails using the unsubscribe link in the email;
• Opt out of text messages by replying “STOP”;
• Withdraw consent for future communications;
• Update your communication preferences; or
• Submit a privacy request by contacting us using the information in Section 11.
We may need to verify your identity before completing certain requests. Some information may be retained where permitted or required by law.
8. THIRD-PARTY WEBSITES AND SERVICES
Our website may contain links to or integrate with third-party websites, listing services, mapping tools, scheduling systems, payment processors, social platforms, analytics tools, or other services. Those third parties maintain their own privacy practices. Marks Forte is not responsible for their content, security, or privacy practices.
This Privacy Policy applies only to information collected by or on behalf of Good Hill Real Estate LLC DBA Marks Forte through its websites, services, and communications.
9. CHILDREN’S PRIVACY
Our website and services are not directed to children under 13, and we do not knowingly collect personal information directly from children under 13. If we learn that we collected such information, we will take reasonable steps to delete it, subject to applicable law.
10. CHANGES TO THIS PRIVACY POLICY
We may update this Privacy Policy periodically. The current version will be posted on MarksForte.com with its effective date. When appropriate, we may provide additional notice of material changes through the website, email, or another reasonable method.
11. CONTACT US
If you have questions about this Privacy Policy, our information practices, or your privacy choices, contact us at:
Good Hill Real Estate LLC DBA Marks Forte
Phone: 203-707-9809
Email: markforte17@gmail.com
Website: marksforte.com
By using our website and services, you acknowledge that you have read this Privacy Policy.