Privacy Policy

Effective Date: July 11, 2026

Jeannie Steele respects your privacy and is committed to protecting the personal information you provide when visiting this website, requesting information, or communicating regarding real estate services.

Jeannie Steele

122 Broadway St.

Townsend, MT 59644

Phone: (406) 949-0954

Information We Collect

We may collect personal information that you voluntarily provide through website forms, phone calls, text messages, emails, appointment requests, property inquiries, or other communications.

This information may include:

  • Your name
  • Email address
  • Telephone number
  • Mailing address or property address
  • Buying or selling preferences
  • Preferred property locations
  • Property type and price range
  • Information regarding a property you own or wish to purchase
  • Appointment and scheduling information
  • Mortgage or financing information you voluntarily provide
  • Communications, questions, and other information you submit

We may also automatically collect limited technical and usage information when you visit the website.

This information may include:

  • Internet Protocol address
  • Browser type
  • Device type
  • Operating system
  • Pages viewed
  • Date and time of visits
  • Referring website
  • General geographic location
  • Website interaction and performance information
  • Cookies and similar technologies

How We Use Your Information

We may use your information to:

  • Respond to your questions and inquiries
  • Schedule appointments and property showings
  • Provide real estate information and services
  • Help you buy, sell, or evaluate real estate
  • Send requested property information
  • Provide listing alerts and market updates
  • Communicate regarding an active or potential real estate transaction
  • Provide customer service and follow-up communication
  • Improve the website and user experience
  • Analyze website performance and visitor activity
  • Maintain business and transaction records
  • Prevent fraud, misuse, or unauthorized activity
  • Comply with legal, regulatory, brokerage, and professional obligations

Phone Calls and Text Messages

If you provide your telephone number, you may receive calls or text messages relating to your inquiry, requested services, appointments, property listings, real estate transactions, or customer support.

Message frequency may vary. Message and data rates may apply depending on your mobile carrier and service plan.

You may opt out of text messages at any time by replying STOP. You may reply HELP for assistance or contact Jeannie Steele directly at (406) 949-0954.

Consent to receive text messages is not a condition of purchasing any property, product, or service.

Mobile telephone numbers, text-message opt-in information, and consent records will not be sold or shared with third parties for their independent marketing or promotional purposes.

Email Communications

If you provide your email address, you may receive communications including property listings, market information, appointment confirmations, transaction updates, newsletters, educational information, and other real estate-related content.

You may unsubscribe from marketing emails at any time by using the unsubscribe link contained in the email or by contacting Jeannie Steele.

You may continue to receive service-related or transaction-related communications when necessary to respond to your request or complete an active business relationship.

Cookies and Similar Technologies

This website may use cookies, pixels, local storage, and similar technologies to operate the website, remember preferences, understand visitor activity, measure website traffic, and improve performance.

Cookies are small files stored on your browser or device. You may be able to disable or delete cookies through your browser settings. Disabling cookies may affect the functionality of certain portions of the website.

Website Analytics

This website may use analytics services, including Google Analytics or similar tools, to understand how visitors use the website.

These services may collect information such as pages viewed, visit duration, device information, approximate location, referring sources, and website interactions.

Analytics providers process information according to their own terms and privacy policies.

MLS and IDX Services

This website may display real estate listings through a Multiple Listing Service, Internet Data Exchange, property-search platform, or other third-party listing provider.

When you search for properties, save listings, request property information, or create an account, information may be processed by the applicable MLS, IDX, website, CRM, or listing technology provider.

Those providers may maintain separate privacy policies and terms governing their collection and use of information.

Third-Party Services

This website and real estate business may use third-party services, including:

  • Website hosting providers
  • Customer relationship management platforms
  • MLS and IDX providers
  • Appointment scheduling tools
  • Email and text-message platforms
  • Website analytics services
  • Cloud storage providers
  • Mapping and location services
  • Electronic signature platforms
  • Transaction management systems
  • Advertising and marketing platforms

These service providers may process personal information as necessary to perform services on behalf of the business. Their handling of information may also be governed by their own privacy policies.

How We Share Information

We do not sell your personal information.

Information may be shared when reasonably necessary to:

  • Respond to your request
  • Provide requested real estate services
  • Assist with a purchase, sale, or other real estate transaction
  • Operate and maintain the website
  • Work with authorized service providers
  • Comply with brokerage, MLS, professional, or legal requirements
  • Protect legal rights, property, safety, and security
  • Respond to subpoenas, court orders, or lawful government requests

At your request or with your authorization, information may also be shared with professionals involved in a real estate transaction, including:

  • Real estate brokers and agents
  • Mortgage lenders
  • Title and escrow companies
  • Home inspectors
  • Appraisers
  • Attorneys
  • Insurance providers
  • Contractors and repair professionals
  • Photographers and marketing providers
  • Other transaction-related professionals

Data Security

Reasonable administrative, technical, and physical safeguards are used to help protect personal information against unauthorized access, disclosure, misuse, alteration, or loss.

No internet transmission, website, email system, text-message platform, or electronic storage method is completely secure. Therefore, absolute security cannot be guaranteed.

Data Retention

Personal information may be retained for as long as reasonably necessary to provide services, respond to inquiries, maintain business records, satisfy brokerage and transaction requirements, comply with applicable laws, resolve disputes, and enforce agreements.

Retention periods may vary based on the nature of the information and the reason it was collected.

Your Privacy Choices

You may contact Jeannie Steele to request:

  • Access to personal information maintained about you
  • Correction of inaccurate or outdated information
  • Updates to your contact preferences
  • Deletion of information where legally and operationally permitted
  • Removal from marketing email communications
  • Removal from marketing text-message communications

Some information may need to be retained to comply with legal, transaction, brokerage, accounting, fraud-prevention, or recordkeeping obligations.

Children's Privacy

This website is not directed toward children under the age of 13, and personal information is not knowingly collected from children under 13.

If information is discovered to have been collected from a child under 13 without appropriate authorization, reasonable steps will be taken to delete it.

External Links

This website may contain links to third-party websites, property-search services, social media platforms, lenders, service providers, or other external resources.

Jeannie Steele is not responsible for the privacy practices, security, availability, or content of third-party websites. Visitors should review the privacy policies of those websites before submitting personal information.

Social Media

If you communicate through Facebook, Instagram, LinkedIn, Google, or another social media platform, that platform may collect and process your information according to its own privacy policy.

Information you post publicly on social media may be visible to other users and should not be considered private.

Do Not Track Signals

Some browsers allow users to send a “Do Not Track” signal. Because there is not currently a universally accepted standard for responding to these signals, this website may not respond differently when a Do Not Track signal is received.

Changes to This Privacy Policy

This Privacy Policy may be updated periodically to reflect changes in business practices, technology, website functionality, or legal requirements.

Any revised policy will be posted on this page with an updated effective date. Continued use of the website after changes are posted constitutes acknowledgment of the revised policy.

Contact Information

Questions, concerns, or privacy-related requests may be directed to:

Jeannie Steele

122 Broadway St.

Townsend, MT 59644

Phone: (406) 949-0954

This Privacy Policy is provided for general informational purposes and should not be considered legal advice. Website functionality, brokerage requirements, advertising practices, and communication systems may require additional disclosures or revisions.

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