Privacy Policy

At Yiayia, LLC ("Essentially Yiayia"), your privacy is very important to us. The purpose of this privacy policy is to provide you with information on the types of  information we collect about you when you visit our site at www.essentiallyyiayia.com, and how we use that information. By visiting or using  www.essentiallyyiayia.com, you agree to the provisions of this privacy policy. If you do not agree to the terms of this Policy, please do not use this Site.

This policy only applies to information collected while you are on our website pages. These pages may contain links to other websites, including sites  of third parties who have a relationship with Essentially Yiayia. These third party sites may include sites of service providers who are permitted to  display our company logo and name.  Please be aware that when you click on a link that takes you to another website, any information you provide, including financial information, is subject to the privacy policy of that site. Essentially Yiayia does not control and is not responsible for the practices of such sites.

Information We Collect

www.essentiallyyiayia.com collects data to operate effectively and provide you the best experiences with our firm and our agents.

When you visit the Site, Essentially Yiayia collects information about you and your browsing habits. The information we collect depends on the pages of our website you visit and what you do during your visit.

Essentially Yiayia may track your online activities over time and across third-party websites in order to provide targeted advertising.

As with most other websites, Essentially Yiayia website uses cookies to collect session related information (see Essentially Yiayia Cookie Policy). To learn more about cookies, visit www.allaboutcookies.org.

For most of the browsing services on the Site, Essentially Yiayia does not require your personal information. The data that we may collect depends on the pages of your website that you visit, and may include:  Browsing information. Name of the domain and host from which you access the internet, the IP address of your computer, the type and version of the browser and operating system that you are using, web log data including the date and time you access our website, and the internet address of the website from which you linked to our site.

Email information. Essentially Yiayia may also use “message format” and “message open” sensing technologies to enable Essentially Yiayia to recognize whether you have enabled your email program to receive HTML emails.

Contacts and relationships. Through the forms that you fill out on this website you may be asked to provide your name, email address, telephone number and address.

Depending on your request other information may also be collected. It is your discretion and determination whether to provide such information.

Additionally, when you use the Site to search for a property, you may be directed to a website operated by a third party, and we may provide that third party with the information you have provided (e.g. your contact information as provided by you, or the parameters of your search) in addition to information automatically collected about you (e.g. your browser type or operating system version).

Use of the Information

Essentially Yiayia uses this information to respond to the legitimate interest of your requests, to provide you with information that Essentially Yiayia thinks may be of interest to you, and to operate its business. Essentially Yiayia may disclose your information to its affiliates, agents, and third-party vendors and service providers working on our behalf. Essentially Yiayia has implemented technical measures to protect against the risks of unauthorized access to, erroneous disclosure of, and unlawful interception of Personally Identifiable Information (PII). You should know, however, that Essentially Yiayia cannot fully eliminate such risks.

Additionally, Essentially Yiayia may disclose part or all of a user’s personal information as required by law, when necessary to protect Essentially Yiayia’s rights or property, or the rights of another user.

Essentially Yiayia may disclose aggregated data and statistics in order to describe the Site to prospective partners, advertisers, and other third parties.  Message format and open sensing technologies are used and allows us to recognize whether you have opened our email messages. We can only detect this if you have enabled your email program to receive HTML emails.

Who We Share Your Personal Information With

Essentially Yiayia may share this information with its agents and/or staff for the exclusive purpose of Essentially Yiayia business activities, and companies who provide services such as: email marketing, customer relationship management, information storage, data analytics, fraud prevention.

If you use the Site to inquire about a property or contact a real estate agent, broker or staff member, the information you have provided may be shared with a Essentially Yiayia agent, broker or staff member.

We may also disclose your information to law enforcement based on a legal requirement.

When and how we share information with others

The personal information Essentially Yiayia collects from you is stored in one or more data stores hosted by Essentially Yiayia or third parties located in the United States.

Essentially Yiayia will access your personal data only in regards to Essentially Yiayia and your business needs. Third parties do not have access to your personal information for any other intent other than cloud retrieval and storage.

Transferring personal data from the EU to the US

Essentially Yiayia has its headquarters in the United States and the information we collect from you will be processed in the United States. Essentially Yiayia collects and transfers to the U.S. personal data only: with your consent; to perform a contract with you; or to fulfill a compelling legitimate interest of Essentially Yiayia in a manner that does not outweigh your rights and freedoms. Essentially Yiayia strives to apply suitable safeguards to protect the privacy and security of your personal data and to use it only consistent with your relationship with Essentially Yiayia and the practices described in this Privacy Policy. Essentially Yiayia reduces the risk to your rights and freedoms by not collecting or storing sensitive information about you.

EU-US Privacy Shield Statement: Essentially Yiayia complies with the EU-U.S. Privacy Shield Framework as set forth by the U.S. Department of Commerce regarding the collection, use, and retention of personal information from European Union member countries. To learn more about the Privacy Shield program, and to view our certification page, please visit: https://www.privacyshield.gov/.

Data subject rights

This Privacy Policy is intended to provide you with information about what personal data rpmhomesllc.com collects about you and how it is used. Essentially Yiayia strives to keep your personal data up to date and accurate.

You have the right to access your personal data and receive a copy of your personal data we are processing. You may also request that we delete your data or restrict data that we cannot maintain for a legitimate business need or legal obligation. You may make these types of requests at julie@essentiallyyiayia.com with the specific access rights request and contact information clearly stated. Requests may be verified with the reported requestor.

You have the right under Privacy Shield to access, correct or delete your personal data.

Security of your information

To help protect personally identifiable information and the privacy of data that you enter and transmit when using this site, we maintain, technical, physical, and administrative safeguards. We test and update our security technology on an ongoing basis. We train our employees about the importance of the information confidentiality and maintaining the privacy and security of your information.

Data storage and retention

Your personal data is stored by Essentially Yiayia on its servers, and on the servers of cloud data management providers that Essentially Yiayia uses in the United States. Essentially Yiayia will retain your data for the length of time it is necessary to meet the purposes outlined in this privacy policy, for the duration of your business relationship with Essentially Yiayia, or for as long as legally obligated to do so.

Underage users

This Site is not designed or intended to collect information from children under the age of 18. In addition, Essentially Yiayia does not knowingly collect information from children under the age of 18.

Essentially Yiayia markets our products and services exclusively to adults. If you are younger than age 18, you may use our website only with the permission and involvement of your parents or guardian.

Changes and updates to the Privacy Notice

Information privacy is on ongoing responsibility, and we will update this Privacy Policy from time to time as we initiate or update personal data practices and privacy policies.

This Privacy Policy is effective as of the most recent date it was amended. We encourage you to periodically review this Privacy Policy for the latest information on our privacy practices.

The last amended/update date is noted at the end of this policy.

Governing Law

This Privacy Policy is governed by the laws of the State of Wisconsin without giving effect to any principles of conflict of law. All claims arising out of or relating to this Privacy Policy or the Site’s Terms of Use will be litigated exclusively in the federal or state courts of Outagamie County, Wisconsin, USA, and you and Essentially Yiayia consent to personal jurisdiction in those courts.

Questions, concerns or complaints

If you have any questions regarding our privacy policy, please email us at julie@essentiallyyiayia.com.

If you do not want to receive e-mail or other mail from Essentially Yiayia, please contact us at julie@essentiallyyiayia.com.

In compliance with the EU-US Privacy Shield Principles, Essentially Yiayia commits to resolve complaints about your privacy and our collection or use of your personal information.

Should you have any questions or complaints about your privacy, please reach out to our privacy team at: julie@essentiallyyiayia.com. You also have the right to make a complaint to your supervisory authority if you are not satisfied with our response to your complaint.

This Privacy Policy was last updated on January 1, 2025.