Are you afraid that your client's info is being stolen?

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Richard Robibero, e-Pro, ABR, SRS, Selling Your Home as if it were My Own! (Panorama R.E. Limited)

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Bob Crane

Woodland Management Service / Woodland Real Estate, KW Diversified - Stevens Point, WI

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I have wondered about this, best to watch what you enter.

Dec 26, 2017 11:11 PM

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Troy Erickson AZ Realtor (602) 295-6807

HomeSmart - Chandler, AZ

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Richard - Boy, I sure hope not. There are a lot of ways client's info or identity can be stolen these days for sure.

Dec 16, 2015 03:12 PM

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Praful Thakkar

LAER Realty Partners - Burlington, MA

Metro Boston Homes For Sale

Richard Robibero, ABR, SRS it is always a good idea to keep it under lock and key!

And I do not think the CRM company is going to steal my data....

Dec 14, 2015 02:19 PM

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Ron and Alexandra Seigel

Napa Consultants - Carpinteria, CA

Luxury Real Estate Branding, Marketing & Strategy

Private information is kept Private.

Dec 14, 2015 12:08 PM

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Debbie Reynolds, C21 Platinum Properties

Platinum Properties- (931)771-9070 - Clarksville, TN

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No I don't keep private information in my files so I have not worries. I stay out of the loop and let the clients deal directly with the closer or lender when it comes to secured information.

Dec 14, 2015 10:36 AM

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Olga Simoncelli

Veritas Prime, LLC dba Veritas Prime Real Estate - New Fairfield, CT

CONSULTANT, Real Estate Services & Risk Management

Absolutely. I think one of the websites I once had probably harvested my leads and sold them.

Dec 14, 2015 09:50 AM

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John Pusa

Glendale, CA

Richard Robibero, ABR, SRS I think, it is important to safeguard client info.

Dec 14, 2015 09:38 AM

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Stefan Winter

Real Estate in IL & NV | Owner of Real Estate Web Tech | Daily Vlogger - Las Vegas, NV

Owner - Winter Group & Real Estate Web Tech

It crosses my mind and that is why I keep my database and customer info in only 2 places. My own computer and Infusionsoft.

Dec 14, 2015 08:31 AM

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Amanda Christiansen

Christiansen Group Realty (260)704-0843 - Fort Wayne, IN

Christiansen Group Realty

Terrified.

Dec 14, 2015 08:08 AM

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Joan Cox

House to Home, Inc. - Denver Real Estate - 720-231-6373 - Denver, CO

Denver Real Estate - Selling One Home at a Time

I do not use any apps with my CRM, and would imagine an app would be easy to hack.

Dec 14, 2015 08:04 AM

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William Feela

WHISPERING PINES REALTY - North Branch, MN

Realtor, Whispering Pines Realty 651-674-5999 No.

NO!!!! I don't put any client info on the computer

Dec 14, 2015 07:53 AM

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Gabe Sanders

Real Estate of Florida specializing in Martin County Residential Homes, Condos and Land Sales - Stuart, FL

Stuart Florida Real Estate

Yes, that thought has crossed my mind.

Dec 14, 2015 03:43 AM

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Joe Pryor

The Virtual Real Estate Team - Oklahoma City, OK

REALTOR® - Oklahoma Investment Properties

If the cyber theives are digging down that far, then it would be the end of the world as we know it, or there would be cyber criminals wasting a lot of time on small fry.

Dec 14, 2015 02:57 AM

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Ryan Huggins - Thousand Oaks, CA

https://HugginsHomes.com - Thousand Oaks, CA

Residential Real Estate and Investment Properties

Nope, not at all. I figure any service will use the data they have access to. I'd be more worried about all the free electronic medical record sites for doctors to get in compliance with obamacare

Dec 14, 2015 02:38 AM

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Spirit Messingham

Tierra Antigua Realty - Tucson, AZ

Third Generation Full-Time Realtor® 520 471-6900

No. I am not afraid, if it is, from many other sources besides me and the RE transaction involved with the clients I work for.

Dec 14, 2015 01:20 AM

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David Gibson CNE, 719-304-4684 ~ Colorado Springs Relocation

Colorado Real Estate Advisers LLC - Colorado Springs, CO

Relocation, Luxury & Lifestyle residential

Richard,
Never had an issue. I don’t put my clients' information in any online system.

Dec 14, 2015 12:48 AM

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Michael Jacobs

Pasadena, CA

Pasadena And Southern California 818.516.4393

We all need a level of concern.

Dec 14, 2015 12:39 AM

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Greg Cremia

Shore Realty of the Outer Banks - Nags Head, NC

You can count on every crm keeping the info for later use, afterall, there are no laws against it and there is money to be made. Plus, if you use windows 10, every keystroke you make is transmitted to M$ and stored on their servers and is now theirs to use as they see fit.

When you turn on your computer, there is no security.

edit; the info is not being stolen, we are giving it to them

Dec 14, 2015 12:15 AM

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Roy Kelley

Retired - Gaithersburg, MD

Yes. All of us need to be concerned.

Dec 13, 2015 11:59 PM

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Sam Shueh

(408) 425-1601 - San Jose, CA

mba, cdpe, reopro, pe

You bet. Zillow has bought a transaction title record retention business.

Dec 13, 2015 11:32 PM

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Barbara Todaro

RE/MAX Executive Realty - Happily Retired - Franklin, MA

Previously Affiliated with The Todaro Team

there's always risk with online marketing apps....especially free....

Dec 13, 2015 11:09 PM

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Sandy Padula & Norm Padula, JD, GRI

HomeSmart Realty West & Florida Realty Investments - , CA

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Not one bit

Dec 13, 2015 11:03 PM

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Richard Weeks

Dallas, TX

REALTOR®, Broker

No not really.

Dec 13, 2015 10:36 PM

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John McCormack, CRS

Albuquerque Homes Realty - Albuquerque, NM

Honesty, Integrity, Results, Experienced. HIRE Me!

I am as careful as humanly possible.

Dec 13, 2015 10:34 PM

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Michael Setunsky

Woodbridge, VA

Your Commercial Real Estate Link to Northern VA

Richard Robibero, ABR, SRS We do have to be careful. Everyone is susceptible to be threatened by identify theft. It's a shame, but that is the society we live in today.

Dec 13, 2015 10:20 PM

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Tony and Suzanne Marriott, Associate Brokers

Serving the Greater Phoenix and Scottsdale Metropolitan Area - Scottsdale, AZ

Haven Express @ Keller Williams Arizona Realty

No

Dec 13, 2015 10:16 PM

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Wayne Martin

Wayne M Martin - Chicago, IL

Real Estate Broker - Retired

There ae some very secure systems out there. You have to find one you feel comfortable with and then consider long term implications.

Dec 13, 2015 09:54 PM

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Annette Lawrence , Palm Harbor, FL 727-420-4041

ReMax Realtec Group - Palm Harbor, FL

Making FLORIDA Real Estate EZ

If the app is FREE, you can be assured the data is being being leveraged.

Have a Gmail account... rest assured the content of your email is being analyzed.

Using ANY cloud services? Be aware the Lexicon of these providers is not the same as the consumer. PRIVACY is defined differently and may not be clearly articulated in the 193 pages of the TOU.

Dec 13, 2015 09:53 PM

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Scott Godzyk

Godzyk Real Estate Services - Manchester, NH

One of the Manchester NH's area Leading Agents

Most of them are that is why i do not put in all info.

Dec 13, 2015 09:48 PM

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Richard - Boy, I sure hope not. There are a lot of ways client's info or identity can be stolen these days for sure.
Richard Robibero, ABR, SRS it is always a good idea to keep it under lock and key!

And I do not think the CRM company is going to steal my data....
No I don't keep private information in my files so I have not worries. I stay out of the loop and let the clients deal directly with the closer or lender when it comes to secured information.
Absolutely. I think one of the websites I once had probably harvested my leads and sold them.
Richard Robibero, ABR, SRS I think, it is important to safeguard client info.
It crosses my mind and that is why I keep my database and customer info in only 2 places. My own computer and Infusionsoft.
I do not use any apps with my CRM, and would imagine an app would be easy to hack.
If the cyber theives are digging down that far, then it would be the end of the world as we know it, or there would be cyber criminals wasting a lot of time on small fry.
Nope, not at all. I figure any service will use the data they have access to. I'd be more worried about all the free electronic medical record sites for doctors to get in compliance with obamacare
No. I am not afraid, if it is, from many other sources besides me and the RE transaction involved with the clients I work for.
Richard,
Never had an issue. I don’t put my clients' information in any online system.
You can count on every crm keeping the info for later use, afterall, there are no laws against it and there is money to be made. Plus, if you use windows 10, every keystroke you make is transmitted to M$ and stored on their servers and is now theirs to use as they see fit.

When you turn on your computer, there is no security.

edit; the info is not being stolen, we are giving it to them
You bet. Zillow has bought a transaction title record retention business.
there's always risk with online marketing apps....especially free....
Richard Robibero, ABR, SRS We do have to be careful. Everyone is susceptible to be threatened by identify theft. It's a shame, but that is the society we live in today.
There ae some very secure systems out there. You have to find one you feel comfortable with and then consider long term implications.
If the app is FREE, you can be assured the data is being being leveraged.

Have a Gmail account... rest assured the content of your email is being analyzed.

Using ANY cloud services? Be aware the Lexicon of these providers is not the same as the consumer. PRIVACY is defined differently and may not be clearly articulated in the 193 pages of the TOU.