Effective Date: March 10, 2026 Last Updated: March 10, 2026
Paul Wesley Real Estate, LLC ("Paul Wesley Real Estate," "we," "our," or "us") is a luxury residential real estate brokerage headquartered in McLean, Virginia, licensed to operate in Virginia, Maryland, and the District of Columbia. We serve buyers, sellers, and investors throughout the greater Washington, D.C. metropolitan area.
This Privacy Policy describes how we collect, use, disclose, and protect personal information when you visit our website (the "Site"), contact us about buying or selling real estate, engage our agents, use any of our services, or otherwise interact with us. It also explains your rights regarding that information and how to exercise them.
Please read this policy carefully. By using our Site or services you acknowledge that you have read and understood the practices described here. If you do not agree, please do not use our Site or services.
Technology Note: Our Site and digital services are powered by Luxury Presence, Inc. and other technology partners who process personal information on our behalf as service providers. This is the Privacy Policy of Paul Wesley Real Estate, LLC. It is not the privacy policy of Luxury Presence, Inc. or any other technology vendor.
This Privacy Policy applies to personal information we collect through:
This Policy does not apply to information collected by third parties whose websites you may navigate to from our Site, nor does it apply to our handling of agent or employee records, which are governed by separate policies.
When you interact with us — through our website, in person, by phone, or in writing — you may provide:
When you visit our Site, we and our technology partners automatically collect:
We may receive information about you from:
We use the information we collect for the following purposes:
We do not sell your personal information to third parties, data brokers, or marketers. We share your information only in the following circumstances.
We work with technology vendors to operate our business. Each vendor processes your data only on our behalf, under written agreements that require them to protect your information and use it solely for the purposes we specify. Our current technology platform includes:
Paul Wesley Real Estate agents are independent contractors who may, in connection with their real estate services, use their own email marketing platforms (such as Mailchimp or Constant Contact) to communicate with clients and prospects. When agents use such tools in connection with Paul Wesley Real Estate services, they are required to handle your information consistently with this Privacy Policy and to honor your opt-out requests. If you have questions about communications from a specific agent, please contact us at the address in Section 15.
In connection with a real estate transaction, we share relevant information with cooperating agents and brokerages, title and settlement companies, settlement attorneys, lenders, home inspectors, appraisers, and other parties whose involvement is necessary to complete the transaction. We share only the information required to fulfill our fiduciary and agency obligations.
To list properties for sale and access cooperative property data, we participate in regional Multiple Listing Services. MLS rules govern the submission, use, and distribution of listing data within the cooperative system.
Paul Wesley Real Estate does not have ownership interests in, or formal referral fee arrangements with, any title company, settlement attorney, mortgage lender, or insurance provider. When we refer you to service providers, we do so solely on the basis of merit and your needs, without any financial consideration to us.
We may disclose your information when required by applicable law, court order, subpoena, regulatory requirement, or valid legal process in Virginia, Maryland, the District of Columbia, or at the federal level. We may also disclose information to protect the rights, property, or safety of Paul Wesley Real Estate, our agents, our clients, or the public.
If Paul Wesley Real Estate is involved in a merger, acquisition, restructuring, or sale of assets, personal information held by us may be among the assets considered for transfer. We will notify you of any material change in ownership or data practices that affects your personal information.
When an independent contractor agent leaves Paul Wesley Real Estate, the brokerage retains all transaction records, disclosure documents, and data generated through brokerage systems and channels (including leads captured through our website, Follow Up Boss, and MLS routing). Client contact information that an agent cultivated independently and personally may accompany that agent. If you have questions about how your information is handled following an agent transition, please contact us directly.
Our Site uses the following categories of tracking technologies:
We use Google Analytics to understand how visitors use our Site, which pages are most visited, and where visitors come from. Google Analytics uses cookies and may collect your IP address, browser type, device information, and browsing behavior on our Site. We may also use Google Ads to run advertising campaigns and measure their effectiveness.
Google's data practices are governed by Google's Privacy Policy, available at policies.google.com/privacy. To opt out of Google Analytics data collection across all websites, you may install the Google Analytics Opt-out Browser Add-on, available at tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout. To manage Google Ads personalization, visit adssettings.google.com.
We use the Meta Pixel on our Site. The Meta Pixel is a piece of code provided by Meta Platforms, Inc. that allows us to measure the effectiveness of our advertising on Facebook and Instagram, to understand what actions visitors take on our Site, and to show our advertisements to people who have previously visited our Site or to similar audiences.
The Meta Pixel may collect your IP address, browser type, pages visited, and information about actions taken on our Site, and may associate this information with your Facebook or Instagram account if you are logged in to those platforms. Meta's data practices are governed by Meta's Privacy Policy, available at facebook.com/privacy/policy. To manage Meta's use of your data for advertising purposes, visit your Facebook Ad Preferences at facebook.com/adpreferences or your Instagram settings.
We do not use the Meta Pixel to share your name, contact information, or real estate transaction details with Meta. If you believe any such information has been shared inadvertently, please contact us immediately at the address in Section 15.
Most web browsers allow you to control cookies through browser settings. You may configure your browser to refuse all cookies, to alert you when cookies are being sent, or to delete cookies already stored on your device. Disabling cookies may affect certain Site features, including saved searches and personalized property recommendations.
Paul Wesley Real Estate does not currently respond to browser-based Do Not Track signals. If this practice changes, we will update this policy accordingly.
By providing your contact information and consenting through our Site, in writing, or verbally, you agree that Paul Wesley Real Estate, our affiliated independent contractor agents, and our service providers may contact you by phone, email, and text message regarding real estate services. This may include messages sent using automated systems, automated dialers, or prerecorded voices, as permitted by the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA) and applicable Virginia, Maryland, and D.C. regulations.
Message and data rates may apply. Message frequency will vary based on your relationship with us and the activity of your transaction or search.
You may opt out of marketing communications at any time using the following methods:
If you opt out of marketing communications, we may still contact you regarding active transactions, legal obligations, security notices, or administrative matters related to services you have requested. Opting out of brokerage communications does not automatically opt you out of communications from individual agents using their own platforms; please contact those agents directly or notify us and we will coordinate the request.
Paul Wesley Real Estate complies with the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA), the FCC's implementing regulations, and applicable state telemarketing laws in Virginia, Maryland, and D.C. We honor requests made to the National Do Not Call Registry (donotcall.gov).
To request placement on our internal Do Not Call list, submit your request in writing to the address in Section 15, including your full telephone number. We will document your request within seven (7) business days and remove your number from active calling and texting programs within thirty (30) days. Your Do Not Call preference will remain in effect for five (5) years, or longer if required by applicable law. Please notify us if your telephone number changes.
Please note that applicable law permits a business to contact its own existing clients even if their number appears on the National Registry. If you are a current or active client of Paul Wesley Real Estate, we may still contact you for transaction-related purposes unless you specifically request that we not do so.
All commercial email communications from Paul Wesley Real Estate comply with the CAN-SPAM Act of 2003. Specifically, we do not use false or misleading header information or deceptive subject lines; we identify messages as commercial communications where required; we include our physical mailing address in each commercial email; and we honor unsubscribe requests promptly. If you believe you have received a commercial email from us that does not comply with these standards, please notify us immediately at the contact in Section 15.
We implement reasonable and appropriate technical, organizational, and physical security measures designed to protect your personal information from unauthorized access, use, disclosure, alteration, or destruction. Our technology platform employs industry-standard safeguards including encrypted data transmission (TLS/SSL), access controls, multi-factor authentication on administrative systems, and regular security reviews conducted by our technology partners.
No security measures are perfect or impenetrable, and no method of data transmission over the Internet is completely secure. While we strive to protect your personal information, we cannot guarantee absolute security. You are also responsible for maintaining the confidentiality of any account credentials and for notifying us promptly if you suspect unauthorized access to your information.
In the event of a data security incident that compromises personal information in our possession, we will notify affected individuals and applicable regulatory authorities in accordance with the Virginia Consumer Data Protection Act, the Maryland Personal Information Protection Act, the D.C. Security Breach Notification Act (D.C. Code § 28-3851 et seq.), and any other applicable breach notification laws. We will provide notice in the most expedient time possible and without unreasonable delay.
IMPORTANT NOTICE REGARDING WIRE FRAUD: Real estate wire fraud is one of the fastest-growing financial crimes in the United States. Criminals regularly intercept real estate communications and send fraudulent wiring instructions that appear to come from legitimate parties.
Paul Wesley Real Estate will NEVER send you electronic communications directing you to wire funds or to provide nonpublic financial information such as bank account numbers, routing numbers, or credit or debit card numbers. Any such request — even one that appears to come from us, from your agent, from a title company, or from a settlement attorney — should be treated as fraudulent until independently verified.
NEVER TRANSMIT WIRE TRANSFER INSTRUCTIONS, BANK ACCOUNT NUMBERS, ROUTING NUMBERS, OR FINANCIAL CREDENTIALS BY EMAIL OR OTHER UNSECURED ELECTRONIC COMMUNICATION.
Before wiring any funds in connection with a real estate transaction, always call your agent or our office using a telephone number you have independently obtained and verified — not a number provided in a suspicious email. If you receive a suspicious communication purporting to be from Paul Wesley Real Estate or any party to your transaction, do not respond to it and contact us immediately at the address in Section 15.
We retain personal information for as long as necessary to fulfill the purposes for which it was collected, including providing real estate services, complying with our legal and regulatory obligations, resolving disputes, and enforcing our agreements.
Real estate transaction records — including listing agreements, purchase contracts, agency disclosure forms, executed electronic documents in SkySlope, and closing documentation — are retained in accordance with applicable real estate licensing requirements:
Certain records may be retained for longer periods where required by law, where necessary to protect our legal rights, or where consistent with our legitimate business purposes. Marketing contact records are retained for as long as you remain an active contact or until you request deletion, subject to the limitations described in Section 12. When personal information is no longer required, we take reasonable steps to delete or securely de-identify it.
Our Site and real estate services are intended for adults. We do not knowingly collect personal information from children under the age of 18. If we learn that we have collected personal information from a child under 18 without verified parental or guardian consent, we will delete that information promptly. If you believe we may have inadvertently collected information from a child under 18, please contact us at the address in Section 15.
Regardless of your location, you may contact us at any time to:
Under the Virginia Consumer Data Protection Act (Va. Code § 59.1-575 et seq.), Virginia residents have the following rights with respect to their personal data:
Paul Wesley Real Estate does not sell personal data as defined under the VCDPA. We may use Google Analytics and the Meta Pixel for targeted advertising purposes on our Site; to opt out of those specific uses, see Section 6.2 and Section 6.3. We will acknowledge receipt of a verified VCDPA request within ten (10) business days and respond within forty-five (45) days. Where reasonably necessary, we may extend that response period by an additional forty-five (45) days with written notice to you.
The Maryland Online Data Privacy Act (MODPA), effective October 1, 2025, provides Maryland residents with rights substantially equivalent to those described above under the VCDPA, including the rights to know, correct, delete, and obtain a portable copy of personal data, and to opt out of targeted advertising, the sale of personal data, and certain profiling activities.
Paul Wesley Real Estate does not sell personal data as defined under MODPA. We will respond to verified MODPA requests within forty-five (45) days of receipt, with a possible extension of forty-five (45) additional days with notice.
The District of Columbia does not currently have a standalone comprehensive consumer data privacy statute equivalent to the VCDPA or MODPA. D.C. residents are protected under the D.C. Consumer Protection Procedures Act (D.C. Code § 28-3901 et seq.) and applicable federal law. D.C. residents may exercise the access, correction, and opt-out rights described in Section 12.1. Should D.C. enact comprehensive consumer data privacy legislation, we will update this policy accordingly.
Under the California Consumer Privacy Act, as amended by the California Privacy Rights Act, California residents have the following rights:
Paul Wesley Real Estate does not sell or share personal information as those terms are defined under the CCPA/CPRA and has not done so in the twelve (12) months preceding the effective date of this policy. We do not collect sensitive personal information as defined under CCPA/CPRA. To submit a CCPA rights request, contact us at the address in Section 15. We will respond to verified requests within forty-five (45) calendar days.
Residents of Colorado, Connecticut, Nevada, Texas, Utah, and other states with consumer data privacy laws may have rights similar to those described above. To exercise any available rights under applicable state law, please contact us at the address in Section 15.
Paul Wesley Real Estate does not currently operate a structured international real estate program. Our services are intended for residents of the United States and are not directed to individuals located outside of the U.S. If you are located outside the United States and choose to provide personal information to us, please be aware that your information will be transferred to and processed in the United States, where data protection standards may differ from those in your country of residence.
Should Paul Wesley Real Estate establish a structured international referral program or systematically market to buyers or sellers in the European Union, European Economic Area, United Kingdom, or other jurisdictions with comprehensive data protection laws, we will update this policy with jurisdiction-specific provisions — including, where applicable, GDPR-compliant disclosures, lawful basis for processing, and appropriate data transfer mechanisms — before that program launches.
To exercise any of the rights described in this Section, or to ask questions about our privacy practices, please contact us:
We will acknowledge receipt of your request within ten (10) business days. We may need to verify your identity before processing certain requests; any information you provide for verification purposes will be used solely for that purpose. We will not discriminate against you for exercising your privacy rights. We will not be able to fulfill requests to delete information that we are required to retain under Virginia, Maryland, or D.C. real estate licensing law.
Our Site may contain links to third-party websites, including property search portals, mortgage calculators, neighborhood information resources, local government sites, and the websites of service providers we recommend. We do not own or operate those third-party sites, and this Privacy Policy does not apply to information they collect. We encourage you to review the privacy policies of any third-party websites you visit.
The presence of a link to a third-party website on our Site does not constitute an endorsement of that site, its content, or its privacy or data practices.
Paul Wesley Real Estate and all affiliated independent contractor agents are committed to full compliance with all applicable fair housing and non-discrimination laws, including:
We do not use personal information we collect to engage in any form of illegal discriminatory housing practice. We do not collect or use data in any way intended to steer, discriminate against, or limit the housing choices of any protected class.
We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time to reflect changes in our data practices, technology platform, legal requirements, or business operations. When we make material changes, we will post the updated policy on our Site and update the Effective Date at the top of this document. For significant changes, we may also provide notice by email or through a prominent notice on our Site.
We encourage you to review this policy periodically. Your continued use of our Site or services after any update constitutes acceptance of the revised policy. Where required by applicable law — including Virginia, Maryland, or D.C. law — we will provide advance notice of or seek your consent to material changes before they take effect.
For questions, concerns, opt-out requests, or privacy rights requests relating to this Privacy Policy or our data practices, please contact us:
Attn: Privacy
1451 Dolley Madison Blvd
McLean, Virginia 22101
Email: [email protected]
Main Phone: N/A
Website: paulwesley.com
All information provided through our Site is deemed reliable but not guaranteed and should be independently reviewed and verified. Paul Wesley Real Estate, LLC is a licensed real estate brokerage in the Commonwealth of Virginia, the State of Maryland, and the District of Columbia. Paul Wesley Real Estate and its affiliated agents support the Fair Housing Act, the Equal Opportunity Act, and all applicable state and local fair housing laws and regulations.
DRAFT — ATTORNEY REVIEW REQUIRED BEFORE PUBLICATION. Items requiring confirmation before going live: (1) effective date and last-updated date; (2) main office phone number; (3) legal review of agent data ownership provision (Section 5); (4) confirm Meta Pixel and Google Ads are active and no additional ad platforms are in use at launch; (5) confirm no lead-gen platforms beyond those listed in Section 3.3 are active at launch.