Cookie Policy
Effective Date: October 12, 2026 | Version 1.6
About Cookies
Real Deal Pro, Inc. ("Real Deal Pro," "we," "us") uses cookies and similar technologies to operate our platform, keep you signed in, and remember your preferences.
This Cookie Policy explains what cookies are, how we use them, your choices regarding cookies, and further information about cookies.
What Are Cookies?
Cookies are small text files that are placed on your computer or mobile device when you visit a website. Cookies are widely used by website owners to make their websites work, or to work more efficiently, as well as to provide reporting information.
Cookies set by the website owner (in this case, Real Deal Pro, Inc.) are called "first-party cookies." Cookies set by parties other than the website owner are called "third-party cookies."
Types of Cookies We Use
Essential Cookies
These cookies are strictly necessary for the website to function and cannot be switched off in our systems. They are usually only set in response to actions made by you which amount to a request for services.
- • Authentication cookies: Used to identify you when you sign in
- • Session cookies: Used to maintain your session state
- • Security cookies: Used to detect authentication abuses
- • UI state cookies: Used to remember your interface preferences (e.g., sidebar state)
Functional Cookies
These cookies enable the website to provide enhanced functionality and personalization. They may be set by us or by third-party providers whose services we have added to our pages.
- • Preference cookies: Used to remember your settings and preferences
- • Language cookies: Used to remember your language preferences
- • Feature cookies: Used to enable certain features you have requested
Analytics Cookies
Today the only analytics cookies are Google Analytics’ _ga and _ga_<ID> (up to 2 years). They let us measure how our website and application are used, in aggregate; they are not used for advertising or cross-context behavioral profiling (Google signals and ad personalization are switched off).
- • In the European Economic Area, the United Kingdom and Switzerland (and when your browser’s time zone cannot be read or is a generic zone such as UTC), they are set only after you choose “Accept All” in the cookie banner.
- • Everywhere else, including the United States, they are set when you first view a page, and a notice at the bottom of the page says so. Choose “Turn off analytics” in that notice to stop them.
We decide which applies from your device’s time-zone setting only. You can change your choice at any time by clicking “Cookie settings” in the page footer. Withdrawing (“Essential Only” or “Turn off analytics”) stops Google Analytics, deletes the Google Analytics cookies we can reach and prevents further analytics cookies from being set in that browser. A Global Privacy Control or Do Not Track signal keeps them off everywhere, and they are never set on the private links we email (signing, payment, invitation and similar links).
Specific Cookies We Use
| Cookie Name | Purpose | Duration | Type |
|---|---|---|---|
| sidebar_state | Remembers your sidebar open/closed preference | 7 days | Essential |
| rdp_auth | Tells our content delivery network that you are signed in so it serves the application instead of the public homepage; contains no identifier | 30 days | Essential |
| cookie_consent | Records your cookie consent choice | 365 days | Essential |
| Firebase Auth | Authentication and session state (browser storage and Firebase authDomain cookies) | Session | Essential |
| _ga, _ga_<ID> | Google Analytics — a random identifier that lets repeat visits be counted, and the current session. In the EEA, the UK and Switzerland, set only after you choose “Accept All”; elsewhere, set from your first page view until you choose “Turn off analytics”. Never set under a Global Privacy Control or Do Not Track signal. | Up to 2 years | Analytics (opt-in in the EEA, UK and Switzerland; opt-out elsewhere) |
Third-Party Cookies
Our platform uses services from third parties that may set their own cookies:
| Provider | Purpose | Type | More Info |
|---|---|---|---|
| Stripe | Payment processing, fraud prevention | Essential (payments) | Privacy Policy |
| Google (Firebase) | Authentication, identity management | Essential (auth) | Privacy Policy |
| Google Maps | Address autocomplete functionality | Functional | Privacy Policy |
| Google Analytics | Aggregate site- and application-usage analytics (sets _ga / _ga_<ID>). In the EEA, the UK and Switzerland, loads only after you choose “Accept All”; elsewhere, loads from your first page view and you can turn it off. Google signals and ad personalization are off; not used for advertising or cross-context behavioral profiling. | Analytics (opt-in in the EEA, UK and Switzerland; opt-out elsewhere) | Privacy Policy |
Cookieless Measurement and Local Storage
Measurement that uses no cookies
Some of our measurement uses no cookies and reads nothing from your device. When you load a public page (the home page, an article, or a free tool), your browser sends us the page name, what happened on it (for example loaded, used, printed or copied, clicked through), the referring site’s host name, and any campaign tags in the link you followed. We keep only daily totals and never an identifier — no IP address, no user-agent, no cookie, no account. Because nothing is stored on or read from your device, the cookie banner does not apply to it. The Privacy Policy (“Website Measurement and Server Logs”) describes it in full.
Do-not-count flag
If you prefer that your browser not be counted at all, open https://real-deal-pro.com/?rdp_internal=1 once. This stores a single local flag named rdp_internal; our counters skip that browser and Google Analytics does not load in it. Our own team’s browsers carry the same flag.
Local storage (not cookies)
Your browser’s local storage is a small store that a website can write to and read back on later visits. Unlike a cookie, it is never sent to a server automatically. The public site writes the following entries:
| Name | Purpose | Duration | Type |
|---|---|---|---|
| cookie_consent | Your cookie-banner choice — “Accept All”, analytics off, or that you have seen the analytics notice (also stored as the cookie of the same name) | Until cleared | Essential |
| rdp_first_touch, rdp_last_touch | The campaign tags, ad click identifiers, referring page and landing page from the first and the most recent link that brought you here, kept so that a later signup or call request can be attributed to that campaign. Written only when the link carries campaign tags or a click identifier; not sent anywhere until you create an account or request a call | Until cleared | Functional |
| cookie_notice_version | Which version of the cookie banner or notice your choice was given to (a date, followed by “:kept” after “Keep my choice”), so a changed banner is shown to you once and an “Accept All” counts for advertising measurement only when it was given to the text that describes it | Until cleared | Essential |
| rdp_brokerage_intent | Remembers that you arrived from the brokerage site’s Apply link; cleared once used | Until used or cleared | Functional |
| rdp-iowa-contract-to-close-checklist-v1 | Your checkbox state on the free checklist tool; stays on your device | Until cleared | Functional |
| rdp_policy_notice | Remembers that you closed the notice about a policy update, so it is not shown again | Until cleared | Functional |
| rdp_ad_measurement_optout | Remembers that you chose “Opt out of ad measurement” on our Do Not Sell or Share page, so a call request or signup from this browser is never reported to an ad platform. It holds one yes/no value and no identifier. | Until cleared | Functional |
| rdp_ad_optout_sent | Remembers that this browser has already told our server to stop advertising measurement for an account signed in here (after you opted out in this browser, or because it sends a Global Privacy Control or Do Not Track signal), so it is not sent again. It holds a short code of 8 characters worked out from each such account (at most 20), not the account identifier or email address. | Until cleared | Functional |
| rdp_internal | The do-not-count flag described above | Until cleared | Functional |
Once you are signed in, the application also keeps working state in your browser’s storage (for example unfinished onboarding answers, your current workspace, and interface preferences). That state is needed to run the application and is Essential; Firebase Authentication keeps your sign-in session there as well (see the cookie table above).
Your Cookie Choices
You have several options for controlling or limiting how we and our partners use cookies:
Cookie Consent Banner
In the European Economic Area, the United Kingdom and Switzerland (and when your browser’s time zone cannot be read or is a generic zone such as UTC), a banner on your first visit lets you choose “Accept All” (allows Google Analytics) or “Essential Only”. Closing the banner counts as “Essential Only”.
Everywhere else, a notice on your first visit tells you that we use Google Analytics and lets you choose “Turn off analytics” or “OK”. Google Analytics is already on while the notice is showing; “OK” only closes the notice, and “Turn off analytics” stops it and keeps it off in that browser. If your browser sends a Global Privacy Control or Do Not Track signal, Google Analytics stays off and the notice does not appear.
The same choice controls advertising measurement, which sets no cookie: when someone who clicked one of our ads requests a call, creates an account, becomes an active user or makes a first payment, we may tell that ad platform, sending the ad’s click identifier, a hashed email address, the details of the step and, for a first payment, its amount (the full list is in our Privacy Policy, under “Advertising Measurement”). Outside the European Economic Area, the United Kingdom and Switzerland, “Turn off analytics” also turns it off. Inside those regions it happens only after an “Accept All” given to the current version of the banner, which describes it.
When we change what the banner or the notice says, we show it once more to anyone whose stored choice was “Accept All” or “OK” given to an earlier version (a choice to turn analytics off stays as it is). If you had chosen “Accept All”, it offers “Keep my choice”: that keeps your earlier choice, so Google Analytics stays on, and records only that you have seen the new text. In the European Economic Area, the United Kingdom and Switzerland, “Keep my choice” does not turn on advertising measurement; only “Accept All” given to the current text does.
Your choice is remembered for 365 days. Change it at any time by clicking “Cookie settings” in the page footer, which reopens the banner or the notice (after you have turned analytics off, it offers “Keep analytics off” or “Turn analytics on”).
Browser Settings
Most web browsers allow you to control cookies through their settings preferences. However, if you limit the ability of websites to set cookies, you may worsen your overall user experience, as some features may not function properly. Blocking cookies or the googletagmanager.com / google-analytics.com domains in your browser or a content blocker also stops Google Analytics.
Essential Cookies
Please note that essential cookies cannot be disabled as they are necessary for the basic functioning of the website. If you disable essential cookies, you may not be able to use certain features of our platform.
Do Not Track and Global Privacy Control
Some browsers can send a “Do Not Track” (DNT) signal or a Global Privacy Control (GPC) signal. We do not sell personal information. We treat either signal as a request not to load analytics cookies: if your browser sends GPC or DNT, Google Analytics does not load, in any region, whatever you chose in the cookie banner or notice.
From October 12, 2026, either signal also opts you out of advertising measurement: a call request or signup made from a browser that sends GPC or DNT is never reported to an ad platform. We check the signal in your browser and again on our server when the request arrives. If you are signed in to your account in that browser, it also tells our server to stop advertising measurement for your account.
Contact Us
If you have questions about our use of cookies or this Cookie Policy:
Email: privacy@real-deal-pro.com
Mail:
Real Deal Pro, Inc.
Attn: Privacy Officer
761 Arlington Drive
Iowa City, IA 52245
Real Deal Pro is the SaaS product operated by Real Deal Pro, Inc. (the “Operator”). Real Deal Pro, Inc. is a software company and is not a real estate brokerage — it acts solely as the software vendor and cookie/data controller.
Updates to This Policy
We may update this Cookie Policy from time to time. We will notify you of any changes by posting the new Cookie Policy on this page and updating the "Effective Date" at the top. You are advised to review this Cookie Policy periodically for any changes.