CREN policies
Operating policies for readers, members, advertisers, sponsors, profile owners, directory participants, and newsroom automation. These are the current owner-execution versions for launch operations and should not be represented as attorney approval.
Terms of Use
Rules for using Columbus Real Estate News, including accounts, submissions, directory profiles, ads, lead routing, data, and informational disclaimers.
2026-08-29
Privacy Policy
How CREN collects, uses, shares, protects, and retains information from readers, members, advertisers, profile owners, and public forms.
2026-08-29
Cookie and Tracking Policy
Draft inventory and rules for cookies, session storage, analytics, affiliate redirects, pixels, and newsletter tracking.
2026-08-29
Advertising Terms
Draft terms for advertiser inquiries, sponsor packages, insertion orders, claims, labels, cancellations, refunds, and reporting.
2026-08-29
Sponsored Content and Native Advertising Policy
How CREN labels and reviews sponsor messages, sponsored articles, paid profiles, affiliate placements, and native advertising.
2026-08-29
Fair Housing and Equal Opportunity Policy
Draft rules for housing-related ads, listings, profiles, recommendations, routing, targeting, and neighborhood content.
2026-08-29
Listing and Directory Quality Policy
Draft rules for business, apartment, vendor, service, and real estate professional listings and directory profiles.
2026-08-29
Profile Claim Policy
Draft workflow for claiming, updating, disputing, and auditing CREN business, apartment, advertiser, and professional profiles.
2026-08-29
Lead Disclosure Policy
How CREN should explain and record form submissions, lead routing, paid relationships, and consumer expectations.
2026-08-29
AI and Automation Policy
Draft rules for AI-assisted research, writing, images, checks, routing, data refreshes, and autonomous workflows.
2026-08-29
Accessibility Statement
CREN's draft accessibility commitment, contact path, and audit targets for public pages and forms.
2026-08-29
Copyright, DMCA, and Content Reuse Policy
Draft rules for CREN content ownership, excerpting, advertiser assets, user submissions, copyright complaints, and DMCA-style takedowns.
2026-08-29
Submissions and Tips Policy
Draft rules for tips, corrections, photos, profile updates, listing requests, event submissions, and confidential-source limits.
2026-08-29
Communications, Email, SMS, and Calling Policy
Draft rules for newsletters, service emails, advertiser communications, lead follow-up, phone calls, SMS, and opt-outs.
2026-08-29