Privacy Policy
TESA Group of Companies ("TESA", "we", "us"), 1-15150 Yonge Street, Aurora, Ontario L4G 1M2. This policy explains what personal information we collect through tesa.ca and our related division sites, how we use it, and the choices you have. It also covers the Yield by TESA mobile app, which signs you in to the same account and runs the same Lot Check.
Last updated: October 9, 2026.
What we collect
Information you give us directly: your name, email, phone number, the nature of your inquiry, your message, and, where you request a property consultation or feasibility study, the property address and related details. Information collected automatically: standard website analytics such as pages visited, approximate location, device and browser type, and cookies as described below. When you sign in to the portal, we also keep a record of your activity on the site, such as the listings you open, the searches you run, and the lot checks you request, tied to your account so we can follow up with properties and analysis relevant to you. In the Yield by TESA app: your name, email, and phone number when you first sign in, the addresses you look up, the lots and listings you save, the searches you save, and the same record of your activity. The app runs no analytics, does not ask for your device location, and never reads your contacts, photos, or calendar. If you turn on alerts in the app, we keep the address Apple and Expo use to deliver notifications to your phone, tied to your account, so we can tell you when a lot you saved or checked changes, and when a new listing matches a saved search (a lot alert) you set up in the app or on tesa.ca with the same email as your account. Turning alerts off, signing out, or deleting your account removes it. If the app hits an error or closes unexpectedly, it sends us a short report: the app and system version, the screen it was on, and what went wrong. The report carries no name, email, phone number, account, or address, and we keep it for 90 days. On the website and in the app we also keep a scrambled key derived from the network address a request came from, rather than the address itself, and we use it to cap free Lot Checks and stop abuse.
How we use it
To respond to your inquiries and provide the services you request, including property consultations and feasibility studies; to administer program registrations and notify lists you join; to send you insights, event invitations, and program announcements where you have opted in; to operate, secure, and improve the website; and to meet legal and regulatory obligations.
Email and consent
Our email lists are opt-in. Every marketing email we send includes an unsubscribe link, and you can withdraw consent at any time by using that link or contacting us at hello@tesa.ca. We comply with Canada's Anti-Spam Legislation (CASL). If you have signed in as a member, you can delete your account from the app or by writing to hello@tesa.ca. Deleting it removes your account, your saved lots, your saved searches (every lot alert sent to your account's email, whether you set it up in the app or on tesa.ca), and your Lot Check history, and stops alerts on every phone you turned them on. If you have ever claimed a Lot Report or contacted us, the contact record created then stays in our customer records with your name, email, phone number, and the property address, so we can answer you. Write to hello@tesa.ca and we will remove that too. We also keep a record that an account existed and was deleted. It holds no name, no email, and no phone number, and where a contact record exists it holds a reference to it. Deleting your account does not take you off any other email list you joined separately, such as our newsletter; those have their own unsubscribe link. A saved search's phone notifications can be turned off in the app, one search at a time. Its emails keep coming until you stop the search in the app or use the unsubscribe link in one of them; either way stops both.
Sharing
We do not sell personal information. We share it only with service providers who help us operate the website, manage communications, and run our business (for example, hosting, customer relationship management, and email platforms), under obligations to protect it; within the TESA group of companies for the purposes above; and where required by law. The sign-in screen on the website and in the app runs a bot check supplied by a security provider, which sees the network address of the device making the request. App alerts reach your phone through Expo's notification service and Apple's, which carry the text of each alert: the lot's address and what changed, or, for a new listing that matches your alert, its address and the kind of listing it is (never its price), or how many new listings match. Where a service provider stores data outside Canada, it may be subject to the laws of that jurisdiction.
MLS® listing files
Full listing files on tesa.ca come from the MLS® System through PropTx under TESA Real Estate Inc.'s Virtual Office Website agreement with the Toronto Regional Real Estate Board. Before you open one, you accept the board's Terms of Use for listing files. By accepting, you consent to us keeping your name, email, phone number, the date and version of the terms you accepted, and a record of the listings you open, and to that information being shared with the Toronto Regional Real Estate Board and PropTx for auditing and legal purposes, including checking that this site follows the MLS® Rules. The board requires us to keep this login record for at least 180 days after your access ends, so it stays in place for that period even if you delete your account.
Retention and security
We keep personal information only as long as needed for the purposes above or as the law requires, and we use reasonable administrative, technical, and physical safeguards to protect it. No method of transmission or storage is completely secure.
Cookies
The site uses cookies and similar technologies for functionality and analytics. You can control cookies through your browser settings; disabling them may affect parts of the site. The Yield by TESA app has no browser and keeps no browsing cookies, and it runs no analytics. Your sign-in is one token in the device's own secure storage, on that device only, and signing out removes it. The bot check on the sign-in screen runs in a small web view and may set its own.
Your rights
Subject to applicable law, you may request access to or correction of your personal information, withdraw consent, or ask questions about this policy by contacting hello@tesa.ca or writing to the address above. You may also contact the Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada with concerns.
Third-party links
The site links to third-party platforms, including social media. Their privacy practices are their own.
Children
The site is intended for adults and we do not knowingly collect personal information from children.
Changes
We may update this policy from time to time; the current version is always posted here with its date.