Purpose of this Privacy Policy

Effective Date: January 1, 2021

Last Revised: January, 2021

This is the Privacy Policy for Dweck Properties and its affiliates (collectively referred to as “Company,” “we,” “us,” or “our”). By submitting any information to us in connection with our website, you acknowledge and agree that we may process (that is, collect, access, use, disclose, and conduct other related activities) your Personal Information as described in this Privacy Policy. Information may also be collected by RENTCafé Resident Portal website. To access the Privacy Policy of RENTCafé, please visit: https://www.rentcafe.com/apartments/privacypolicy.aspx.

Your privacy is important to us. We are committed to protecting your Personal Information and we want you to understand how we collect, process, use, disclose, and protect it. This privacy policy (“Privacy Policy”) is intended to inform you of the types Personal Information that we may collect from, or be provided about, you through our websites, including www.dweckproperties.com (collectively, the “Website”) and the rights you have.

Our Website is not intended for children and we do not knowingly collect Personal Information relating to children under the age of 18. If you are under the age of 18, please do not use the Website, do not attempt to register for or make use of the Website, and do not share any Personal Information about yourself with us. For more information, please refer to the Children section below.

In this Privacy Policy, we use the terms Personal Information and Anonymous Information to describe the types of information that might be collected during your interactions with the Website. “Personal Information” means information that can be used to identify a particular individual or user of the Website, including, for example, your name, address, telephone number, e-mail address, user name, and any other information about you that is associated with or linked to any of the foregoing information, such as your IP address or geographic location information. “Anonymous Information” means information that is not associated with or linked to your Personal Information and that cannot be used to identify an individual. We use Personal Information and Anonymous Information only as described in this Privacy Policy.

Please read this policy carefully to understand our policies and practices regarding your information and how we will treat it. It is important that you read this Privacy Policy together with any other privacy notices that we may provide on specific occasions when we are collecting or otherwise processing Personal Information about you so that you know how and why we are using it. This Privacy Policy supplements those other notices and is not intended to override them. If you do not agree with our policies and practices, your choice is not to use our Website. By accessing or using this Website, you agree to this privacy policy. This policy may change from time to time (see the Changes to Our Privacy Policy section below). Your continued use of this Website after we make changes is deemed to be acceptance of those changes, so please check the policy periodically for updates.

Information We Collect About You and How We Collect It

The types of Personal Information that we will collect and use will depend on various circumstances, for example, your relationship with us and the method you use to interact with us. Personal Information does not include:

Publicly available information from government records;
Deidentified or aggregated consumer information; or,
Information excluded from the scope of applicable privacy laws, such as:
- health or medical information covered by the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA) and the California Confidentiality of Medical Information Act (CMIA) or clinical trial data;
- Personal Information covered by certain sector-specific privacy laws, including the Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA), the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act (GLBA) or California Financial Information Privacy Act (FIPA), and the Driver’s Privacy Protection Act of 1994.

In particular, we collect the following categories and types of Personal Information:

Contact information (such as name, email address, mailing address, and phone number);
Personal identifiers (such as Social Security Number (SSN), date of birth, other government issued identifier(s), account name, online identifier, and signature);
Financial information (such as bank, credit or debit card number, account type, routing number, bank institution name, account balances, credit history, investment activity, income or source of funds, and payment/transaction history);
Commercial information (such as primary business address, secondary business address, ownership information, products or services purchased, obtained, or considered, or other purchasing or consuming histories or tendencies, home purchase or rental information, such as the address, type of home, and price range.
Professional or employment-related information (such as occupation, title, and prior employment history);
Demographic information (such as age, date of birth, gender, race, color, origin, citizenship, and ethnicity);
Personal characteristics (such as marital status and familial information);
Geolocation data (such as city/state, zip code, physical location or movements);
Internet or other Electronic Network Activity information (such as log information, IP address, access times, operating system, browser type and language, Internet service provider, and website interactions and browsing history); and,
Inferences drawn from the above categories of Personal Information reflecting your preferences, characteristics, behaviors, psychological trends, attitudes and abilities.

We collect this information:

Directly from you when you provide it to us, such as by creating an account or completing forms on our Website;
Automatically as you navigate through the Website, as described in more detail below;
From third parties, for example, our business partners and service providers; and,
From government agencies or public records.

Information You Provide to Us

The information we collect on or through our Website may include:

Information that you provide by filling in forms on our Website. This includes information provided at the time of registering to use our Website, subscribing to a service through the Website, posting material, or requesting further services. We may also ask you for information when you report a problem with our Website;
Records and copies of your correspondence (including email addresses), if you contact us;
Your responses to surveys that we might ask you to complete for research purposes;
Details of transactions you carry out through our Website; and,
Your search queries on the Website.

You also may provide information to be published or displayed (hereinafter, “posted“) on public areas of the Website or transmitted to other users of the Website or third parties (collectively, “User Contributions“). Your User Contributions are posted on and transmitted to others at your own risk. Although [we limit access to certain pages/you may set certain privacy settings for such information by logging into your account profile], please be aware that no security measures are perfect or impenetrable. Additionally, we cannot control the actions of other users of the Website with whom you may choose to share your User Contributions. Therefore, we cannot and do not guarantee that your User Contributions will not be viewed by unauthorized persons.

Except as described above, we do not collect, store, process, or receive credit card numbers from our partners, service providers, or otherwise. This type of information may be collected by our Partners and subject to their privacy policies. To access the Privacy Policy of RENTCafé, please visit: https://www.rentcafe.com/apartments/privacypolicy.aspx.

In addition to the categories of information described above, we may also collect aggregated information or other Anonymous Information that does not directly identify you.

Information We Collect Through Automatic Data Collection Technologies; Do Not Track (DNT)

As you navigate through and interact with our Website, we may use automatic data collection technologies to collect certain information about you, your equipment, browsing actions, and patterns. The information we collect automatically may include Personal Information, or we may maintain it or associate it with Personal Information we collect in other ways or receive from third parties. It helps us to improve our Website and to deliver a better and more personalized service.

The technologies we use for this automatic data collection may include:

Cookies (or browser cookies). “Cookies” are a small data file that are stored on your computer’s hard drive by your browser while you are using the Website. You may refuse to accept browser cookies by activating the appropriate setting on your browser. However, if you select this setting you may be unable to access certain parts of our Website. Unless you have adjusted your browser setting so that it will refuse cookies, our system will issue cookies when you direct your browser to our Website.

We use both session cookies (which expire once you close your browser window) and persistent cookies (which stay on your computer until they expire or until you delete them) to provide you with more personal and interactive experiences on the Website. Persistent cookies can be removed by following the help directions for your internet browser. If you choose to disable all or most cookies, some areas of the Website may not function properly.

Web Beacons. Pages of the Website and our emails may contain small electronic files known as web beacons (also referred to as clear gifs, pixel tags, and single-pixel gifs). A “web beacon” is a tiny, 1×1 image that is loaded when you visit our Website, but instead of calling up an image, it causes a cookie or application to be downloaded. Web beacons can be used to track user activities, track the number of times a user has viewed a particular link or advertisement, track and optimize website traffic, display advertisements, keep track of advertising commissions, and otherwise collect data for online marketing and website analysis. As with cookies, our Website utilize both session and persistent web beacons.

We also use cookies and tracking/marketing web beacons for four general purposes: (1) to ensure the functionality, optimization, and ease of use of our Website; (2) to ensure and maintain the security of our Website; (3) to collect anonymous, statistical data regarding how visitors interact with the Website; and, (4) for marketing purposes.

The cookies that we use for functionality and security purposes are considered necessary cookies, without which the Website would not function properly. These cookies allow some of the basic functions of our Website to work properly, such as remembering your preferences as you navigate the Website. In addition, these cookies help us secure the Website by preventing cross-site request forgery attacks and by throttling excessive request rates.

We also use cookies to collect statistical information regarding how visitors interact with our Website and to track repeat visits to our Website. While these cookies collect information regarding how you use our Website in order to help us understand site flow and improve the Website, all such statistical data is anonymous and does not personally identify you.

Finally, we use both cookies and web beacons on our Website for marketing purposes, including: to check whether your browser supports the use of cookies, to deliver general advertisements from third party advertisers, to present targeted advertisements to particular Website visitors, to track the particular advertisements that have been displayed to you, to track your browser activity across devices and marketing channels, to track the actions you take after viewing an advertisement in order to measure the efficacy of the advertisement, and to display particular advertisements in order to re-engage visitors that are likely to convert to customers based on those visitors’ online behavior across websites.

You have the option to manage the cookies we use in connection with the Website as described above and through the cookie consent settings and preferences centers made available to you on the Website.

We also use Google Analytics on our Website to collect usage data, to analyze how users use the Website, and to provide advertisements to you on other websites. This information is anonymous and does not include Personal Information. Please visit the following website for information about how you can opt out of having Google Analytics collect data from you when you are using the Website: https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout/.

Please note that our Website is not configured to accept and respond to web browser Do Not Track (DNT) signals. As such, if you would like to exercise your privacy rights, we encourage you to do so by submitting a request using the methods described below.

Third-Party Use of Cookies and Other Tracking Technologies

Some content or applications, including advertisements, on the Website are served by third parties, including advertisers, ad networks and servers, content providers, and application providers. These third parties may use cookies alone or in conjunction with web beacons or other tracking technologies to collect information about you when you use our website. The information they collect may be associated with your Personal Information or they may collect information, including Personal Information, about your online activities over time and across different websites and other online services. They may use this information to provide you with interest-based (behavioral) advertising or other targeted content.

We do not control these third parties’ tracking technologies or how they may be used. If you have any questions about an advertisement or other targeted content, you should contact the responsible provider directly. For information about how you can opt out of receiving targeted advertising from many providers, see the Choices About How We User and Disclose Your Information section below.

How We Use Your Information

We use information that we collect about you or that you provide to us, including any Personal Information:

To present our Website and its contents to you;
To provide you with information, products, or services that you request from us or that you have consented to receive;
To fulfill any other purpose for which you provide it;
To provide you with notices about your account;
To carry out our obligations and enforce our rights arising from any contracts entered into between you and us, including for billing and collection;
To notify you about changes to our Website, our Terms of Use, this Privacy Policy, or any products or services we offer or provide though the Website;
To allow you to participate in interactive features on our Website;
To respond to law enforcement requests and as required by applicable laws, rules, court order, or governmental regulations;
To evaluate or conduct a merger, divestiture, restructuring, reorganization, dissolution, or other sale or transfer of some or all of our assets;
In any other way we may describe when you provide the information; and,
For any other purpose with your consent.

We may use the information we have collected from you to enable us to display advertisements to our advertisers’ target audiences. Even though we do not disclose your Personal Information for these purposes without your consent, if you click on or otherwise interact with an advertisement, the advertiser may assume that you meet its target criteria.

We may also use your Personal Information for any other purpose as disclosed at the time of collection, or when we have otherwise obtained consent.

We may create deidentified information records from Personal Information by excluding or modifying aspects of your Personal Information (such as your name or date of birth) in such a way that the information would not be capable of being identified with you as a specific individual at any time in the future. We may use this deidentified information to analyze request patterns and usage patterns so that we may enhance our products and services. We reserve the right to use and disclose deidentified information to third parties in its discretion.

Direct Marketing and Other Communications

We may periodically engage in direct marketing. You will be able to opt out at any time by following the instructions included in every e-mail sent to you via the “Unsubscribe” link contained in the email footer.

You may not opt out of non-promotional communications from us, including confirmation messages regarding the services you have requested from us. Please note, regardless of your communication preferences, we may continue to communicate with you regarding changes to our Terms of Use or Privacy Policy, data breaches, or other significant information related to your Personal Information for as long as it is retained by us.

Changing the Purpose for Which We Use Your Personal Information

We will not collect additional categories of Personal Information or use the Personal Information that we have collected for materially different, unrelated, or incompatible purposes without providing you notice or requesting your consent at the point of collection.

We will only use your Personal Information for the purposes for which it has been provided to us, unless we reasonably consider that we need to use it for another reason that is compatible with the original purpose.

Disclosure of Your Information

We may need to share your Personal Information with other organizations from time to time, but to the extent required by applicable law, rule, or governmental regulation, we will maintain responsibility for what they do with your Personal Information and how it is processed. We require all third parties to respect the security of your Personal Information and to treat it in accordance with the law. We do not allow our third-party service providers to use your Personal Information for their own purposes and we only permit them to process your Personal Information for specified purposes and in accordance with our instructions. For example, we may share your information:

with affiliated entities, including subsidiaries and corporate affiliates that are in existence now or that may be established in the future, so long as their use is consistent with this Privacy Policy;
with service providers who process Personal Information for us, including those providing data analysis, online advertising, payment processing, order fulfillment, IT services, customer service, and other similar services to us or on our behalf;
with third party commercial partners who partner with us to deliver our services or on our commercial activities for use in accordance with the consents you have given and choices you have made, including for such third-party commercial partners to contact you regarding products or services of interest;
to meet legal requirements and to comply with any court order, law, or legal process, including to respond to any government or regulatory request or valid discovery requests or subpoenas and to enforce and protect our operations, property interest, and rights, including to enforce this Privacy Policy, our Terms of Use, and other agreements between you and us and to pursue available remedies or limit the damages we may sustain in connection with such enforcement;
if we believe disclosure is necessary or appropriate to protect the rights, property, or safety of the Company, our employees, our customers, or others;
to provide information to our representatives and advisors, including our attorneys and accountants, to help us comply with legal, accounting, and security requirements;
as you otherwise consent to or request we share your Personal Information, such as to real estate agents and potential pre-approved cash buyers, as requested by you as part of our matching service; and,
To a buyer or other successor in the event of a merger, divestiture, restructuring, reorganization, dissolution, or other sale or transfer of some or all of Dweck Properties, Ltd.’s assets, whether as a going concern or as part of bankruptcy, liquidation, or similar proceeding, in which Personal Information held by Dweck Properties, Ltd. about our Website users is among the assets transferred.

We may also share your Personal Information for any other purpose as disclosed at the time of collection, or when we have otherwise obtained consent.

Please note that this Privacy Policy is not intended to limit our ability to share or disclose Anonymous Information or aggregated, pseudonymized, or deidentified information.

We do not control third parties’ collection or use of your information to serve interest-based advertising. However, these third parties may provide you with ways to choose not to have your information collected or used in this way. You can opt out of receiving targeted ads from members of the Network Advertising Initiative (“NAI“) on the NAI’s website.

Nevada residents who wish to exercise their sale opt-out rights under Nevada Revised Statutes Chapter 603A may submit a request with the subject “Nevada Opt-Out Request” to us at: [email protected]. Please know we do not currently sell data triggering that statute’s opt-out requirements. Following our receipt of your request, we will make reasonable efforts to verify your identity and that the authenticity of the request. When we have verified your request, we will confirm that your Personal Information will not be sold by us. If you change your email address in the future, please note that you will need to re-register the new email address with us so we can continue to ensure that we do not sell your Personal Information.

How Long Your Personal Information is Retained

We will only keep your Personal Information for as long as necessary to fulfil the purposes for which we collected it or to enable us to comply with our legal obligations or enforce our legal rights.

Generally, the length of time we keep your Personal Information will depend on the type of Personal Information and the purpose for which we are processing it. To determine the appropriate retention period, we consider the amount, nature, and sensitivity of the Personal Information, the potential risk of harm from unauthorized use or disclosure, the purposes for which we process the Personal Information and whether we can achieve those purposes through other means, and the applicable legal requirements.

At the end of the retention period, we will either delete your Personal Information from our systems completely or anonymize it so it can be used without identifying you and without the ability to be re-associated with you in the future, such as by aggregating the information.

You can contact us if you would like further information about our retention policy by using the information in the Contact Us section below.

Accessing and Correcting Your Information

You can review and change your Personal Information by logging into the Website and visiting your account profile page.

You may also send us an email at [email protected] to request access to, correct, or delete any Personal Information that you have provided to us. We cannot delete your Personal Information except by also deleting your user account. We may not accommodate a request to change information if we believe the change would violate any law or legal requirement or cause the information to be incorrect.

If you delete your User Contributions from the Website, copies of your User Contributions may remain viewable in cached and archived pages, or might have been copied or stored by other Website users. Proper access and use of information provided on the Website, including User Contributions, is governed by our Terms of Use.

Your California Privacy Rights

California’s “Shine the Light” law (Civil Code Section § 1798.83) permits users of our App that are California residents to request certain information regarding our disclosure of Personal Information to third parties for their direct marketing purposes. To make such a request, please contact us using the information in the Contact Information section below.

Data Security

We have put in place appropriate technological and organizational security measures to help prevent your Personal Information from being accidentally lost, used, altered, accessed, or disclosed in an unauthorized way. In addition, we limit access to your Personal Information to those employees, agents, contractors and other third parties who have a business need to know. They will only process your Personal Information on our instructions and subject to a duty of confidentiality.

We have put in place procedures to deal with any suspected Personal Information breach and will notify you and any applicable regulator of a breach where we are legally required to do so.

The safety and security of your information also depends on you. If you choose, or are provided with, a username, password, or any other piece of information as part of our security procedures, you must treat such information as confidential, and you must not disclose it to any other person or entity. You also acknowledge that your account is personal to you and agree not to provide any other person with access to the Website, or any portion thereof, using your username, password, or other security information. You agree to notify use immediately of any unauthorized access to or use of your username or password or any other breach of security. You also agree to ensure that you exit from your account at the end of each session. You should use particular caution when accessing your account from a public or shared computer or device so that others are not able to view or record your password or other Personal Information. You are entirely responsible for maintaining the confidentiality of the information you hold for your username, password, or other information related to your account. You may be held liable for losses incurred by us as a result of your failing to keep your login information secure and confidential.

Unfortunately, the transmission of information via the internet is not completely secure. Although we do our best to protect your Personal Information when it is received by us, we cannot guarantee the security of your Personal Information transmitted to our Website. Amy transmission of Personal Information is at your own risk. We are not responsible for any circumvention of any privacy settings or security measured related to the Website.

Children

Our Website is not intended for and we do not knowingly request or gather Personal Information from users who are under the age of 16. No one under age 16 may provide any Personal Information to or on the Website. If you are under 16 years of age, do not use or provide any information on this Website or through any of its features, register on the Website, use any of the interactive or public comment features of this Website, or provide any information about yourself to us, including your name, address, telephone number, email address, or any screen name or username you may use.

If Personal Information is gathered from a child under the age of 16 and we learn that the Personal Information is the information of a child under the age of 16 without verification of parental consent, we will delete that information. If you, as a parent or guardian of the child, believe that we might have Personal Information from a child under the age of 16 or the applicable minimum age in your jurisdiction, please contact us at [email protected] and we will delete the Personal Information from our records within a reasonable period of time. Please note that you may have to reach out to our Partners separately to delete the Personal Information from their records.

Changes to Our Privacy Policy

This Privacy Policy may change from time to time so please check it periodically. Any significant changes will be posted on our website, and we may also send notice of any such updates via email if you have provided your email address to us. The date the privacy policy was last revised is identified at the top of the page. You are responsible for ensuring we have an up-to-date active and deliverable email address for you, and for periodically visiting our Website and this Privacy Policy to check for any changes.

Contact Information

To ask questions or comment about this privacy policy and our privacy practices, contact us at:

Dweck Properties
1200 17th Street, NW
Suite 200
Washington, DC 20036
Email: [email protected]