Privacy Policy

Effective Date: October 1, 2026
Last Updated: October 1, 2026

California Fire House Buyer (“California Fire House Buyer,” “we,” “us,” or “our”) respects your privacy. This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, disclose, sell, share, retain, and otherwise process personal information when you visit californiafirehousebuyer.com (the “Website”), request a cash offer, submit information about a property, communicate with us, or otherwise interact with our services.

This Privacy Policy also includes disclosures applicable to California residents.

By accessing or using the Website or submitting information to us, you acknowledge the practices described in this Privacy Policy.

1. Notice at Collection

We may collect the following categories of personal information:

  • Identifiers and contact information, including name, email address, telephone number, mailing address, and property address;
  • Property and real estate information;
  • Commercial and transaction-related information;
  • Communications and correspondence;
  • Internet or other electronic network activity;
  • Device and browser information;
  • Approximate geolocation information;
  • Advertising and lead-attribution information;
  • Professional or business information when relevant;
  • Public-record information;
  • Inferences concerning a property, potential transaction, or likelihood of a successful sale; and
  • Other information you voluntarily provide.

We collect and use this information for purposes including responding to requests for offers, evaluating properties, researching real estate, contacting property owners, connecting sellers with prospective buyers, facilitating transactions, advertising, analytics, fraud prevention, Website operation, and legal compliance.

As described below, we may disclose information to service providers, affiliates, real estate investors, cash buyers, acquisition partners, and other parties.

Because we operate in a lead-generation and real estate marketplace environment, certain transfers of personal information may constitute a “sale” or “sharing” under California law.

We do not knowingly sell or share the personal information of consumers under 16 years of age.

2. Information You Provide to Us

When you request an offer, complete a Website form, call us, send an email or text message, or otherwise communicate with us, we may collect information including:

  • First and last name;
  • Telephone number;
  • Email address;
  • Property address;
  • Mailing address;
  • Whether you own or have authority concerning the property;
  • Property type;
  • Property condition;
  • Fire, smoke, water, structural, or other damage information;
  • Occupancy information;
  • Repair or renovation information;
  • Desired sale timeline;
  • Asking price or pricing expectations;
  • Mortgage, lien, tax, probate, foreclosure, inheritance, insurance, or other property-related information you choose to provide;
  • Photographs, videos, documents, inspection reports, insurance information, or other materials you provide;
  • Preferred contact method and availability;
  • Information concerning a potential sale or transaction; and
  • Other information you voluntarily provide.

You are not required to provide information beyond what is reasonably necessary to submit an inquiry, although withholding certain information may limit our ability to evaluate a property or respond to your request.

3. Property and Public-Record Information

After receiving information about a property, we may research that property using public records and commercially available data.

Sources may include:

  • County assessor records;
  • County recorder records;
  • Property tax records;
  • Deeds;
  • Mortgage and lien records;
  • Court records;
  • Probate or foreclosure records where lawfully available;
  • Permit and building information;
  • Sales history;
  • Comparable sales information;
  • Property characteristics;
  • Estimated property values;
  • Geographic and mapping information;
  • Real estate databases;
  • Commercial property-data services; and
  • Other lawful public or commercial sources.

We may combine information obtained from these sources with information that you provide.

4. Information We Collect Automatically

When you visit the Website, we and companies that provide technology, analytics, advertising, telecommunications, or related services to us may automatically collect information including:

  • Internet Protocol address;
  • Browser type;
  • Operating system;
  • Device type;
  • Device identifiers;
  • Referring website or advertisement;
  • Pages viewed;
  • Links clicked;
  • Date and time of Website activity;
  • Form interactions;
  • Session information;
  • Approximate location derived from IP address;
  • Advertising identifiers;
  • Marketing campaign information;
  • Conversion and attribution information; and
  • Other technical information concerning your interaction with the Website.

5. Cookies, Pixels, Analytics, and Advertising Technologies

We may use cookies, web beacons, pixels, tags, scripts, local storage, analytics technologies, call-tracking technologies, advertising identifiers, and similar technologies.

These technologies may be used to:

  • Operate the Website;
  • Maintain security;
  • Prevent fraud and spam;
  • Remember user preferences;
  • Measure Website traffic;
  • Understand how visitors use the Website;
  • Determine which advertisements or campaigns generated inquiries;
  • Measure advertising effectiveness;
  • Create or measure audiences;
  • Support retargeting or interest-based advertising;
  • Improve the Website and our services; and
  • Support our marketing activities.

Third-party analytics and advertising companies may collect information concerning your interactions with the Website and, depending on the technology involved, may associate that information with activity occurring on other websites or services.

6. How We Use Personal Information

We may use personal information to:

  • Respond to requests for cash offers;
  • Research submitted properties;
  • Determine ownership and property characteristics;
  • Evaluate fire or other property damage;
  • Estimate potential property value;
  • Estimate repair, holding, or transaction costs;
  • Determine whether we or another buyer may be interested in a property;
  • Prepare or communicate potential offers;
  • Contact sellers and property owners;
  • Schedule calls, walkthroughs, appointments, or inspections;
  • Conduct due diligence;
  • Connect property owners with prospective real estate buyers or investors;
  • Route inquiries to appropriate affiliates or business partners;
  • Facilitate real estate transactions;
  • Work with title, escrow, legal, inspection, construction, or closing providers;
  • Maintain records of inquiries and transactions;
  • Follow up regarding previously submitted properties;
  • Provide customer support;
  • Operate and improve the Website;
  • Conduct analytics;
  • Measure marketing performance;
  • Advertise our services;
  • Detect and prevent fraud or abuse;
  • Protect our systems and users;
  • Enforce agreements and policies;
  • Maintain accounting, tax, legal, and business records;
  • Comply with legal obligations; and
  • Establish, exercise, or defend legal claims.

7. Lead Generation and Sharing With Real Estate Buyers

California Fire House Buyer operates within the real estate investment and property-buyer marketplace.

When you submit a property, we may evaluate the opportunity ourselves or provide information concerning the property and seller to:

  • Affiliated real estate companies;
  • Real estate investors;
  • Cash home buyers;
  • Local property buyers;
  • Acquisition partners;
  • Wholesalers;
  • Investment groups;
  • Contractors or redevelopment companies;
  • Real estate professionals; or
  • Other parties that may have an interest in acquiring or evaluating the property.

These recipients may use the information to:

  • Evaluate the property;
  • Research the property;
  • Determine whether they are interested in purchasing it;
  • Prepare an offer;
  • Contact you regarding the property;
  • Conduct due diligence; or
  • Facilitate a potential real estate transaction.

Some recipients may operate independently from us and may maintain their own privacy practices.

Submitting information does not guarantee that California Fire House Buyer or another party will make an offer or purchase your property.

8. How We Disclose Personal Information

Service Providers and Contractors

We may disclose personal information to companies that provide services such as:

  • Website hosting;
  • Web forms;
  • Customer relationship management;
  • Lead management;
  • Telephone services;
  • Call tracking;
  • Text messaging;
  • Email delivery;
  • Marketing automation;
  • Analytics;
  • Advertising;
  • Data enrichment;
  • Property research;
  • Cloud storage;
  • Cybersecurity;
  • Document processing;
  • Professional services; and
  • Transaction support.

Buyers and Business Partners

We may disclose seller and property information to affiliated or independent buyers, real estate investors, acquisition partners, and other parties that may be interested in the property.

Transaction Participants

Information may be provided to parties involved in a potential property transaction, including:

  • Title companies;
  • Escrow companies;
  • Attorneys;
  • Closing agents;
  • Inspectors;
  • Contractors;
  • Lenders;
  • Insurance professionals;
  • Buyers; and
  • Other transaction participants.

Affiliates

We may disclose information among companies under common ownership or control and affiliated real estate businesses.

Business Transfers

Personal information may be transferred in connection with a merger, acquisition, financing, restructuring, bankruptcy, sale of assets, or similar transaction.

Legal and Safety Purposes

We may disclose personal information when reasonably necessary to:

  • Comply with applicable law;
  • Respond to legal process;
  • Respond to lawful government requests;
  • Investigate fraud or unlawful conduct;
  • Protect our rights or property;
  • Protect the safety of another person; or
  • Enforce our agreements or policies.

9. Sale and Sharing of Personal Information

California privacy law defines “sale” and “sharing” more broadly than their ordinary meanings.

A “sale” may include certain transfers of personal information to another business in exchange for money or other valuable consideration.

“Sharing” generally includes certain disclosures of personal information for cross-context behavioral advertising.

Because our business may involve routing or providing property-owner leads to prospective real estate buyers, investors, acquisition partners, affiliates, or other businesses, some transfers may constitute a sale of personal information under applicable California law.

The use of advertising pixels, cookies, or similar technologies may also constitute sale or sharing under applicable California law.

Subject to applicable law, you may request to opt out of these activities.

10. Categories of Personal Information We May Sell or Share

Depending on our operations and technologies, categories of personal information that may be sold or shared may include:

  • Identifiers;
  • Contact information;
  • Property addresses;
  • Real estate and property information;
  • Commercial information;
  • Internet or electronic network activity;
  • Advertising identifiers;
  • Approximate geolocation information;
  • Lead and marketing attribution information; and
  • Inferences derived from such information.

Recipients may include:

  • Real estate investors;
  • Cash buyers;
  • Acquisition partners;
  • Affiliates;
  • Advertising networks;
  • Analytics providers;
  • Marketing technology providers; and
  • Other business partners.

We do not knowingly sell or share personal information concerning consumers under 16 years of age.

11. Telephone Calls and Text Messages

When you provide a telephone number, we may use it to respond to your inquiry and communicate regarding:

  • Your property;
  • Your requested cash offer;
  • Scheduling;
  • Follow-up;
  • Potential transactions; and
  • Related services.

Depending on the consent provided when information is submitted, communications may occur through telephone calls and text messages.

Where required by applicable law, appropriate consent will be obtained before using automated dialing technology, artificial or prerecorded voice technology, or automated marketing text messages.

Consent to marketing communications is not a condition of receiving an offer or selling a property where prohibited by law.

Message and data rates may apply.

Message frequency may vary.

You may request that text messages stop by replying STOP to an applicable message.

Where supported, you may reply HELP for assistance.

You may also communicate a request that we stop calling or texting you.

12. Email Communications

We may send email communications relating to:

  • Your property inquiry;
  • Requested offers;
  • Potential transactions;
  • Scheduling;
  • Follow-up;
  • Services; and
  • Marketing where permitted by law.

You may unsubscribe from marketing emails through the unsubscribe mechanism provided in an applicable message.

We may continue sending administrative, legal, security, or transaction-related communications where appropriate.

13. Data Retention

We retain information for as long as reasonably necessary for the purposes for which it was collected or as permitted or required by law.

Retention periods may depend on:

  • Whether a property inquiry remains active;
  • Whether a transaction occurred;
  • Future potential interest in a submitted property;
  • Business recordkeeping requirements;
  • Legal obligations;
  • Tax or accounting requirements;
  • Fraud prevention;
  • Litigation or dispute requirements; and
  • Other legitimate business needs.

Property leads may be retained for future follow-up unless deletion is required by applicable law or we determine that continued retention is no longer reasonably necessary.

14. California Privacy Rights

To the extent applicable law provides these rights to you, California residents may have the right to:

Right to Know and Access

You may request information concerning:

  • Categories of personal information collected about you;
  • Categories of sources from which information was collected;
  • Business or commercial purposes for collecting, selling, or sharing information;
  • Categories of third parties to whom information was disclosed;
  • Categories of personal information sold or shared; and
  • Specific pieces of personal information collected about you.

Right to Delete

You may request deletion of certain personal information we collected about you, subject to applicable exceptions.

Right to Correct

You may request correction of inaccurate personal information.

Right to Opt Out of Sale or Sharing

You may direct a covered business not to sell or share your personal information.

Right to Limit Certain Uses of Sensitive Personal Information

Where applicable, you may have the right to limit certain uses or disclosures of sensitive personal information.

Right to Data Portability

Where required by law, information provided in response to an access request may be provided in a portable and usable format.

Right to Non-Discrimination

We will not unlawfully discriminate against you for exercising applicable privacy rights.

15. Exercising California Privacy Rights

Privacy requests may be submitted through:

Website: californiafirehousebuyer.com
Telephone: 831-273-5434

You may also use contact forms or other privacy-request methods made available on the Website.

We may request information reasonably necessary to verify your identity and match you to records in our systems.

Information collected for verification will be used for verification and related compliance purposes.

Some requests may be denied or limited where permitted by law. If a request is denied, we may explain the basis for that decision where required.

16. Authorized Agents

Where applicable law permits, you may authorize another person to make a privacy request on your behalf.

We may require appropriate documentation demonstrating the agent’s authority and may require you to verify your identity directly with us.

17. Global Privacy Control and Opt-Out Preference Signals

Where applicable law requires us to do so, we recognize qualifying browser-based opt-out preference signals, including Global Privacy Control (“GPC”), as requests to opt out of the sale or sharing of personal information associated with the browser, device, and, where identifiable, the consumer.

A valid opt-out signal will be processed in accordance with applicable California law.

18. California Do Not Track Disclosure

Some web browsers transmit a “Do Not Track” or similar signal.

Because there is no universal standard governing traditional Do Not Track signals, the Website may not respond to traditional Do Not Track signals.

This is distinct from legally recognized opt-out preference signals such as Global Privacy Control, which we process where required by applicable law.

Third-party advertising, analytics, or other technology providers may collect information about your online activities over time and across websites or online services.

19. California “Shine the Light” Rights

California Civil Code Section 1798.83 may provide certain California residents with rights concerning disclosure of personal information to third parties for their own direct marketing purposes.

Where this law applies, eligible California residents may contact us using the information below regarding applicable requests.

20. Sensitive Personal Information

We do not request Social Security numbers, financial-account passwords, credit or debit card security credentials, or similar highly sensitive credentials through our standard cash-offer form.

However, information voluntarily provided during a potential transaction may contain information treated as sensitive under applicable law.

Where we process sensitive personal information subject to special restrictions under applicable law, we will use and disclose it in accordance with those requirements.

21. Information Security

We maintain reasonable administrative, technical, and organizational safeguards designed to protect information against unauthorized access, acquisition, disclosure, alteration, loss, misuse, or destruction.

No method of Internet transmission or electronic storage can be guaranteed to be completely secure.

Accordingly, we cannot guarantee absolute security.

22. Children’s Privacy

The Website is intended for adults involved in real estate matters and is not directed toward children.

We do not knowingly collect personal information online from children under 13.

We do not knowingly sell or share personal information of consumers under 16 without legally required authorization.

If we become aware that personal information has been collected from a child in violation of applicable law, we will take reasonable steps to delete it.

23. Third-Party Websites

The Website may contain links to websites or services operated by third parties.

We are not responsible for those parties’ privacy, security, content, or business practices.

You should review the privacy policies applicable to third-party services before providing them with personal information.

24. Information About Other People

If you provide information about another property owner, heir, family member, co-owner, representative, tenant, or other individual, you represent that you have authority or another lawful basis to provide that information.

25. Changes to This Privacy Policy

We may update this Privacy Policy periodically.

The “Last Updated” date at the beginning of the policy identifies when it was most recently revised.

Where required by applicable law, we may provide additional notice concerning material changes.

26. Contact Us

Questions, requests, or concerns regarding this Privacy Policy may be directed to:

California Fire House Buyer
600 California Street
San Francisco, CA 94108
United States

Phone: 831-273-5434
Website: californiafirehousebuyer.com