Effective Date: October 7, 2026
Last Updated: October 7, 2026
I Buy Houses With Fire Damage New York (“I Buy Houses With Fire Damage New York,” “we,” “us,” or “our”) respects your privacy.
This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, disclose, retain, and otherwise process personal information when you visit ibuyhouseswithfiredamagenewyork.com (the “Website”), submit information concerning real estate, request a cash offer, communicate with us, or otherwise interact with our services.
We operate within the New York real estate investment, cash-buyer, property-acquisition, marketing, and related transaction marketplace.
Depending on the property and transaction structure, we may:
- Evaluate property for potential acquisition;
- Make or facilitate a potential cash offer;
- Purchase property directly;
- Work with affiliated or independent investment partners;
- Conduct or arrange inspections and due diligence;
- Coordinate property access, cleanout, or debris removal where agreed;
- Work with title companies, attorneys, contractors, engineers, inspectors, appraisers, insurers, and other transaction professionals;
- Acquire contractual or equitable rights;
- Assign contractual rights where legally and contractually permitted;
- Work with licensed New York real estate professionals where legally required; or
- Determine that we will not pursue a transaction.
By using the Website or providing information to us, you acknowledge the practices described in this Privacy Policy.
1. Information We Collect
We may collect personal information:
- Directly from you;
- Automatically through the Website;
- From public records;
- From commercial property and real estate databases;
- From advertising and analytics providers;
- From telecommunications providers;
- From service providers;
- From transaction participants;
- From licensed real estate professionals;
- From affiliates and business partners; and
- From other lawful sources.
2. Information You Provide
When you request an offer, submit 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;
- Mobile telephone number;
- Email address;
- Property address;
- Mailing address;
- Ownership information;
- Authority to act concerning the property;
- Property type;
- Property condition;
- Fire damage;
- Smoke or soot damage;
- Firefighting-water damage;
- Structural damage;
- Roof and foundation condition;
- Electrical damage;
- Plumbing damage;
- Heating and cooling information;
- Occupancy information;
- Tenant information where relevant;
- Repair or restoration information;
- Asking price or pricing expectations;
- Desired selling timeline;
- Reason for considering a sale;
- Mortgage information voluntarily provided;
- Lien and judgment information;
- Property-tax information;
- Probate or estate information;
- Foreclosure or mortgage-default information;
- Insurance information;
- Insurance-claim information;
- Insurance proceeds voluntarily disclosed;
- Photographs;
- Videos;
- Fire-department records;
- Inspection reports;
- Engineering or structural reports;
- Environmental or remediation reports;
- Contractor information;
- Repair estimates;
- Permit information;
- Ownership or title documents;
- Preferred communication method;
- Preferred contact time; and
- Other information you voluntarily provide.
3. Property and Public-Record Information
When you submit a property, we may research it through lawful public and commercial sources.
Information may include:
- Ownership records;
- Assessment records;
- Property-tax information;
- Recorded deeds;
- Mortgages;
- Liens;
- Judgments;
- Foreclosure filings;
- Lis pendens records;
- Property characteristics;
- Property sales history;
- Estimated values;
- Comparable sales;
- Building permits;
- Fire-related permits;
- Code-enforcement information;
- Vacate Orders;
- Housing violations;
- Zoning information;
- Court records where lawfully available;
- Probate information;
- Rental-property information;
- Rent-regulation information where lawfully available;
- Homeowners-association information;
- Geographic and mapping information;
- Flood information;
- Fire or disaster information;
- Environmental information;
- Property-condition information;
- Real estate market information; and
- Other publicly or commercially available information.
We may combine this information with information you provide.
4. Information Collected Automatically
When you use the Website, we and service providers acting on our behalf may automatically collect:
- Internet Protocol address;
- Browser type;
- Browser settings;
- Operating system;
- Device type;
- Device identifiers;
- Approximate location derived from IP address;
- Referring website;
- Referring advertisement;
- Landing page;
- Pages viewed;
- Links clicked;
- Date and time of Website activity;
- Session information;
- Form interactions;
- Advertising identifiers;
- Marketing-campaign information;
- Lead-source information;
- Conversion information;
- Attribution information; and
- Other technical or Website-usage information.
5. Cookies, Pixels, Analytics, and Advertising Technologies
We may use:
- Cookies;
- Tracking pixels;
- Web beacons;
- Tags;
- Scripts;
- Local storage;
- Analytics technologies;
- Advertising identifiers;
- Conversion tracking;
- Call tracking; and
- Similar technologies.
These technologies may help us:
- Operate and secure the Website;
- Prevent fraud and spam;
- Remember preferences;
- Understand Website usage;
- Measure traffic;
- Attribute inquiries to marketing campaigns;
- Measure conversions;
- Evaluate advertising effectiveness;
- Create or measure advertising audiences;
- Support interest-based advertising;
- Improve the Website; and
- Improve our services.
Third-party providers may process information under their own privacy policies.
6. How We Use Personal Information
We may use personal information to:
- Respond to inquiries;
- Respond to cash-offer requests;
- Research submitted properties;
- Verify ownership;
- Verify authority to sell;
- Evaluate fire, smoke, water, structural, electrical, or other damage;
- Review repair or restoration information;
- Review insurance information;
- Evaluate occupancy and tenancy matters;
- Estimate property value;
- Estimate repair, cleanup, holding, closing, and resale expenses;
- Determine whether we wish to acquire a property;
- Determine whether New York institutional-investor acquisition restrictions may apply;
- Prepare or communicate potential offers;
- Contact property owners and authorized representatives;
- Schedule calls, inspections, walkthroughs, or appointments;
- Conduct due diligence;
- Facilitate potential transactions;
- Coordinate cleanup where agreed;
- Coordinate with attorneys, title companies, contractors, inspectors, engineers, appraisers, insurers, lenders, and other transaction participants;
- Maintain inquiry and transaction records;
- Follow up regarding submitted properties;
- Operate and improve the Website;
- Conduct analytics;
- Measure marketing performance;
- Advertise our services;
- Prevent fraud, abuse, spam, and security incidents;
- Maintain legal, accounting, tax, and compliance records;
- Enforce agreements;
- Comply with applicable law; and
- Establish, exercise, or defend legal claims.
7. Direct Property Acquisition
The Website presently represents our business as a direct cash-property-acquisition service.
Submitting property information allows us to determine whether we may wish to acquire the property.
A Website submission does not itself create:
- A binding offer;
- A purchase contract;
- An agency relationship;
- A fiduciary relationship; or
- An obligation to buy or sell.
8. Affiliates, Investment Partners, and Assignees
Depending on the transaction, information may be disclosed to:
- Affiliated acquisition businesses;
- Investment partners;
- Co-investors;
- Prospective assignees;
- Licensed real estate professionals;
- Title professionals;
- Attorneys;
- Inspectors;
- Contractors;
- Engineers;
- Appraisers;
- Insurance professionals; and
- Other transaction participants.
Any assignment, brokerage, referral, or other regulated activity will be handled subject to applicable New York law.
9. Institutional-Investor Compliance
New York imposes special acquisition restrictions on certain statutorily defined institutional real estate investors and entities receiving specified funding from them.
Where relevant, we may process property and business information to determine:
- Whether the purchaser is a covered entity;
- Whether the property is a one-family or two-family residence;
- When the property was first listed to the general public;
- Whether the asking price changed;
- Whether the statutory waiting period has expired;
- Whether purchaser disclosures are required; and
- Whether filings with the New York Attorney General are required.
10. Service Providers
We may disclose information to providers supporting:
- Website hosting;
- Website forms;
- Customer relationship management;
- Lead management;
- Telephone services;
- Call tracking;
- Lawful call recording;
- Text messaging;
- Email delivery;
- Marketing automation;
- Advertising;
- Analytics;
- Conversion tracking;
- Property research;
- Data enrichment;
- Cloud storage;
- Cybersecurity;
- Document processing;
- Accounting;
- Legal services; and
- Transaction support.
11. Business Transactions
Information may be transferred or disclosed in connection with an actual or proposed:
- Merger;
- Acquisition;
- Financing;
- Reorganization;
- Affiliate restructuring;
- Sale of assets;
- Bankruptcy; or
- Similar transaction.
12. Legal and Safety Disclosures
We may disclose information where reasonably necessary to:
- Comply with applicable law;
- Respond to legal process;
- Respond to lawful governmental requests;
- Investigate fraud or unlawful activity;
- Protect rights or property;
- Protect another person’s safety;
- Protect our systems;
- Enforce agreements; or
- Establish or defend legal rights.
13. New York Consumer Privacy Framework
As of October 7, 2026, New York has not enacted a generally applicable comprehensive private-sector consumer privacy statute comparable to comprehensive privacy laws currently effective in states such as California.
Multiple broad privacy proposals remain pending in the New York Legislature.
New York nevertheless maintains substantial laws concerning:
- Data security;
- Security-breach notification;
- Financial data;
- Health data;
- Communications;
- Biometrics in particular contexts;
- Consumer protection; and
- Other specialized information.
14. Voluntary Privacy Requests
Even where New York law does not create a comprehensive statutory right applicable to all information held by every business, you may contact us to request:
- Information concerning personal information associated with you;
- Correction of inaccurate contact information;
- Deletion where reasonably practicable;
- Removal from promotional communications;
- Restrictions on future marketing contact; or
- Information regarding our privacy practices.
We may honor voluntary requests where reasonably practicable and consistent with:
- Legal obligations;
- Existing or potential transactions;
- Contract records;
- Tax and accounting requirements;
- Fraud prevention;
- Litigation;
- Security requirements;
- Legitimate business recordkeeping; and
- Rights of other persons.
Providing this voluntary process does not create statutory rights where they otherwise do not exist.
15. Residents of Other States
Consumers residing outside New York may have additional rights under the laws of their state.
Depending on applicable law, rights may include:
- Access;
- Correction;
- Deletion;
- Portability;
- Sale opt-out;
- Sharing opt-out;
- Targeted-advertising opt-out;
- Profiling opt-out;
- Sensitive-data protections;
- Authorized-agent rights;
- Preference-signal rights; and
- Appeals.
16. Browser Privacy Signals
Some browsers or devices transmit privacy preference signals such as Global Privacy Control.
New York does not presently impose one generally applicable statewide requirement on every private Website to recognize such a signal for ordinary personal information.
Where another applicable law requires recognition of a qualifying signal, we will process it as required.
17. Sensitive Information
Our ordinary property-inquiry forms are not designed to collect unnecessary highly sensitive information such as:
- Social Security numbers;
- Banking passwords;
- Payment-card security codes;
- Medical records;
- Genetic information;
- Biometric identifiers used for identification; or
- Other sensitive information unrelated to evaluating real estate.
Please do not submit unnecessary sensitive information through ordinary Website forms.
Information legitimately required for closing may be collected separately by appropriate transaction professionals.
18. Telephone Communications
If you provide a telephone number, we may use it to communicate concerning:
- Your property;
- Property research;
- Scheduling;
- Inspections;
- Offers;
- Follow-up;
- Potential transactions; and
- Related services.
Where state or federal law requires additional consent before regulated automated, prerecorded, artificial-voice, or marketing communications are made, legally required consent will be obtained.
You may request that calls stop.
19. New York Call Recording
New York generally permits recording of a telephone communication when the recorder is a sender or receiver of the communication or when at least one participant has consented, subject to other applicable laws.
We or providers acting on our behalf may record communications for legitimate purposes including:
- Quality assurance;
- Training;
- Documentation;
- Compliance;
- Fraud prevention; and
- Security.
Because another participant may be physically located in a jurisdiction requiring consent from all parties, additional notice or consent may be required.
Where another applicable jurisdiction imposes a stricter requirement, we will follow that stricter requirement.
20. Text Messages
If you provide a mobile telephone number and applicable consent, we may communicate by text concerning:
- Your inquiry;
- Your property;
- Scheduling;
- Inspections;
- Offers;
- Follow-up; and
- Potential transactions.
Where legally required, separate or additional consent will be obtained before regulated automated or marketing messages are sent.
Consent to marketing is not a condition of receiving an offer or selling property where prohibited by law.
Message and data rates may apply.
Message frequency may vary.
Reply STOP to request that applicable messages stop.
21. Email Communications
We may use your email address to:
- Respond to inquiries;
- Communicate concerning your property;
- Provide potential-offer information;
- Schedule calls or visits;
- Send transaction information;
- Follow up; and
- Send promotional communications where permitted.
Applicable promotional emails will provide an unsubscribe mechanism.
22. Data Retention
We retain information for as long as reasonably necessary for purposes described in this Privacy Policy.
Relevant factors may include:
- Whether an inquiry remains active;
- Whether property remains of acquisition interest;
- Potential follow-up;
- Whether a transaction occurred;
- Contract requirements;
- Real estate recordkeeping;
- Legal obligations;
- Accounting and tax requirements;
- Fraud prevention;
- Litigation;
- Insurance matters; and
- Legitimate business recordkeeping needs.
23. New York SHIELD Act Security Requirements
New York’s SHIELD Act requires businesses that own or license computerized private information concerning New York residents to maintain reasonable safeguards designed to protect the security, confidentiality, and integrity of that information.
Where applicable, our safeguards may include reasonable:
- Administrative measures;
- Technical measures;
- Physical safeguards;
- Service-provider controls;
- Access controls;
- Risk-management procedures; and
- Secure disposal practices.
24. New York Security-Breach Notification
Where New York’s breach-notification law applies, we will investigate qualifying unauthorized access to or acquisition of computerized private information.
Required consumer notice generally must be made:
- In the most expedient time possible;
- Without unreasonable delay; and
- No later than 30 days after discovery of the breach,
subject to legally permitted law-enforcement delay.
Where New York residents must be notified, applicable state agencies also must receive the notices required by law.
If more than 5,000 New York residents are notified at one time, qualifying consumer-reporting agencies also generally must be notified.
25. Information Maintained for Another Business
Where we maintain qualifying computerized private information owned by another person or business and discover a qualifying breach, we will notify the owner or licensee as required by New York law.
26. Children
The Website is intended for adults involved in real estate matters.
It is not directed toward children under 13, and we do not knowingly collect personal information online from children under 13 through ordinary property-offer forms.
27. Third-Party Websites and Services
The Website may contain links to or integrations with third-party websites or services.
We do not control third-party:
- Privacy practices;
- Security;
- Content;
- Products;
- Services;
- Availability; or
- Conduct.
28. Information About Other People
If you provide information concerning another:
- Property owner;
- Co-owner;
- Heir;
- Family member;
- Personal representative;
- Executor;
- Administrator;
- Trustee;
- Tenant;
- Agent; or
- Other person,
you represent that you have authority or another lawful basis to provide that information.
29. Changes to This Privacy Policy
We may update this Privacy Policy periodically.
When changes are made, we will revise the “Last Updated” date.
Where applicable law requires additional notice or consent concerning a material change, we will provide it.
30. Contact Us
Questions, concerns, or privacy requests may be directed to:
I Buy Houses With Fire Damage New York
New York
United States
Website: ibuyhouseswithfiredamagenewyork.com