Global Privacy Notice


Last Modified: December 28, 2022

As the leading provider of information, analytics, and online marketplaces to the commercial real estate industry, CoStar Realty Information, Inc. and our affiliates (collectively, “CoStar,” “we,” or “us”) respect your privacy and are committed to protecting your Personal Information. This Global Privacy Notice describes the types of Personal Information we collect and our practices for using, maintaining, sharing, and protecting it. It also describes the rights and choices you may have with respect to your Personal Information and how you may contact us about our privacy practices. Our privacy practices may vary among the countries in which we operate to reflect local practices and legal requirements, and specific privacy practices may apply to some of our products and services.

This Global Privacy Notice applies to the following websites and any associated CoStar websites, products, services, and mobile applications (the “Services”): CoStar.com (CoStar Information and Analytics, CoStar Portfolio Strategy, CoStar Risk Analytics, CoStar Real Estate Manager, CoStar Investment Analysis, and CoStar Brokerage Applications), BusinessImmo.com CoStarGroup.com, CoStar.co.uk, Thomas-daily.de and Grecam.com. It does not apply to the collection and use of certain employment-related information. If you are a current or former CoStar job applicant, employee, owner, director, officer, or contractor, please  Contact Us for the appropriate policy.

When using our websites, you may choose to interact with features from third parties that operate independently from CoStar, such as social media widgets and links to third-party websites. CoStar has no control over and is not responsible for the privacy practices of such third parties. This Global Privacy Notice does not apply to the extent CoStar does not own or control any linked websites or features you visit or use. We recommend that you familiarize yourself with the privacy practices of these third parties.
 

Table of Contents

  1. Types of Personal Information
  2. Collection of Personal Information
  3. Use of Personal Information
  4. Disclosure of Personal Information
  5. International Transfer of Personal Information
  6. Security of Personal Information
  7. Retention of Personal Information
  8. Manage Your Personal Information
  9. Global Policy Notice Changes
  10. Contact Us


1. Types of Personal Information

“Personal Information” means any information directly or indirectly relating to an identified or identifiable individual. Examples of Personal Information CoStar may collect include:

  • Payment information (credit card and other payment card information)
  • Personal contact information (name, nickname, gender, mailing address, email address, phone number)
  • Business information (office location, business contact information, department, job title/description, professional bio)
  • Log-in credentials (username, password)
  • Usage details (log-on activity, search terms, views, clicks, downloads, CoStar-related preferences, lead submission information)
  • Technical details (IP address, geolocation information, cookie/session IDs, authentication information, browser type/version, operating system/platform)
  • Any other information you or other CoStar customers may upload or enter into the Services
  • Phone call and video conference recordings


Service-Specific

  • Apartments.com may additionally collect information you submit when you create a lease as a landlord or fill out a leasing application, such as move-in date, reference contacts, co-applicants, guarantors, pets, residence history, employment history, annual income, proof of income, driver’s license, vehicle information, Social Security Number, and date of birth
  • Belbex may additionally collect the type of transaction and the use, conditions, description, square meter, availability, and registration number of property from advertisers and photographs/images. Through Belbex Pro, we may additionally collect commercial preferences and contacts made in the Belbex network.
  • BizBuySell may additionally collect purchase time frame, broker license number, desired business category and location, available capital, business cash flow, and other financial details.
  • BizBuySell, LoopNet, and Cityfeet may additionally collect primary role in real estate, such as broker, business owner, investor, or appraiser, and broker license number.
  • BureauxLocaux may additionally collect professional head-shot photographs or social network URLs linked to an individual’s professional profile webpage.
  • Shopproperty may additionally collect staff code


California Residents

We collect Personal Information as defined by the California Consumer Privacy Act, which is information that identifies, relates to, describes, is reasonably capable of being associated with, or could reasonably be linked, directly or indirectly, with a particular consumer or household.

Personal Information does not include de-identified or aggregate information, publicly-available information that is lawfully made available from federal, state, or local government records, and information covered by certain sector-specific privacy laws.

CoStar has collected the following categories of Personal Information about consumers in the 12 months preceding the date this Global Privacy Notice was last modified:

  • Identifiers (e.g., real name, alias, postal address, unique personal identifier, online identifier, IP address, email address, account name, Social Security Number, or other similar identifiers)
  • Categories of personal information described in California Civil Code §1798.80(e) (e.g., signature, phone number, bank account number, credit card number, debit card number, or other financial information)
  • Protected classification characteristics under California or federal law
  • Commercial information (e.g., records of personal property, products or services purchased, obtained, or considered, or other purchasing or consuming histories or tendencies)
  • Internet or other electronic network activity information
  • Geolocation data
  • Professional or employment-related information
  • Inferences drawn from other Personal Information (e.g., profile reflecting your preferences, characteristics, and behavior)
  • Sensitive personal information, including: precise geolocation, login credentials (username and password), and the content of messages sent through the Services


2. Collection of Personal Information

CoStar may collect Personal Information using the following methods:

  • Directly from you when you provide it to us (information you enter into web forms, chatbots, participation in phone calls or video conferences, subscription agreements, and contracts or other content you submit to the Services)
  • Through your participation in surveys, promotions, and contests
  • CoStar’s internal customer relationship management system and databases
  • From third parties, such as analytics and email marketing service providers
  • Researching public websites where permitted by the Terms of Use (company websites, search engines, social media)
  • Automatically through tracking technologies (cookies, web beacons, log files), including over time and across third-party websites or other online services

For more information about how we use Personal Information collected through tracking technologies and the ways you may be able to manage it, see Use of Personal Information, our Cookie Policy, and Manage Your Personal Information.


Service-Specific

United States Listing Services

When you dial a phone number we publish for a listing, we or a service provider operating on our behalf may record the date, time and length of your call and the phone number from which the call originated, along with the call itself and any other information that may be captured. The types of Personal Information collected will depend on the nature of the submission or the features of the website used but could include your name, address, phone number, and/or email address.


Belbex

Belbex Pro sales and customer service personnel and other CoStar representatives may collect Personal Information from you by email, phone, or at CoStar meetings or events. Belbex may additionally collect Personal Information from owners based on information from third-party sources, including, among others: (i) the reception/concierge/farm manager/neighboring tenants; (ii) LinkedIn or other social networks (professional Facebook page, Twitter); (iii) the databases that can be accessed such as the Property Registry and the General Directorate of the Cadastre; and (iv) the brochures of investment agents and lease conditions.

Belbex Research researches some listings from landlords and agents to identify changes.


BureauxLocaux

BureauxLocaux may collect personal information from you through your participation in online webinars we host or through social authentication services.


Realla

First name, last name, email address, and type of professional is required for us to create an account for you and sign you up to receive the Services. We will inform you at the point of collecting information from you whether you are required to provide this information to us.

In respect of each property advertised on the website, we will collect the details of the estate agent that is advertising the property and the name of the individual estate agent who should be contacted in case of inquiries. We collect this information from the applicable estate agent’s website. When completing a property inquiry, we will collect the name, email address, phone number, subject line, and detailed description of the inquiry.


Children Under 16

CoStar websites are not intended for children under 16 years of age, and we do not knowingly collect Personal Information from children under 16. If you are under 16, do not use or provide any information on this website or through any of its features, register, or make any purchases. If we learn we have collected or received Personal Information from a child under 16 without verification of parental consent, we will delete it. If you believe we might have any information from or about a child under 16, please Contact Us.


California Residents

CoStar collects Personal Information from the following categories of sources:

  • Directly and indirectly from you
  • Other CoStar customers
  • Service providers, including data analytics providers
  • Third parties, including advertising services and social media networks
  • Consumer reporting agencies
  • Companies with public websites
  • Government entities


European Economic Area (EEA) and United Kingdom Residents

Where we need to collect Personal Information by law or under the terms of a contract we have with you and you fail to provide that information when requested, we may not be able to perform the contract we have or are trying to enter into with you. In this case, we may have to cancel a product or service you have with us but will notify you first.


3. Use of Personal Information

We may use your Personal Information for the following purposes:

  • Communicating with you
  • Providing you with the Services
  • Authenticating use, detecting potential fraudulent use, and otherwise maintaining the security of the Services
  • Developing, testing, improving, and demonstrating the Services
  • Creating and maintaining a customer relationship management system, member directories, and invitation lists for CoStar events
  • Carrying out our legal and contractual obligations and enforcing our rights, including billing and payment processing
  • Anonymizing and aggregating information for analytics and reporting
  • Advertising, marketing, and selling the Services, including linking together or merging Personal Information with other Personal Information so that we may better understand your needs and inform you about our Services and those of our partners
  • Short-term transient use, as defined in the California Consumer Privacy Act
  • Training and quality assurance
  • For any other purpose with your consent


Service-Specific

United States Listing Services

You may have the ability to share certain pages or content with third parties. If you use the “share” functionality, you will be asked for your email address and the recipient’s email address, and you may enter an optional message. We use the email addresses stored through the “share” functionality for the limited purpose of sending a one-time email.

When you use our mobile application or our website, your location may be obtained from the mobile device or the network, or directly from you, and may be used to search for information you may need, including local searches for rental properties. When we execute such searches on your behalf, we do not transfer your identity or Personal Information to third parties other than the rental property owners or managers or service providers, as needed to provide the Services. This information is not used to create a profile about you or your activities. Your location is only stored in the application if you save your location (rental property) searches, and you may delete this information by clearing your search history. Location coordinates are shared with our geocoding service providers (such as Google Maps) only to perform the task of providing maps and directions at your request. No location information is shared with any third parties for marketing purposes. Our application does not interact or share information with any other applications installed on your mobile device.


Belbex

Belbex may use your Personal Information to register you in the Belbex Professional Directory, including your name, address, company, geographic location, phone number, and transaction information. The Belbex Professional Directory consists of a database available to registered users of Belbex Pro and Belbex.com, which can be used to contact other registered users in relation to the properties they have published.

Belbex may use the Personal Information to advise listers about improvements to Belbex products and to allow users to contact Belbex in relation to the properties the listers have published.


BizBuySell, BizQuest, FindaFranchise

If you send an email using the “Email a Listing to a Friend” service to a third-party email address that is not registered in our system, we do not use that email address for any purpose other than to send your email, and for us to automatically send the third party a one-time email inviting him or her to visit the website. We store this information for the limited purpose of sending this one-time email and for tracking the success of our referral program.


BureauxLocaux

When you use our mobile application on a mobile device, your location may be obtained from the mobile device or the network and may be used to search for things you may need near your device.


Shopproperty

Providing you the Shopproperty Services includes using your Personal Information to permit subscribers to market their retail properties to you and providing your contact information to agents of properties you have viewed.


Online Advertising

When you use the Services, we and third parties may use cookies and other tracking technologies to collect information, including Personal Information, to help us target content to you on the Services or elsewhere. This information may be associated with other information or combined with information from other sources, including information these third parties might track about your online activities over time and across the Internet. Third parties use this information to provide interest-based display advertising and retargeting on our behalf, which may include placing our advertisements on other websites you visit, including your social media accounts, or matching a cookie or device ID to your email address so we can send you promotional emails that may be of interest to you.

To make informed choices about targeted advertising, see Manage Your Personal Information.


Automated Decision-Making

We may use an automated process to identify properties that may be of particular interest to you and to bring these to your attention. We may do this by profiling your activity when using the Services. This profiling takes place based on properties you browse, searches you conduct, and your location. It helps us to understand what sort of properties you are interested in and to categorize your activity to help us determine the Services you require. For information about how users based in the European Union can object to our automated decision-making, see Manage Your Personal Information. For more information, please Contact Us European Economic Area (EEA) and United Kingdom


European Economic Area (EEA)

We rely on the following lawful bases to process your Personal Information for these non-exhaustive purposes:


Consent

We may obtain your consent to process your Personal Information in certain circumstances, which may include when we send you relevant marketing, you elect to receive information from us, or you contact us to register an interest in our Services or company. We may also rely upon our legitimate interest in developing our business as a basis for sending you marketing information and information about our Services (see below).


Performance of a Contract

We rely on this lawful processing ground when we process your Personal Information to perform a contract which we have with you, or when we take steps in anticipation of entering into a contract with you, for example in connection with in the provision of our Services to you and the management of our relationships with third parties.


Compliance with a Legal Obligation

We rely on this lawful processing ground when we process your Personal Information to meet legal and regulatory obligations which apply to us.


Legitimate Interests

We rely on this lawful processing ground when we process your Personal Information to provide our Services, to respond to specific requests, to manage our business operations, to manage our relationships with you and with third parties in connection with our business, and when we provide you with marketing information or other information in relation to our Services which we believe may interest you.

If you wish to have more information regarding the legitimate interests assessments we have conducted in order to reach these conclusions, please Contact Us.


4. Disclosure of Personal Information

We may disclose Personal Information:

  • To affiliates and other entities within CoStar’s group of companies, distribution partners, other CoStar customers, and service providers
  • To third parties when you use a third party feature in our Services
  • To enforce or apply our Terms of Use and other agreements or comply with any court order, law, or legal process, including government or regulatory requests
  • 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 CoStar’s assets
  • To advisors, consultants, auditors, or similar professionals to assess our business, financial, and legal obligations or operations
  • If we believe it is necessary to protect the rights, property, or safety of CoStar or others
  • For any other purpose disclosed by us when you provide Personal Information
  • With your consent, such as when you choose to provide your information to third parties

We may also disclose de-identified information without restriction. Note that if you make any Personal Information publicly available on the Services, anyone may see and use such information.


Service-Specific

United States Listing Services

CoStar may share member information in the following areas on the Services: Marketing Center, Email Alerts and Professional Directory. When a CoStar customer enters a sale or lease listing in the Marketing Center, listing contact information is also entered. During this process, the listing submitter is able to view other CoStar customers’ contact information when he or she adds another contact to the listing. In addition, CoStar customers can view contact information (name, email, and phone number) when viewing a property listing profile.

The Services may also allow users to share contact information with one another via email alerts. With email alerts, users can save their property search criteria to have information about properties that match the specified criteria emailed to them. When selecting this service, users are given the option of releasing their contact information to other users who have property listings that match their criteria. This contact information is then shared with the users who have property listings that match the buying or leasing criteria.


Apartments.com

If you elect to use the website’s Free Listing Service to advertise a property, it is important to note that any information you choose to include in your listing may be made publicly available via the website and other media in which the website listings are published, including affiliate sites. For example, you may include a phone number and/or an email address to allow users to contact you regarding your listing. Apartments.com is not responsible for unsolicited phone calls and emails that you may receive from third parties, even after your listing is no longer on the website. Except for required information, you should not include any contact or other information in your listing that you do not want other parties to see or use. If you wish to access, verify the accuracy of, or change any information in your advertisement, you can use this interface.

When applying for a lease, your redacted Social security number and date of birth are shared with TransUnion for purposes of a background check.


Belbex

Belbex may share the Personal Information of Belbex subscribers with listers.


BizBuySell

BizBuySell allows users to opt into a Prospect List. Users who opt in agree to have their name, role, and phone number shared with sellers who have matching businesses.


Service Providers

CoStar retains third-party service providers to assist us in our business. For example, we use service providers to assist with analytics, email marketing, payment processing, customer relationship management, and IT infrastructure and support. CoStar may permit these affiliates and service providers to access your Personal Information in order to assist us in providing services; however, we contractually require these third parties to keep Personal Information confidential and use it only for the purposes for which we disclose it to them.


California and Quebec, Canada Residents

CoStar shares Personal Information with the following categories of third parties and has disclosed the following categories of Personal Information for a business or commercial purpose in the 12 months preceding the date this Global Privacy notice was last modified:

 

Personal Information Third Parties
Identifiers Service providers, including data analytics and advertising providers, operating systems and platforms, social networks, other CoStar customers, consumer reporting agencies
Categories of personal information described in California Civil Code §1798.80(e) Service providers, other CoStar customers, consumer reporting agencies
Commercial information Affiliates, distribution partners, other CoStar customers
Internet or other electronic network activity information Service providers, including data analytics and advertising providers
Geolocation data Service providers
Professional or employment-related information Service providers, other CoStar customers
Inferences Service providers, including data analytics and advertising providers
Categories of personal information required for 1099 tax reporting Service providers, government agencies
Sensitive personal information, including precise geolocation, login credentials, and the contents of messages sent through the Services Service providers

 

CoStar may also sell/share certain Personal Information. In the 12 months preceding the date this Global Privacy Notice was last modified, CoStar sold:

  • Identifiers (e.g., IP address and other online identifiers) and Internet or other electronic network activity information, and commercial information (e.g., purchasing tendencies or records of products or services purchased or considered) to advertising providers for the purpose of advertising our Services.


5. International Transfer of Personal Information

CoStar is a global business. We may transfer your Personal Information to the United States, where we are headquartered, and to other countries which may not have the same privacy laws as the country in which you initially provided the information, but we will protect your Personal Information in accordance with this Global Privacy Notice, or as otherwise disclosed to you.


European Economic Area (EEA) Residents and United Kingdom Residents

If you live in the EEA or United Kingdom, we may transfer Personal Information to countries for which adequacy decisions have been issued, use contractual protections for the transfer of Personal Information to third parties, such as an intra-company agreement or the European Commission’s Standard Contractual Clauses or their equivalent under applicable law.

You may Contact Us  to obtain a copy of the safeguards we use to transfer Personal Information outside of the EEA or United Kingdom.


Canadian Residents

We may use service providers located outside of Canada, including, without limitation, in the United States of America, to process Personal Information, and may transfer your Personal Information to such service providers for this purpose. When your Personal Information is processed outside of Canada, it will be subject to the laws of the countries where the information is processed and may be accessible to law enforcement and national security authorities of those countries in accordance with their laws.

You may Contact Us  to obtain information about our policies and practices regarding the use of service providers located outside of Canada.


6. Security of Personal Information

CoStar implements security safeguards to protect your Personal Information.

We take steps to secure Personal Information through administrative, technical and physical safeguards designed to protect against the risk of accidental, unlawful or unauthorized destruction, loss, alteration, access, disclosure or use. For example, we encrypt payment card information in accordance with the Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (PCI DSS) and store sensitive information such as geolocation data on CoStar servers located in the United States with access limited to authorized CoStar employees.

Unfortunately, we cannot guarantee the security of information transmitted through the Internet, and where we have given you (or where you have chosen) a password, you are responsible for keeping this password confidential.

CoStar has designated a Cybersecurity Team to investigate and respond to all security issues and vulnerabilities regarding its offerings. You can contact this team at: CoStarSecurity1@costar.com.


7. Retention of Personal Information

CoStar will retain your information only for as long as is reasonably necessary for the purposes set out on this Global Privacy Notice, for as long as your account is active (i.e., for the lifetime of your CoStar customer account), or as needed to provide the Services to you. If you no longer want CoStar to use your information to provide the Services to you, you may close your account. CoStar will retain and use your information to the extent necessary to comply with our legal obligations, resolve disputes, enforce our agreements, and as otherwise described in this Global Privacy Notice. Please note that closing an account may not make your email address, username, or property name (if any) available for reuse on a new account. We also retain log files for internal analysis purposes. These log files are retained for a brief period of time, except in cases where they are used to protect the safety and security of the Services, to maintain and improve functionality of the Services, or to comply with legal obligations.


8. Manage Your Personal Information

You may manage your Personal Information by making certain choices. If you believe that any Personal Information you have provided to us is out-of-date or inaccurate, you may review and correct such information if it is within your online account by logging in at any time or Contact Us. You may also have additional rights detailed below depending on where you live. As a security precaution, we may need to request information from you to help us confirm your identity when exercising a right related to your Personal Information.


Direct Marketing Opt-Out

If you no longer wish to receive direct marketing emails from CoStar, you may click the “Unsubscribe” link in an email at any time to stop receiving emails for that particular subject. Depending on the Services, you may also be able to manage notification preferences in your account. Note that CoStar may still contact you about the Terms of Use, Global Privacy Notice, or other legal notices, or in connection with providing you Services you have requested from us.


Tracking/Online Advertising Opt-Out

You may disable or delete browser cookies through your browser settings. Cookies are generally easy to disable or delete, but the method varies between browsers. To learn how you can manage Flash cookies, visit Adobe’s Flash player settings page. If you disable or delete cookies, or if you are running third-party software that intercepts or deletes cookies, please note that some parts of our websites may not work properly.

You can opt out of third parties collecting your Personal Information for targeted advertising purposes in the United States or Canada by visiting the National Advertising Initiative’s (NAI) opt-out page and the Digital Advertising Alliance’s (DAA) opt-out page and in the EEA by visiting The Programme’s opt-out page.

Our Services do not recognize “Do Not Track” signals.


California Residents

If you live in California, you have the right to: (1) request that CoStar disclose what Personal Information we collect, use, disclose, and sell; (2) request deletion of Personal Information, subject to certain exceptions; (3) request that CoStar correct inaccurate or incomplete Personal Information; (4) opt-out of the sale of Personal Information; (5) opt-out of the “sharing,” or disclosing Personal Information for the purposes of cross-context behavioral advertising, and (6) not receive discriminatory treatment by CoStar for exercising these rights.


Requests to Know

You have the right to request that we disclose the following information:

  • Specific pieces of Personal Information CoStar has collected about you;
  • Categories of Personal Information CoStar has collected about you, disclosed about you for a business purpose, or sold;
  • Categories of sources from which the Personal Information is collected;
  • Categories of third parties with whom CoStar shares or to whom CoStar sells Personal Information; and
  • The business or commercial purpose for collecting, selling and sharing Personal Information.


Opt-Out of the Sale or Sharing of Personal Information

You have the right to opt-out of the sale of your Personal Information. To make such a request, please Contact Us by email or visit Do Not Sell My Personal Information. To opt-out of CoStar sharing your Personal Information with third parties to advertise our Services, please additionally manage Tracking/Online Advertising Opt-Out privacy controls.

Please click here for statistics relating to California Consumer Privacy Act requests received by CoStar brands under this Global Privacy Notice in the prior calendar year.

We do not have actual knowledge that we sell or share the Personal Information of consumers under the age of 16.

We do not use or disclose sensitive personal information for purposes other than those specified in Cal. Civ Code § 1798.121.


Exercising Your Rights

To make a request, please Contact Us by email, call us toll-free at (800) 204-5960, or submit the request through your CoStar account or our rights request web form . In order to verify your request, CoStar may require you to provide additional information to confirm the identity of the consumer.

Only you, or someone legally authorized to act on your behalf, may make a verifiable consumer request related to your Personal Information. To make a request on your behalf, an authorized agent may Contact Us by email with proof of your written and signed permission to do so. Note that CoStar may also require you to verify your identity and confirm that you gave permission.


“Shine the Light” Request

California residents may also have the right 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.


Nevada Residents

Nevada residents may have the right to opt-out of the sale of Personal Information we have collected or will collect. To make such a request, please Contact Us.


Virginia Residents

If you live in Virginia, you have the right to: (1) request that CoStar disclose and provide a copy of what Personal Information we collect, use, disclose, and sell; (2) request deletion of Personal Information, subject to certain exceptions; (3) request that CoStar correct inaccurate or incomplete Personal Information; (4) opt-out of the sale of Personal Information; (5) opt-out of targeted advertising; (6) opt out of profiling in furtherance of decisions that produce legal or similarly significant effects about you, and (7) not receive discriminatory treatment by CoStar for exercising these rights.

To make such a request, please follow the instructions in the below section, Contact Us. If you are appealing our decision, please email us following the instructions in the below section, Contact Us, and reference and/or attach information to identify your original request. In order to verify your request, CoStar may require you to provide additional information to confirm the identity of the consumer.


European Economic Area (EEA) and United Kingdom Residents

If you live in the EEA or United Kingdom, you may have the right to (1) request access to, rectification, or erasure of your Personal Information or restrict the processing of your Personal Information; (2) object to processing; (3) data portability (receive and transfer your Personal Information); (4) lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority; and, (5) where processing of your Personal Information is based on consent, withdraw your consent at any time without affecting the lawfulness of the processing of Personal Information that occurred before you withdraw consent. To make such a request, please Contact Us.

Canadian Residents

If you live in Canada, in addition to the other rights you may have hereunder, you may have the right to (1) request access to, review and to correct inaccuracies or omissions in your Personal Information; (2) to withdraw consent for collection, use or disclosure of, or to request deletion of, your Personal Information (provided that, if you do so, we may no longer be able to provide services to you that rely on such Personal Information); (3) to ask questions about our policies and practices, and to lodge complaints about our compliance with them with us or with regulatory authorities; and (4) for Quebec residents, to request an electronic copy of the Personal Information you have provided to us in a structured and commonly used technological format.

To make such a request, please Contact Us. We may require you to provide additional information to confirm your identity prior to carrying out any such request.


9. Global Privacy Notice Changes

This Global Privacy Notice may be updated periodically to reflect changes in our privacy practices.

We will post changes on this page and identify the date the privacy notice was last revised at the top of the page. If we make material changes to our privacy practices, we will notify you through a notice on the home page of the websites covered by this Global Privacy Notice. If a material change will apply to Personal Information we have already collected, including any new purposes for which the Personal Information will be used or disclosed to which you have not previously consented, we will additionally seek your affirmative consent.


10. Contact Us

We have appointed a Data Protection Officer to investigate and respond to privacy issues and to be accountable for our compliance with this Global Privacy Notice. You can contact us, depending on the nature of your inquiry, by using the relevant contact information below or call the relevant department using the below toll-free numbers:

In order to properly respond to your privacy questions or requests about our services, please email the relevant department outlined below or call the relevant department using the below toll-free numbers:

 

Service Contact Information
LoopNet and Cityfeet services Email:LoopNetPrivacy1@costar.com
Phone: (800) 613-1303
Apartments.com services
(e.g., Apartments.com, ApartmentFinder.com, ApartmentHomeLiving.com, ForRent.com, Cozy.co)		 Email:ApartmentsPrivacy1@costar.com  
Phone: (888) 658-7368
Businesses for Sale
(e.g., BizBuySell.com, BizQuest.com or FindAFranchise.com)		 Email:BizBuySellPrivacy1@costar.com
Phone: (888) 777-9893
Rural land and real estate listing services
(e.g., LandsOfAmerica.com, LandAndFarm.com, LandWatch.com, etc.)		 Email:LandPrivacy1@costar.com
Phone: (512) 263-5600
Realla, Belbex, BureauxLocaux, and
Shopproperty services		 Email:CoStarUKPrivacy1@costar.co.uk

 

You may also write to:

CoStar Realty Information, Inc. 1331 L Street, NW Washington, DC 20005 Attn: Legal Department

 

European Economic Area (EEA) and United Kingdom Residents

If you are a resident of the EEA or the United Kingdom, CoStar Realty Information, Inc. and its affiliates are the entities responsible for the processing of your Personal Information. In order to properly respond to your privacy questions or requests about our services, please email the relevant department as outlined below:

Email: CoStarUKPrivacy1@costar.co.uk – for Realla, Belbex, BureauxLocaux, and Shopproperty services

or write to:

 

CoStar UK Limited
26th Floor, The Shard, 32 London Bridge Street,
London SE1 9SG, United Kingdom

You may also make a complaint to your local data protection authority.