Bozzuto Privacy Policy

Last Updated on: March 31, 2025   Bozzuto & Associates, Inc., d/b/a The Bozzuto Group, a Maryland corporation, and its subsidiaries and affiliates (“Bozzuto,” “we,” “us,” or “our”) respect your privacy and are committed to protecting it through our compliance with this Privacy Policy (“Policy”). We adopt this Policy to comply with data privacy laws applicable to Bozzuto, including but not limited to the California Consumer Privacy Act of 2018 (“CCPA”), the Virginia Consumer Data Protection Act (“VCDPA”), and the Connecticut Data Privacy Act (“CTDPA”). Terms used but not defined in this Policy shall have the meanings given to them under the CCPA and/or other applicable privacy laws.   Please read this Policy carefully to understand our policies and practices regarding your personal information and how we will treat it. By accessing or using our Sites (defined below) and our services, you agree to be bound by the terms set forth in this Policy. This Policy may change from time to time (see Section 17 below “Changes to Our Privacy Policy”). Your continued use of this Website and our services after we make changes is deemed to be acceptance of those changes, so please check the Policy periodically for updates.  

1. Scope of This Policy

  This Policy applies to our practices of collecting, using, maintaining, selling, and disclosing personal information:  

• Through our websites, https://www.bozzuto.com, our other individual property websites where this Policy is posted, and our apps (including myBozzuto)(collectively our “Sites”), and any email, text, notification, and other electronic messages between you and our Sites, and when you interact with our advertising and mobile applications on third-party websites, if those applications, sites, or advertising include links to this Policy.

 

• Through our offline practices and any products and services we provide. This Policy refers to our Sites and offline practices collectively as our “Services.”

 

• Of former, current, and prospective residents; customers; vendors; B2B contacts; officers, owners, directors, contractors, beneficiaries, emergency contacts, former employees, current employees, and job applicants.

  Our collection, use, disclosure, and processing of personal information about individuals will vary depending upon the circumstances and our relationship to such individual.  This Policy is intended to describe our overall privacy and data protection practices.   This Policy also describes the rights of individuals regarding their personal information, which may vary depending on the individual’s state of residency.  The descriptions below regarding our collection, use, and disclosure of your information apply equally regardless of our relationship with you unless noted otherwise.   Bozzuto’s Sites may include links to third party websites, services, and applications. These links are provided solely as a convenience to you and are not an endorsement of the content of such websites.  This Policy does not apply to those websites, as we have no control over or responsibility for third parties’ collection, or use of your information. These third-party websites may have their own privacy policies that you should review.  

2. Categories of Personal Information that We Collect

  Bozzuto recognizes the importance of protecting the privacy and security of personal information.  “Personal information” means information that identifies, relates to, describes, references, is reasonably capable of being associated with, or could reasonably be linked, directly or indirectly, with a particular consumer, household, or device. Personal information does not include:

• Publicly available information from government records.
• Information made available to the general public by the individual or through widely distributed media.
• Deidentified or aggregated consumer information.

  Bozzuto collects personal information in a variety of contexts.  For example, we collect personal information to provide our services, for human resources or personnel functions, and for vendor management purposes.  The personal information we collect about a specific individual will depend on our relationship or interaction with that individual.  We collect the following categories of personal information:  

Category	Examples
Identifiers	A real name, alias, postal address, unique personal identifier, telephone number, online identifier, Internet Protocol address, email address, account name, Social Security number, driver’s license number, passport number, or other similar identifiers.
Other Personal Information	Name, signature, Federal Employer Identification Number, Social Security Number, physical characteristics or description, address, telephone number, passport number, driver’s license or state identification card number, insurance policy number, education, employment, employment history, bank account number, credit card number, debit card number, or any other financial information. Some personal information included in this category may overlap with other categories.
Protected Characteristics	Age (40 years or older), race, color, ancestry, national origin, citizenship, religion or creed, marital status, medical condition, physical or mental disability, sex (including gender, gender identity, gender expression, pregnancy or childbirth and related medical conditions), sexual orientation, veteran or military status.
Commercial Information	Records of personal property, products or services purchased, obtained, or considered, or other purchasing or consuming histories or tendencies.
Biometric Information	Faceprints, keystroke, gait, or other physical patterns, and exercise data.
Internet or Network Activity	Browsing history, search history, IP address, operating system, browser type, information on a consumer’s interaction with a website, application, or advertisement.
Geolocation Data	Physical location or movements.
Sensory Data	Audio, visual, or similar information.
Professional or Employment Related Information	Current or past job history or performance evaluations, information from background checks, resumes, or personnel files.
Education Information	Education information that is not publicly available and contains personally identifiable information, such as student transcripts.
Inferences	Profile reflecting a person’s preferences, characteristics, psychological trends, predispositions, behavior, attitudes, intelligence, abilities, and aptitudes.
Sensitive Personal Information	• Social Security number, driver’s license, state identification card, or passport number; • Account log-in, financial account, debit card, or credit card number in combination with any required security or access code, password, or credentials allowing access to an account; • Precise geolocation data; • Racial or ethnic origin, religious or philosophical beliefs, or union membership; • The contents of mail, email, and text messages unless Bozzuto is the intended recipient of such communication; and • Biometric data.

       

3. Sources of Personal Information

  The sources from which we collect personal information depend on our relationship or interaction with the specific individual.  Bozzuto obtains the categories of personal information listed above from the following types of sources:  

• Directly from you when you provide it to us. For example, from forms, inquiries, or applications you complete on our Sites, in person, or information provided verbally in conjunction with our Services.

 

• Indirectly from you. We automatically collect information about you when you use our Services. The type of information that we collect varies depending on the settings of your web browser or device, but it may include: the pages you view on our Sites; the date and time you access our Sites; how long you use our Services; the type of web browser you are using (for example, Firefox or Chrome); the type of device you are using (for example, whether you are using a mobile device); your Internet Protocol address; and device IDs (including device advertising identifiers). With your permission, we will collect your device’s location information to help you identify available properties near your location; you may disable this feature through your device’s settings. Our vendors and/or third parties may also track your online behavior through links that you click on our Sites. See Section 10 below titled “Cookies and Tracking” for more information. We may associate this information with the personal information that we collect about you, such as whether and when you logged into your account.  We may also use third-party tools to collect information you provide to us or information about how you use the Services and may record your mouse movements, scrolling, clicks and keystroke activity on the Services and other browsing, search or purchasing behavior. These tools may also record information you enter when you interact with our Services or engage in chat features through our Services.

 

• Social media. If you choose to link, create, or log in to your Services account with a social media service (e.g., Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, etc.), or if you engage with a separate app or website that communicates with the Services, we may receive personal information about you or your connections from that service. In many cases you can control what personal information you share with us through privacy settings available on those third-party social media services.

 

• Real estate professionals. If you interact or list a property with a broker, independent agent, or other real estate professional, we may receive personal information about you and your property from them, such as your name and property address, listing and contact information, among other things.

 

• Public records or widely available sources, including information from the media, and other records and information that are made available by government entities.

 

• Outside companies or organizations that provide data to support activities such as fraud prevention, underwriting, and marketing.

 

• Compliance and Services-Related Information; Biometrics. If you schedule a tour or sign up for one of our Services, we collect information relevant to your identity. For example, we may use data collection and verification services provided by third-party providers, including Checkpoint ID, to collect and verify such information in order to comply with our legal obligations and protect against fraud and abuse. Checkpoint ID may use a combination of machine-learning tools and optical scans to verify your identity document and may use [facial recognition technology to produce a unique biometric identifier based on facial geometry that can be used to compare your selfie to the image on the identity document you provide to determine the likelihood that the images are a “match.” We do not receive the biometric identifier generated from the images. It is generated and held by Checkpoint ID, or any other provider we work with for verification purposes until we inform them that the biometric identifier is no longer needed for the purposes described in this paragraph and must be destroyed. For identity verification and security purposes, we will have access to the selfie image and will receive the results of the verification process. We may use this process and associated information to verify your identity and your identity documents, comply with legal obligations and protect against fraud and abuse. We do not use, disclose, or retain your biometric information for any other commercial purpose. Our third-party providers, including Checkpoint ID, process this information on our behalf strictly in accordance with our contractual agreements. For more information on our provider’s data processing practices, please view their privacy policy and disclosures: Checkpoint ID’s Privacy Policy; Checkpoint ID’s Facial Scan Policy.

 

• Outside companies or organizations from whom we collect personal information to support human resources and workforce management activities.

 

• Outside companies and organizations from whom we collect personal information as part of providing products and services, completing transactions, supporting our everyday operations, or business management and development.

 

4. Purposes for Collection, Use, and Disclosure of Personal Information

  The purposes for which we collect, use, and disclose personal information vary depending on our relationship or interaction with a specific individual.  The table below lists the purposes for which we collect, use, and disclose personal information in different contexts and examples related to each.  

Purposes for Collection, Use, and Disclosure	Examples
Providing and managing products and services	• Provide you with information, products, or Services. • Provide you with notices about your rental agreement, including expiration and renewal notices. • Provide you with physical access to your community and related facilities. • Fulfill or meet the reason you provided the information. For example, if you share your name and contact information to request a price quote or ask a question about a residential community we manage, we will use that personal information to respond to your inquiry. If you become a resident of a residential community we manage and you provide your personal information to make payments for rent and other services. • Provide, support, personalize, develop, and improve our Sites and Services. • Create, maintain, customize, and secure your account. • Process your requests, purchases, transactions, and payments and prevent transactional fraud. • Obtain support for fulfilling the above purposes from our vendors. • Undertaking activities to verify or maintain the quality or safety of a Service or device that is owned, manufactured, manufactured for, or controlled by us, and to improve, upgrade, or enhance the service or device that is owned, manufactured, manufactured for, or controlled by us. • To comply with our legal or regulatory obligations.
Supporting our everyday operations, including to meet risk, legal, financial, and compliance requirements	• Perform accounting, monitoring, or reporting. • Carry out our obligations and enforce our rights arising from any contracts entered into with customers or business partners. • Respond to law enforcement requests and as required by applicable law, court order, or governmental regulations. • Support audit and investigations, legal request and demands, as well as exercise and defend legal claims. • Enable the use of service providers for business purposes. • Comply with laws, regulations, policies, procedures, and contractual obligations. • Obtain support for fulfilling the above purposes from our third-party service providers and contractors.
Providing advertising and marketing Services	• Market, personalize, develop, and improve our products and Services. • To provide you with alerts and notices concerning our products or Services, or events or news, that may be of interest to you. • Obtain support for fulfilling the above purposes from our vendors.
Managing, improving, and developing our business	• Maintaining the quality or safety or our Sites or Services. • Performing internal research to improve service delivery. • Provide you with support and to respond to your inquiries, including to investigate and address your concerns and monitor and improve our responses. • Obtain support for fulfilling the above purposes from our vendors.
Ensuring security, integrity and functionality of our Site and Services	• Maintain the safety, security, and integrity of our Sites, products and Services, databases and other technology assets, and business. • Enable information security and anti-fraud operations. • Obtain support for fulfilling the above purposes from our vendors.
Planning and facilitating business transactions	• Engage in due diligence, planning, and implementing an actual or contemplated merger, acquisition, asset sale or transfer, financing, bankruptcy, or restructuring of all or part of Bozzuto or another business. • To carry out our obligations and enforce our rights arising from any contracts entered into between you and us.
Supporting employment, infrastructure, and human resource management	• Provide benefits to officers, owners, directors, employees, contractors, applicants, and dependents, including healthcare and retirement plans. • To process and provide tuition reimbursement. • To provide scholarship opportunities. • Drug testing. • Maintain contact information for emergency contacts. • Manage pay and compensation activities. • Manage and operate our facilities and infrastructure. • Establishing training and/or development requirements. • Process employment applications and determine eligibility. • Gathering evidence for disciplinary action or termination. • Establishing contact in the event of an emergency. • Reporting on company metrics and compiling directories. • To comply with state and federal laws and regulations requiring employers to maintain certain records (such as immigration compliance records, personnel files, wage and hour records, payroll records, accident or safety records, and tax records). • To conduct workplace investigations (such as investigations of workplace accidents or injuries, harassment claims, or other alleged misconduct). • To manage workers’ compensation claims. • Obtain support for fulfilling the above purposes from vendors.

   

5. How Long We Retain Your Personal Information

  Based on contractual requirements and/or legal requirements, personal information is maintained for a specified period of time, as required by legal, regulatory, or industry requirements.  Additional information such as emails, and vendor agreements are maintained for business purposes for an indefinite amount of time.  Interest lists are maintained for an indefinite amount of time.  

6. Categories of Third Parties to Whom We Disclose Personal Information

  We may disclose your personal information to a third party for the business purposes as described above. The categories of third parties to whom we disclose personal information about an individual depend on, among other things, our relationship to or interaction with that individual. Such third parties include:  

• With our corporate affiliates we disclose Personal Identifiers, Other Personal Information, Protected Characteristics, Commercial Information, Biometric Information, Internet or Network Activity, Geolocation Data, Sensory Data, Professional or Employment Related Information, Education Information, Inferences, and Sensitive Personal Information.

 

• With account servicing systems, payment processors, service request vendors, and fraud prevention vendors we disclose Personal Identifiers, Other Personal Information, Protected Characteristics, Commercial Information, Biometric Information, Internet or Network Activity, Geolocation Data, Sensory Data, Professional or Employment Related Information, Education Information, Inferences, and Sensitive Personal Information.

 

• With shipping providers and vendors, we disclose Identifiers, Other Personal Information, Protected Characteristics, Commercial Information, Profession or Employment Related Information, and Sensitive Personal Information.

 

• With word processing, communication applications, and calendar providers we disclose Personal Identifiers, Other Personal Information, Protected Characteristics, Commercial Information, Biometric Information, Internet or Network Activity, Geolocation Data, Sensory Data, Professional or Employment Related Information, Education Information, Inferences, and Sensitive Personal Information.

 

• With governmental and regulatory agencies we disclose Personal Identifiers, Other Personal Information, Protected Characteristics, Commercial Information, Biometric Information, Internet or Network Activity, Geolocation Data, Sensory Data, Professional or Employment Related Information, Education Information, Inferences, and Sensitive Personal Information.

 

• With advisors such as lawyers, accountants, auditors, banks / lenders, insurers, and consultants we disclose Personal Identifiers, Other Personal Information, Protected Characteristics, Commercial Information, Biometric Information, Internet or Network Activity, Geolocation Data, Sensory Data, Professional or Employment Related Information, Education Information, Inferences, and Sensitive Personal Information.

 

• With data analytics, network monitoring services, website hosts and vendors, and incident response providers we disclose Personal Identifiers, Other Personal Information, Protected Characteristics, Biometric Information, Internet or Network Activity, Geolocation Data, Sensory Data, Professional or Employment Related Information, Inferences, and Sensitive Personal Information.

 

• With government entities or law enforcement agencies or as otherwise legally required we disclose Personal Identifiers, Other Personal Information, Protected Characteristics, Commercial Information, Biometric Information, Internet or Network Activity, Geolocation Data, Sensory Data, Professional or Employment Related Information, Education Information, Inferences, and Sensitive Personal Information.

 

• With merger and/or acquisition parties we disclose Personal Identifiers, Other Personal Information, Protected Characteristics, Commercial Information, Biometric Information, Internet or Network Activity, Geolocation Data, Sensory Data, Professional or Employment Related Information, Education Information, Inferences, and Sensitive Personal Information.

 

• With insurance and benefit providers we disclose Personal Identifiers, Other Personal Information, Protected Characteristics, Biometric Information, Professional or Employment Related Information, Inferences, and Sensitive Personal Information.

 

• With marketing providers, rental listing providers, and online business management providers we disclose Other Personal Information, Protected Characteristics, Commercial Information, Commercial Information, Geolocation Data, Inferences, and Sensitive Personal Information.

 

• With rewards vendors, financial institutions that offer products, and moving assistance vendors we disclose Other Personal Information, Protected Characteristics, Commercial Information, Commercial Information, Geolocation Data, Inferences, and Sensitive Personal Information.

       

7. Selling or Sharing of Personal Information

  As applicable to California, Virginia, and Connecticut residents only, you have the right to opt-out of the sale of your personal information, and “sharing” of your personal information or targeted advertising.  

• Bozzuto but does not sell personal information.

 

• The CCPA defines “sharing” as renting, releasing, disclosing, disseminating, making available, transferring, or otherwise communicating a consumer’s personal information by the business to a third party for cross‐context behavioral advertising, whether or not for monetary or other valuable consideration. The VCDPA and CTDPA contain similar provisions for “targeted advertising.”  Some of the cookies, pixels, etc. that our site uses may constitute “sharing” under the CCPA or targeted advertising under the VCDPA and CTDPA.

 

• With our advertising providers, we share Identifiers, Other Personal Information, Internet or Network Activity, Geolocation, and Inferences.

 

• See below in Section 8(E) for instructions on how to opt out of sharing your personal information under the CCPA.

 

• See below in Section 9(D) for instructions on how to opt out of targeted advertising under the VCDPA and CTDPA.

 

• Our Sites are not aimed at minors and we do not knowingly sell, “share” the personal information of, or target advertising to minors under 16 years of age without affirmative authorization.

   

8. Rights Under The CCPA

  The CCPA provide California residents with rights regarding their personal information – the Right to Know, the Right to Delete, the Right to Correct, the Right to Limit use of Sensitive Personal Information, the Right to Opt-Out of the Sale of Personal Information or Sharing of Personal Information, and the Right to Non-Discrimination. This section describes your rights and explains how to exercise those rights, if applicable.  

1. Right to Know

  You have the right to request that we disclose certain information to you about our collection and use of your personal information (the “Right to Know”). Once we receive your request and confirm your identity, we will disclose to you:  

• Categories of Personal Information Collected, Disclosed, Sold, and/or Shared:

 

• The categories of personal information we collected about you.

 

• The categories of sources for the personal information we collected about you.

 

• Our business or commercial purpose for collecting or selling that personal information.

 

• The categories of third parties with whom we disclose that personal information and the corresponding categories of personal information disclosed.

 

• If we sold or shared your personal information, the applicable categories of personal information.

 

• The specific pieces of personal information we collected about you.

 

1. Right to Delete

  Subject to exemptions and exceptions. you have the right to request that Bozzuto and our service providers delete certain personal information that we collected about you (the “Right to Delete”). Once we receive your request to delete and confirm your identity, we will review your request to evaluate if an exemption or exception applies that permits or requires us to retain part or all of the information.  

1. Right to Correct Inaccurate Personal Information

  You have the right to request that Bozzuto correct inaccurate personal information about you (the “Right to Correct”). Once we receive your request and confirm your identity, we may request documentation from you to determine the accuracy of the information we maintain. If we determine that the information we maintain is inaccurate, we will correct it or delete if such deletion does not negatively impact you and you consent to this deletion. We reserve the right to deny your request, if we determine that the contested information is more likely than not to be accurate, based on the information available to us.  

1. Right to Limit the Use of Sensitive Personal Information

  You have the right to direct a business that collects your sensitive personal information to limit its use to uses which are necessary to perform the services or provide the goods reasonably expected.  However, Bozzuto only uses Sensitive Personal Information as exempt from the CCPA; to provide the goods and services requested by you; to prevent, detect, and investigate security incidents; to resist malicious, deceptive, fraudulent, or illegal actions and to prosecute those responsible for such actions; to ensure people’s physical safety; to perform services on our behalf; to verify or maintain the quality or safety of our products, services, and devices.  

1. Right to Opt Out and How to Submit a Request to Opt Out

  The CCPA gives consumers the right to opt-out of 1) the sale of their personal information, 2) the sharing of their personal information for cross-context behavior advertising, or 2) for use in automated decision making.  

• We do not sell your personal information. We do not sell the personal information of minors under 16 years of age without affirmative authorization.

 

• To opt out of sharing for cross-contextual behavioral advertising you may use the Global Privacy Control (GPC) for your browser. Our Sites responds to GPC signals in a frictionless manner.  To learn more about how to enable GPC in participating browsers, visit www.globalprivacycontrol.org/.  For more information on your browsing and data options, see Section 11 (“Cookies, Tracking, and Analytics”) below.

 

• Authorized agents may also email Privacy@Bozzuto.com to opt-out of “sharing” for consumers.

 

1. Right to Non-Discrimination

  Bozzuto will not discriminate against you for exercising any of your CCPA rights. Unless permitted by the CCPA, we will not deny you goods or Services, charge you different prices or rates for goods or Services, including through granting discounts or other benefits, or imposing penalties, provide you a different level or quality of goods or Services, suggest that you may receive a different price or rate for goods or Services or a different level or quality of goods or Services.      

1. Submitting a Request to Know, Request to Delete, or Request to Correct

  You can submit a verified consumer request to know, correct, or delete personal information by either:

• Calling us at (888) 701-4566
• Completing this request form.

  Only you, or an authorized agent, may make a request. You may also make a request on behalf of your child (please note that our Sites are not directed to minors and we do not knowingly collect personal information about minors). Your request must:  

• Provide sufficient information that allows us to reasonably verify you are the person about whom we collected personal information or an authorized agent.

 

• Bozzuto will ask you to provide your first and last name, email, phone number, and may ask for additional information, as needed, to confirm your identity or the identify of your authorized representative. We will avoid requesting sensitive personal information, except when needed, to verify a request.

 

• Describe your request with sufficient detail that allows us to properly understand, evaluate, and respond to it.

We cannot respond to your request or provide you with personal information if we cannot verify your identity or authority to make the request and confirm the personal information relates to you. We will only use personal information provided in the request to verify the requestor’s identity or authority to make it.  

1. Authorized Agents

  You may authorize an agent to make a request on your behalf through the methods described above. If you choose to use an authorized agent, Bozzuto requires that you provide the authorized agent with written permission to allow them to submit your request and that you verify your identity directly with Bozzuto.  In the alternative, an authorized agent can provide Bozzuto with documentation of power of attorney for the consumer.  Failure to provide the appropriate documentation may result in Bozzuto denying your request.  Bozzuto will also need to verify the identity of the authorized agent.  

1. Response Timing and Format

  We will confirm receipt of your request within ten (10) business days. If you do not receive confirmation within the 10-day timeframe, please email Privacy@Bozzuto.com.   We endeavor to substantively respond to a verifiable consumer request within forty-five (45) days of its receipt. If we require more time (up to another forty-five (45) days), we will inform you of the reason and extension period in writing. We will deliver our written response by mail or electronically, at your option.   The response we provide will explain the reasons we cannot comply with a request, if applicable. For Requests to Know specific pieces of information, we will select a format to provide your personal information that is readily useable and should allow you to transmit the information from one entity to another entity without hindrance.   We do not charge a fee to process or respond to your verifiable consumer request unless it is excessive, repetitive, or manifestly unfounded. If we determine that the request warrants a fee, we will tell you why we made that decision and provide you with a cost estimate before completing your request.      

1. Appeal Process

  If you believe we denied your request in error, please email us at Privacy@Bozzuto.com.  Please include your denial letter and documentation and/or information supporting your appeal.  We will review and respond within sixty (60) days.  ur appeal is denied, you may contact the California Attorney General to submit a complaint here.    

9. Rights Under the VCDPA and CTDPA

  The VCDPA and CTDPA provide Virginia and Connecticut residents, respectively, with rights regarding their personal information – the Right to Know; the Right to Delete; the Right to Correct; the Right to Opt-Out of Sale of Personal Information, Targeted Advertising, and/or Profiling; and the Right to Non-Discrimination. This section describes your rights and explains how to exercise those rights, if applicable.   Please note that the VCDPA and CTDPA right do not extend to residents in a B2B (commercial) or employment relationship with Bozzuto.  

1. Right to Know

  You have the right to request that we confirm processing of your personal information and access to your personal information (the “Right to Know”). Once we receive your request and confirm your identity, we will respond accordingly.  

1. Right to Delete

  Subject to exceptions, you have the right to request that Bozzuto delete your personal information (the “Right to Delete”).  Once we receive your request and confirm your identity, we will respond accordingly.  

1. Right to Correct Inaccurate Personal Information

  You have the right to request that Bozzuto correct inaccurate personal information about you (the “Right to Correct”). Once we receive your request and confirm your identity, we may request documentation from you to determine the accuracy of the information we maintain.  

1. Right to Opt Out and How to Submit a Request to Opt Out

  The VCDPA and CTDPA give consumers the right to opt-out of 1) the sale of their personal information, 2) targeted advertising, or 2) profiling in furtherance of decisions that produce legal or similarly significant effects concerning the consumer.  

• We do not sell your personal information.  We do not sell the personal information of minors under 16 years of age without affirmative authorization.

 

• Bozzuto only engages in profiling in furtherance of decisions that produce legal or similarly significant effects when providing specific goods or services requested by you and as exempt from these privacy laws.

 

• To opt out of targeted advertising you may use the Global Privacy Control (GPC) for your browser. Our Sites respond to GPC signals in a frictionless manner.  To learn more about how to enable GPC in participating browsers, visit www.globalprivacycontrol.org/. For more information on your browsing and data options, see Section 11 (“Cookies, Tracking, and Analytics”) below.

 

• You may designate an authorized agent to submit a request to opt-out.  For such requests, authorized agents should email us at Privacy@Bozzuto.com and be sure to include evidence of the authorization.

 

• Parents, guardians, and conservators may submit requests for their children but please note that we do not knowingly collect personal information about minors under the age of 16.

 

1. Right to Non-Discrimination

  Bozzuto will not discriminate against you for exercising any of your VCDPA and CTDPA rights. Unless permitted by the VCDPA and CTDPA, we will not deny you goods or Services, charge you different prices or rates for goods or services, including through granting discounts or other benefits, or imposing penalties, provide you a different level or quality of goods or Services, suggest that you may receive a different price or rate for goods or Services or a different level or quality of goods or Services.  

1. Submitting a Request to Know, Request to Delete, or Request to Correct

  You can submit a verified consumer request to know, correct, or delete personal information by completing this request form.   Parents, guardians, and conservators may also make requests on behalf of consumers (please note that our Sites are not directed to minors and we do not knowingly collect personal information about minors). Your request must:  

• Provide sufficient information that allows us to reasonably verify you are the person about whom we collected personal information or an authorized agent.

 

• Bozzuto will ask you to provide your first and last name, email, phone number, and may ask for additional information, as needed, to confirm your identity or the identify of your authorized representative. We will avoid requesting sensitive personal information, except when needed, to verify a request.

 

• Describe your request with sufficient detail that allows us to properly understand, evaluate, and respond to it.

  We cannot respond to your request or provide you with personal information if we cannot verify your identity or authority to make the request and confirm the personal information relates to you. We will only use personal information provided in the request to verify the requestor’s identity or authority to make it.  

1. Response Timing and Format

  We endeavor to substantively respond to a verifiable consumer request within forty-five (45) days of its receipt. Under VCDPA, if we require more time (up to another forty-five (45) days), we will inform you of the reason and extension period in writing. We will deliver our written response by mail or electronically, at your option.  The response we provide will explain the reasons we cannot comply with a request, if applicable.   Under the VDCPA, you may only make each request twice per year.  Under the CTDPA, you may only make each type of request once per year.  We do not charge a fee to process or respond to your verifiable consumer request unless it is excessive, repetitive, or manifestly unfounded. If we determine that the request warrants a fee, we will tell you why we made that decision and provide you with a cost estimate before completing your request.  

1. Appeal Process

  If you believe we denied your request in error, please email us at Privacy@Bozzuto.com.  Please include your denial letter and documentation and/or information supporting your appeal.  We will review and respond within sixty (60) days.  

• Connecticut Residents: If your appeal is denied, you may contact the Connecticut Attorney General to submit a complaint here.
• Virginia Residents: If your appeal is denied, you may contact the Virginia Attorney General to submit a complaint here.

 

10. Right to Opt-Out of Promotional Emails

  Your provision of personal information through any of our registration forms on our Sites constitutes your affirmative consent that we may contact you by email to provide you with information and notices relating to our Services or third parties’ products or services. If you do not wish to have your email address/contact information used by Bozzuto to promote our Services or third parties’ products or services, you can opt-out by sending us an email stating your request to Privacy@Bozzuto.com. If we have sent you a promotional email, you may send us a return email asking to be omitted from future email distributions or select the “unsubscribe” link at the bottom of the email. This opt-out does not apply to information provided to Bozzuto as a result of a rental agreement or other transaction.  Please note that if you are a resident of a Bozzuto community and you use our Sites (including your community website), you will need to opt-out of your community email communications separately.  

11. Cookies, Tracking, and Analytics

  We or our vendors may use cookies and other mechanisms to track information about your use of our Services.  This section describes our use of such technologies and how you may exercise certain choices with respect to such technology:  

• Tracking Technologies and Advertising. You can set your browser to refuse all or some browser cookies, or to alert you when cookies are being sent. If you disable or refuse cookies, please note that some parts of Bozzuto’s Sites may then be inaccessible or not function properly.

 

• Social Media Platforms. We may display targeted advertising to you through social media platforms, such as X (formerly Twitter), Instagram, LinkedIn, Facebook, and other social media forums. These companies have interest-based advertising programs that allow us to direct advertisements to users who have shown interest in our services while those users are on the social media platform, or to groups of other users who share similar traits, such as likely commercial interests and demographics. We may share a unique identifier, such as a user ID or hashed email address, with these platform providers or they may collect information from our Site visitors through a first-party pixel, in order to direct targeted advertising to you or to a custom audience on the social media platform. These advertisements are governed by the privacy policies of those social media companies that provide them. If you do not want to receive targeted ads on your social networks, you may be able to adjust your advertising preferences through your settings on those networks.

 

• Third Party Partners. You may control your advertising preferences or opt-out of certain Google advertising products by visiting the Google Ads Preferences Manager, currently available at https://google.com/ads/preferences, or by visiting NAI’s online resources at http://www.networkadvertising.org/choices.

 

• Online Ads. To learn more about interest-based advertising and how you may be able to opt-out of some of this advertising, you may wish to visit the Digital Advertising Alliance’s (DAA) resources and/or the Network Advertising Initiative’s (NAI) online resources, at www.aboutads.info/choices or http://www.networkadvertising.org/choices. You may also be able to limit interest-based advertising through the settings menu on your mobile device by selecting “limit ad tracking” (iOS) or “opt-out of interest-based ads” (Android). You may also be able to opt-out of some, but not all, interest-based advertising served by mobile ad networks by visiting http://youradchoices.com/appchoices and downloading the mobile AppChoices app. You may control your advertising preferences or opt-out of certain Google advertising products by visiting the Google Ads Preferences Manager, currently available at https://google.com/ads/preferences. You may choose to enable online, where available, a universal tool that automatically communicates your opt-out preferences, such as the Global Privacy Control (“GPC”). We will process the GPC signal as a request to opt out.  Please visit https://globalprivacycontrol.org/ to learn more about how to utilize GPC signals.

  Please note that when you opt out of receiving interest-based advertisements, this does not mean you will no longer see advertisements from us or on our online Services. It means that the online ads that you do see from DAA program participants should not be based on your interests. We are not responsible for the effectiveness of, or compliance with, any third-parties’ opt-out options or programs or the accuracy of their statements regarding their programs. In addition, third parties may still use cookies to collect information about your use of our online services, including for analytics and fraud prevention as well as any other purpose permitted under the DAA’s Principles.  

• Cookies. We or our vendors may use cookies to track visitor activity throughout our Services. A cookie is a text file that transfers to your device for record-keeping purposes. We or our vendors may use cookies to track user activities on our Sites, such as the web pages you view and time you spend on our Services. The help section on most browsers will tell you how to prevent your computer from accepting new cookies, how to have the browser notify you when you receive a new cookie, or how to disable cookies altogether. Visitors to our Sites who disable cookies may not be able to browse certain areas of the Services. When you register at our Sites, we may use a cookie to store a unique, random session ID. We may use this ID to identify you in our database and to track information while you are on our Sites.

 

• Embedded Scripts. We may use embedded scripts, which is code designed to collect information about how visitors interact with our Sites, such as the website that linked you to our Site.

 

• Analytics. We use vendors, such as Google Analytics, to evaluate the use of our services. We use these tools to help us improve our Services, performance, and user experiences. These entities may use cookies and other tracking technologies, such as web beacons or local storage objects (LSOs), to perform their services. To learn more about Google’s privacy practices, please review the Google Privacy Policy at https://www.google.com/policies/privacy/. You can also download the Google Analytics Opt-out Browser Add-on to prevent your data from being used by Google Analytics at https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout.

 

12. Shine the Light

  California’s “Shine the Light” law permits our users who are California residents to request and obtain from us a list of what personal information (if any) we disclosed to third parties for their own direct marketing purposes in the previous calendar year and the names and addresses of those third parties. Request may be made only one per year per person, must be sent to Privacy@Bozzuto.com, and are free of charge. However, we do not disclose personal information protected under the “Shine the Light” law to third parties for their own direct marketing purposes Children Under the Age of 16  

13. Minors

  Our Sites are not intended for children under sixteen (16) years of age. No one under age sixteen (16) may provide any personal information to or on our Sites. We do not knowingly collect personal information from children under sixteen (16). If you are under sixteen (16), do not use or provide any information on our Sites or through any of their features, register on our Sites, 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 we learn we have collected or received personal information from a child under sixteen (16) without verification of parental consent, we will delete that information. If you believe we might have any information from or about a child under sixteen (16), please contact us at Privacy@Bozzuto.com.  

14. Data Retention

  We will keep your personal information no longer than necessary to fulfill the purposes described in this Policy. We retain personal information for the retention period required by law, and may occasionally retain it beyond the required period, if deemed reasonably necessary to fulfill an ongoing business need, or to comply with applicable tax, legal, customer service, or accounting requirements.  

15. Security

  We take commercially reasonable measures designated to safeguard your personal information. Despite these efforts, no measure is 100% effective in preventing all data security incidents and we cannot make any guarantees as to the security your personal information. We recommend that you take measures to protect the security of your own personal information, such as not using the same password for multiple accounts, creating strong passwords, safeguarding your own information, and being vigilant about emails from unknown senders and clicking on unknown links.  

16. Sites Are for United States Access Only

  The owner of our Sites is based in the State of Maryland in the United States. We provide our Sites for use only by persons located in the United States. We make no claims that our Sites or any of their content is accessible or appropriate outside of the United States. Our Sites are not to offer goods or Services to anyone located outside of the United States.  

17. Social Media

  We encourage you to review your privacy options and settings with the social media platforms and networks you use to understand what choices you have about disclosing your information through those platforms and networks with us.  

18. Do Not Track Signals

  Our Sites do not respond to Do Not Track signals.  For information on using Global Privacy Control signals, please see Section 8(E) above.  

19. Changes to Our Policy

  We reserve the right to amend this Policy at our discretion and at any time. We will post any changes we make to our Policy on this page. When we make changes to this Policy, we will post the updated notice on our Sites and update the Policy’s effective date. Your continued use of our Sites following the posting of changes constitutes your acceptance of such changes.  

20. Contact Us

  If you have any questions or comments about our Policy, the ways in which Bozzuto collects and uses your information described here, your choices and rights regarding such use, or wish to exercise your rights under applicable law, please do not hesitate to contact us at:        Phone: 1-866-698-7513      Website: www.Bozzuto.com      Email: Privacy@Bozzuto.com      Postal Address: The Bozzuto Group Attn: Digital Marketing 6406 Ivy Lane, Suite 700 Greenbelt, MD 20770