Privacy Policy

Effective Date: October 7, 2026
Last Updated: October 7, 2026

I Buy Houses With Fire Damage Bakersfield California, also operating through ibuyfiredamagedhomesbakersfieldcalifornia.com (“I Buy Fire Damaged Homes Bakersfield California,” “we,” “us,” or “our”), respects your privacy.

This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, disclose, share, sell, retain, and otherwise process personal information when you visit ibuyfiredamagedhomesbakersfieldcalifornia.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 California 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 cash offer;
• Purchase property directly;
• Conduct or arrange inspections and due diligence;
• Work with investment partners or co-investors;
• Acquire contractual or equitable interests;
• Assign contractual rights where legally and contractually permitted;
• Work with licensed California real estate professionals where legally required;
• Coordinate with title, escrow, insurance, contracting, engineering, environmental, or other professionals; or
• Decline the opportunity.

By using the Website or submitting information, 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 real estate and property databases;
• From advertising and analytics providers;
• From telecommunications providers;
• From service providers;
• From prospective 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, complete a Website form, call us, send an email or text message, or otherwise communicate with us, we may collect information including:

• First and last name;
• Telephone number;
• Mobile number;
• Email address;
• Property address;
• Mailing address;
• Whether you own the property;
• Whether you are an agent, wholesaler, contract holder, or other representative;
• Ownership information;
• Authority to act concerning the property;
• Number of bedrooms and bathrooms;
• Property type;
• Property condition;
• Fire damage;
• Smoke or soot damage;
• Firefighting-water damage;
• Structural damage;
• Roof and foundation damage;
• Electrical damage;
• Plumbing damage;
• Heating and cooling information;
• Occupancy information;
• Tenant information where relevant;
• Repair and restoration information;
• Asking price or pricing expectations;
• Desired selling timeline;
• Reason for considering a sale;
• Whether an insurance payout has been received;
• Insurance information;
• Insurance-claim information;
• Mortgage information you voluntarily provide;
• Lien and judgment information;
• Property-tax information;
• Probate or estate information;
• Foreclosure or mortgage-default information;
• Photographs;
• Videos;
• Fire-department records;
• Inspection reports;
• Engineering reports;
• Environmental or remediation reports;
• Contractor information;
• Repair estimates;
• Building or fire permits;
• Ownership and title documents;
• Preferred contact method;
• Preferred contact time; and
• Other information you voluntarily provide.

3. Property and Public-Record Information

When you submit property information, we may research the property through lawful public or commercial sources.

Information may include:

• Ownership records;
• Kern County assessment information;
• Property-tax records;
• Recorded deeds;
• Mortgages and deeds of trust;
• Liens;
• Judgments;
• Notices of default;
• Notices of trustee sale;
• Property characteristics;
• Property sales history;
• Estimated property values;
• Comparable sales;
• Building permits;
• Fire permits;
• Code-enforcement records;
• Unsafe-building information;
• Zoning information;
• Court records where lawfully available;
• Probate information;
• Foreclosure information;
• Common-interest-development information;
• Geographic and mapping information;
• Flood information;
• Fire Hazard Severity Zone information;
• Environmental information;
• Asbestos or demolition-related information where lawfully available;
• Property-condition information;
• Real estate market information; and
• Other publicly or commercially available information.

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

4. Information Collected Automatically

When you use the Website, we and service providers acting on our behalf may automatically collect information such as:

• 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 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 activity;
• Measure Website traffic;
• Attribute inquiries to marketing campaigns;
• Measure conversions;
• Evaluate advertising effectiveness;
• Create or measure advertising audiences;
• Support interest-based or targeted 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 property inquiries;
• Respond to cash-offer requests;
• Research properties;
• Verify ownership;
• Verify authority to communicate or contract concerning property;
• Evaluate fire, smoke, water, structural, electrical, or other damage;
• Evaluate property safety and access;
• Review repair and restoration information;
• Review insurance information;
• Evaluate occupancy or tenant matters;
• Estimate property values;
• Estimate repair, demolition, remediation, cleanup, permit, holding, closing, and resale costs;
• Determine whether we wish to acquire property;
• Prepare or communicate potential offers;
• Contact owners and authorized representatives;
• Schedule inspections, walkthroughs, calls, or appointments;
• Conduct due diligence;
• Facilitate potential transactions;
• Coordinate title and escrow;
• Coordinate cleanup or restoration where agreed;
• Coordinate with contractors, engineers, inspectors, environmental professionals, insurers, attorneys, title companies, escrow providers, 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, insurance, and compliance records;
• Enforce agreements;
• Comply with law; and
• Establish, exercise, or defend legal claims.

7. Direct Property Acquisition

The Website presently describes our services primarily as a direct cash-property-acquisition process.

Submitting information permits us to evaluate whether we may wish to purchase a property.

A Website submission does not itself create:

• A binding cash offer;
• A purchase agreement;
• An agency relationship;
• A fiduciary relationship; or
• An obligation to buy or sell.

8. Information From Agents and Wholesalers

The Website’s property form allows a submitter to indicate that the submitter is:

• The owner;
• An agent; or
• A wholesaler.

If you provide information concerning property you do not own, you represent that you have lawful authority or another lawful basis to provide it.

We may process information supplied by agents, wholesalers, contract holders, or other representatives to:

• Confirm ownership;
• Verify authority;
• Evaluate contractual or equitable interests;
• Evaluate possible assignments;
• Review applicable licensing requirements;
• Communicate with transaction participants; and
• Conduct legally permitted due diligence.

Nothing in this Privacy Policy authorizes unlicensed brokerage, unauthorized marketing of another person’s property, or misrepresentation of ownership.

9. Affiliates, Investment Partners, and Transaction Participants

Depending on a transaction, we may disclose information to:

• Affiliated acquisition businesses;
• Investment partners;
• Co-investors;
• Prospective assignees;
• Licensed real estate professionals;
• Escrow companies;
• Title professionals;
• Attorneys;
• Inspectors;
• Contractors;
• Engineers;
• Environmental professionals;
• Appraisers;
• Insurance professionals; and
• Other persons involved in evaluating or completing a transaction.

Any assignment, referral, brokerage, or other regulated activity will be handled subject to applicable California law.

10. Service Providers

We may disclose information to providers supporting:

• Website hosting;
• Website forms;
• Customer relationship management;
• Lead management;
• Telephone services;
• Call tracking;
• Call recording where lawful;
• 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 disclosed or transferred in connection with:

• A merger;
• Acquisition;
• Financing;
• Reorganization;
• Affiliate restructuring;
• Sale of assets;
• Bankruptcy; or
• Similar business 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 government requests;
• Investigate fraud or unlawful activity;
• Protect rights or property;
• Protect another person’s safety;
• Protect systems;
• Enforce agreements; or
• Establish or defend legal rights.

13. California Online Privacy Protection Act

The California Online Privacy Protection Act (“CalOPPA”) applies to qualifying commercial websites and online services that collect personally identifiable information from California consumers.

This Privacy Policy is intended to explain:

• Categories of personal information collected;
• Purposes for which information is used;
• Categories of persons to whom information may be disclosed;
• Privacy-request procedures;
• Tracking practices;
• The effective date of this Policy; and
• How changes may be communicated.

14. Do Not Track and Privacy Preference Signals

Some browsers transmit a traditional “Do Not Track” signal.

Because there is no uniform industry standard governing legacy Do Not Track signals, the Website may not respond to them in a standardized manner.

Where the California Consumer Privacy Act or another applicable law requires us to recognize a valid opt-out preference signal, including Global Privacy Control where applicable, we will process the signal as required.

15. California Consumer Privacy Act

California’s Consumer Privacy Act, as amended by the California Privacy Rights Act (“CCPA”), grants specified rights to California residents where a business is subject to the law.

As of October 7, 2026, the CCPA generally applies to qualifying for-profit businesses doing business in California that meet at least one statutory threshold, including:

• Annual gross revenue exceeding $26,625,000;
• Buying, selling, or sharing personal information of at least 100,000 California consumers or households; or
• Deriving at least 50% of annual revenue from selling or sharing California consumers’ personal information.

The inclusion of this section does not represent that I Buy Fire Damaged Homes Bakersfield California necessarily satisfies a CCPA applicability threshold.

Where the CCPA applies, we will comply with applicable requirements.

16. California Privacy Rights

Where the CCPA applies, qualifying California residents may have rights to:

Know and Access

Request categories and specific pieces of qualifying personal information.

Correct

Request correction of inaccurate qualifying personal information.

Delete

Request deletion of qualifying personal information, subject to statutory exceptions.

Opt Out of Sale or Sharing

Direct a covered business not to sell or share qualifying personal information.

Limit Sensitive Personal Information

Limit qualifying uses or disclosures of sensitive personal information where the statutory right applies.

Non-Discrimination

Receive no unlawful discriminatory treatment for exercising CCPA rights.

17. Sale and Sharing of Personal Information

California law gives “sale” and “sharing” specialized meanings.

Depending on the circumstances:

• Providing personal information to an independent third party in exchange for monetary or other valuable consideration may constitute a sale; and
• Disclosure for qualifying cross-context behavioral advertising may constitute sharing.

Certain disclosures are excluded, including qualifying service-provider, contractor, consumer-directed, affiliate, and business-transfer disclosures.

Where the CCPA applies and we engage in qualifying sale or sharing, we will provide required opt-out methods.

18. Global Privacy Control

Where the CCPA applies, a valid Global Privacy Control or other legally recognized opt-out preference signal will be processed as required by California law.

19. Notice at Collection

Where required, we will provide notice at or before the point of collection identifying applicable:

• Categories of personal information;
• Purposes for collection and use;
• Retention criteria;
• Sale or sharing practices; and
• Consumer rights.

20. California Privacy Request Procedures

Where required, we will provide methods for submitting qualifying requests to:

• Know;
• Access;
• Correct;
• Delete;
• Opt out of sale or sharing; and
• Limit qualifying use or disclosure of sensitive personal information.

We may verify requests as permitted by law.

A consumer will not be required to create an account solely to exercise a privacy right.

21. Response Timing

Where the CCPA applies, qualifying requests to know, delete, or correct generally will receive a substantive response within 45 days, subject to legally permitted extensions.

Opt-out requests will be processed within the timeframe established by applicable regulations.

22. Authorized Agents

California residents may use authorized agents to exercise certain rights.

We may verify:

• The consumer’s identity; and
• The agent’s authority,

where permitted by law.

23. Sensitive Personal Information

Sensitive personal information can include qualifying:

• Government identifiers;
• Financial-account credentials;
• Precise geolocation;
• Contents of private communications;
• Genetic information;
• Biometrics used for identification;
• Health information;
• Racial or ethnic origin;
• Religious beliefs;
• Union membership; and
• Information concerning sex life or sexual orientation.

Our ordinary property-offer forms are not designed to collect unnecessary sensitive information.

Please do not submit unnecessary Social Security numbers, banking passwords, payment-card security codes, medical records, or similar information through ordinary Website forms.

24. Risk Assessments, Cybersecurity Audits, and Automated Decisionmaking

California privacy regulations effective January 1, 2026 establish additional requirements for specified covered businesses.

Depending on the business and processing activity, these requirements can include:

• Risk assessments for qualifying higher-risk processing;
• Phased cybersecurity-audit requirements; and
• Consumer protections involving qualifying automated decisionmaking technology.

Where those requirements apply to us, we will comply with them.

25. California Data Broker Requirements

California separately regulates qualifying data brokers.

A data broker generally is a qualifying business that knowingly collects and sells personal information concerning consumers with whom it lacks a direct relationship.

A property owner who directly submits information through this Website ordinarily has a direct relationship with us.

If our broader operations independently satisfy California’s definition of a data broker, we will comply with applicable:

• Registration;
• Privacy disclosure;
• Delete Act;
• DROP; and
• Consumer-request obligations.

26. California Shine the Light

If California Civil Code section 1798.83 applies to our operations and qualifying personal information is disclosed to third parties for those third parties’ own direct marketing purposes, eligible California residents may request specified information concerning those disclosures.

27. 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 federal or California 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.

28. California Call Recording

California generally prohibits intentionally recording a confidential communication without the consent of all parties, subject to statutory exceptions.

Accordingly, if we record a confidential call or other communication involving a person in California, operational procedures should:

• Clearly disclose that recording will or may occur; and
• Obtain legally sufficient consent from all participants before recording.

We or providers acting on our behalf may record communications for legitimate purposes such as:

• Quality assurance;
• Training;
• Documentation;
• Compliance;
• Fraud prevention; and
• Security.

Where another applicable law is stricter, the stricter rule will be followed.

29. Text Messages

If you provide a mobile 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 promotional 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.

30. Email Communications

We may use your email address to:

• Respond to inquiries;
• Communicate regarding 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 include an unsubscribe mechanism.

31. Data Retention

We retain information for as long as reasonably necessary for the purposes described in this Privacy Policy.

Factors may include:

• Whether an inquiry remains active;
• Whether property remains of acquisition interest;
• Potential future follow-up;
• Whether a transaction occurred;
• Contract requirements;
• California real estate recordkeeping;
• Legal requirements;
• Tax and accounting obligations;
• Fraud prevention;
• Litigation;
• Insurance matters; and
• Legitimate business recordkeeping.

Where the CCPA applies, retention also will be limited by applicable purpose-limitation and data-minimization requirements.

32. Information Security

We maintain reasonable administrative, technical, and physical safeguards designed to protect information against unauthorized:

• Access;
• Acquisition;
• Use;
• Disclosure;
• Alteration;
• Loss; and
• Destruction.

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

33. California Security Breaches

Where California security-breach law applies, we will investigate suspected unauthorized access to qualifying personal information and provide legally required notice to affected California residents and applicable authorities.

Nothing in this Policy limits non-waivable rights concerning qualifying security incidents.

34. 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.

35. Third-Party Websites and Services

The Website may link to or integrate with third-party websites or services.

We do not control third-party:

• Privacy practices;
• Security;
• Content;
• Products;
• Services;
• Availability; or
• Conduct.

36. Information About Other People

If you provide information concerning another:

• Property owner;
• Co-owner;
• Heir;
• Family member;
• Personal representative;
• Executor;
• Administrator;
• Trustee;
• Tenant;
• Agent;
• Wholesaler; or
• Other person,

you represent that you have authority or another lawful basis to provide the information.

37. Changes to This Privacy Policy

We may update this Privacy Policy periodically.

When changes are made, we will revise the “Last Updated” date.

Where California law requires additional notice or consent concerning a material change, we will provide it.

38. Contact Us

Questions, concerns, or privacy requests may be directed to:

I Buy Houses With Fire Damage Bakersfield California
Bakersfield, California
United States

Website: ibuyfiredamagedhomesbakersfieldcalifornia.com