This is the privacy policy (“Privacy Policy”), effective as of January 10, 2006, for the Web site available at http://www.cbre.com
(the “Site”) made available by CBRE, Inc., the legal owner
of the Site and its affiliated companies (“CBRE”, “we”, “us”
or “our”). This Privacy Policy sets forth our policies regarding the
collection, use and disclosure of certain information relating to your
use of the Site. Your use of this Site signifies your understanding and
acceptance of the terms of this Privacy Policy.
This Privacy Policy is incorporated into, and part of, the Terms and Conditions located at http://www.cbre.com/EN/aboutus/Pages/Legal/Disclaimer.aspx, which govern your use of the Site in general.
We recognize the importance of protecting your privacy and our
Privacy Policy is designed to assist you in understanding how we
collect, use and safeguard the personal information you provide to us,
and to assist you in making informed decisions when using the Site.
This Privacy Policy will be continuously assessed against new
technologies, business practices and our clients’ needs. As we update
and diversify our products and services, this Privacy Policy may
evolve. Please check this page for updates periodically. We will try
to post any changes to this Privacy Policy before they become
effective. If we make any material changes to this Privacy Policy, we
will notify you here, by email or by means of a notice on our Site’s
home page.
If you have questions or concerns regarding this Privacy Policy or
wish to exclude your personal information from our direct marketing
purposes, please feel free to contact us at WebMarketing@cbre.com or by writing to us at Director of Web Marketing; 2415 E. Camelback Rd., Phoenix, AZ 85016.
Please note: by using or registering with our Site or by providing
personal information, you agree to the terms of this Privacy Policy.
The types of information we collect
We have several areas where you can submit information to us, and we
also have features that automatically collect information from the users
of our Site. References to “personal and account information”
contained in this Privacy Policy means your name, company name, account
number, address, telephone number, e-mail address, subscrifption details
(i.e., particular types of markets or property types on which you
request information), and any other information that personally
identifies you or would permit us to contact you.
Information voluntarily provided by you
Registration: When you visit or transact business
on our Web site, you may be required to register with us or be requested
to provide us with personal and account information. When you provide
us with this information, we will let you know how we may use such
information. If you tell us that you do not want us to use this
information as a basis for further contact with you (by accessing our
opt-out procedure described below), we will respect your wishes. We may
also offer options for you to sign up for our newsletters. During the
registration process, you must provide us with a member name and
password, your name, address and phone number and a valid email
address. It is your responsibility to keep your password strictly
confidential. Communications from us; newsletters and promotional
offers: In order to keep our users informed about our latest news,
products and services, we may send e-mails and announcements to your
personal email address that you provided to us while registering on our
Site. If you elected to opt–in to any of our email lists and later
decide that you no longer wish to receive newsletters or promotional
e-mail from us, you may unsubscribe from such list by following the
instructions contained in each email we send to you to unsubscribe from
such e-mail list. [Note: User opt-in registration procedures should
clearly provide notice to the user that he or she is signing up to
receive both newsletters and promotional e-mail or, alternatively, the
company should provide an signup option for just newsletters or
newsletters and promotional email.]
Contacting Us: You are always free to contact us
with a question or problem related to your use of the Site. Our
standard business practice is to retain any communications from our Site
visitors to help us to serve each of you better.
Third-party information provided to us
Links: When using our Site, you may click through
certain links or promotions that will enable you to purchase products or
use services provided by our partners. Some of these partners may
share certain information that you provide to them with us. By clicking
on and through to a link or promotion on our Site, you agree to allow
us to receive and use any information (except for credit card
information) that you may provide to our partners, under the same terms
and conditions as if you provided your information directly to us. We
are not, however, responsible for any other Web site, or their
respective privacy policy or how they treat information about their
users. We strongly advise you to review their privacy policies to find
out how they are treating your personal information.
Third Party Usage: You may also separately share
your information with other Web sites or entities, such as those that
create professional marketing lists, to receive special offers and
promotions from their affiliates. These Web sites or entities may agree
to share your information with us. Whether or not any third party
actually shares your information with us and to what extent they do
share your information with us will depend on their agreement with us
and their respective privacy policies. CBRE is not
responsible for, and will assume no liability if a partner or other Web
site or entity collects, uses or shares, any information about you in
violation of its own privacy policy, or applicable law.
Marketing Data: We may purchase marketing data from
third parties and add it to our existing user database to better target
our advertising and to provide pertinent offers in which we think you
would be interested. We may also associate this marketing data to the
personally identifiable information that you provide to us.
Automatic Data Collection
Cookies: We use what are commonly called cookies
when you use our Site. We use these cookies to identify you as a valid
user, to ensure that no one else can sign on simultaneously with your
account from another computer and to help us serve you better based on
your registration preferences. We may also use cookies to help us
facilitate any promotions or surveys that we provide.
Performance tracking: We sometimes use cookies, as
well as tracking technology, such as web beacons, within the promotional
emails that we send to our subscribers or advertisements for our Site.
These performance tracking devices help us to track whether an e-mail
recipient has completed an event, such as signing up for a free trial
for example. Such information is non-personally identifying and
collected on an aggregate level. We sometimes utilize third party
service providers to help us track the activity within our Site. These
third parties may use temporary cookies and/or web beaconing technology
to facilitate such tracking but the data would not be tracked in a
personally identifiable way. Third parties whose products or services
are accessible on our Site may also use cookies, and we advise you to
check their privacy policies for information about their cookies and
other privacy practices.
When and with Whom We May Share Your Information
Vendors: We may share your personal information
with companies acting as our authorized agents in providing our service
(e.g., credit card processing, customer/support services) to you, all of
which agree to use it only for such specified purposes. Each vendor
must agree to implement and maintain reasonable security procedures and
practices appropriate to the nature of your information in order to
protect your personal information from unauthorized access, destruction,
use, modification or disclosure. Because we operate globally, we may
transfer your information to countries or jurisdictions that do not
provide the same level of data protection as the country in which you
are based. If we make such a transfer, we will, or our vendors will, as
applicable, provide for the proper safeguards required by applicable
law to ensure that your information is protected.
Legally affiliated entities: In the event that CBRE is merged, or in the event of a transfer of our assets,
Site or operations, CBRE may disclose or transfer your
personal information in connection with such transaction. In the event
of such a transfer, CBRE will notify you via email or by
posting a prominent notice on our Site for 30 days of any such change in
ownership of CBRE resulting in a change of control of your
personal information.
Legally compelled disclosure: We will also disclose
your personal information when required to do so by law, for example,
in response to a court order or a subpoena or other legal obligation, in
response to a law enforcement agency's request, or in special cases
when we have reason to believe that disclosing your personal information
is necessary to identify, contact or bring legal action against someone
who may be causing injury to or interference with (whether
intentionally or unintentionally) our rights or property.
Bankruptcy: You should also be aware that courts of
equity, such as U.S. Bankruptcy Courts, may have the authority under
certain circumstances to permit your personal information to be shared
or transferred to third parties without your permission.
Consent to processing: By providing any personal
information to us, you fully understand and unambiguously consent to the
transfer of such personal information to, and the collection and
processing of such personal information in, the United States and other
countries or territories. Your personal information will be stored and
processed on our computers in the United States. The laws on holding
personal information in the United States may vary and be less stringent
than laws of your state or country. We will use commercially
reasonable efforts to hold and transmit your personal information in a
safe, confidential and secure environment. If you object to your
personal information being transferred or used in this manner please do
not register with or use the Site.
Security
CBRE endeavors to protect the security of your personal
information and your choices for its intended use. We use Secure Socket
Layers or SSL technology to protect the transmission of sensitive
personal information such as your credit card number. We store your
personal information on a secure server, and use procedures designed to
protect the personal information we collect from unauthorized access,
destruction, use, modification or disclosure.
Although we will take (and require our third-party providers to take)
commercially reasonable security precautions regarding your personal
information collected from and stored on the Site, due to the open
nature of the Internet, we cannot guarantee that any of your personal
information stored on our servers, or transmitted to or from a user,
will be free from unauthorized access, and we disclaim any liability for
any theft or loss of, unauthorized access or damage to, or interception
of any data or communications. By using the Site, you acknowledge that
you understand and agree to assume these risks.
Modification of your choices and preferences
Opt-out right: If you would like to opt out of any
of our marketing programs, or wish to withdraw your consent to us
contacting you via your e-mail, fax or phone number, or if your personal
details change, please contact us through one of the following: (i) by
telephone, at +1 602 735 5215 and ask for our Director of Web Marketing;
(ii) by facsimile, at +1 602 735 5215; (iii) by email, by following the
Opt-Out instruction contained in the body of any marketing e-mail from
us or by sending us an e-mail at WebMarketing@cbre.com
by including a copy of the e-mail you have received and by typing
“Remove” in the subject line of your e-mail; or (iv) by mail, care of
Web Marketing Director; 2415 E. Camelback Rd., Phoenix, AZ
85016.
Your election not to receive newsletters or promotional and marketing
correspondence from us will not: (a) preclude us from corresponding
with you, by email or otherwise, regarding your existing or past
relationship with us, and (b) preclude us, including our employees,
contractors, agents and other representatives, from accessing and
viewing your personal information in the course of maintaining and
improving the Site.
Your Acceptance of this Privacy Policy: By using
this Site, you signify your acceptance of our Privacy Policy. If you do
not agree to this Privacy Policy, please do not use our Site. We
reserve the right, at our discretion, to change, modify, add, or remove
portions from this Privacy Policy at any time so visitors are encouraged
to review this Privacy Policy from time to time. Your continued use of
our Site following the posting of changes to these terms means you
accept these changes.
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