Effective Date: October 7, 2026
Last Updated: October 7, 2026
I Buy Houses With Fire Damage Austin (“I Buy Houses With Fire Damage Austin,” “we,” “us,” or “our”) respects your privacy.
This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, disclose, share, retain, and otherwise process personal information when you visit ibuyhouseswithfiredamageaustin.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 Texas 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 a potential cash offer;
- Purchase property directly;
- Work with affiliated or independent investment partners;
- Conduct or arrange due diligence;
- Coordinate property access, debris removal, cleanup, or other services where agreed;
- Work with title companies, escrow or closing providers, attorneys, contractors, engineers, inspectors, appraisers, insurers, and other transaction professionals;
- Acquire contractual, option, or equitable rights;
- Assign contractual rights where legally and contractually permitted;
- Work with licensed Texas real estate professionals where required; or
- Determine that we will not pursue a transaction.
By using the Website or providing information to us, you acknowledge the practices described in this Privacy Policy.
1. Information We Collect
We may collect personal information:
- Directly from you;
- Automatically through the Website;
- From public records;
- From commercial property and real-estate databases;
- From advertising and analytics providers;
- From telecommunications providers;
- From service providers;
- From transaction participants;
- From licensed real estate professionals;
- From affiliates and investment 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 telephone number;
- Email address;
- Property address;
- Mailing address;
- Whether you own the property;
- Whether you are an agent or wholesaler;
- Ownership information;
- Authority to act concerning the property;
- Number of bedrooms and bathrooms;
- Property type;
- Property condition;
- Fire damage;
- Smoke and soot damage;
- Firefighting-water damage;
- Structural damage;
- Roof and foundation condition;
- Electrical damage;
- Plumbing damage;
- Heating and cooling information;
- Occupancy information;
- Tenant information where relevant;
- Repair or restoration information;
- Asking price or pricing expectations;
- Desired selling timeline;
- Reason for considering a sale;
- Mortgage information you voluntarily provide;
- Lien and judgment information;
- Property-tax information;
- Probate or estate information;
- Foreclosure or mortgage-default information;
- Whether an insurance payout has been received;
- Insurance information;
- Insurance-claim information;
- Photographs;
- Videos;
- Fire-incident reports;
- Inspection reports;
- Engineering or structural reports;
- Environmental reports;
- Contractor information;
- Repair estimates;
- Permit information;
- Ownership and title documents;
- Preferred communication method;
- Preferred contact time; and
- Other information you voluntarily provide.
3. Property and Public-Record Information
When you submit a property, we may research it through lawful public and commercial sources.
Information may include:
- Ownership records;
- Travis County appraisal information;
- Property-tax information;
- Recorded deeds;
- Mortgages and deeds of trust;
- Liens;
- Judgments;
- Foreclosure-related notices;
- Property characteristics;
- Property sales history;
- Estimated values;
- Comparable sales;
- Building permits;
- Trade permits;
- Fire-damage repair permits;
- Code-enforcement information;
- Unsafe-building information;
- Zoning information;
- Court records where lawfully available;
- Probate information;
- Rental-property information where lawfully available;
- Homeowners-association information;
- Geographic and mapping information;
- Floodplain information;
- Wildland-Urban Interface information;
- Fire or disaster information;
- Environmental information;
- Property-condition information;
- Real-estate market information; and
- Other publicly or commercially available information.
We may combine information obtained from those 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:
- Internet Protocol address;
- Browser type;
- Browser settings;
- Operating system;
- Device type;
- Device identifiers;
- Approximate location derived from IP address;
- Referring website;
- Referring advertisement;
- Landing page;
- Pages viewed;
- Links clicked;
- Date and time of Website activity;
- Session information;
- Form interactions;
- Advertising identifiers;
- Marketing-campaign information;
- Lead-source information;
- Conversion information;
- Attribution information; and
- Other technical or Website-usage information.
5. Cookies, Pixels, Analytics, and Advertising Technologies
We may use:
- Cookies;
- Tracking pixels;
- Web beacons;
- Tags;
- Scripts;
- Local storage;
- Analytics technologies;
- Advertising identifiers;
- Conversion tracking;
- Call tracking; and
- Similar technologies.
These technologies may help us:
- Operate and secure the Website;
- Prevent fraud and spam;
- Remember preferences;
- Understand Website use;
- Measure traffic;
- Attribute inquiries to advertising campaigns;
- Measure conversions;
- Evaluate advertising effectiveness;
- Create or measure advertising audiences;
- Support targeted or interest-based advertising;
- Improve the Website; and
- Improve our services.
Third-party providers may process information under their own privacy policies.
6. How We Use Personal Information
We may use personal information to:
- Respond to inquiries;
- Respond to cash-offer requests;
- Research submitted properties;
- Verify ownership;
- Verify authority to sell;
- Evaluate fire, smoke, water, structural, electrical, or other property damage;
- Evaluate property safety and accessibility;
- Review repair or restoration information;
- Review insurance information;
- Evaluate occupancy and tenant matters;
- Estimate property value;
- Estimate repair, cleanup, holding, closing, and resale expenses;
- Determine whether we wish to acquire a property;
- Prepare or communicate potential offers;
- Contact owners and authorized representatives;
- Schedule calls, walkthroughs, inspections, or appointments;
- Conduct due diligence;
- Facilitate potential transactions;
- Coordinate cleanup or debris removal where agreed;
- Coordinate with title companies, attorneys, closing providers, contractors, engineers, inspectors, appraisers, insurers, and other transaction participants;
- Maintain inquiry and transaction records;
- Follow up regarding submitted properties;
- Provide customer support;
- Operate and improve the Website;
- Conduct analytics;
- Measure marketing performance;
- Advertise our services;
- Prevent fraud, abuse, spam, and security incidents;
- Maintain legal, accounting, tax, and compliance records;
- Enforce agreements;
- Comply with applicable law; and
- Establish, exercise, or defend legal claims.
7. Direct Property Acquisition
The Website presently describes our service primarily as a direct cash-purchase process.
Submitting information allows us to evaluate whether we may wish to acquire the property or participate in a potential transaction.
A Website submission does not itself create:
- A binding purchase 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 permits 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 that information.
We may process information supplied by an agent, wholesaler, contract holder, or other representative to:
- Verify authority;
- Confirm ownership;
- Evaluate contractual or equitable interests;
- Evaluate potential assignments;
- Determine applicable licensing or disclosure requirements;
- Communicate with transaction participants; and
- Conduct due diligence.
Nothing in this Privacy Policy authorizes unlicensed brokerage or unauthorized marketing of another person’s property.
9. Equitable Interests and Assignments
Texas regulates disclosure of equitable interests in real property.
Where we hold or market an option or contractual interest, information may be processed to:
- Identify the property owner;
- Document our contractual rights;
- Provide required equitable-interest disclosures;
- Identify a potential assignee or buyer;
- Explain that contractual or equitable rights are not legal title;
- Document assignment rights; and
- Facilitate closing.
Nothing in this Policy eliminates any disclosure required by Texas law.
10. Affiliates, Investment Partners, and Transaction Participants
Depending on a transaction, information may be disclosed to:
- Affiliated acquisition companies;
- Investment partners;
- Co-investors;
- Prospective assignees;
- Licensed real estate professionals;
- Title companies;
- Escrow or closing providers;
- Attorneys;
- Inspectors;
- Contractors;
- Engineers;
- Appraisers;
- Insurance professionals; and
- Other persons involved in evaluating or completing the transaction.
11. Service Providers
We may disclose information to providers supporting:
- Website hosting;
- Website forms;
- Customer relationship management;
- Lead management;
- Telephone services;
- Call tracking;
- Lawful call recording;
- Text messaging;
- Email delivery;
- Marketing automation;
- Advertising;
- Analytics;
- Conversion tracking;
- Property research;
- Data enrichment;
- Cloud storage;
- Cybersecurity;
- Document processing;
- Accounting;
- Legal services; and
- Transaction support.
12. Business Transactions
Information may be disclosed or transferred in connection with an actual or proposed:
- Merger;
- Acquisition;
- Financing;
- Reorganization;
- Affiliate restructuring;
- Sale of assets;
- Bankruptcy; or
- Similar business transaction.
13. Legal and Safety Disclosures
We may disclose information where reasonably necessary to:
- Comply with applicable law;
- Respond to legal process;
- Respond to lawful governmental requests;
- Investigate fraud or unlawful activity;
- Protect rights or property;
- Protect another person’s safety;
- Protect our systems;
- Enforce agreements; or
- Establish or defend legal rights.
14. Texas Data Privacy and Security Act
The Texas Data Privacy and Security Act (“TDPSA”), Business & Commerce Code Chapter 541, became generally effective July 1, 2024.
Subject to statutory exemptions, the TDPSA generally applies to a person that:
- Conducts business in Texas or produces a product or service consumed by Texas residents;
- Processes or engages in the sale of personal data; and
- Is not a “small business” as defined by the United States Small Business Administration.
Unlike many state privacy statutes, Texas does not generally use a fixed consumer-count or annual-revenue threshold for non-small businesses.
The inclusion of this section does not represent that I Buy Houses With Fire Damage Austin necessarily falls within every provision of the TDPSA.
Where the TDPSA applies, we will comply with it.
15. Texas Small-Business Rule
A qualifying small business is generally outside most TDPSA controller requirements.
However, Texas specifically prohibits a small business from selling sensitive personal data without first obtaining the consumer’s consent.
Accordingly, small-business status should not be interpreted as permission to sell sensitive information without consent.
16. Texas Consumer Privacy Rights
Where the TDPSA applies, qualifying Texas consumers may have rights to:
Confirm and Access
Confirm whether we process the consumer’s personal data and access qualifying personal data.
Correct
Correct inaccuracies in qualifying personal data.
Delete
Request deletion of qualifying personal data provided by or obtained about the consumer, subject to statutory exceptions.
Portability
Obtain a portable copy of qualifying digital personal data previously provided to us.
Opt Out
Opt out of processing for:
- Targeted advertising;
- Sale of personal data; or
- Profiling in furtherance of decisions producing legal or similarly significant effects.
17. Response Timing
Where the TDPSA applies, we generally will respond to an authenticated privacy request without undue delay and no later than 45 days after receipt.
Where reasonably necessary, Texas law permits one additional 45-day extension if the consumer is timely informed of the extension and reason.
18. Privacy Appeals
Where the TDPSA applies and we refuse to act on a qualifying privacy request, the consumer may appeal.
We generally will provide a written response to the appeal no later than 60 days after receipt.
Where an appeal is denied, applicable information concerning submission of a complaint to the Texas Attorney General will be provided.
19. Authorized Agents and Privacy Preference Technology
Texas permits a consumer to designate an authorized agent to submit qualifying opt-out requests concerning:
- Targeted advertising; and
- Sale of personal data.
Subject to statutory conditions, the designation may use technologies such as:
- A Website link;
- Browser settings or extensions; or
- A global device setting.
Where the TDPSA requires us to recognize a qualifying authorized-agent request, we will process it as required.
20. Sale of Personal Data and Targeted Advertising
If we sell personal data to third parties or process personal data for targeted advertising in a manner governed by the TDPSA, we will clearly disclose:
- That practice; and
- How qualifying consumers may exercise applicable opt-out rights.
Not every disclosure is a “sale.”
Applicable statutory exclusions may cover certain disclosures to:
- Processors;
- Affiliates;
- Transaction professionals;
- Parties directed by the consumer; and
- Parties involved in qualifying mergers, acquisitions, or similar transactions.
21. Sensitive Data
Where the TDPSA applies, sensitive data includes specified categories such as:
- Racial or ethnic origin;
- Religious beliefs;
- Mental or physical health diagnosis;
- Sexual orientation;
- Citizenship or immigration status;
- Genetic or biometric data processed to uniquely identify a person;
- Personal data collected from a known child; and
- Precise geolocation data.
Covered controllers generally must obtain consent before processing sensitive data.
Our ordinary property-offer forms are not intended to collect unnecessary sensitive information.
Please do not submit unnecessary:
- Social Security numbers;
- Banking passwords;
- Payment-card security codes;
- Medical records;
- Biometric information; or
- Similar highly sensitive information
through ordinary Website forms.
22. Data Minimization and Security
Where applicable, we will maintain practices designed to:
- Limit collection to information adequate, relevant, and reasonably necessary for disclosed purposes;
- Avoid incompatible processing without appropriate consent or another lawful basis;
- Maintain reasonable administrative, technical, and physical safeguards; and
- Use appropriate processor arrangements.
23. Data Protection Assessments
Where required by Texas law, we may conduct and document data protection assessments for qualifying processing involving:
- Targeted advertising;
- Sale of personal data;
- Higher-risk profiling;
- Sensitive data; or
- Other processing presenting a heightened risk of harm.
24. Residents of Other States
Consumers residing outside Texas may have rights under another state’s privacy law.
Depending on applicable law, rights may include:
- Access;
- Correction;
- Deletion;
- Portability;
- Sale opt-out;
- Sharing opt-out;
- Targeted-advertising opt-out;
- Profiling opt-out;
- Sensitive-data protections;
- Authorized-agent rights;
- Privacy-preference-signal rights; and
- Appeals.
25. Telephone Communications
If you provide a telephone number, we may use it to communicate concerning:
- Your property;
- Property research;
- Scheduling;
- Inspections;
- Offers;
- Follow-up;
- Potential transactions; and
- Related services.
Where state or federal law requires additional consent before regulated automated, prerecorded, artificial-voice, or marketing communications are made, legally required consent will be obtained.
You may request that calls stop.
26. Recording of Calls and Communications
Texas generally permits a private person to record a wire, oral, or electronic communication when:
- The recorder is a party to the communication; or
- One party has given prior consent,
provided the interception is not made for the purpose of committing an unlawful act.
We or providers acting on our behalf may record communications for legitimate purposes including:
- Quality assurance;
- Training;
- Documentation;
- Compliance;
- Fraud prevention; and
- Security.
Because another participant may physically be located in a jurisdiction requiring consent from all parties, additional notice or consent may be appropriate.
Where another applicable jurisdiction imposes a stricter recording rule, we will follow that stricter rule.
27. 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 marketing messages are sent.
Consent to marketing communications 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.
28. Email Communications
We may use your email address to:
- Respond to inquiries;
- Communicate concerning your property;
- Provide potential-offer information;
- Schedule calls or visits;
- Send transaction-related information;
- Follow up; and
- Send promotional communications where permitted.
Applicable promotional emails will include an unsubscribe mechanism.
29. Data Retention
We retain information for as long as reasonably necessary for the purposes described in this Privacy Policy.
Relevant factors may include:
- Whether an inquiry remains active;
- Whether a property remains of acquisition interest;
- Potential follow-up;
- Whether a transaction occurred;
- Contract requirements;
- Real-estate recordkeeping;
- Legal obligations;
- Accounting and tax requirements;
- Fraud prevention;
- Litigation;
- Insurance matters; and
- Legitimate business recordkeeping needs.
30. 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 system can be guaranteed completely secure.
31. Texas Security-Breach Notification
Texas law imposes notification obligations following certain security breaches involving sensitive personal information.
Where applicable, we will:
- Investigate the incident;
- Determine its nature and scope;
- Restore the reasonable integrity of affected systems;
- Notify affected individuals as required; and
- Comply with lawful law-enforcement delays.
Required individual notice generally must be provided without unreasonable delay and no later than 60 days after the breach is determined to have occurred, subject to statutory exceptions.
Where a qualifying breach affects at least 250 Texas residents, notification to the Texas Attorney General generally must be made as soon as practicable and no later than 30 days after the breach is determined to have occurred.
32. 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.
33. 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.
34. 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 that information.
35. Changes to This Privacy Policy
We may update this Privacy Policy periodically.
When changes are made, we will revise the “Last Updated” date.
Where applicable law requires additional notice or consent concerning a material change, we will provide it.
36. Contact Us
Questions, concerns, or privacy requests may be directed to:
I Buy Houses With Fire Damage Austin
Austin, Texas
United States
Website: ibuyhouseswithfiredamageaustin.com