Last Modified: September 01, 2020
Steadfast Apartment REIT, Inc., and its affiliates, subsidiaries, related companies (collectively, the “Company,” “STAR,” “we,” or “us”), wants you to be familiar with how we collect, use and disclose information. This Privacy Notice describes our practices in connection with information that we collect through:
Collectively, we refer to the Websites, Apps, Social Media Pages, and emails as the “Online Services.”
For our California Consumer Privacy Act Notice, please click here.
By using or accessing the Online Services, you signify your acceptance of this Privacy Notice and acknowledge your awareness of its terms. If you do not accept this Privacy Notice, you are not authorized to use or access the Online Services and must immediately discontinue using or accessing them.
“Personal Information” is information that identifies you as an individual or relates to an identifiable individual. The Online Services collect Personal Information, including:
Certain of the Online Services may collect additional Personal Information specific to the service. For example:
We and our service providers collect Personal Information in a variety of ways, including:
We need to collect Personal Information in order to provide the requested Online Services to you. If you do not provide the information requested, we may not be able to provide the Online Services. If you disclose any Personal Information relating to other people to us or to our service providers in connection with the Online Services, you represent that you have the authority to do so and to permit us to use the information in accordance with this Privacy Notice.
We and our service providers use Personal Information for the following purposes:
We disclose Personal Information:
We may also use and disclose Personal Information as we believe to be necessary or appropriate: (a) to comply with applicable law, to respond to requests from public and government authorities, to cooperate with law enforcement, or for other legal reasons; (b) to enforce our terms and conditions; and (c) to protect our rights, privacy, safety or property, and/or that of our affiliates, you, or others. We may use, disclose or transfer your information to a third party in the event of any reorganization, merger, sale, joint venture, assignment, transfer or other disposition of all or any portion of our assets or stock (including in connection with any bankruptcy or similar proceedings).
“Other Information” is any information that does not reveal your specific identity or does not directly relate to an identifiable individual. The Online Services collect Other Information such as:
We and our service providers may collect Other Information in a variety of ways, including:
We may use and disclose Other Information for any purpose, except where we are required to do otherwise under applicable law. If we are required to treat Other Information as Personal Information under applicable law, we may use and disclose it for the purposes for which we use and disclose Personal Information as detailed in this Policy. In some instances, we may combine Other Information with Personal Information. If we do, we will treat the combined information as Personal Information as long as it is combined.
We seek to use reasonable organizational, technical and administrative measures to protect Personal Information within our organization. Unfortunately, no data transmission or storage system can be guaranteed to be 100% secure. If you have reason to believe that your interaction with us is no longer secure, please immediately notify us in accordance with the “Contacting Us” section below.
Your choices regarding our use and disclosure of your Personal Information
We give you choices regarding our use and disclosure of your Personal Information for marketing purposes. You may opt out from receiving marketing-related emails from us. If you no longer want to receive marketing related emails from us on a going-forward basis, you may opt out by using the unsubscribe mechanism contained in each such email. Depending on the Online Service, you may also be able to manage notification preferences through your account.
We will try to comply with your request(s) as soon as reasonably practicable. Please note that if you opt out of receiving marketing related emails from us, we may still send you important administrative messages, from which you cannot opt out.
How you can access, change, or delete your Personal Information
If you would like to request to access, correct, update, or delete Personal Information, you may contact us in accordance with the “Contacting Us” section below. We will respond to your request consistent with applicable law.
In your request, please make clear what Personal Information you would like to have changed. For your protection, we may only implement requests with respect to the Personal Information associated with the email address that you use to send us your request, and we may need to verify your identity before implementing your request.
Please note that we may need to retain certain information for recordkeeping purposes and/or to complete any transactions that you began prior to requesting a change or deletion.
This Privacy Notice does not address, and we are not responsible for, the privacy, information, or other practices of any third parties, including any third party operating any website or service to which the Online Services link. The inclusion of a link on the Online Services does not imply endorsement of the linked site or service by us or by our affiliates.
In addition, we are not responsible for the information collection, use, disclosure, or security policies or practices of other organizations, such as Facebook, Apple, Google, Microsoft, RIM, or any other app developer, app provider, social media platform provider, operating system provider, wireless service provider, or device manufacturer, including with respect to any Personal Information you disclose to other organizations through or in connection with the Apps or our Social Media Pages.
We use third-party advertising companies to serve advertisements regarding goods and services that may be of interest to you when you access and use the Online Services and other websites or online services.
The Online Services are not directed to individuals under the age of thirteen (13), and we do not knowingly collect Personal Information from individuals under thirteen (13).
Your Personal Information may be stored and processed in any country where we have facilities or in which we engage service providers, and by using the Online Services you understand that your information will be transferred to countries outside of your country of residence, including the United States, which may have data protection rules that are different from those of your country.
Unless we request it, we ask that you not send us, and you not disclose, any sensitive Personal Information (e.g., social security numbers, information related to racial or ethnic origin, political opinions, religion or other beliefs, health, biometrics or genetic characteristics, or criminal background) on or through the Online Services or otherwise to us.
The “LAST UPDATED” legend at the top of this Online Privacy Notice indicates when this Online Privacy Notice was last revised. Any changes will become effective when we post the revised Online Privacy Notice on the Online Services.
If you have any questions about this Privacy Notice, please contact us at Privacy@SteadfastREIT.com or in writing at the following address:
Steadfast Apartment REIT, Inc.Because email communications are not always secure, please do not include credit card or other sensitive information in your emails to us.