Privacy Policy for California Residents
Effective Date: January 6th, 2026
This Privacy Policy for California Residents supplements the information contained in HomeExchange Inc. with an address at C/O WEWORK, 625 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge, MA 02139 (“HomeExchange” or “we”) Privacy Policy and describes how HomeExchange collects and uses personal information from users who reside in the State of California across various platforms, including www.homeexchange.com, the HomeExchange application, other websites, mobile sites, services, applications, and platforms operated by HomeExchange where this Privacy Policy for California Residents is featured or referenced, or where no separate Privacy Policy for California Residents is provided, as well as from customers who reside in the State of California and interact with us through other channels (collectively, the “Sites”). The words “user”, “you” and “your” in this Privacy Policy for California Residents refer to a user of the Sites.
We adopt this notice to comply with the California Consumer Privacy Act of 2018 (CCPA), as amended by the California Privacy Rights Act (CPRA) (collectively, the “CCPA”) and other California privacy laws, and any terms defined in the CCPA have the same meaning when used in this notice.
Information We Collect
HomeExchange has collected the following categories of personal information from its consumers within the last twelve (12) months:
A. Identifiers
Examples: A real name, alias, postal address, unique personal identifier, online identifier, Internet Protocol address, email address, account name, or other similar identifiers.
B. Personal information categories listed in the California Customer Records statute (Cal. Civ. Code § 1798.80(e)).
C. Protected classification characteristics under California or federal law.
D. Commercial information.
E. Internet or other similar network activity.
F. Inferences drawn from other personal information.
HomeExchange may collect some sensitive personal information, such as your driver’s license, state identification card, or passport number, for the purpose of providing you with the service you requested.
Personal information does not include publicly available information from government records, deidentified or aggregated consumer information, and information excluded from the CCPA’s scope, such as health or medical information covered by the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA).
HomeExchange obtains the categories of personal information listed above from the following categories of sources:
We may collect the personal information for one or more of the following business or commercial purposes:
HomeExchange will not collect additional categories of personal information or use the personal information we collected for materially different, unrelated, or incompatible purposes without providing you with notice.
II. Data Retention
HomeExchange retains personal information only for as long as necessary to provide our services and process your requests, purchases, transactions, or for other business purposes such as complying with our legal obligations, resolving disputes, and enforcing our agreements.
III. Disclosing, Sharing for Cross-Context Behavioral Advertising, or Selling Personal Information
HomeExchange may disclose for a business or commercial purpose or share for cross-context behavioral advertising your personal information to a third party. When we disclose or share personal information, we enter into a contract that describes the purpose and requires the recipient to both keep that personal information confidential and not use it for any purpose except performing the contract.
In the preceding twelve (12) months, HomeExchange has disclosed the following categories of personal information for a business or commercial purpose:
Categories of Personal Information Disclosed for a Business or Commercial Purpose
A. Identifiers.
B. California Customer Records personal information categories.
C. Commercial information.
D. Internet or other similar network activity.
E. Inferences drawn from other personal information.
Business or Commercial Purposes for Disclosing your Personal Information
We may disclose the personal information we collect for one or more of the following business or commercial purposes:
In the preceding twelve (12) months, HomeExchange has not sold personal information of California residents.
In the preceding twelve (12) months, HomeExchange has shared for cross-context behavioral advertising the following categories of personal information:
Categories of Personal Information Shared for Cross-Context Behavioral Advertising
A. Identifiers.
B. Commercial information.
C. Internet or other similar network activity.
D. Inferences drawn from other personal information.
1. Business or Commercial Purposes for Sharing for Cross-Context Behavioral Advertising or Selling your Personal Information
We may share personal information for cross-context behavioral advertising the personal information we collect for one or more of the following business or commercial purposes:
2. Right to Opt-out of Sharing for Cross-Context Behavioral Advertising or Selling
If you are age 16 or older, you have the right to direct us not to share for cross-context behavioral advertising or sell your personal information at any time. We do not share for cross-context behavioral advertising or sell the personal information of consumers we have actual knowledge are less than 16 years old.
To exercise the right to opt-out, you (or your authorized representative) may submit a request to us by visiting the following link: “Do Not Sell or Share My Personal Information”.
Once you make an opt-out request, we will wait at least twelve (12) months before asking you to reauthorize personal information sales or sharing for cross-context behavioral advertising.
You do not need to create an account with us to exercise your opt-out rights. We will only use personal information provided in an opt-out request to review and comply with the request.
Please note that if you visit our Sites with the Global Privacy Control opt-out preference signal enabled, we will automatically treat this as a request to opt-out for the device and browser that you use to visit the Sites. To learn more about Global Privacy Control, you can visit https://globalprivacycontrol.org/.
IV. Use and Disclosure of Sensitive Personal Information
We do not use or disclose your sensitive personal information for any other purpose other than to perform business services, including providing our products and services to you.
V. Your Rights and Choices
The CCPA provides consumers (California residents) with specific rights regarding their personal information. This section describes your CCPA rights and explains how to exercise those rights.
You have the right to request that HomeExchange disclose certain information to you about our collection and use of your personal information over the past twelve (12) months. Once we receive and confirm your verifiable consumer request (see Exercising Access, Data Portability, Deletion and Correction Rights), we will disclose to you:
You have the right to request that HomeExchange delete any of your personal information that it collected from you and retained, subject to certain exceptions. Once we receive and confirm your verifiable consumer request (see Exercising Access, Data Portability, Deletion and Correction Rights), we will delete (and direct our service providers to delete) your personal information from our records, unless an exception applies.
We may deny your deletion request in compliance with the CCPA if retaining the information is necessary for us or our service provider(s) to, among others: complete the transaction for which we collected the personal information, provide a good or service that you requested or take actions reasonably anticipated within the context of our ongoing business relationship with you; detect security incidents, protect against malicious, deceptive, fraudulent, or illegal activity, or prosecute those responsible for such activities; comply with a legal obligation; or make other internal and lawful uses of that information that are compatible with the context in which you provided it.
You may update or correct your personal information free of charge, subject to certain exceptions. Once we receive and confirm your verifiable consumer request, we will correct (and direct our service providers to correct) your personal information in our records, unless an exception applies. We may ask that you identify yourself and the information you wish to change for security purposes.
VI. Exercising Access, Data Portability, Deletion and Correction Rights
To exercise the access, data portability, deletion and correction rights described above, please submit a verifiable consumer request to us via our Contact form.
Only you, or a person registered with the California Secretary of State that you authorize to act on your behalf, may make a verifiable consumer request related to your personal information. You may also make a verifiable consumer request on behalf of your minor child.
You may only make a verifiable consumer request for access or data portability twice within a twelve (12) month period. The verifiable consumer request must:
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 a verifiable consumer request to verify the requestor’s identity or authority to make the request.
Response Timing and Format
We shall confirm receipt of a customer’s request to know or delete within ten (10) business days. We endeavor to respond to a verifiable consumer request to access, delete or correct within forty-five (45) days of its receipt, and to a verifiable consumer request to opt-out of selling or sharing their personal information or to limit use of their sensitive personal information within fifteen (15) business days of its receipt. If we require more time (up to 45 days) to respond to a verifiable consumer request to access, delete or correct, we will inform you of the reason and extension period in writing within the initial forty-five (45) days after receipt of the verifiable consumer request.
If you have an account with us, our written response to your verifiable consumer request will be delivered through such account. If you do not have an account with us, we will deliver our written response by mail or electronically, at your option. For data portability requests, we will select a format that is readily useable and should allow you to transmit the information from one entity to another entity without hindrance.
Any disclosures we provide pursuant to a verifiable consumer request will only cover the twelve (12) month period preceding the verifiable consumer request’s receipt. If applicable, our response will also explain the reasons we cannot comply with your request.
We do not charge a fee to process or respond to your verifiable consumer request, unless such request is excessive, repetitive, or manifestly unfounded. If we determine that the request warrants a fee, we will inform you of the reasons of such decision and provide you with a cost estimate before completing your request.
VII. Non-Discrimination
We will not discriminate against you for exercising any of your CCPA rights. Unless permitted by the CCPA, we will not:
VIII. Other California Privacy Rights
Pursuant to California Civil Code Sec. 1789.3, California resident users are entitled to know that they may file grievances and complaints with the California Department of Consumer Affairs, 1625 North Market Blvd., Suite N 112, Sacramento, CA 95834; or by telephone at (800) 952-5210; or by email to dca@dca.ca.gov. For more information about protecting your privacy, you may wish to visit: www.ftc.gov.
IX. Changes to Our California Privacy Notice
HomeExchange reserves the right to amend this privacy notice at its discretion and at any time. When we make changes to this privacy notice, we will post the updated notice on our website and update the notice’s effective date.
X. Contact Information
If you have any questions or comments about this notice, the ways in which HomeExchange collects and uses your information described above and in the Privacy Policy your choices and rights regarding such use, please do not hesitate to contact us at dpo@homeexchange.com.