Privacy Policy

Who we are

Linton Global Solutions is a Florida-licensed commercial real estate brokerage (FL Broker License #BK703722), operating this website at www.lintonglobalsolutions.com. Michael R. Linton is the broker of record. Linton Global Solutions is one of seven entities in the Linton Global family of companies. When we refer to "we," "us," "our," or "LGS" below, we mean Linton Global Solutions.

This policy explains how we handle personal information collected through this site and through your engagement with LGS. Other Linton Global platforms (REOMind.ai, REOMind.app, 1031DealFlow.com, HireMikeLinton.com, LintonGlobal.com) each publish their own privacy notice covering the information they collect.

Scope

This policy applies to personal information about visitors to this website, prospects who contact us, clients who engage us, referral partners, vendors, licensed brokers who work with our LenderMatch or expansion-teams network, and other individuals whose information we process in the course of our brokerage and technology operations. It does not apply to information that is not personal information (e.g., aggregated or de-identified data), or to information handled by third-party sites we link to.

Information we collect

We collect the following categories of personal information — described using the CCPA / CPRA category labels for cross-reference:

• Identifiers. Name, email, phone, mailing address, employer, title.
• Transaction information. Property addresses, transaction stage, offering memoranda, rent rolls, T-12s, loan requests, engagement letters, and correspondence relating to a specific deal.
• Commercial information. Records of services requested (broker representation, financing, valuation, disposition), transaction history with LGS.
• Financial information. Where you elect to share it in connection with a financing request (asset schedules, credit references, purchase capacity). We do not collect payment-card data on this site.
• Internet activity. IP address, device type, browser, pages viewed, referring URLs, timestamps, cookies (see Cookies section below).
• Geolocation (coarse). Approximate city/region derived from IP for analytics and rate-limiting.
• Professional information. License numbers, firm affiliation, registered representative or accredited investor status where you assert it.
• Inferences. Preferences and characteristics we infer from the information above (e.g., asset-class interest, buyer capacity band).
• Sensitive personal information. We do not intentionally collect sensitive personal information as defined under CPRA (SSN, precise geolocation, biometrics, health). If you volunteer such information (e.g., in a loan application), we handle it under the "Sensitive personal information" limitations below.

We collect this information directly from you (forms, email, phone calls, engagement documents), automatically as you use the site (cookies, analytics), and from third parties (public records, MLS feeds, courthouse feeds, lender or investor referral networks, professional-licensing databases).

How we use information

• Provide the brokerage, advisory, and technology services you request
• Match your requirements to properties, lenders, investors, or referral partners
• Comply with Florida Chapter 475 brokerage record-keeping and disclosure obligations
• Communicate with you about your transaction, our services, and related market information
• Improve and train our in-house CRE models (property valuation, lender-match, investor-match, distressed scoring) — see Responsible AI for detail
• Prevent fraud, enforce our terms, protect the security of the site and our users
• Meet legal, regulatory, tax, audit, and law-enforcement requirements

Legal bases (for EEA / UK residents)

Where the GDPR or UK GDPR applies, we process personal information under one or more of these legal bases:

• Contract. To perform the services you have engaged us for or to take steps at your request before entering a contract.
• Legal obligation. To comply with Florida Chapter 475, federal tax law, anti-money-laundering rules, and other applicable law.
• Legitimate interests. To run our brokerage and technology business, improve our services, prevent fraud, market our services to prospective clients (subject to opt-out), and secure the site.
• Consent. Where required by law (e.g., certain marketing communications, non-essential cookies, sharing sensitive information you voluntarily provide).

Third parties we share with

• Licensed referral partners. When your inquiry is outside Michael R. Linton's FL brokerage license (BK703722), we may refer you to a licensed real-estate professional in the relevant state, with your knowledge and consent per our referral-partner framing.
• MLS and listing services. Where authorized under the applicable MLS participation agreement (MLS Grid / MRED / local MLS), listing information you authorize us to publish may be syndicated to the MLS and cooperating brokers.
• Lenders and investors. When you engage LenderMatch or InvestorMatch, deal information you authorize us to circulate is shared with the specific lender or investor recipients you approve.
• Service providers. Vendors that process information on our behalf under contract — cloud hosting, transactional email, analytics, AI infrastructure, customer relationship management, e-signature, accounting. These vendors are contractually restricted to using information only for our purposes.
• Professional advisers. Legal, tax, accounting, and audit professionals engaged by Linton Global.
• Affiliates. Other Linton Global entities (Linton Global Capital, Linton Global Technologies, Linton Global Partners, and the platforms named above) where required to serve the relationship you have with us.
• Legal / regulatory. Government authorities, regulators (FL DBPR, SEC, FinCEN as applicable), courts, and law-enforcement bodies where required by law, subpoena, or valid legal process; also to establish or defend legal claims.
• Business transfers. Successors in interest in the event of a merger, acquisition, or sale of assets — subject to this policy or a policy no less protective.

We do notsell personal information for money, and we do not "share" personal information for cross-context behavioral advertising, as those terms are defined under the CCPA/CPRA. If that ever changes, we will update this policy and provide the opt-out California law requires.

AI and automated processing

We use in-house and vendor AI systems to assist with property valuation, lender matching, investor matching, distressed-asset scoring, and content drafting. A licensed human broker reviews every material AI output before it reaches a client. We do not use AI to make solely-automated decisions with legal or similarly significant effects on you without a human in the loop.

For the full picture — our principles, what we use AI for, what we do NOT use AI for, and our data-handling commitments to AI vendors — see Responsible AI at Linton Global Solutions.

Cookies and similar technologies

We use strictly necessary cookies to operate the site (session, security, load balancing), functional cookies to remember your preferences, and analytics cookies (currently Vercel Web Analytics) to understand aggregate site usage. Where required by law, we present a cookie notice on first visit and honor your choices. You can also control cookies through your browser settings; blocking strictly necessary cookies may break parts of the site.

Retention

Transaction records are retained for the periods required by Florida Chapter 475 (five years) and any longer period required by federal or state tax law. Marketing lists are retained until you unsubscribe or ask us to delete you. Site logs are retained for a reasonable period for security and analytics (typically 12–24 months). We delete or de-identify information when we no longer have a legitimate need to keep it.

Security

We use administrative, technical, and physical safeguards designed to protect personal information — including encryption in transit (TLS), encryption at rest for sensitive data stores, role-based access control, secret rotation, and vendor security-review procedures. No system is perfect; if we experience a security incident that affects your personal information, we will notify you as required by applicable law.

Your rights

California residents (CCPA / CPRA)

You have the right to:

• Know the categories and specific pieces of personal information we have collected about you, the sources, purposes, and third parties we have disclosed it to.
• Delete personal information we have collected, subject to legal exceptions (e.g., transaction records we must retain).
• Correct inaccurate personal information.
• Opt out of "sale" or "sharing" of personal information (we do not currently sell or share as defined by law).
• Limit our use of sensitive personal information to purposes specified by law.
• Non-discrimination for exercising these rights.

EEA / UK residents (GDPR / UK GDPR)

You have the right to access, rectify, erase, restrict processing, object to processing (including profiling), data portability, and — where processing is based on consent — to withdraw consent at any time without affecting the lawfulness of prior processing. You also have the right to lodge a complaint with your national data protection authority.

Florida and other US residents

Where state law (e.g., Florida's Digital Bill of Rights, Texas Data Privacy and Security Act, Virginia CDPA) grants comparable rights, we honor those rights on the same request path.

To exercise any of these rights, email privacy@lintonglobal.com with a description of your request and enough information for us to verify your identity. We respond within the timelines required by applicable law. You may authorize an agent to submit a request on your behalf.

Children

This site is intended for professional and business use and is not directed to children under 16. We do not knowingly collect personal information from children under 16. If you believe a child has provided us personal information, contact privacy@lintonglobal.com and we will delete it.

International transfers

We are based in the United States. If you access the site or share information with us from another jurisdiction, your information will be transferred to and processed in the United States and other countries where our service providers operate. Where personal information of EEA/UK data subjects is transferred to a jurisdiction the European Commission has not deemed adequate, we rely on Standard Contractual Clauses and equivalent safeguards.

Third-party links

The site contains links to third-party services (Vercel, Resend, LinkedIn, YouTube, Instagram, TikTok, HUD, DBPR, various MLS boards, lender application portals, etc.). Those services have their own privacy notices. We are not responsible for their practices.

Changes to this policy

We may update this policy from time to time. The "Last updated" date at the top of the page will reflect the latest revision. Where required by law, we will provide additional notice of material changes and, where required, obtain fresh consent.

Contact

Linton Global Solutions
Attn: Michael R. Linton, Broker of Record (FL #BK703722)
privacy@lintonglobal.com · mike@lintonglobal.com · (312) 612-1031

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