Privacy Policy
Effective as of 8 April 2025
Hines is sensitive to the confidentiality of your personal data and has created this website privacy policy (the “Privacy Policy”) in order to demonstrate Hines’ commitment to privacy. This Privacy Policy applies to all personal data you provide to Hines, or Hines obtains from you, through the Hines Site and also to the collection, use, disclosure and/or processing of personal data to which data protection and privacy laws apply. If consent to and acceptance of this Privacy Policy is required under applicable law for it to be effective, then by using the Site, you are deemed to have consented to and accepted the terms and conditions of this Privacy Policy.
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If we change our Privacy Policy we will post the changes on this page and may place notices on other pages of the Site, so that you may be aware of the information we collect and how we use it at all times.
This Privacy Policy is issued on behalf of the Hines Group (Hines, “We”, “Our”, “Us”) group of entities, so when we mention “we”, “our” or “us” we are referring to the relevant company that is accountable for and controls or processes your personal data as further set out in the Hines Entities addendum. The entity responsible for this Site, and this Privacy Policy, is Hines Interests Limited Partnership (USA).
The list below sets out what is covered in this Privacy Policy.
- 1. THE TYPES OF PERSONAL DATA WE COLLECT
- 2. HOW WE USE YOUR PERSONAL DATA
- 3. PERSONAL DATA WE SHARE TO THIRD PARTIES
- 4. INTERNATIONAL DATA TRANSFERS
- 5. HOW WE PROTECT YOUR PERSONAL DATA
- 6. HOW LONG WE KEEP YOUR PERSONAL DATA
- 7. MODIFICATION OF YOUR CHOICES AND PREFERENCES
- 8. YOUR RIGHTS
- 9. THIRD PARTY INFORMATION
- 10. COOKIES AND SIMILAR TECHNOLOGIES
- 11. TERMS OF USE
- 12. PRIVACY POLICY FOR CHILDREN
- 13. DEFINITIONS
- 14. CHANGES IN PRIVACY POLICY
- 15. MORE INFORMATION
1. THE TYPES OF PERSONAL DATA WE COLLECT
1.1 Many of the services offered by Hines require us to obtain personal data about you in order to perform the services we have been engaged to provide. You may be unable to access the Site if such personal data is not provided. We may collect and process the following personal data about you:
(A) Information that you provide to Hines. This includes information about you that you provide to us voluntarily. The nature of the services you are requesting will determine the kind of personal data we might ask for, though such information may include:
- (1) basic personal data (such as first name; family name; position in the company; company name; company email address; business phone number; business address; city; postcode; country); and
- (2) any information that you choose to share on the Site which may be considered personal data (such as job and education history, comments, responses to questions).
(B) Information that we collect or generate about you. This includes:
- (1) any information regarding the services purchased and/or used on the Site and our interactions with you;
- (2) a file with your contact history to be used for enquiry purposes so that we may ensure that you are satisfied with the services which we have provided to you;
- (3) through our cloud security services, traffic and security reports that include information on the internet usage of the organisation’s computer users (e.g. what websites were visited by each user, any documents downloaded, security incidents, prevention measures taken by the gateway, etc.);
- (4) marketing and communications data such as your preferences in receiving marketing from us and our third parties and your communication preferences; and
- (5) activity data relating to the publication of content or the use of protected documents on the Site, such as altering a document’s permissions and information
(C) Cookies and similar technologies
- We employ cookies and similar tools to enrich your browsing experience, refine site navigation, analyze usage patterns, and bolster our marketing endeavors. If you consent to the activation of these tools on your device, we may collect certain online personal data, such as your device ID or IP address. Additional information on this is provided below for your reference.
(D) Anonymised data
- (1) In addition to the categories of personal data described above, Hines will also process further anonymised information and data that is not processed by reference to a specific individual.
- (2) Such anonymised data could be derived from your personal data but is not considered personal data in law as this data will not directly or indirectly reveal your identity. For example, we may aggregate your usage data to calculate the percentage of users accessing a specific website feature. However, if we combine or connect anonymised with your Personal Data so that it can directly or indirectly identify you, we treat the combined data as Personal Data which will be used in accordance with this Privacy Policy.
2. HOW WE USE YOUR PERSONAL DATA
2.1 Your personal data may be stored and processed by us in the following ways and for the following purposes:
(A) for ongoing review and improvement of the information provided on the Site to ensure it is user friendly and to prevent any potential disruptions or cyber attacks;
(B) to allow you to use and access the functionality provided by our products (“Hines Products”);
(C) to assess your application for Hines Products or our services (“Hines Services”), where applicable;
(D) to evaluate your interest in employment and contacting you regarding possible employment with Hines;
(E) to set up clients to use Hines Products or Services;
(F) to conduct analysis required to detect malicious data and understand how this may affect your IT system;
(G) for statistical monitoring and analysis of current attacks on devices and systems and for the on-going adaptation of the solutions provided to secure devices and systems against current attacks;
(H) to understand feedback on Hines Products and Services and to help provide more information on the use of those products and services quickly and easily;
(I) to communicate with you in order to provide you with services or information about Hines and Hines Products and Services (including for marketing purposes);
(J) for in-depth threat analysis;
(K) to understand your needs and interests;
(L) for the management and administration of our business;
(M) to anonymise personal data and preparing and furnishing aggregated data reports showing anonymized information;
(N) enforcing our terms and conditions or other legal rights;
(O) in order to comply with and in order to assess compliance with applicable laws, rules and regulations, and internal policies and procedures; or
(P) for the administration and maintenance of databases storing personal data.
2.2 However when we use personal data we make sure that the usage complies with applicable law and the law allows us and requires us to use personal data for a variety of reasons. These include where:
(A) we need to do so in order to perform our contractual obligations with our clients;
(B) we have obtained your consent;
(C) we have legal and regulatory obligations that we have to discharge;
(D) we may need to do so in order to establish, exercise or defend our legal rights or for the purpose of legal proceedings; and
(E) the use of your personal data as described is necessary for our legitimate business interests, such as:
- (1) allowing us to effectively and efficiently manage and administer the operation of our business;
- (2) maintaining compliance with internal policies and procedures;
- (3) monitoring the use of our copyrighted materials;
- (4) enabling quick and easy access to information on Hines services;
- (5) offering optimal, up-to-date security solutions for mobile devices and IT systems; and
- (6) obtaining further knowledge of current threats to network security in order to update our security solutions and provide these to the market.
2.3 We will take steps to ensure that the personal data is accessed only by authorized employees, representatives and service providers of Hines who have a need to access your personal data for the purposes described in this Privacy Policy and that, in any case, are subject to confidentiality obligations.
3. PERSONAL DATA WE SHARE TO THIRD PARTIES
3.1 In connection with one or more of the purposes outlined in the “How we use your personal data” section above, we generally disclose details about you to:
(A) other members of the Hines Group which are set out in the Hines Entity Addendum. We will take steps to ensure that access to personal data is restricted to Hines authorized employees who have a lawful basis to access your personal data and only for the purposes described in this Privacy Policy. We may jointly use your personal data stipulated in Section 1 of this Privacy Policy. The Hines Group uses your personal for the purposes stipulated in Section 2 of this Privacy Policy, and the party responsible for the joint use is Hines Interests Limited Partnership whose address and representative's name in the Hines Entity Addendum;
(B) professional advisors and third parties that provide services to us and/or other members of the Hines Group (such as IT systems providers, platform providers, financial advisors, consultants (including lawyers and accountants), providers of HR and recruitment services and other goods and services providers (such as providers of marketing services where we are permitted to disclose your personal data to them) and in all cases such transfers will be under a legal basis as set out in Section 2 of this Privacy Policy and subject to appropriate safeguards including data processing agreements where required;
(C) intermediaries, brokers, and other individuals and entities that partner with us;
(D) competent authorities (including any national and/or international regulatory or enforcement body or court or other form of tribunal, where we (or any other member of the Hines Group) are required to do so by applicable law or regulation at their request); and
(E) any central or local government department and other statutory or public bodies where we (or any other member of the Hines Group) are required to do so by applicable law or regulation at their request).
4. INTERNATIONAL DATA TRANSFERS
4.1 As a global company, Hines may need to transfer your personal data out of the country or jurisdiction in which it was originally collected. For a list of countries to which Hines may transfer your personal data, please see the third country addendum. You should be aware that these countries may not have similar data protection laws to the country in which your personal data was originally collected. In such cases, Hines will ensure that there are adequate safeguards in place to protect your personal data with the aim of ensuring that your privacy rights continue to be protected as outlined in this Privacy Policy.
4.1 In relation to data being transferred outside the EEA or UK, for example, adequate safeguards may be implemented in one of the following ways:
(A) the country that we send the data to might be approved by the European Commission or the UK Government as offering an adequate level of protection for personal data;
(B) the recipient might have signed up to a contract based on “standard contractual clauses” approved by the European Commission or the UK Government, obliging them to protect your personal data;
(C) the recipient may have adhered to binding corporate rules (only for intragroup transfers); or
(D) in other circumstances the law may permit us to otherwise transfer your personal data outside the EEA or UK.
4.2 In other circumstances the law may permit Hines to transfer your personal data outside the EEA or the UK. In all cases, however, Hines will ensure that any transfer of your personal data is compliant with the applicable data protection law.
4.3 For transfer of personal data outside of the original location of collection for any other country or jurisdiction, it will be protected and transferred in a manner consistent with the applicable legal requirements, and Hines will take reasonable steps (for example through a contract with the overseas recipient) to ensure that the overseas recipient does not breach the applicable privacy laws in relation to the data.
4.4 You can obtain more details of the protection given to your personal data when it is transferred to a country or jurisdiction other than the country or jurisdiction in which it was originally collected (including, where applicable, a copy of the standard data protection clauses which we have entered into with recipients of your personal data) by contacting us as described in Section ??14 below.
If you object to your personal data being transferred or used in this manner please do not register with or use the Site.
5. HOW WE PROTECT YOUR PERSONAL DATA
5.1 We have extensive controls in place to maintain the security of our information and information systems. Client files are protected with safeguards according to the sensitivity of the relevant information. Appropriate controls (such as restricted access) are placed on our computer systems. Physical access to areas where personal data is gathered, processed or stored is limited to authorised Hines employees. You can obtain more details of the measures to protect your personal data by contacting us as described in Section 14 below to the extent permitted by applicable law.
5.2 As a condition of employment, Hines employees are required to follow all applicable laws and regulations, including in relation to data protection law. Access to sensitive personal data is limited to those employees who need to it to perform their roles and are duly authorized by Hines to access such data. Unauthorised use or disclosure of confidential client information by a Hines employee is prohibited and may result in disciplinary measures.
5.3 When you contact a Hines employee about your file, you may be asked for some personal data. This type of safeguard is designed to ensure that only you, or someone authorised by you, has access to your file.
6. HOW LONG WE KEEP YOUR PERSONAL DATA
6.1 We will hold your personal data on Hines’ systems (or those of our service providers) for as long as is necessary to fulfil the purpose for which it was collected or to comply with applicable legal, regulatory or internal policy requirements.
7. MODIFICATION OF YOUR CHOICES AND PREFERENCES
7.1 If you do not wish to receive communications from Hines regarding offers or other third party products and services, you may opt out of receiving such communications by unsubscribing, e-mailing or writing to Hines as provided in the Section ?14 below; or in the event that you receive an e-mail from Hines regarding such matters, you may simply reply to the e-mail in question and request that you receive no further correspondence from Hines regarding such matters. You may also follow this procedure to change or update information you have previously provided to Hines at any time.
7.2 Your election not to receive promotional and marketing correspondence from us will not: (a) preclude us from corresponding with you on a transactional basis, by e-mail or otherwise, regarding your existing or past relationship with us; or (b) preclude us, including our employees, contractors, agents and other representatives, from accessing and viewing your personal data in the course of maintaining and improving the Site.
8. YOUR RIGHTS
8.1 In all the cases in which we collect, use or store personal data to which data protection and privacy laws apply, you may have the following rights which you can exercise. Depending on the applicable data protection and privacy law, these rights may include:
(A) the right to obtain information regarding the processing of your personal data and access to the personal data which we hold about you including the history of the personal data that you have provided to Hines as long as it is held in accordance with applicable law;
(B) the right to confidentiality of your personal data;
(C) the right to withdraw your consent to the processing of your personal data at any time. Please note, however, that we may still be entitled to process your personal data if we have another legitimate reason for doing so. For example, we may need to retain personal data to comply with a legal obligation;
(D) in some circumstances, the right to receive some personal data in a structured, commonly used and machine-readable format and/or request that we transmit those data to a third party where this is technically feasible. Please note that this right only applies to personal data which you have provided directly to Hines;
(E) the right to access or request that we rectify or renew your personal data if it is inaccurate or incomplete, without disturbing the personal data
(F) management system,;
(G) the right to request that we erase your personal data in certain circumstances. Please note that there may be circumstances where you ask us to erase your personal data, but we are legally entitled to retain it;
(H) the right to object to, or request that we restrict or suspend, our processing of your personal data in certain circumstances. Again, there may be circumstances where you object to, or ask us to restrict, our processing of your personal data but we are legally entitled to refuse that request;
(I) the right to lodge a complaint with us and/or with the relevant data protection regulator if you think that any of your rights have been infringed by us, including failure to protect your personal data; and
(J) the right to provide instructions regarding the processing of their data after a data subject’s death.
8.2 You can exercise your rights by contacting us using the details listed in Section ??14 below.
8.3 Further information about your rights may be obtained by contacting the supervisory data protection authority located in your jurisdiction (or if applicable, by the method as set out in your country supplement to this Privacy Policy).
9. THIRD PARTY INFORMATION
The Site may provide you with links to other websites. This Privacy Policy does not apply to any information that you may provide to third parties, such as through other websites linked to Hines’ Site. Hines is not responsible for those websites and cannot control the content of what is offered on those websites, or on links from those websites, or the privacy policy or data security, if any, of those websites.
10. COOKIES AND SIMILAR TECHNOLOGIES
10.1. COOKIES AND SIMILAR TECHNOLOGIES
Our website uses cookies and similar technologies to enhance user experience, improve website functionality, and ensure security and compliance. Below, we provide a transparent explanation of the types of cookies we use, their purposes, and how you can manage your preferences.
Cookies are small data files stored on your device that help websites function effectively. Some cookies are session-based, meaning they are automatically deleted when you close your browser, while others are persistent, remaining on your device for a set period.
We transparently inform you about our use of cookies and similar technologies in the sections below. In case you would like to further understand more about these technologies, you can as well set your browser settings to inform you about the cookies or similar technologies downloaded to your device.
- a) Strictly Necessary Cookies:
These cookies are essential for website security, network management, and overall functionality. They enable key features such as page navigation and access to secure areas of the site.
- Purpose: Ensure website operation and security.
- Your Control: these cookies are required to provide you with the website services you requested, and can as such not be declined.
- b) Optional Cookies:
All other cookies, including those for preferences, analytics, marketing, tracking, profiling, and chat functionality, will only be activated if you explicitly consent.
- Purpose:
- Advertising cookies store consent for personalized advertising, enable storage related to advertising and set consent for sending user data to Google for online advertising purposes;
- Analytics & customization cookies analyze usage for site optimization and enable storage related to analytics (e.g. visit duration);
- Performance & functionality cookies facilitate measurement and analytics for improved browsing experience, and enables storage that supports the functionality of the website such as language settings and personalization like video recommendations.
- Your Control:
- These cookies will not be placed on your device unless you opt-in.
- You can manage your preferences and withdraw consent at any time through our cookie settings.
- Purpose:
Regarding your cookie preferences, please note that when you click "Dismiss" on the cookie banner, only essential cookies necessary for the website’s basic functionality will be enabled.
To get an overview of the types of cookies used on this website, what their purposes are, and how long they are stored, you can click on “cookie preferences” at the footer of the website.
Additionally, we use similar technologies, such as local shared objects, which enhance your browsing experience by storing preferences and optimizing website functionality.
At last, third parties including Google, Meta and X may use cookies, web beacons, and other storage technologies (e.g. Facebook Pixel, X pixel, GA4) to collect or receive information of your online activity and use that information to provide measurement services, target and deliver ads. Please note that this activity is beyond our control. For enhanced protection, you can opt-out of the collection and use of information for ad targeting control so via your browser settings as described below.
Control via your browser settings
Most internet browsers are initially set up to automatically accept cookies. If you do not want our websites to store cookies on your device, you can change your browser settings so that you receive a warning before certain cookies are stored. You can also adjust your settings so that your browser refuses most of our cookies or only certain cookies from third parties. You can also withdraw your consent to cookies by deleting the cookies that have already been stored.
If you disable the cookies that we use, this may impact your experience while on the Unilever website, for example you may not be able to visit certain areas of a website or you may not receive personalized information when you visit a website.
If you use different devices to view and access the Unilever website (e.g., your computer, smartphone, tablet) you will need to ensure that each browser on each device is adjusted to suit your cookie preferences.
The procedures for changing your settings and cookies differ from browser to browser. If necessary, use the help function on your browser or click on one of the links below to go directly to the user manual for your browser.
There are also software products available that can manage cookies for you.
You can also use www.ghostery.com to evaluate the use of cookies used on our websites.
To find out more about cookies, including how to see what cookies have been set and how to manage and delete them, visit www.allaboutcookies.org.
- a) Strictly Necessary Cookies:
10.2. SOCIAL MEDIA PLUG-INS
We place various social media buttons on our website in the form of a plug-in. Following are the social media buttons used:
- X
- Youtube
Please be aware that when you visit a website that integrates social media plug-ins AND you click on a social media button or link, certain data (such as your IP address, visited sites, and the date and time of access) may be forwarded to these social media platforms—even if you are not registered or logged in to those services.
If you are already logged into a social media service, the platform may link this data to your user profile, identifying your username and potentially even your real name.
We do not control the extent, nature, or purpose of such data processing by social media platforms. These services may create pseudonymized or individualized user profiles based on this data.
If you prefer not to share your data with these platforms, we recommend avoiding interaction with these links or plug-ins.
For more information on how these social media platforms handle your data, please refer to their individual privacy policies.- 10.3. THIRD -PARTY LINKED SITES
Our website contains links to third-party websites, including social media sites, which may have privacy policies that differ from our own.
We are not responsible for the collection, use, or disclosure of information collected through third-party websites and expressly disclaim any liability related to such data processing. Additionally, we are not responsible for the accuracy, content, or privacy practices of these third-party sites.
Links to external websites are provided for convenience only, and your browsing, use, and interactions with these sites—including those that link to or from our website—are subject to their own rules and policies. We strongly encourage you to review the privacy policy of any website you access through our platform.
Please note that if you provide personal information to us through a social media site or interact with social media content linked to our website, you consent to our use of that information in accordance with this Privacy Policy, as if the information had been submitted to us directly via our website.
11. TERMS OF USE
Please take the time to read our Terms of Use, including the limitations on damages and application of the law of the state of Texas. These terms govern our interactions as a legal contract, and we welcome and encourage the time you spend becoming familiar with these legal terms as much as we welcome the time you spend on our Site and your support of Hines.
12. PRIVACY POLICY FOR CHILDREN
This Site is not directed to children. We do not knowingly collect information from children under the age of consent required by applicable law in the jurisdiction you access the Site. If you are under the age required by applicable law, please do not provide any personal data to us. If we become aware that we have collected personal data from a child under the age required by applicable law, we will make commercially reasonable efforts to delete such information from our database.
13. DEFINITIONS
When we say “we” or “us” or “Hines” in this Privacy Policy, we mean Hines Interests Limited Partnership, our affiliates as set out in the Hines Entity Addendum and those agents we use to provide services on our behalf. When we say “Site”, we mean www.hines.com and all other websites developed, owned or maintained by Hines Interests Limited Partnership and its affiliates.
14. CHANGES IN PRIVACY POLICY
Hines reserves, in its sole discretion, the right to revise this Privacy Policy at any time by updating this posting.
15. MORE INFORMATION.
If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy or wish to contact Hines in connection with any information contained in this Privacy Policy, or to exercise the rights mentioned above—regardless of which country you may be writing from—please write to:
Hines Group Data Protection Officer (DPO)
By email: privacypolicy@hines.com
Phone Number: 1-833-521-0510
Postal Address: Hines Interests Limited Partnership Texas Tower 845 Texas Ave., Houston, Texas 77002