Privacy Policy

Last Updated: July 1, 2026

Commercial Seattle respects your privacy and is committed to being transparent about how information is collected, used, disclosed, and protected when you visit commercialseattle.com.

This Privacy Policy applies to Commercial Seattle’s website, contact forms, property search and comparison tools, and other online features that link to this Policy.

Commercial Seattle is a marketing website operated by Lauren Hendricks, a commercial real estate broker affiliated with Windermere Real Estate Midtown. In this Policy, “Commercial Seattle,” “we,” “us,” and “our” refer to Lauren Hendricks in connection with the operation of this website.

Information submitted through this website may also be processed through Windermere email, technology, brokerage, or recordkeeping systems. Windermere Real Estate Midtown and other Windermere entities may maintain separate privacy policies and practices.

Notice at Collection

Depending on how you interact with the website, we may collect:

• Contact information, such as your name, email address, phone number, company name, and message
• Information about the property or real estate services that interest you
• Communications and records of your inquiries
• Website activity, such as pages viewed, searches performed, properties compared, links clicked, and referring pages
• Technical information, such as your browser, device type, operating system, cookie identifiers, IP-derived approximate location, and access times
• Information you voluntarily provide when communicating with us

We use this information to respond to inquiries, provide requested real estate information and services, operate and secure the website, understand website performance, improve the user experience, maintain business records, and comply with applicable legal and professional obligations.

We do not knowingly sell personal information. We do not use personal information for cross-context behavioral advertising.

Please do not submit Social Security numbers, banking information, wire instructions, account passwords, government identification numbers, medical information, or other highly sensitive information through the website.

1. Scope of This Policy

This Policy applies to information collected through:

• commercialseattle.com
• Contact and property inquiry forms
• Email links initiated through the website
• Property search, sorting, filtering, comparison, and similar tools
• Analytics, security, accessibility, mapping, and performance technologies used on the website

This Policy does not govern information collected independently by Windermere, another real estate professional, a lender, title company, escrow provider, property owner, property manager, listing service, or another third party.

2. Information You Provide

You may provide personal information when you:

• Submit a contact or property inquiry form
• Ask to schedule a consultation
• Request information about a property
• Ask for assistance buying, selling, or leasing commercial real estate
• Communicate by email or phone
• Provide feedback or report a website issue

This information may include your name, email address, telephone number, business or organization, property interests, preferred location, investment criteria, general budget range, desired timing, and any other information included in your message.

You are not required to provide personal information simply to browse publicly available website content. Certain information may be necessary, however, for us to respond to a request or provide a requested service.

Information About Other People

Please do not submit personal information about another person unless you have permission or another lawful basis to provide it.

3. Information Collected Automatically

When you access the website, certain information may be collected automatically by our website platform, hosting provider, analytics tools, security services, accessibility tools, or other technology providers.

This information may include:

• IP address
• Approximate geographic area derived from an IP address
• Browser type and version
• Device type and operating system
• Screen size and device settings
• Pages viewed and time spent on the website
• Referring and exit pages
• Links, buttons, and website features used
• Search, filter, and sorting selections
• Date and time of access
• Cookie, session, or similar identifiers
• Error, diagnostic, security, and performance information

We generally use this information to understand website traffic, improve functionality, diagnose technical issues, prevent abuse, maintain security, and evaluate how visitors interact with property information.

We do not use the website’s search or comparison tools to make decisions about a person’s eligibility for housing, financing, insurance, employment, or any other significant service.

4. Property Search and Comparison Tools

The website includes custom tools that allow visitors to browse, search, sort, filter, save, or compare commercial properties.

These tools may temporarily store selections, preferences, or compared properties in your browser through cookies, local storage, session storage, or similar technologies. This information is generally used to maintain the functionality of the tool and may not identify you by name unless you separately submit an inquiry.

Search activity may also be included in aggregated or pseudonymous website analytics.

Property searches and comparisons do not create a client, agency, brokerage, fiduciary, contractual, or other professional relationship. A brokerage relationship is created only through an appropriate written agreement when required.

5. Cookies and Similar Technologies

The website may use cookies, local storage, pixels, tags, scripts, and similar technologies.

Essential Technologies

Essential technologies support website security, navigation, forms, accessibility, property comparison features, and other functions necessary for the website to operate.

Disabling essential technologies may prevent parts of the website from working properly.

Preference Technologies

Preference technologies may remember settings such as property comparisons, accessibility selections, display preferences, or other choices made during a visit.

Analytics Technologies

Analytics technologies help us understand information such as:

• The number of website visitors
• Which pages receive the most traffic
• How visitors navigate the website
• Whether website features are working properly
• General device, browser, and geographic trends

Analytics information is primarily used in aggregated or pseudonymous form.

Managing Cookies

You can manage or delete cookies through your browser settings. Where the website provides a cookie or privacy preference tool, you may also use that tool to manage optional technologies.

Blocking cookies may affect property comparison tools, accessibility preferences, embedded maps, forms, and other website features.

Where required by applicable law, we will request consent before activating nonessential technologies and will honor applicable browser-based privacy signals.

6. Google Analytics and Google Tag Manager

We may use Google Analytics to measure website traffic and understand how visitors interact with the website. Google Analytics may process information such as cookie identifiers, device and browser information, website activity, and approximate geographic information.

Google Tag Manager may be used to manage and deploy analytics, functionality, or measurement tags. Google Tag Manager does not determine independently how information is used; the behavior depends on the tags configured through it.

We do not intentionally send names, email addresses, telephone numbers, financial information, or other directly identifying form information to Google Analytics.

Google operates independently and processes information under its own terms, privacy policies, and data-processing arrangements.

You may restrict analytics cookies through available cookie controls, browser settings, or privacy tools. Google also offers a browser add-on that allows users to opt out of Google Analytics measurement.

7. Accessibility Technology

The website currently uses UserWay accessibility technology. When the accessibility widget or related services are loaded or used, UserWay or its service providers may process technical, device, browser, usage, performance, configuration, and accessibility-preference information needed to provide and maintain the service.

Accessibility preferences may be stored in your browser so they can remain active as you navigate the website or return later.

UserWay processes information under its own privacy terms and may act as a service provider in connection with the website.

8. Maps, Street View, and Embedded Content

The website may include maps, Street View, directions, videos, social media features, or other embedded content provided by third parties.

When you load or interact with embedded content, the third-party provider may receive information such as your IP address, browser information, device identifiers, page activity, and interactions with the embedded feature.

These third parties control their own data-processing practices. Their privacy policies govern information they collect directly through their services.

9. How We Use Information

We may use personal information to:

• Respond to questions and property inquiries
• Communicate about commercial real estate services
• Provide information about properties for sale or lease
• Schedule meetings, calls, or property tours
• Understand your stated real estate needs
• Maintain records of inquiries and communications
• Operate, maintain, troubleshoot, and improve the website
• Analyze website traffic and performance
• Personalize basic website functionality and preferences
• Detect spam, fraud, malicious activity, and security incidents
• Protect the website, our business, clients, and other users
• Comply with legal, regulatory, licensing, brokerage, insurance, tax, accounting, and professional obligations
• Establish, exercise, or defend legal claims
• Enforce applicable agreements and website policies
• Carry out another purpose disclosed when information is collected
• Carry out another purpose with your permission

We may use deidentified or aggregated information for analytics, business planning, website improvement, and other lawful purposes. We will not attempt to reidentify information that has been properly deidentified unless permitted or required by law.

10. Communications

When you submit an inquiry, we may respond using the contact information you provide.

Submitting a form authorizes us to respond to that specific inquiry. It does not automatically enroll you in a general marketing list.

We may send marketing or informational communications only when permitted by law. You may opt out of promotional emails by using the unsubscribe instructions in the message or contacting us directly.

Even after opting out of marketing, you may continue to receive communications related to an active inquiry, appointment, transaction, legal obligation, or professional relationship.

11. When We Disclose Information

We may disclose personal information in the following circumstances:

Windermere and Brokerage Operations

Information may be processed or maintained through Windermere Real Estate Midtown systems, email services, brokerage records, compliance processes, or personnel when reasonably necessary to respond to an inquiry, provide brokerage services, supervise licensed activity, or satisfy recordkeeping obligations.

Service Providers

We may disclose information to vendors that help operate the website or business, such as providers of:

• Website hosting and maintenance
• Form processing and email delivery
• Analytics and performance measurement
• Security, spam prevention, and backups
• Accessibility technology
• Mapping and embedded content
• Information technology and technical support
• Legal, accounting, insurance, and professional services

These providers may process information only as necessary to perform services for us, subject to their contracts and applicable law.

Real Estate Services

At your direction or when reasonably necessary to provide requested services, information may be shared with property owners, listing brokers, cooperating brokers, transaction coordinators, lenders, inspectors, appraisers, attorneys, title companies, escrow providers, contractors, or other transaction participants.

We will not disclose confidential client information except as authorized, required to provide services, or permitted by applicable law and professional obligations.

Legal and Safety Requirements

We may preserve, use, or disclose information when we reasonably believe it is necessary to:

• Comply with a law, regulation, subpoena, court order, or legal process
• Cooperate with regulators, licensing authorities, law enforcement, or government agencies
• Investigate fraud, security incidents, or unlawful activity
• Protect the rights, safety, property, or security of Commercial Seattle, Lauren Hendricks, Windermere, clients, website visitors, or others
• Establish, exercise, or defend legal claims

Business or Organizational Changes

Information may be transferred as part of an actual or proposed merger, acquisition, reorganization, sale of assets, change in website ownership, change in brokerage affiliation, or similar business transaction, subject to applicable law.

With Your Direction or Permission

We may disclose information for another purpose when you direct us to do so or provide permission.

12. Sale and Targeted Advertising

We do not knowingly sell personal information for monetary consideration.

We do not use personal information collected through this website for cross-context behavioral advertising or to build advertising profiles based on activity across unrelated websites.

We may disclose limited technical and website-activity information to analytics, security, accessibility, hosting, and similar service providers for business purposes described in this Policy.

If our practices change in a way that requires an opt-out right under applicable law, we will update this Policy and provide the required method for exercising that right.

13. Sensitive Information and Wire-Fraud Safety

The public website and its forms are not designed to collect sensitive personal information.

Please do not submit:

• Social Security or taxpayer identification numbers
• Driver’s license, passport, or other government identification numbers
• Bank account or payment-card information
• Login credentials or passwords
• Wire instructions
• Financial account access information
• Detailed medical or health information
• Biometric information
• Information about children
• Other confidential or highly sensitive records

Email and public website forms should not be used to transmit wire instructions or financial credentials.

Real estate wire fraud is a serious risk. Always independently verify payment and wire instructions using a trusted telephone number before transferring funds. Do not rely solely on an email requesting a change in payment instructions.

If sensitive information is submitted accidentally, we may restrict access, securely delete it when appropriate, or retain it only when required by law.

14. Data Retention

We retain information only for as long as reasonably necessary for the purposes described in this Policy.

Retention periods may depend on:

• The nature and status of your inquiry
• Whether we enter into a professional or brokerage relationship
• Brokerage and real estate recordkeeping requirements
• Legal, regulatory, licensing, tax, accounting, insurance, and compliance obligations
• The need to resolve disputes or enforce agreements
• Fraud prevention and website security
• The sensitivity of the information
• The settings and retention practices of our service providers

We may retain basic records of privacy requests and our responses for compliance purposes.

When information is no longer reasonably needed, we may delete, anonymize, aggregate, or securely dispose of it, subject to technical limitations and legal requirements. Information may remain temporarily in secure backups until those backups are overwritten or deleted through ordinary retention cycles.

15. Data Security

We use reasonable administrative, technical, and organizational safeguards intended to protect personal information against unauthorized access, loss, misuse, alteration, or disclosure.

These safeguards may include access controls, website security tools, software updates, backups, vendor management, encryption where appropriate, password protections, and restricted access to business records.

No website, email system, transmission method, or electronic storage system can be guaranteed to be completely secure. You provide information electronically at your own risk.

If we become aware of a security incident involving personal information, we will investigate and provide notices when required by applicable law.

16. Your Privacy Choices and Rights

Depending on where you live and the laws that apply, you may have the right to:

• Request access to personal information we maintain about you
• Request information about how your personal information is used or disclosed
• Request correction of inaccurate information
• Request deletion of certain information
• Request a portable copy of certain information
• Withdraw consent where processing is based on consent
• Opt out of promotional communications
• Opt out of certain sales, sharing, profiling, or targeted advertising when applicable
• Limit certain uses of sensitive personal information when applicable
• Appeal a decision concerning a privacy request
• Exercise privacy rights without unlawful discrimination

These rights may be subject to exceptions. For example, we may retain information needed to comply with legal or brokerage recordkeeping requirements, complete a requested transaction, maintain security, exercise legal rights, or protect against fraud.

To submit a request, contact us using the information in the “Contact Us” section and use the subject line Privacy Request.

We may need to verify your identity before completing certain requests. We will request only the information reasonably necessary for verification. An authorized agent may submit a request where permitted by law, but we may require evidence of the agent’s authority and may need to verify the consumer’s identity directly.

If we deny a request, you may appeal by replying to our decision with the subject line Privacy Appeal.

17. California and Other U.S. State Privacy Disclosures

This section applies only to the extent a state privacy law applies to Commercial Seattle or requires the disclosure.

During the preceding 12 months, we may have collected the following categories of personal information:

• Identifiers: Name, email address, telephone number, IP address, and online identifiers
• Customer and business-contact information: Company, professional role, inquiry details, and communications
• Commercial information: Property interests, property inquiries, requested services, and transaction-related communications
• Internet or network activity: Website visits, page views, searches, clicks, comparison activity, and interactions with website features
• Approximate location information: General location inferred from an IP address
• Professional information: Business name, occupation, or professional role when voluntarily provided

We collect this information directly from visitors, automatically through website technology, from service providers, and, where appropriate, from public records or professional sources.

We use and disclose these categories for the business purposes described in this Policy.

We do not knowingly sell personal information. We do not knowingly share personal information for cross-context behavioral advertising.

We do not knowingly collect or sell the personal information of individuals under 16 years of age.

Publicly available real estate, property, licensing, and business records may not be treated as personal information under certain state privacy laws.

Nothing in this section grants a right that does not apply under the relevant law, and nothing limits a right provided by applicable law.

18. Global Privacy Control and Do Not Track

Some browsers offer Global Privacy Control or similar signals that communicate a request to opt out of certain sales or sharing of personal information.

Because we do not knowingly sell personal information or use it for cross-context behavioral advertising, there may be no applicable sale or sharing to opt out of. Where applicable law requires us to recognize a browser-based opt-out signal, we will take reasonable steps to honor it.

“Do Not Track” is a separate browser setting for which there is no single universally adopted technical standard. The website may not respond to all Do Not Track signals.

19. Children’s Privacy

The website is intended for adults seeking commercial real estate information and services. It is not directed to children under 13, and we do not knowingly collect personal information from children under 13.

If you believe a child has submitted personal information through the website, please contact us so we can review and delete the information when appropriate.

20. Third-Party Websites

The website may link to property listings, mapping services, social media platforms, professional organizations, government records, brokerage websites, and other third-party resources.

We do not control and are not responsible for the security, availability, content, or privacy practices of third-party websites. A link does not mean we endorse or guarantee the third party’s privacy practices.

Review the privacy policy of any third-party service before providing personal information.

21. International Visitors

The website is operated from Washington State in the United States and is primarily intended for individuals and businesses interested in commercial real estate in the Seattle and Puget Sound region.

If you access the website from outside the United States, information may be transferred to, processed, and stored in the United States or other countries where service providers operate.

Where an applicable international privacy law grants additional rights, we will address valid requests as required by that law.

22. Changes to This Policy

We may update this Privacy Policy periodically to reflect changes in the website, technology, service providers, legal requirements, or business practices.

The “Last Updated” date at the top of the Policy indicates when it was most recently revised. Material changes will be communicated through the website or another legally required method.

Your continued use of the website after an update means the revised Policy will apply to information collected after the updated effective date, subject to applicable law.

23. Contact Us

For questions about this Privacy Policy or to submit a privacy request, contact:

Lauren Hendricks
Commercial Seattle
Windermere Real Estate Midtown
215 Westlake Avenue N
Seattle, WA 98109

Email: laurenhendricks@windermere.com
Phone: (206) 999-9161

Please use the subject line Privacy Request for requests involving access, correction, deletion, or another privacy right.