Rent Butter Privacy Notice

Effective Date: January 1, 2020

FACTS

What Does Rent Butter Do With Your Personal Information?

Why?

Financial companies choose how they share your personal information. Federal law gives consumers the right to limit some—but not all—sharing. Federal law also requires us to tell you how we collect, share, and protect your personal information.

Please read this notice carefully to understand what we do.

What Information Do We Collect?

The types of personal information we collect and share depend on the product or service you have with us. This information can include:

  • Social Security number and account balances
  • Transaction history and income
  • Account transactions and savings/checking account information

When you are no longer our customer, we continue to share your information as described in this notice.

How Do We Share Information?

Below are the reasons financial companies can share personal information, whether Rent Butter shares it, and whether you can limit this sharing.

Sharing Practices

For everyday business purposes
(process transactions, maintain accounts, respond to court orders, report to credit bureaus)

  • Shared: Yes
  • Can you limit: No

For marketing purposes

  • Shared: Yes
  • Can you limit: No

For affiliates’ everyday business purposes (transactions & experiences)

  • Shared: Yes
  • Can you limit: No

For affiliates’ everyday business purposes (creditworthiness)

  • Shared: Yes
  • Can you limit: Yes

Rent Butter is a tenant screening platform. Do not use this product if you do not want to be screened.

For affiliates to market to you

  • Shared: Yes
  • Can you limit: Yes (opt-out when offer is received)

For non-affiliates to market to you

  • Shared: Yes
  • Can you limit: Yes (opt-out when offer is received)

For non-affiliates to research & analyze data (aggregate analytics)

  • Shared: Yes
  • Can you limit: No

Questions?

📞 Call 312-448-6605
📧 Email hello@rentbutter.com

WHO WE ARE

Who is providing this Privacy Policy?
Rent Butter LLC

WHAT WE DO

How Does Rent Butter Protect My Personal Information?

We use security measures that comply with federal law, including computer safeguards and secured files and buildings.

How Does Rent Butter Collect My Personal Information?

We collect personal information when you:

  • Pay bills or make deposits or withdrawals
  • Provide account or contact information
  • Show government-issued ID

We also collect personal information from other companies.

Why Can’t I Limit All Sharing?

Federal law allows you to limit only:

  • Sharing for affiliates’ everyday business purposes (creditworthiness)
  • Affiliates from using your information to market to you
  • Sharing for non-affiliates to market to you

State laws may provide additional rights.

DEFINITIONS

Affiliates
Companies related by common ownership or control.

Non-Affiliates
Companies not related by common ownership or control.
May include direct marketing companies or universities.

Joint Marketing
Formal agreements between non-affiliated financial companies to market jointly.

STATE-SPECIFIC INFORMATION

California

If your account has a California mailing address, we will not share personal information except as permitted by California law.

Vermont

If your account has a Vermont mailing address, we will not share personal information with non-affiliates unless permitted by law or authorized by you.

RENT BUTTER MASTER PRIVACY POLICY

This policy applies to information collected via www.rentbutter.com and the Rent Butter mobile application.

By using Rent Butter Technology, you agree to this Privacy Policy and the Terms of Use.

Personal Information Collected

We may collect:

  • Contact information (name, email, phone, address)
  • Billing and financial information
  • Social Security number
  • Driver’s license number
  • Account credentials
  • Preferences and demographics
  • Credit, criminal, and eviction history
  • Government ID images
  • Pay stubs, tax returns, and income verification
  • Device, IP, and usage data
  • Cookies and interaction data

How We Use & Share Information

We use personal information to:

  • Improve the Service
  • Build predictive analytics
  • Study financial and credit behavior
  • Communicate administrative notices
  • Fulfill service requests
  • Detect fraud and security risks
  • Enforce Terms of Use

Information may be shared with trusted service providers and co-brand partners where applicable.

Third-Party Services (Plaid)

We use Plaid Inc. to collect financial data. By using the Service, you authorize Rent Butter and Plaid to access and process your financial information under Plaid’s privacy policy.

User Access & Choice

You may:

  • Update or correct your information
  • Unsubscribe from marketing emails
  • Request account changes via email

We retain data as required by law and for legitimate business purposes.

Cookies & Tracking Technologies

We use:

  • Session cookies
  • Persistent cookies
  • Web beacons (clear gifs)

You can control cookies via browser settings. Some features may be limited if cookies are disabled.

We do not respond to Do Not Track (DNT) signals.

Security

Sensitive data is encrypted using SSL. While we follow best practices, no system is 100% secure.

California Privacy Rights (CCPA)

California residents may request to:

  • Access collected personal data
  • Receive disclosure of shared data
  • Request deletion of certain information

📧 Requests: hello@rentbutter.com

We do not sell personal information.

Changes to This Policy

We may update this policy and will notify users of material changes.

Contact Us

📧 hello@rentbutter.com
🏢 Rent Butter LLC
4255 S Indiana Ave, #201
Chicago, IL 60653

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