Privacy Policy
How Cornovus Capital collects, uses & protects information
Effective date: September 1, 2025
This Privacy Policy explains how Cornovus Capital LLC (“Cornovus Capital,” “we,” “us,” or “our”) collects, uses, shares, and protects information in connection with your use of CornovusCapital.com and our commercial advisory services (collectively, the “Website” or “Services”). It applies to business owners, investors, developers, referral partners, and other professionals who interact with Cornovus Capital.
Cornovus Capital operates as a commercial finance advisory firm and does not provide consumer credit products. This Policy is designed to meet U.S. requirements and, where applicable, the rights of individuals under laws such as the EU/UK GDPR and certain U.S. state privacy laws (e.g., CCPA/CPRA). By using the Website or submitting information, you consent to the practices described in this Policy.
1. Information we collect
We collect information to respond to inquiries, evaluate potential transactions, and operate our advisory platform. The categories of information we may collect include:
- Contact and business information: Name, job title, company name, email address, phone number, mailing address, and information about your business or project.
- Transaction and financing information: Property details, financial statements, rent rolls, operating histories, loan balances, capital stack details, corporate structures, and related documents that you or your representatives provide.
- Communication records: Emails, call notes, meeting summaries, and other communications with Cornovus Capital.
- Technical and usage data: IP address, device identifiers, browser type, operating system, pages viewed, referring URLs, approximate location, and timestamps, collected via server logs and analytics tools.
- Cookie and tracking data: Information from cookies, pixels, tags, and similar technologies used to understand Website performance and improve user experience.
- Third-party and public sources: Information from third-party data providers (such as commercial real estate databases, hospitality performance platforms, and public records) related to markets, properties, or businesses you are involved with. This typically does not include sensitive personal data.
We do not intentionally collect sensitive personal data (such as government ID numbers, health information, or information about protected characteristics) through the Website. If you choose to provide such information, it will be handled in accordance with this Policy but we may ask you to remove or redact it if it is not necessary for the assignment.
2. How we use your information
We use the information described above for legitimate business purposes, including to:
- Respond to inquiries, evaluate financing scenarios, and determine whether a potential engagement is a good fit.
- Perform preliminary underwriting analysis, scenario modeling, and capital strategy reviews.
- Communicate with you about transactions, market updates, webinars, or insights relevant to your interests.
- Operate, maintain, secure, and improve the Website and our internal systems.
- Analyze Website performance and user behavior to refine our content and outreach.
- Support compliance with legal, regulatory, and record-keeping obligations.
- Prevent fraud, misuse, or unauthorized access to our systems.
- Enforce our Terms of Use and protect Cornovus Capital’s rights and the rights of our clients and partners.
3. Legal bases for processing (EEA/UK visitors)
Where the EU or UK data protection laws apply, we rely on one or more of the following legal bases:
- Contract performance: Processing necessary to consider entering into or performing an engagement with you or your company.
- Legitimate interests: Our legitimate interests in operating an advisory business, conducting analysis, marketing to business contacts, and protecting our rights, balanced against your privacy interests.
- Consent: Where required, we rely on your consent (for example, for certain marketing communications or cookies).
- Legal obligations: Processing necessary to comply with applicable laws, regulatory requests, or record-keeping requirements.
4. How we share your information
Cornovus Capital does not sell your personal information. We may share information in the following circumstances:
- Service providers: With vendors that support our operations, such as website hosting, cloud infrastructure, CRM platforms, email delivery, analytics, and document storage, under appropriate confidentiality and data protection agreements.
- Lenders and capital providers: With banks, credit unions, non-bank lenders, funds, and other capital partners when you ask us to evaluate or pursue a financing opportunity and we need to share details of the transaction.
- Professional advisors: With our legal, accounting, or other advisors as needed for compliance, dispute resolution, or transaction execution.
- Corporate transactions: In connection with a merger, sale of assets, financing, or similar corporate transaction involving Cornovus Capital.
- Legal and regulatory purposes: When required by law, regulation, subpoena, court order, or governmental request, or to protect our rights or the rights of others.
- With your consent: When you explicitly authorize us to share information for a specific purpose.
5. Cookies, analytics & tracking technologies
We use cookies, pixels, and similar technologies to understand how visitors use the Website and to improve performance and security. These may include:
- Strictly necessary cookies required for core site functionality and security.
- Analytics cookies that help us understand traffic patterns, such as which pages are viewed and how visitors navigate the site.
- Functional cookies that remember preferences and improve user experience.
- Marketing and email tracking technologies that measure the effectiveness of campaigns and communications.
Most browsers allow you to manage or disable cookies through settings. If you disable certain cookies, some features of the Website may not function properly. At this time, the Website does not respond to “Do Not Track” signals.
6. Advertising, retargeting & CRM integrations
Cornovus Capital may use digital advertising and CRM platforms to reach business audiences, including tools such as LinkedIn Ads, Google Ads, email campaign systems, and CRM-based outreach. These platforms may use cookies or identifiers to:
- measure campaign performance and engagement;
- avoid sending duplicate messages;
- build anonymous audience segments for business outreach; and
- improve the relevance of content shown to business users.
You can typically manage your preferences for interest-based advertising through your browser settings or the settings provided by the relevant platform (for example, Google Ad Settings or LinkedIn advertising preferences) as well as by using unsubscribe links in our emails.
7. AI, automation & limited profiling
Cornovus Capital may use technology, automation, and analytic tools to help organize inquiries, prioritize follow-up, and generate preliminary financing scenarios. These tools may analyze information such as project size, sector, geography, and structure to help our team focus on the most relevant capital options for each situation.
We do not make binding credit decisions or final underwriting determinations using fully automated processes. All financing decisions are made by independent lenders, and advisory recommendations involve human review. Where required by law, you may have the right to object to certain types of automated processing or profiling by contacting us using the information below.
8. Data retention
We retain information for as long as reasonably necessary to fulfill the purposes described in this Policy, including to provide advisory services, maintain business records, comply with legal and regulatory requirements, resolve disputes, and enforce our agreements. In many cases, commercial records may be kept for a period consistent with applicable statutes of limitation or regulatory guidance. When information is no longer needed, we may de-identify it, aggregate it, or securely delete it.
9. International visitors & data transfers
Cornovus Capital is based in the United States, and the Website is operated from the U.S. If you access the Website from outside the U.S., your information may be transferred to, stored, and processed in the United States or other jurisdictions that may not provide the same level of data protection as your home country. Where required by law, we implement appropriate safeguards (such as standard contractual clauses or equivalent mechanisms) for cross-border transfers.
10. Your rights & choices
Depending on where you live, you may have certain rights regarding your personal information, such as the right to:
- access and receive a copy of the information we maintain about you;
- request correction of inaccurate or incomplete information;
- request deletion of information in certain circumstances;
- object to or request restriction of certain processing activities;
- withdraw consent where processing is based on consent; and
- receive information in a portable format where technically feasible.
To exercise these rights, please contact us using the information in the Contact Cornovus Capital section below. We may need to verify your identity before fulfilling your request and may deny requests where an exception applies under applicable law.
If you are located in the EEA or UK, you also have the right to lodge a complaint with your local data protection authority. If you are a California resident, you may have additional rights under the California Consumer Privacy Act (as amended by the CPRA), including rights to know, correct, and delete certain information, subject to exemptions for business-to-business interactions and financial records retained for compliance.
11. Children’s privacy
The Website and our Services are directed to business professionals and are not intended for individuals under 18 years of age. We do not knowingly collect personal information from children under 18. If we become aware that we have collected such information, we will take reasonable steps to delete it.
12. Data security
We implement commercially reasonable technical, administrative, and physical safeguards designed to protect information from unauthorized access, loss, misuse, or alteration. However, no method of transmission or storage is completely secure. We cannot guarantee absolute security of information transmitted to or from the Website.
13. Third-party websites and services
The Website may contain links to third-party sites or services that are not controlled by Cornovus Capital. We are not responsible for the privacy practices, policies, or content of those third parties. We encourage you to review the privacy policies of any third-party site you visit before providing personal information.
14. Changes to this Privacy Policy
We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time to reflect changes in our practices, technology, or legal requirements. When we make material changes, we will update the “Effective date” at the top of this Policy. We encourage you to review this page periodically to stay informed about how we handle information.
15. Contact Cornovus Capital
If you have questions about this Privacy Policy or wish to exercise a privacy right, please contact us at:
Email: info@cornovuscapital.com
Phone: 513-993-3044
Mail: Cornovus Capital LLC, 10260 Alliance Road, Suite 200, Cincinnati, Ohio 45242
Questions about this Privacy Policy?
Cornovus Capital is committed to transparency, regulatory alignment, and responsible use of data. If you have questions about how we collect or use information in connection with our commercial advisory services, we welcome your questions.