Blackstone Inc.
Financials
38
out of 100. Number 314 of 512, counting from the worst.
Where Blackstone Inc. does well
- Renewals 0 of 20. Nothing found.
- Nonaffiliates get nothing for marketing: the Registered Funds FACTS notice states 'No — We don't share' for nonaffiliates' marketing, and the 2021 GLB privacy notice goes further and declines all affiliate sharing of transaction and creditworthiness data. CCPA/CPRA rights are genuinely usable: access, correction, deletion, and opt-out of sale/sharing requests can be submitted via an online form, a toll-free number (1-800-262-8408), the 'Do not Sell or Share my Personal Information' footer link, or the Global Privacy Control signal. Blackstone states it does not collect or process sensitive personal information to infer characteristics about California consumers, does not knowingly sell or share minors' data, and will not consider voluntary diversity data you provide in a job application when evaluating your qualifications.
- There are no consumer subscriptions, so there are no cancellation traps — and real investor terms live in private fund agreements, not the website terms.
- Data transfers outside the UK/EEA are covered by formal data-transfer safeguards, not left to chance.
Blackstone reserves the right to force you into binding arbitration whenever it chooses — you agree to this option in advance just by using the site, and the choice to arbitrate is Blackstone's, not yours.
The fine print
6 clauses and findings from the draft archive, dated 1 October 2026. The plain English comes first; the small print is the company's own words. None of these has been checked yet.
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Blackstone reserves the right to force you into binding arbitration whenever it chooses — you agree to this option in advance just by using the site, and the choice to arbitrate is Blackstone's, not yours.
By using the Site, you agree that Blackstone, at its sole discretion, may require you to submit any disputes arising from the use of the Site, related services or these Terms and Conditions of Use... to final and binding arbitration under the International Rules of Arbitration of the American Arbitration Association, by one or more arbitrators appointed in accordance with the said rules.
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Blackstone can change its terms silently at any time — no email, no banner, no notice. Your next visit automatically counts as accepting whatever the new terms say.
Blackstone reserves the right to make changes to the Site and these Terms and Conditions of Use at any time without prior notice to you. For this reason, each time you use the Site, you should visit and review the then-current Terms and Conditions of Use that apply to your use of the Site.
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Your personal and financial data keeps being shared with affiliates even after you stop being a customer. To stop even some of it, you must print/sign and email or physically mail a form — there is no one-click opt-out, and sharing starts 30 days after they first send the notice whether you saw it or not.
When you are no longer our customer, we continue to share your information as described in this notice. However, you can contact us at any time to limit our sharing. To limit our sharing: Email a copy of the Mail-in Form below identifying any/all you want to limit at PrivacyQueries@Blackstone.com, and/or mail to the address indicated below. If you are a new customer, we can begin sharing your information 30 days from the date we sent this notice.
WHAT DO BLACKSTONE REGISTERED FUNDS DO WITH YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION? (GLBA FACTS notice)
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Blackstone admits it may hand identifiers, purchase/activity history, and behavioral profiles to online ad networks for targeted advertising — which California law treats as a 'sale' of your personal data. You can opt out, but the collection is on by default.
We may sell or share for cross-context behavioral advertising purposes (and may have sold or shared during the 12-month period prior to the Last Updated date of this California Consumer Privacy Statement) the following categories of personal information about you to online advertising services: Identifiers, Commercial Information, Online Activity, Inferences.
California Consumer Privacy Statement, within the Online Privacy Notice
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Anything you send through the site — uploads, forms, messages — becomes Blackstone's property outright, to use for any lawful purpose, with no retention limit stated.
Anything transmitted to the Site by you becomes Blackstone's property and may be used by us for any lawful purpose.
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Simply loading the website binds you to the contract (browsewrap — no checkbox, no negotiation), your only option if you disagree is to leave, and any breach — even an accidental one — automatically terminates your access and exposes you to claims like 'conversion' and 'trespass to chattels' without Blackstone ever warning you first.
By accessing or using this website... you hereby accept and agree to comply with these Terms and Conditions of Use... IF YOU DO NOT AGREE TO THESE TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF USE, YOU AGREE THAT YOUR SOLE AND EXCLUSIVE REMEDY IS TO DISCONTINUE USING THE SITE. ... YOUR BREACH OF ANY PROVISION... WILL AUTOMATICALLY, WITHOUT THE REQUIREMENT OF NOTICE OR OTHER ACTION, REVOKE AND TERMINATE YOUR RIGHT TO ACCESS THE SITE AND YOU WILL BE FULLY LIABLE FOR CONVERSION, MISAPPROPRIATION, TRESPASS TO CHATTELS AND ALL OTHER CLAIMS AND CAUSES.
How these were found
Documents read directly on Oct 1, 2026: Online Privacy Notice last updated September 15, 2025 and its embedded California Consumer Privacy Statement last updated June 30, 2023, both at https://www.blackstone.com/privacy/online-privacy-notice/; Terms and Conditions of Use read at https://bppeh.blackstone.com/legal/ (Blackstone Property Partners Europe Holdings' /legal/ page, which republishes The Blackstone Group's site-wide Terms of Use; no 'last updated' date is stated on the page, and it appears to be long-standing language). GLBA FACTS-notice clauses were read via search-result excerpts of official blackstone.com PDFs (2020-era fund prospectuses, e.g. the BGX prospectus PDF); versions vary — the 2021 GLB full privacy notice at vip.blackstone.com is more restrictive on affiliate sharing than the 2020 versions, and the older versions' sharing tables and the mail-in-form opt-out are cited here because they remain the most permissive published position. No mirrors (OpenTermsArchive etc.) were needed; no access blocks encountered. LIMITATION: Blackstone is a B2B/institutional asset manager with a very thin consumer surface — there are no consumer accounts, subscriptions, or retail products to score, so the modest total reflects limited surface area rather than squeaky-clean practice. Real investor-facing terms live in private fund subscription/partnership agreements that are not public, so this score covers only the public-facing website and privacy documents.
These notes come from the original draft and are not independent verification.