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GEARHEADAUCTION.COM - PRIVACY POLICY
Welcome to gearheadauction.com.
Your privacy is important to gearheadauction.com. This privacy statement provides information about the personal information that gearheadauction.com collects, and the ways in which we use that information. If you have any questions or concerns relating to privacy or security, please send an email to webmaster@gearheadauction.com
"Personally Identifiable Information"
Personal Identifiable Information refers to any information that identifies or can be used to identify, contact, or locate the person to whom such information pertains, including, but not limited to, name, address, phone number, fax number, email address. Personally Identifiable Information does not include information that is collected anonymously (that is, without identification of the individual user) or demographic information not connected to an identified individual.
What Personally Identifiable Information is collected?
You can browse our website without telling us who you are or revealing any Personal Identifiable Information about yourself. However, once you give us your Personally Identifiable Information, you are no longer anonymous to us. By providing Personally Identifiable Information you consent to the transfer and storage of that information to our servers.
When you register as a BUYER at gearheaduction.com, we require, but not limited to, the following personal information: First Name, Last Name, Street Address, City, State, Zip Code, Country, Telephone Number, Email Address. BUYER'S NEVER HAVE TO SUPPLY FINANCIAL INFORMATION. Under no circumstance will a buyer be asked or required by gearheadauction.com to supply any credit card information, bank account information, or any other form of financial information.
If you request to become a SELLER at gearheadauction.com we will require my some financial information (such as the name on a credit card, credit card number, expiration date, and CVV2 number). This information is used for processing payments for the services that we supply.
How does the Site use Personally Identifiable Information?
Information you provide to gearheadauction.com over this website is maintained and accessible only by gearheadauction.com and authorized sellers. The Personal Identifiable Information that you provide will be used extensively by gearheadauction.com to provide a personalized experience for you. We will not disclose any information about any individual user to entities outside of those sellers, except to comply with applicable law or a valid legal process. Without limiting the above, in an effort to respect your privacy and our ability to keep gearheadauction.com free from inappropriate behavior, we will not otherwise disclose your personal information to law enforcement, government officials, or any other third party without a subpoena, court order or substantially similar legal procedure, unless we believe in good faith that the disclosure of information is necessary to prevent imminent physical harm or financial loss or to report suspected illegal activity.
With whom may the information may be shared?
Personally Identifiable Information is shared with sellers for fulfillment of any purchase that you have made at gearheadauction.com We may share aggregated information about our visitors, including the demographics of our buyers and sellers, with our affiliated agencies and third party vendors.
How is Personally Identifiable Information stored?
Personally Identifiable Information collected by gearheadauction.com is securely stored and is not accessible by third parties except for use as indicated in this Privacy Policy. We utilizes generally-accepted security measures (such as encryption, passwords, physical security, etc) to protect against the misuse or unauthorized disclosure of any personal information you submit to us. All of our employees are familiar with our security policy and practices. The Personally Identifiable Information of our buyers and sellers is only accessible to a limited number of qualified employees who are given a password in order to gain access to the information. We audit our security systems and processes on a regular basis. However, like all other Internet sites, we cannot guarantee that it is completely secure from people who might attempt to evade security measures or intercept transmissions over the Internet. Therefore, although we work very hard to protect your privacy, we do not promise, and you should not expect, that your personal information or communications will always remain private.
We do not store any credit card or financial information on the servers that are used to provide our website service. The database that contains user information is NOT used to store any credit card information. All credit card information and or financial information is stored on a "OFFLINE" computer. Information stored on this computer can only be retrieved via direct access to that computer and is not connected to any public computer network.
Are Cookies Used on the Site?
We track your visit to our site by giving you a "cookie" when you visit gearheadauction.com. Cookies are pieces of information that websites transfer to your computer for record keeping purposes. Cookies save settings and preferences so you can avoid having to re-enter them the next time you visit. An example of how a cookie works would be when you visit gearheadauction.com and you set your currency option to be displayed in EUR along with the USD, the cookie saves this information and next time you visit our website this information is retrieved from the cookie.
The use of cookies is now an industry-standard, you will find them used on most major websites. Most browsers are initially set up to accept cookies. If you prefer, you can reset your browser either to notify you when you've received a cookie or to refuse to accept cookies. Please understand to if you decline to provide personal information and/or refuse cookies in your browser, most all of the buying and selling features of our website will not work correctly.
It is always good internet practice to "LOG OFF" or "SIGN OUT" from any website that uses a cookie to stored your username, password, or session state. The "Sign In" & "Sign Out" for gearheadauction.com is located in the upper right corner of our web pages.
How does gearheadauction.com use login information?
gearheadauction.com uses login information, including, but not limited to, IP addresses, ISP's, and browser types, to analyze trends, administer the website, track a user's movement, and gather broad demographic information.
How can users correct any inaccuracies in Personally Identifiable Information?
Both buyers and sellers have the ability to correct or update any information you have provided us. Simply click on the "My Account " located at the top homepage of gearheadauction.com to update your account information.
Activity Associated With Your Account
Your username is displayed throughout gearheadauction.com and is therefore available to the public. All of your activities on the website will be traceable to your username. Other people can see your bids, items that you have purchased in the past, items for sale, feedback ratings, associated comments, and so on. Notices are sent to other members of the community regarding suspicious activity and policy violations on the website and refer to username and specific items. Therefore, if you associate your personal information with your username, the people to whom you have revealed your personal information to will be able to identify you, your personal information and your website activities.
Can a Visitor delete or deactivate Personally Identifiable Information collected by the Site?
Buyers and sellers can deactivate Personally Identifiable Information from the Site's database by contacting support@gearheadauction.com. However, because of backups and website operation, it is impossible to delete a buyers or sellers entry without retaining some residual information. An individual who requests to have Personally Identifiable Information deactivated will have this information functionally deleted, and we will not sell, transfer, or use Personally Identifiable Information relating to that individual in any way moving forward.
What happens if the Privacy Policy Changes?
We may update this privacy policy by posting a new version on this website. You should check this page occasionally to ensure you are familiar with any changes.
PLEASE NOTE:
This website is not directed at children. Visitors and users are required to be at least eighteen years of age. If we learn that we inadvertently have collected identifying personal information from an individual under the age of 18, we will promptly delete that information from our system.
Links:
This website contains links to other websites. Please note that when you click on one of these links, you are moving to another website. We encourage you to read the privacy statements of these linked sites as their privacy policies may differ from ours.
3/16/2009 - Revision
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