This Privacy Policy hereby incorporates by reference all terms, conditions rules, policies and guidelines on the Site, including the AuctionSoftware.com Terms of Service (“Terms of Service”). Capitalized terms not defined in this Privacy Policy are defined in the Terms of Service.
This Privacy Policy is effective as of Feb 1 2015. Your use or continued use of the Site after such time will signify your acceptance of this Privacy Policy. We reserve the right to modify the provisions in this Privacy Policy with or without prior notice to you, so please check back often for updates.
AuctionSoftware.com ("AuctionSoftware.com", "us" or "we") respects the privacy of the visitors to its Website, the home page of which is located at http://www.AuctionSoftware.com("Site"). This Privacy Policy is intended to inform you of our policies and practices regarding the collection, use and disclosure of Personal Information and Anonymous Information you submit to us through our Site.
This Privacy Policy applies only to Users; it does not apply to any information about companies or organizations that use the Site Services.
"Personal Information" is information about you that is personally identifiable to you, like your name, address, email address or phone number, as well as other non-public information that is associated with the foregoing.
“Anonymous Information” means information that is not associated with or linked to your Personal Information; Anonymous Information does not permit the identification of individual persons. We may create Anonymous Information from (i) automatically gathered information or (ii) Personal Information by excluding information (such as names) that make the information personally identifiable to you.
By submitting Personal Information through the Site, you agree to the terms of this Privacy Policy and you expressly consent to the processing of your Personal Information according to this Privacy Policy. Your Personal Information may be processed by AuctionSoftware.com in the country where it was collected, as well as other countries (including the United States) where laws regarding processing of Personal Information may be less stringent than the laws in your country.
NOTIFICATION OF CHANGES
We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time as Site Services change and expand. If we make substantial changes to this Privacy Policy, we will post the updated policy on this page and we will post notice that this Privacy Policy has changed in the Settings area of the Site and in this policy. Once any changes that we make to this Privacy Policy become effective, your continued use of the Site after such time will signify your acceptance of the new terms.
THIS SITE CONTAINS LINKS TO OTHER SITES
AuctionSoftware.com is not responsible for the privacy practices or the content of any other websites to which the Site links or to which link to the Site. By clicking on a link, logo or other item, or using certain services available on the Site, including the online communication services, please note that you may no longer be on the AuctionSoftware.com Site. To check what Internet location you are on, note the URL at the top and/or bottom of your browser. We encourage you to read the posted privacy statement of that website whenever interacting with any website.
THE WORKROOM
This area of the Site is for the benefit of Users. The private and shared Workroom areas of the Site facilitate communication and the exchange and sharing of information between Consumers and Contractors once a bid has been accepted. The information contained in private Workrooms shared between Consumers and Contractors is not used for any purposes other than to facilitate communication and the exchange of information between the parties involved. AuctionSoftware.com reserves the right to monitor communications in the Workroom in order to verify compliance with our Terms of Service, international, federal or state laws and/or our other stated policies.
INFORMATION WE GATHER
Registration
If you register to buy or sell services using AuctionSoftware.com, we collect and store Personal Information that specifically identifies you or your Account. The information you would be required to submit is your first name, last name, User ID, password, street address, city, state, zip/postal code, country, phone number, email address and valid financial account information. Other information requested on our Registration page, such as the ability to receive promotional offers from AuctionSoftware.com, is optional. We may, in the future, include other optional requests for information from you to help us to tailor the Site for you and deliver personalized information to you. Without your agreement, we will not share, rent or sell any Personal Information with third parties in any way other than what is disclosed in this Privacy Policy. In addition, to post a first-time Service Request, AuctionSoftware.com requires registered Users to pay an activation fee via and consequently we might collect your credit card number and/or other financial account information. Credit card information is transmitted via SSL ("Secure Socket Layer") encryption for your protection.
Payments
Registered Users who purchase Site Services are required to pay with a credit card, wire transfer, ACH or debit card, check, or PayPal. Consequently, AuctionSoftware.com will collect your credit card number and/or other entered financial institution information such as bank account numbers or PayPal email ID and will use that information to perform the billing operation, including but not limited to the use and disclosure of such credit card number and information to third parties as necessary to complete such billing operation. Verification of credit information, however, is accomplished solely by the User through the authentication process.
Third Party Service Providers and Agents
We use credit card and other payment processing companies to bill you for goods and services and email marketing companies to send emails from AuctionSoftware.com to opt-in users. We will share your Personal Information as necessary for third parties to provide these services. These companies do not retain, share, store or use Personal Information for any other purposes.
Automatically Gathered Information
AuctionSoftware.com automatically collects browser type and browser software version to tailor the presentation of the Site and the Site Services to Users and to maintain a record of the User’s activity on the Site. As an automatic process, our Web server software records a log file of IP addresses that access the Site. We also collect IP address information but do not ordinarily link IP addresses to Users' Personal Information. However, we can and will use IP addresses to identify a User when we, in our sole discretion, determine that it is necessary to enforce compliance with our Terms of Service or to protect our service, Site, customers or others. When you use the Site, AuctionSoftware.com collects information about your Account transactions and AuctionSoftware.com may collect information about your computer for fraud prevention purposes. Finally, AuctionSoftware.com may collect additional information from or about you in other ways not specifically described here. For example, AuctionSoftware.com may collect information related to your contact with AuctionSoftware.com Customer Service or store results when you respond to a survey.
Cookies
When you use the Site, AuctionSoftware.com or our contractors may place small data files called cookies on your computer. AuctionSoftware.com uses cookies to enable Users to specify unique preferences and to track visitor and User use of the site, including trends and patterns. AuctionSoftware.com sends a session cookie to your computer when you log in to your Account. This type of cookie helps if you visit multiple pages on the Site during the same session, so that you don't need to enter your password on each page. Once you log out or close your browser, this cookie expires. AuctionSoftware.com also uses longer-lasting cookies for other purposes such as to display your project related information. AuctionSoftware.com encodes our cookies so that only we can interpret the information stored in them. Users and Visitors always have the option of disabling cookies via their browser preferences. If you disable cookies on your browser, please note that some parts of our Site may not function as effectively or may be considerably slower.
Contractor Public Information
As part of registration, Contractors may set up a Skill Profile describing your experience and qualifications. After becoming a User, in order to place bids, you must create a Skill Profile, and in order to create a Skill Profile, you will be required to provide some information about your company or business. If you decide to offer a service, potential Consumers may review your Profile to help them decide whether to make a bid on your service. Information in your Profile is available for any other registered User to access. We will not have any obligation under this Privacy Policy with respect to information in your Profile or information you voluntarily provide to other Users via the Site.
Other Information
You may provide AuctionSoftware.com information when you interact with us through email, online chat, or otherwise. We may retain such information in order to provide you with Site Services, including for diagnosing technical issues.
HOW WE USE AND DISCLOSE INFORMATION
Personal Information
We use Personal Information for our own internal purposes including contacting you via email to inform you about updates to Site Services and providing you with information relating to e-commerce transactions that you conduct on the Site. We reserve the right to disclose your information as required by law. We do not rent or sell our Users' Personal Information to third parties. We do, however, provide you with the opportunity to receive newsletters via email. If you decide to opt in to receive newsletters, you may opt out of receiving these newsletters at any time by clicking on your Preferences and choosing Email Notifications to Unsubscribe.
Advertising
We may send you email communications including information that we think may be of interest to you. We do not send any of your Personal Information to our advertisers. You may see a cookie from a third-party banner server, and this cookie comes from the third- party banner server, not AuctionSoftware.com. Again, we do not pass along any Personal Information to this party.
AuctionSoftware.com’s Contractors and Partners
To the extent necessary to provide you with the services on the Site, we may provide your Personal Information to third party contractors and/or partners who work on behalf of or with AuctionSoftware.com to provide you with the Site Services, to help us communicate with you or to maintain the Site.
Other Members
We share the name, address, and email addresses of Contractors and Consumers to each other once a Job is awarded on our Site to enable work on the project to be completed. In addition, if a Contractor elects some information, including Contractor’s name, city, and distance from job location, website, business description, credentials and qualifications, ratings and reviews, photographic portfolio of prior work, year of establishment, and chosen appointment time can be seen by the Consumer even before they select the Contractor’s Bid. If you request the contact information of another User, your contact information will also be released to that User. If another User requests your contact information, we will disclose it to him or her. You agree not to use the disclosed information of other Users for any purpose other than providing the applicable services or resolving a dispute.
Legal Requests
AuctionSoftware.com cooperates with law enforcement inquiries, as well as other third parties to enforce laws, such as: intellectual property rights, fraud, theft, harassment and other rights. We can (and you authorize us to) disclose any information about you, including the content of your online communications, if we believe in good faith that such disclosure is necessary to (a) comply with relevant laws or to respond to subpoenas or warrants served on us; (b) protect or defend the rights or property of AuctionSoftware.com or third parties; (c) assist in an investigation; or (d) respond to an emergency that poses a threat to the safety of Users or other persons.
Affiliates
Though we do not have any of the following at this time: subsidiaries, joint ventures or other companies under a common control (collectively, “ Affiliates”), we may in the future. We may share some or all of your Personal Information with these Affiliates, in which case we will require our Affiliates to honor this Privacy Policy.
Business Transaction
If our company or our assets related to the Site are acquired by another company, we will attempt to notify you so that you may make an informed decision about this new use of your Personal Information. See the "Notification of Changes" section above to find out how we will notify you.
Anonymous Information
We may use Anonymous Information to analyze inquiry, request and usage patterns so that we may enhance our services and the Site. We reserve the right to use and disclose Anonymous Information to third parties in our discretion.
Comments Submitted by Users
AuctionSoftware.com constantly seeks to improve the quality of the services we provide and the User experience on the Site. We value your input and encourage you to help us expand and make improvements to the Site by providing us with any thoughts or comments you might have regarding our services or the operation of the Site. You can submit any comments you have to us by clicking on the link "Email us" at the top of most of the pages on the Site. The "Email Us" page asks for your email address and Username. Your Username is optional. If you provide this information, we will only use it to acknowledge or respond to your comments. Submitting comments via email will not cause you to receive any secondary or promotional material, unless specifically requested by you. In certain circumstances, we may ask for your permission to post your comments in marketing or promotional materials.
Security
We will use commercially reasonable methods to keep Personal Information securely in our files and systems. Our Payment System is operated using secure Internet connections, using SSL (Secure Sockets Layer) encryption, to help protect your financial data. Please note that even with current technology, we cannot guarantee the security of your data as it travels over the Internet.
Data Retention
We will retain your information for as long as your account is active or as needed to provide you services. If you wish to cancel your account or request that we no longer use your information to provide you services contact us at support@AuctionSoftware.com. We will retain and use your information as necessary to comply with our legal obligations, resolve disputes, and enforce our agreements.
Regarding Children
We do not intentionally gather Personal Information about Visitors who are under the age of 13.
Terminating Your Account
We save your Personal Information until your account with us is terminated and you unsubscribe to email notifications. To terminate your account, contact [Enter Email Address]. If you terminate your account, your Personal Information cannot be recovered. You may continue to receive email communications for a short period of time until we have updated all of our databases. After termination of your account, your Personal Information may remain on our archived database and records. Notwithstanding the above, we will maintain information on Users who have been removed for violating the AuctionSoftware.comUser Agreement.
Correcting/Updating Your Information and Opting Out
This Site gives the following options for changing and modifying information previously provided:
1. You may update your registration information by.....
2. You may update your credit card information by.....
3. This Site provides Users the opportunity to opt out of receiving promotional email communications from us, AuctionSoftware.com newsletters and other Site information by.... .
4. For other requests, please contact us at Customer Support, or at the following address: AuctionSoftware.com Interactive Industries, LLC.
INSERT ADDRESS HERE
We will respond within 30 days.
CONTACTING US
If you wish to report a violation of the Terms of Service, have any questions or need assistance, please contact AuctionSoftware.com Customer Support as follows:
Web Support: http://auctionSoftware.com
Email: support@auctionSoftware.com
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