Bidwell Partners is committed to
protecting your privacy and developing technology that gives you the most
powerful and safe online experience. This Statement of Privacy applies to the
BidwellAuctions.com Web Site and governs data collection and usage. By using
the BidwellAuctions.com Web Site, you consent to the data practices described
in this statement.
Collection of your Personal Information
Bidwell Partners collects personally identifiable
information, such as your e-mail address, name, home or work address or telephone
number. Bidwell Partners also collects anonymous demographic information, which
is not unique to you, such as your ZIP code, age, gender, preferences,
interests and favorites.
There is also information about your computer hardware and
software that is automatically collected by Bidwell Partners. This information
can include: your IP address, browser type, domain names, access times and
referring Web site addresses. This information is used by Bidwell Partners for
the operation of the service, to maintain quality of the service, and to
provide general statistics regarding use of the BidwellAuctions.com Web Site.
Please keep in mind that if you directly disclose
personally identifiable information or personally sensitive data through
Bidwell Partners public message boards, this information may be collected and
used by others. Note: Bidwell Partners does not read any of your private online
communications.
Bidwell Partners encourages you to review the privacy
statements of Web sites you choose to link to from Bidwell Partners so that you
can understand how those Web sites collect, use and share your information.
Bidwell Partners is not responsible for the privacy statements or other content
on Web sites outside of the Bidwell Partners and Bidwell Partners family of Web
sites.
Use of your Personal Information
Bidwell Partners collects and uses your personal
information to operate the BidwellAuctions.com Web Site and deliver the
services you have requested. Bidwell Partners also uses your personally
identifiable information to inform you of other products or services available
from Bidwell Partners and its affiliates. Bidwell Partners may also contact you
via surveys to conduct research about your opinion of current services or of
potential new services that may be offered.
Bidwell Partners does not sell, rent or lease its customer
lists to third parties. Bidwell Partners may, from time to time, contact you on
behalf of external business partners about a particular offering that may be of
interest to you. In those cases, your unique personally identifiable
information (e-mail, name, address, telephone number) is not transferred to the
third party. In addition, Bidwell Partners may share data with trusted partners
to help us perform statistical analysis, send you email or postal mail, provide
customer support, or arrange for deliveries. All such third parties are
prohibited from using your personal information except to provide these
services to Bidwell Partners, and they are required to maintain the confidentiality
of your information.
Bidwell Partners does not use or disclose sensitive
personal information, such as race, religion, or political affiliations,
without your explicit consent.
Bidwell Partners keeps track of the Web sites and pages our
customers visit within Bidwell Partners, in order to determine what Bidwell
Partners services are the most popular. This data is used to deliver customized
content and advertising within Bidwell Partners to customers whose behavior
indicates that they are interested in a particular subject area.
BidwellAuctions.com Web Sites will disclose your personal
information, without notice, only if required to do so by law or in the good
faith belief that such action is necessary to: (a) conform to the edicts of the
law or comply with legal process served on Bidwell Partners or the site; (b)
protect and defend the rights or property of Bidwell Partners; and, (c) act
under exigent circumstances to protect the personal safety of users of Bidwell
Partners, or the public.
Use of Cookies
The BidwellAuctions.com Web Site use "cookies" to
help you personalize your online experience. A cookie is a text file that is
placed on your hard disk by a Web page server. Cookies cannot be used to run
programs or deliver viruses to your computer. Cookies are uniquely assigned to
you, and can only be read by a web server in the domain that issued the cookie
to you.
One of the primary purposes of cookies is to provide a
convenience feature to save you time. The purpose of a cookie is to tell the
Web server that you have returned to a specific page. For example, if you
personalize Bidwell Partners pages, or register with Bidwell Partners site or
services, a cookie helps Bidwell Partners to recall your specific information
on subsequent visits. This simplifies the process of recording your personal
information, such as billing addresses, shipping addresses, and so on. When you
return to the same BidwellAuctions.com Web Site, the information you previously
provided can be retrieved, so you can easily use the Bidwell Partners features
that you customized.
You have the ability to accept or decline cookies. Most Web
browsers automatically accept cookies, but you can usually modify your browser
setting to decline cookies if you prefer. If you choose to decline cookies, you
may not be able to fully experience the interactive features of the Bidwell
Partners services or Web sites you visit.
Security of your Personal Information
Bidwell Partners secures your personal information from
unauthorized access, use or disclosure. Bidwell Partners secures the personally
identifiable information you provide on computer servers in a controlled,
secure environment, protected from unauthorized access, use or disclosure. When
personal information (such as a credit card number) is transmitted to other Web
sites, it is protected through the use of encryption, such as the Secure Socket
Layer (SSL) protocol.
Changes to this Statement
Bidwell Partners will occasionally update this Statement of
Privacy to reflect company and customer feedback. Bidwell Partners encourages
you to periodically review this Statement to be informed of how Bidwell
Partners is protecting your information.
Contact Information
Bidwell Partners welcomes your comments regarding this
Statement of Privacy. If you believe that Bidwell Partners has not adhered to
this Statement, please contact Bidwell Partners at support@bidwellpartners.comWe
will use commercially reasonable efforts to promptly determine and remedy the
problem.
