Bidstick.com respects the privacy of its customers, and other individuals and businesses using Bidstick.com Site. This Privacy Policy, effective October 1st, 2008, is to keep you informed about the types of information collected on Bidstick Sites and how the information is used and protected.
USE OF COOKIES
Bidstick Sites may use "cookies" to collect anonymous information. Cookies are bits of encrypted data that are loaded by Bidstick's server onto your computer when you visit an Bidstick Site. The server can retrieve the cookies the next time you visit a site and use them to identify the computer as a return visitor. Bidstick.com uses cookies to collect non-personally identifiable information and generically track usage patterns on the Bidstick Sites in order to monitor activity and administer the sites. Bidstick.com also uses information obtained from cookies to improve Bidstick Sites, and make decisions concerning advertising, product offerings and services. Most users can disable cookies from their Internet browsers, receive a warning before a cookie is placed on their computer, and erase all cookies from their computer hard drives by following the instructions provided by the browser.
ADVERTISEMENTS ON Bidstick SITES
Advertising companies deliver ads on some Bidstick Sites. You should be aware that when you click on these ads, the advertising companies may also deploy cookies to receive anonymous information about ad viewing by Internet users on Bidstick Sites and other Web sites. This information is associated with your Web browser, but cannot be associated with your name or e-mail address without your permission. Therefore, advertising companies may know where your computer goes on the Web, but they do not know who you are unless you tell them. Bidstick.com does not provide personally identifiable information about its customers or Bidstick Site visitors to these advertising companies.
PERSONALLY IDENTIFIABLE INFORMATION
Bidstick.com may ask you to provide what is often referred to as "personally identifiable information" such as your name, address, telephone number and e-mail address when you use Bidstick Sites to bid on products. Personally identifiable information provided at an Bidstick Site to order Bidstick.com products will be protected in the same manner as when the information is provided by other means such as over the telephone or by mail. We use personally identifiable information provided at an Bidstick Site in the following ways unless otherwise specified: * For its intended purpose (such as to complete an online order for products), * To provide you with information about new Bidstick products or products offered in conjunction with Bidstick.com business partners and affiliates.
DISCLOSURE TO THIRD PARTIES
We will make your personally identifiable information available to other companies or people when: You have elected to allow us to share that information at the time that you registered with us or provided us the information through our website. We hire third-party vendors to provide specialized services such as customer support; email message deployment; suppression, merge and de-duplication services; data processing; and special products or services that you have requested. These companies are only allowed to use the information in order to help us fulfill our services to you. We do not provide your information to these companies for their own, permanent use. You unsubscribe for a mailing that we send to you on behalf of a third party. We may share your removal instruction with the third party so that it may be added to that person’s list of people to whom they may not send emails. When required by law, such as when we respond to subpoenas, court orders, or legal process. We believe that your actions violate applicable laws, Bidstick Terms of Use, or any usage guidelines for specific products or services, or threaten the rights, property, or safety of our company, our users, or others. In the event it is required in connection with the sale, lease or transfer of all or a portion of Bidstick.com' assets.
E-MAIL COMMUNICATIONS
Bidstick.com may use e-mail to communicate with you, respond to your e-mail, and to tell you about new products and services. If you do not wish to receive e-mail promotions and new products and service announcements from Bidstick.com, please follow the instructions that appear at the end of the e-mail communication that you receive from Bidstick.com to have your name removed from the list.
SECURITY
Bidstick.com utilizes several encryption methods to ensure that the data you submit on any of the Bidstick Sites is secure. Through this "secure session," information that you input into a Bidstick.com online order form will be sent and will arrive privately and unaltered at an Bidstick server. This security prohibits access to your information by other companies and Web users.
CHILDREN
Bidstick.com does not intend to collect personally identifiable information from individuals under 18 years of age. If Bidstick.com becomes aware that a user who is under 18 is using an Bidstick Site, Bidstick.com will specifically instruct that individual that they are not to submit information on Bidstick Sites without a parent or guardian's consent. If a child has provided Bidstick.com with personally identifiable information without Bidstick.com' knowledge, a parent or guardian of the child may contact Bidstick.com at privacy@Bidstick.com and Bidstick.com will delete the child's information from our existing files.
LINKS
Some Bidstick Sites contain links to other Web sites that are owned and operated by parties other than Bidstick.com. Please be aware that this Privacy Policy does not extend to any Web sites other than those owned and controlled by Bidstick.com.
ACCOUNT INFORMATION
You may always contact us at privacy@Bidstick.com or by telephone or mail to verify your name, address, e-mail address, telephone number and/or billing information. Bidstick.com will correct any information that is inaccurate.
QUESTIONS
If you have questions or comments regarding this Privacy Policy, you may contact us at privacy@Bidstick.com. If you have submitted personally identifiable information, and would like that information deleted from our records, please contact us at our e-mail address, privacy@Bidstick.com. We will use reasonable efforts to delete that information from our files.
UPDATES
Bidstick.com may amend this Privacy Policy from time-to-time. These changes will be posted online.
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