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Privacy Policy
Updated
on March 1, 2006
Commitment
to Privacy
This privacy notice covers all the online
information practices of AuctionWitch.Com
AuctionWitch.Com
is concerned about your privacy and the
security of your personal data. We have
made a strong effort to ensure that your
personal information is safeguarded. This
notice explains our online information
practices and the choices you can make
about how your information is collected
and used. It discloses the privacy
guidelines for AuctionWitch.Com. This
notice is available on our homepage and on
pages where personally identifiable
information is requested.
Collected
Information
In a few areas on our Web site, we ask you
to provide information that will enable us
to enhance your site visit or to follow up
with you after your visit. It is
completely optional for you to
participate.
We request information from you when you:
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1.
Post Auction Items to Sell
2. Bid on Auction Items
3. Become a member of
AuctionWitch.Com
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In
each of the instances above, we may ask
for your name, e-mail address, phone
number, address, age, as well as
personal preference information that is
needed to register or subscribe you to
services or offers.
- Third
Party Policy
We
also use third-party services on our
sites to offer certain banner
advertisements. When you visit a
page carrying a third-party
advertisement, it will attempt to
place a cookie with your machine.
(Please note that this happens
whether or not you click on the
advertisement). AuctionWitch.Com
itself has no control or access to
these cookies. The third-party
service and AuctionWitch.Com may
also note some of the pages you
visit on our website through the use
of pixel tags (also called
transparent gifs). The information
collected through the use of these
pixel tags is not personally
identifiable.
Commitment
to Data Security
AuctionWitch.Com is committed to the
security of information collected on our
sites. To prevent unauthorized access,
maintain data accuracy, and ensure the
correct use of information, we have put in
place appropriate physical, electronic,
and managerial procedures to safeguard and
secure the information we collect online.
Electronic
Security
Private account information is located
behind a firewall; it is not directly
connected to the Internet. Information
behind the firewall on the customer server
is not available to unauthorized
computers. The firewall is a recognized
industry standard.
Encryption
Encryption is a process by which we use
software to scramble sensitive information
while it is in transit to AuctionWitch.Com.
It is based on a key that has two
different parts: public and private.
The
public part of the key is distributed to
those you want to communicate with. The
private part is for recipients' use only.
When you send personal information to us,
you use our public key to encrypt your
personal information. That means if your
information is intercepted during the
transmission, it is scrambled and very
difficult to decrypt. Once we receive your
encrypted personal information, we use the
private part of our key to decode it.
Access
to Your Information
If you are an AuctionWitch.Com member, you
may later review and update your
AuctionWitch.Com profile data at any time by
accessing your personal profile area from
access points on the AuctionWitch.Com
website.
Commitment
to Children's Privacy
Protecting the online privacy of the very
young is especially important. For that
reason, AuctionWitch.Com voluntarily
complies with the Children's Online
Privacy Protection Act of 1998 and the US
Federal Trade Commission's Children's
Online Privacy Protection Rule. (16 C.F.R.
Part 312). We neither collect nor maintain
information at our sites from those
actually known to be under the age of 18,
nor are any parts of our sites directed to
children under the age of 18.
Contact
Us
For additional information about our
privacy policy and information maintained
about you, please contact us at the
following address. In any communication,
be sure to include your name, mailing
address, and AuctionWitch.Com username.
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