Privacy Policy
This Privacy Policy describes the information, as
part of the normal operation of our services, we collect from you and what may
happen to that information. Although this policy may seem long, we have
prepared a detailed policy because we believe you should know as much as
possible about our practices so that you can make informed decisions. All of
our subsidiaries and joint ventures operate under similar privacy practices as
described in this Privacy Policy and, subject to the requirements of applicable
law, we strive to provide a consistent set of privacy practices.
By accepting the Privacy Policy, you expressly consent to our
use and disclosure of your personal information in accordance with this Privacy
Policy. This Privacy Policy is effective upon visiting the site for all users.
1. Information We Collect
Our primary
purpose in collecting personal information is to provide you with a safe,
smooth, efficient, and customized experience. This allows us to provide
services and features that most likely meet your needs, and to customize our
service to make your experience safer and easier. We only collect personal
information about you that we consider necessary for achieving this purpose.
In general, you can browse the Site without telling us who
you are or revealing any personal information about yourself. Once you give us
your personal information, you are not anonymous to us. Where possible, we
indicate which fields are required and which fields are optional. You always
have the option to not provide information by choosing not to use a particular
service or feature.
We automatically track certain information based upon your
behavior on the Site. We use this information to do internal research on our
users' demographics, interests, and behavior to better understand, protect and
serve you and our community. This information may include the URL that you just
came from (whether this URL is on the Site or not), which URL you next go to
(whether this URL is on the Site or not), your computer browser information,
and your IP address.
We use data collection devices such as "cookies" on
certain pages of the Site to help analyze our web page flow, measure
promotional effectiveness, and promote trust and safety. "Cookies"
are small files placed on your hard drive that assist us in providing our services.
We offer certain features that are only available through the use of a
"cookie". Cookies can also help us provide information that is
targeted to your interests. Most cookies are "session cookies,"
meaning that they are automatically deleted from your hard drive at the end of
a session. You are always free to decline our cookies if your browser permits,
although in that case you may not be able to use certain features on the Site.
If you establish a credit account with us to pay the fees we
charge, we collect some additional information, such as a billing address, a
credit card number and a credit card expiration date and tracking information
from checks or money orders.
2. Our Use of Your Information
We use your
personal information to facilitate the services you request. We use your
personal information in the file we maintain about you, and other information
we obtain from your current and past activities on the Site to: resolve
disputes; troubleshoot problems; help promote safe trading; collect fees owed;
measure consumer interest in our products and services, inform you about online
and offline offers, products, services, and updates; customize your experience;
detect and protect us against error, fraud and other criminal activity; At
times, we may look across multiple users to identify problems or resolve
disputes, and in particular we may examine your personal information to
identify users using multiple User IDs or aliases. We may compare and review
your personal information for errors, omissions and for accuracy.
If you choose to list an item for sale on the Site or open a
credit account, or otherwise provide us with your financial information, we use
your address and billing information to bill you and provide associated support.
You agree that we may use personal information about you to
improve our marketing and promotional efforts, to analyze site usage, improve
our content and product offerings, and customize the Site's content, layout,
and services. These uses improve the Site and better tailor it to meet your
needs, so as to provide you with a smooth, efficient, safe and customized
experience while using the Site.
You agree that we may use your personal information to
contact you and deliver information to you that, in some cases, are targeted to
your interests, such as targeted banner advertisements, administrative notices,
product offerings, and communications relevant to your use of the Site. By
accepting the User Agreement and Privacy Policy, you expressly agree to receive
this information. If you do not wish to receive these communications, we
encourage you to opt out of the receipt of certain communications on the
notification preferences page. You may make changes to your notification
preferences at any time.
3. Our Disclosure of Your Information
As a matter of
policy, we do not sell or rent any of your personal information to third
parties for their marketing purposes without your explicit consent. However,
the following describes some of the ways that your personal information may be
disclosed in the normal scope of business to provide our services. Legal
Requests. as well as other third parties to enforce laws, such as: intellectual
property rights, fraud and other rights, to help protect you from bad actors.
Therefore, in response to a verified request by law enforcement or other
government officials relating to a criminal investigation or alleged illegal
activity, we can (and you authorize us to) disclose your name, city, telephone
number, email address. We will not otherwise disclose your personal information
to law enforcement or other government officials without a subpoena, court
order or substantially similar legal procedure, except when we believe in good
faith that the disclosure of information is necessary to
4. Control of Your Password
You are
responsible for all actions taken with your User ID and password, including
fees charged to your account. Therefore we do not recommend that you disclose
your password to any third parties. If you choose to share your User ID and
password or your personal information with third parties, you are responsible
for all actions taken with your account and therefore you should review that
third party's privacy policy. If you lose control of your password, you may
lose substantial control over your personal information and may be subject to
legally binding actions taken on your behalf. Therefore, if your password has
been compromised for any reason, you should immediately change your password.
5. Security
Your information
is stored on our servers. We use procedural and technical safeguards to protect
your personal information against loss or theft as well as unauthorized access
and disclosure to protect your privacy, including encryption,
"firewalls" and Secure Socket Layers. We treat data as an asset that
must be protected against loss and unauthorized access. We employ many
different security techniques to protect such data from unauthorized access by
users inside and outside the company. However, "perfect security"
does not exist on the Internet.
6. Notice
We may amend this Privacy Policy at any time by posting the amend terms on the Site. All amended terms shall automatically be effective 30 days after they are initially posted on the Site.