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Auction-Desk has created this privacy statement in order to demonstrate our firm commitment to privacy.
The following discloses the information gathering and dissemination practices for this web site.
Information Automatically LoggedThis site uses your IP address to help diagnose problems with our server and to administer our site. This site records the browser type to monitor market penetration of various web browsers so we can better determine the Internet technologies we may utilize in the design of our pages. This site uses page referrer data - that is, information about the page that linked you to this page - to determine to what extent our page is referenced by other resources on the Web. This data may be used to preserve the integrity of our computing resources.
Summary
Information on users who visit our site to read or download information on our pages. From these users, we collect and store only the following information:
1. The domain name through which you gained access to our Web site;
2. The precise time and date that you entered our web site.
3. The URL of the web page through which you linked to our web site.
Personal InformationWe collect e-mail and name information at the point of our contact us page. This information is used for contact purposes only and is not kept after it has been dealt with in accordance to the orginial contact to ourselves. We do not share any personal information with any third parties nor do we use any personal information for any purposes beyond those stated here. It is possible to send an email to the webmaster on any information onfile. Please note in the majority of cases information is destroyed as soon as it is acted upon, some information is used for statistical purposes only.
Users who send us e-mail containing personal information or identifies you, sign our guest book, or request email publications. Any information that we collect in this way is used only for purposes of responding to you and addressing the issues that you may have raised.
Any information that we collect is collected as part of our business practices in order to identify demographic information relative to users who access our site, assessing the number and type of user accessing various sections of our site, helping us determine what content and business concepts are working for us and/or are of interest to our visitors, determining technical design features and specifications and helping us assess systems performance. We also use such information in statistical form to assist us in business and marketing strategies and programs. We utilize software programs to create summary statistics which we utilize for the above purposes.
As a security measure for ourselves and our users, we utilize certain software programs to monitor traffic to our site and within our network. This software also enables us to identify unauthorized upload attempts, access to our system, and other attempts to cause damage to our systems.
Provision about Children
We do not collect personal information from children under the age of 13. If we learn that we have personal information on a child under the age of 13, we will delete that information from our systems. We encourage parents to go online with their kids. Click here to check out our tips on protecting children's privacy online.
The auction-desk web site is intended for users of all ages. Children may visit these general audience areas of auction-desk and provide personal information, which will be collected, used and disclosed as described in this Privacy Statement.
When we collect age information and users identify themselves as under 13, we will obtain consent from parents for the collection, use and sharing of their children's personal information on auction-desk as described in this Privacy Statement. If we change this Privacy Statement in a way that expands the collection, use or disclosure of children's personal information to which a parent has previously consented, the parent will be notified and we will be required to obtain the parent's additional consent. Parents can change or revoke the consent choices previously made, and review, edit or request the deletion of their children's personal information, by emailing us, see contact information below.
Please note that if you grant consent for your child to use our services, this will include such general audience communication services as forums (if we should add one), and your child will be able to communicate with, and disclose personal information to, other users of all ages. We encourage you to talk with your children about communicating with strangers and disclosing personal information online. You and your child can visit additional information Online at various other sites for additional information about using the Internet safely.
Links to External SitesThis site contains links to other sites. Auction-Desk is not responsible for the privacy practices or the content of such web sites.
CookiesThis site uses cookies for session management. See the Session Management section for more information about how cookies are used. Session ManagementThe site collects name, ip address, website referer for statistical review These are not recorded or used for any other purpose. The session information used by this site is deleted when your browser is closed.
SecurityThis site has security measures in place to protect the loss, misuse, and alteration of the information under our control. Log file access is restricted to system administrators while stored on the server. Log files are reviewed regularly and are deleted on completion of functionality. Users should also consult Auction-Desk's other policies. Auction-Desk complies with all statutory and legal requirements with respect to access to information.
Policy Updates
If we are going to use your personally identifiable information in a manner different from that stated at the time of collection we will notify you via email (If we have this information). You will have a choice as to whether or not we use your information in this different manner. In addition, if we make any material changes in our privacy practices that do not affect user information already held, we will post a prominent notice on this Web site notifying users of the change. In some cases where we post the notice we will also email users (where the information is kept), who have opted to receive communications from us, notifying them of the changes in our privacy practices.
Contact InformationIf you have any questions about this privacy statement, the practices of this site, or your dealings with this site, please contact us.
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