Privacy Policy
PLEASE READ THIS PRIVACY POLICY CAREFULLY BEFORE USING OR ACCESSING THIS WEBSITE. By using or accessing this website, you consent to the terms of this Privacy Policy (“Policy”) and the Terms and Conditions of Use posted separately on this website and into which this Policy is incorporated (“Terms and Conditions of Use”) . If you do not agree to this Policy, please do not use this website. Cell At Auction, LLC can make changes to this Policy at any time and without notice or obligation and your use after such changes signifies your acceptance of the changed terms. We suggest that you check this Policy periodically for changes.
This Policy is intended to help you understand how Cell At Auction, LLC (“Cell At Auction, LLC,” “we,” or “us”) collects, stores, uses, discloses and safeguards the information you provide on our website. This Policy does not apply to the use or disclosure of information that is collected or obtained by us through means other than this website.
Your use of our website and any personally identifying information you provide on the website remains subject to the terms of this Privacy Policy and our Terms of Use. If there is any inconsistency between the Terms of Use and this Privacy Policy, the Terms of Use will control.
COLLECTION OF PERSONALLY IDENTIFYING INFORMATION
This website does not collect personally identifying information, such as names, addresses, telephone numbers, email addresses, and other personal information (“personal information”) when you simply browse our website. We collect personal information only when you specifically provide it to us to register an account, provide additional information for due diligence purposes, request to receive additional information regarding our services, or send us any other types of question or message. In all cases, you will know this information is being collected because you will have to fill out an online form. If you choose not to give personal information, you can still visit our website, but you may be unable to access certain options, offers, and services.
MARKETING COMMUNICATIONS
If your register for an account or request information about our services, we may place you automatically on our contact list. If we do, then we may send you direct mailings and e-mails regarding our company or services. If you do not wish to receive these messages, you can simply opt-out by following the instructions in the message or contact us and advise us of your desire to opt-out of future communications. If you download information on assets listed on our website, or place a bid on a particular asset, the seller and its affiliates and representatives are given access to your information, including personal information.
USE AND SHARING OF PERSONAL INFORMATION
We use personal information that is collected through our website to help us deliver our services (including qualification of potential sellers and buyers), better serve users of our website, customize user website experience, and improve the content of our website. Personal information that you provide will be used by Cell At Auction, LLC only as provided in this Policy. We may share your personal information as follows:
1) With third parties we have hired to help us provide a service you have requested or we want to offer, or help us to create or maintain the website or enhance its functionality, but in all cases, these third parties are not authorized to use or disclose it for any other purpose; or
2) In the Special Cases set forth below.
We do not otherwise rent or sell to third parties your personal information entered on this website.
SPECIAL CASES
Cell At Auction, LLC reserves the right to disclose user information in special cases, when we have reason to believe that disclosing this information is necessary to identify, contact or bring legal action against someone who may be causing injury to or interference with our rights or property (either intentionally or unintentionally), other Cell At Auction, LLC website users, or anyone else that could be harmed by such activities. We may disclose personal information without notice to you in response to a subpoena or when we believe in good faith that the law permits it or to respond to an emergency situation.
In the event Cell At Auction, LLC or its assets are sold, merged or otherwise involved in a corporate transaction, your personal information will likely be transferred as part of that transaction. We reserve the right to transfer your personal information without your consent in such a situation, provided that we will make reasonable efforts to see that your privacy preferences are honored by the transferee.
Specific areas or pages of this website may include additional or different provisions relating to collection and disclosure of personal information. In the event of a conflict between such provisions and this Policy, such specific terms shall control.
SECURITY
While we use reasonable efforts to safeguard the confidentiality of your personal information, we cannot guarantee that personal information will always remain secure due to transmission errors, outside events, third party hacking or other causes. We will comply with all privacy laws and make any legally required disclosures regarding breaches of the security, confidentiality, or integrity of personal information consistent with our ability to determine the scope of a breach and our legal obligations.
We do not knowingly collect or use any personal information from users under 13 years of age. No personal information should be submitted to this site by guests under 13 years of age, and guests under 13 years old are not allowed to register for our accounts, or communicate with us or on our website in any way. If we learn that information related to guests under 13 years of age has been collected on our site, we will take appropriate steps to delete this information. Any person who provides personal information to us through this website represents that they are 13 years of age or older.
COOKIES
Our website uses cookies, which are small files stored on your computer to give you a unique ID. We use cookies to track new visitors to this site and to recognize past users so that we may customize and personalize content. Cookies used by this site do not contain any personal information. To the extent that our website has links to websites operated by third parties (for example, our business partners who help us provide our services to you), we do not control such websites and you may want to review those privacy policies before accessing or using those websites. If for any reason you don’t want to take advantage of cookies, you may have your browser not accept them, although this may disable or render unusable some of the features of our website.
LINKED SITES
From time to time, our site may contain links to third party-operated websites. We may also provide links to social media sites that enable you to share information with those sites. We do not have any control over these sites and we are not responsible for the actions, contents, or privacy practices of any linked site, including any of the social media sites. We urge you to review these websites’ policies, including their privacy policies, before accessing or using such sites.
CONSENT TO TRANSFER
This Website is operated in the United States and is intended for residents of the United States only. If you are located in the European Union, Canada or elsewhere outside of the United States, please be aware that any personal information you provide to Cell At Auction, LLC will be transferred to the United States, which does not have the same data protection laws as the European Union. By using this website or providing us with your personal information you consent to this transfer.
CONTACT INFORMATION
If you have any questions about our Privacy Policy, or you would like to contact us about the handling of your personal information, please email us at the address below:
Cell At Auction, LLC
info@cellatauction.com
Policy Effective as of 3/22/2013
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