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Our privacy Policy is created to help you understand how we collect
and use personal information you provide to us and to help you in
making educated decisions when using our site and our services/products.
We value the protection of your nonpublic personal information and
confidentiality. We know that providing personal information is an
act of trust and we take that seriously.
Changes to our privacy policy
We reserve the right, at any time to change, add, modify
or update our privacy policy simply by posting the changes, additions,
modifications, updates on the website. Any changes, additions, modifications,
updates will be effective immediately upon posting on the website.
Privacy Standards HOTBIDS.ORG is committed to
protecting your personal information. We believe that our privacy
policy is both fair and represents industry best practice. HOTBIDS.ORG
will comply with any laws introduced to strengthen protections for
consumers' privacy.
What information do we collect about you?
hotbids.org will not collect any personal information about
you without your consent first. The only information that HOTBIDS.ORG
will collect is that which you provide HOTBIDS.ORG directly.
The only personal information we collect is what you tell us about
yourself. Such as through subscribing to various products & services,
or identifying yourself when requesting information to be sent to
you. For example, when you fill out a request form, we collect the
details you enter to enable us to post information to you. When you
answer questions about what you would like to see we keep this information
so as to better serve you. We collect two types of information: personal
information you knowingly choose to disclose that is collected on
an individual basis and Web Site use information collected on a regular
basis as you and others browse our Web site. If you do nothing during
your visit but browse through the Website and read the information
contained on the Web pages, we may gather certain information about
your visit automatically. This information does not identify you personally.
We may automatically gather the Internet domain (for example, "XYZcompany.com"
if you use a private Internet access account, or "XYZschool.edu"
if you connect from a university's domain), IP address (an IP address
is a number that is automatically assigned to your computer whenever
you are surfing the Web) from which you access our Website, and the
date and time you access our Website and the pages you visit. We may
use "cookies" to improve our service to you. (see website
information)
PERSONAL INFORMATION
Registration Information
You will provide us information about yourself, your firm or company,
and your practices when you register to be a member of HOTBIDS.ORG.
You may also provide additional comments on how you see HOTBIDS.ORG
servicing your needs and interests.
Email Information
If you choose to correspond with us through email, we may retain the
content of your email messages together with your email address and
our responses. We will use that information to respond to your inquiry.
Remember that e-mail is not necessarily secure against interception.
If your communication is very sensitive, or includes information such
as your bank account, charge card, or social security number, you
should not send it electronically unless it is encrypted or our Website
indicates the particular site is secure.
Website Information
Similar to other commercial Web sites, our Web site utilizes a standard
technology called "cookies" Cookies may help us recall a
previous visit. The cookies we use do not collect personally identifiable
information, and we do not use them to determine your identity. If
you are not comfortable with this use, you may configure your browser
to be notified when cookies are to be received and to provide you
with the option of refusing cookies. However, refusing cookies may
limit your ability to use our Website in its entirety.
How do we use the information you provide to
us?
We use personal information for purposes of administering and expanding
our business activities, providing customer service and making available
other products and services to our customers and prospective customers.
Occasionally, we may also use the information we collect to notify
you about important changes to our Web site, new services and special
offers we think you will find valuable. You may notify us at any time
if you do not wish to receive these offers by emailing us at mailto:customerservice@HOTBIDS.ORG
Sharing Information with Third Parties
We may enter into alliances, partnerships or other business arrangements
with third parties who may be given access to personal information
including your name, address, telephone number and email for the
purpose of providing you information regarding products and services
that we think will be of interest to you. We may disclose all of
the information we collect, as described above to companies that
perform marketing services on our behalf or to other financial institutions
with whom we have joint marketing agreements.
If you prefer that we not disclose nonpublic personal information
about you to nonaffiliated third parties, you may opt out of those
disclosures, that is, you may direct us not to make those disclosures
(other than disclosures permitted by law). If you wish to opt out
of disclosures to nonaffiliated third parties, you may email: customerservice@HOTBIDS.ORG
Links to other Websites
Our Website may contain links to Websites that are provided and
maintained exclusively by third parties. Websites provided and maintained
by third parties are not subject to this privacy policy. Please
review the privacy policies on those Websites to understand their
personal information handling practices. We make no representations
concerning the privacy policies of these third party Websites.
Questions
If you have questions about our privacy policy, you may contact our
webmaster at customerservice@HOTBIDS.ORG.
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