Privacy Policy for Bid Llama
PRIVACY NOTICE
The online auction operator through whom you are registering uses the Online-Auction Software.com, Inc.
bidding platform. When you register on this page, your information is collected, used, and disclosed in
accordance with Online-Auction Software.com, Inc.’s Privacy Policy, which can be found by clicking on
the “Privacy Policy” link below. Online-Auction Software.com, Inc. is committed to protecting your privacy.
PRIVACY POLICY
This privacy policy governs your use of the Web site located at the following Web addresses:
bid.bidllama.com. As used in this privacy policy, the terms “we”, “our” and “us” refer to these companies
collectively. This privacy policy also governs the collection, use, and disclosure of information submitted
by bidders who register using the Online-AuctionSoftware.com, Inc. bidding platform. This privacy policy
is effective upon acceptance in registration for new registering users, and is otherwise effective on
November 1, 2009, for all other users. We may from time to time make amendments to this privacy policy.
We will post all amendments on this Web page. In addition, when you enter the Web site, there will be a
pop-up alert notifying you of any amendments. All amendments take effect 30 days after they are posted.
Because data-security technology and data-security law are rapidly evolving, we recommend that you
visit this Web page frequently to check for amendments to this policy.
1. Collection. We will collect and store the following Personally Identifiable Information (“PII”) on our
servers if you choose to register on our site: your name, your company, your address, your
driver’s license, and at least one telephone number. We also request PII and/or login information
(which would provide access to your PII) elsewhere on our site, including our login page, bidding
page, account update page, and e-mail subscription page. Unless you provide us with your PII, it
will not be collected or stored. Once you provide us with your PII, you have consented to the
transfer and storage of that information in accordance with the terms of this policy. You can
review, change, and delete the PII that you provide to us by logging into Your Personal Page, or
by contacting us using the information found by clicking the “Contact Us” link on our home page.
We may prompt you to make updates to your PII from time to time, but in order to combat
“phishing” (a fraudulent tactic employed by criminals to acquire PII), we will request that you
make the updates on our site. We will also collect a valid credit card number if you choose to
register on our site. Your credit card information will be stored remotely in storage systems owned
and/or operated by USA EPay, (registered trademarks of GorCorp Inc.), Authorize.net our
payment processor, and not on our servers. In addition, we automatically collect certain non-PII
relating to your interaction with our site, such as your IP address. Your IP address is stored when
you register on our site and every time you place a bid on our site. We use cookies, but purely for
your convenience to allow you to remain logged into our site. We will not collect or store any other
cookie information stored on your computer. We do not allow third parties to place cookies on
your computer.
2. Use. If you provide us with your PII, it will primarily be used for internal business purposes. Your
driver’s license will be collected to ensure that you are old enough to place bids on our site. Your
credit card information will be collected to guarantee that you will be able to pay for any items with
respect to which you may place the winning bid. Your telephone number will be used in case we
need to contact you concerning any bids that you may place. Your address or e-mail address may
be used, at your request, to communicate information about upcoming auctions. Your e-mail
address or cell phone number may be used, at your request, to send you automatic bidding
notifications. You may opt-out of receiving any communications from us either during registration
or by contacting us using the information found by clicking the “Contact Us” link on our home
page. Your IP address is used internally for liability purposes to keep a record of each bid's origin.
Cookie information will be used purely for your convenience to allow you to remain logged into
our site.
3. Disclosure. We will not trade, sell, or rent your PII to third parties, except that we reserve the right
to transfer your PII to appropriate third parties in the event that we sell all or part of our business,
make a sale or transfer of all or substantially all of our assets, or in the event that we are involved
in a merger. In the event that we disclose your information in the course of any such sale,
transfer, or merger, your information will remain subject to the terms and conditions of this policy
and any amendments thereto. Also, if we do disclose your PII in the course of a sale, transfer, or
merger of one of our companies, please be advised that we will continue to store your PII until
such time as you request that it be deleted. We will not otherwise make your information available
to third parties, except when necessary to assist our service providers and vendors in completing
authorized undertakings, and/or where necessary to provide confirmation of purchases to
persons or entities who require such information to ensure successful fulfillment of any purchases
made on our site. We do, however, reserve the right to disclose user PII without user permission
in order to protect our legal rights, to comply with the law or legal process, to protect the integrity
of our site, and/or to protect the safety and security of site users and visitors. Internally, your
information will only be available to employees who have the proper security clearance.
4. Security. We use a variety of methods to protect your information, both during transmission and
after receipt, from unauthorized access, use and disclosure. Any PII that you transmit to us is
protected during transmission by Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) technology. SSL technology
enables encryption of sensitive information during online transmissions. Any PII that you transmit
to us, with the exception of credit card information, is then stored on our database servers. Our
database servers are both firewall protected and password protected. In addition, while stored on
our database servers, your user password will be encrypted with the 128-bit Advanced Encryption
Standard (AES). Our database servers are stored with an off-site agent in secure facilities, and
can only be accessed by an authorized representative of our off-site agent. Our off-site agent
takes numerous physical security measures to protect our database servers from unauthorized
access, including: electronic surveillance by Electronic Protection Systems, Inc.; dedicated
network operations center support 24/7/365; security keys to access the server co-location area;
and combination locks on doors used to access equipment in the server co-location area. Your
credit card information, once collected, is sent to Authorize.net, for additional storage security.
Once your credit card information has been sent to Authorize.net, we can make authorized
transactions using your credit card, but even we are unable to access your credit card
information. Authorize.net uses various tools, including encryption technology, to protect
confidential data both during the transmission of such data and while such data is being stored.
Authorize.net also uses software programs to identify unauthorized attempts to upload or modify
information stored in its systems, or to otherwise cause damage to its systems. In the event that
we elect to use a different payment processor, notice of such election and notice of the payment
processor’s data security practices will be posted as amendments to this policy. While we strive to
provide a secure data transfer and storage environment, there are always potential security risks
when doing business over the Internet. Consequently, we do not represent or guaranty that the
information that you transmit to us will remain secure against all unauthorized access or use. You
can assist us with our efforts by preventing unauthorized access to your user password and to
your computer. You should make sure that you sign off when finished using a shared computer,
and you should otherwise take precautions to protect your user password. If your user password
becomes compromised for any reason, you should immediately change your password, and
notify us.
5. Children’s Privacy. Our Web site is designed for adult use only. We will not intentionally collect
children’s PII, but if you believe that we may have done so, please notify us and we will address
the issue.
6. Third Parties. We do not control the privacy policies of third parties, so if you disclose your
information to third parties, whether bidders, buyers or sellers, in the course of using our Web
site, you may be subject to different rules with respect to the collection, use, and disclosure of
your information.
If you have any questions regarding our privacy policy and/or our privacy practices that are not answered
in this policy, please contact us using the information found by clicking the “Contact Us” link on our home
page.