AuctionNinja Privacy Policy
AuctionNinja respects your privacy.
As a result, AuctionNinja will never sell your information nor your customers' information to any third party for any reason.
This Privacy Policy summarizes how AuctionNinja collects, stores, uses, discloses and protects your personal information to help maintain a safe, online environment encompassing AuctionNinja (the “Site”). By accepting this Privacy Policy and the AuctionNinja TERMS OF USE AND CONDITIONS in your registration for use of AuctionNinja, you consent to AuctionNinja handling of your personal information as described in this Privacy Policy. This Privacy Policy is effective immediately upon acceptance for new AuctionNinja Users and is otherwise effective on March 23, 2018, for existing site Users (superseding any earlier versions of the Privacy Policy).
This Privacy Policy may be updated with amendments posted on the Site at any time. Privacy Policy amendments take effect automatically after their posting, unless otherwise indicated.
1. PRIMARY PRIVACY PRINCIPLES
Perusal of the Site may be done anonymously. However, use of the Site and its features requires AuctionNinja’s collection of your personal information in order to enhance safety and efficiency for the interactive AuctionNinja community, and provide you with services and customer support. Your personal information will also be used to: compare information for accuracy and verify information with third parties; resolve disputes; collect fees; troubleshoot problems; assess and improve AuctionNinja services and advertising; prevent prospective prohibited or illegal activities; and, enforce the AuctionNinja TERMS OF USE AND CONDITIONS.
Should you decide to provide AuctionNinja with your personal information and use the Site, you consent to the transfer and storage of your information on AuctionNinja servers located in the United States. AuctionNinja uses many methods to protect your personal information from unauthorized access; however, third parties may unlawfully intercept/access private communication and transmissions of the Site, and other Users may abuse/misuse your personal information they gather from use of the Site. Thus, although protection of your privacy is very important to AuctionNinja, and AuctionNinja employs many methods to protect your privacy, AuctionNinja cannot guarantee that your personal information and communications will remain private.
Personal information that AuctionNinja collects from AuctionNinja Users include: email addresses; physical contact information; financial information (credit card and/or bank account numbers); shipping, contact and billing information to be revealed in transactions for the purchase or shipment of an item; dispute resolution; correspondence through the Site and sent to AuctionNinja; and, transactional information (bidding, buying, selling, item and content you generate or that relates to your account) based on your AuctionNinja activities. Specific information gathered may depend on the types of AuctionNinja services used. You are able to review and change your personal information at any time on your personal Dashboard in order to keep your information up to date.
AuctionNinja will generally not manually change your personal information due to the difficulty in remote verification of your identity; thus, you are required to review and update your personal information on your Dashboard expeditiously and regularly. Personal information is retained from closed accounts in accordance with governing laws, to identify and discourage fraud, resolve outstanding and prospective disputes, aid in any transactional and account investigations, enforce the AuctionNinja TERMS OF USE AND CONDITIONS, take actions permitted by law, and collect outstanding and owed fees.
User Name & Password: In signing up for the use of the Site and its services, you will choose an available Username (User Identification, User ID) for your identification. Your Username is the means by which other AuctionNinja Users immediately recognize you and is displayed throughout the Site, and as such, is viewable by AuctionNinja and Sellers upon successful bidding. All of your activity on the Site may be tracked to your Username (past purchases, bids, items for sale, etc.).
As part of your registration process with the Site, you will be required to create and assign a password for your account. Since your password serves as the critical key to your account, and is the primary means of your account’s protection, a unique combination of letters, numbers and/or special characters should be used to prevent other people from accessing and using your account without your authorization and permission.
Your password should not be shared with anyone, and if you choose to disclose your password with others, you are responsible for and legally bound to all actions taken on behalf of your account, including those actions done by others with whom you have shared your password and have accessed your account.
Additionally, your personal account information is accessible, viewable and modifiable by the person who enters your account via your password. Should you lose control of your password, your personal information may be vulnerable to the people that have your password, and you may be subjected to legally-binding actions they take on behalf of your account. Thus, if your password for any reason has been undesirably compromised, you should immediately notify AuctionNinja of the situation and change your password in your Dashboard. Regardless, for your protection, AuctionNinja recommends that you change your password regularly.
AuctionNinja is not responsible in any way, shape or form for actions, purchases and fees incurred resulting in part or whole—directly or indirectly—from unauthorized access and use of your account (including hacking); AuctionNinja is not responsible for, or liable to issue, any refund, restitution or compensation for such incidents and occurrences.
AuctionNinja provides you with choices and options on your Dashboard about how you would like to be contacted. AuctionNinja will provide you with notice if this AuctionNinja Privacy Policy changes. If you reject such changes, please immediately terminate your use of the Site; your continued use of the Site after such changes are set forth will imply your consent and acceptance of the changes. Any changes will be posted on the Site with their associated date of effect. Based on your preferences set on your Dashboard, you may be contacted about service updates and promotional offers.
AuctionNinja shares your personal information with other AuctionNinja members in accordance with this AuctionNinja Privacy Policy to help facilitate transactions and to allow members to contact you. Disclosed information includes, but is not limited to, names, Usernames, shipping, and contact information.
AuctionNinja shares your personal information with Internal Service Providers (i.e., I/T, technical support, Sellers) for AuctionNinja operations only to facilitate or outsource a AuctionNinja service or operation when absolutely necessary and under confidential restrictions.
AuctionNinja also may disclose limited personal contact information to verified requests by law enforcement/government officials for criminal investigations, enforcement of AuctionNinja policies, and claim responses regarding potential violations of other User rights and/or compromises in User safety, rights or property, in accordance with this AuctionNinja Privacy Policy.
Unless otherwise noted, this Privacy Policy only addresses the collection, storage, use and disclosure of information that AuctionNinja collects from you. AuctionNinja will not sell nor release your personal information to third parties for their marketing purposes and will only disclose your personal information in accordance with this AuctionNinja Privacy Policy AND THE TERMS OF USE AND CONDITIONS described herein and/or with your explicit consent.
Should you choose to release your personal information to other site Users (Bidders, Buyers and/or Sellers), different rules and regulations may apply to their collection, storage, use and disclosure of information, and you may be subject to their requirements as applicable. AuctionNinja does not control, affiliate with, nor recognize and is not responsible for the privacy polices of third parties; thus, AuctionNinja recommends that you inquire and familiarize yourself with other Users and third parties prior to releasing your information to them.
Should you choose to opt-in to sharing your email address with a specific licensee/vendor/seller and later wish to opt-out, any and all opt-out requests must be directed to the specific licensee/vendor/seller.
2. ZERO TOLERANCE
AuctionNinja does not allow and tolerate spam, spoofing and spyware. Licensees/Vendors/Sellers may not add other Users to email or traditional mailing lists without the User's explicit consent (opt-in), even if the licensee/vendor/seller was involved in a transaction with the User. The Site’s communication tools may not be used to distribute spam or used for other purposes or to send content that are in violation of the AuctionNinja TERMS OF USE AND CONDITIONS. Users should be careful of and avoid spam, viruses, phishing, and other malicious, illegal, and prohibited activities and content.
To report incidences of spam, spoofing and spyware, please send AuctionNinja a message using the contact AuctionNinja form.
3. COOKIES
Cookies are small data files put on your hard drive containing information about your use and access of the Site. Cookies are used to help identify and keep you signed into the Site. Cookies are also used to aid in trust and safety while assessing site traffic. Most cookies are temporary and are automatically deleted from your hard drive upon the end of your session. You may opt not to accept AuctionNinja cookies should your browser permit it; however, the Site may offer certain features and uses that are only available through your allowance of cookies.
4. YOUR USE OF AUCTIONNINJA COMMUNITY INFORMATION
AuctionNinja discloses limited personal information to the Users involved in the final transaction as part of the transaction completion process; personal information of both the Seller and winning Buyer is revealed to each other by AuctionNinja in order to facilitate and complete the transaction. Disclosed information includes, but is not limited to, names, Usernames, shipping, and contact information.
AuctionNinja recommends that Sellers reveal their individual privacy principles to other AuctionNinja Users, and respect and adhere to the privacy preferences of other AuctionNinja Users. AuctionNinja cannot guarantee the security or privacy of your information; thus, AuctionNinja recommends that you obtain, assess and evaluate the privacy and security policies of other Users prior to engaging in potential transactions with them and sharing of your information.
Transactions on the Site may present you with the opportunity to gather information about other Users and maintain a database of this information. Gathering personal information about other AuctionNinja Users is strictly prohibited without their explicit consent. You must give other Users the chance to regularly review what information you have collected and stored about them, and allow them to remove themselves from your database at any time. You agree to use other AuctionNinja User information only for purposes related to AuctionNinja transactions and offered services that the other User explicitly consents to, and NOT for unsolicited commercial messages and advertising.
5. ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS
Should you have any questions regarding this Privacy Policy, please send AuctionNinja a message using the contact AuctionNinja form.
BY USING THE AUCTIONNINJA SITE, YOU AGREE THAT YOU:
HAVE READ AUCTIONNINJA’S (A) TERMS OF USE AND CONDITIONS AND (B) THE PRIVACY POLICY;
FULLY AND COMPLETELY UNDERSTAND AUCTIONNINJA’S (A) TERMS OF USE AND CONDITIONS AND (B) THE PRIVACY POLICY;
WHOLLY AND ENTIRELY AGREE WITH AND ACCEPT AUCTIONNINJA’S (A) TERMS OF USE AND CONDITIONS AND (B) THE PRIVACY POLICY.
1. USE OF SITE
You may use the Site only in accordance with and subject to these Terms of Use. Once you complete and submit your registration you have opted-in to receive email communication from us and in order to remain a member of this Site, you must agree to receive email from us.
You must also authorize Bountiful Auctions by Stockbridge & Berry to charge the credit or debit card you have entered on this site for the hammer price of an item which you were the high bidder plus the buyer's premium and all applicable sales tax. Your card will be charged within 24 hours of auction end. Failure to keep valid credit card information on file will result in your use of the site being terminated.
To initiate your ability to bid with Bountiful Auctions by Stockbridge & Berry, an initial $1.00 pre-authorization transaction will appear on your statement. This pending transaction will not settle and will drop off after 5 -7 business days .
You certify that you are an authorized user of this credit card and that you will not dispute the purchase payments with your credit card company provided the transactions correspond to the terms indicated in this authorization outline.
2. MEMBERSHIP ELIGIBILITY
The Site is available to members who are 18 years and older and who have not been suspended or removed by Bountiful Auctions by Stockbridge & Berry for any reason. By becoming a member you represent that you are of legal age. As a member, you agree to provide true accurate, current and complete information about yourself as prompted by the Site’s registration forms. In addition, as a member, you agree and acknowledge that you will maintain valid credit card info within your membership profile so long as you maintain an account with Bountiful Auctions by Stockbridge & Berry.
3. BUYER’S CONTRACT
Bids placed on the Bountiful Auctions by Stockbridge & Berry website are a binding contract and you are responsible for paying all amounts due to Bountiful Auctions by Stockbridge & Berry including sale price, buyer's premium and all applicable taxes. Please do not bid if you are unable to pay and take possession of the items in the specified time periods for each auction, sale or event. Any items won and not paid for within 24 hours of auction close are eligible for sale to underbidder(s). All sales are final. No returns, credits or exchanges.
4. ITEM DESCRIPTIONS
All items are sold as-is, where-is. While Bountiful Auctions by Stockbridge & Berry will do its best to list any damage, repairs or restorations, the absence of these descriptions or conditions must not be taken to imply that the lot is in perfect condition. Most of the items Bountiful Auctions by Stockbridge & Berry sells are antique, vintage or used. You should expect signs of wear consistent with age. Bountiful Auctions by Stockbridge & Berry offers preview inspections for the sole purpose of allowing the opportunity for personal inspection before placing your bids. Condition reports may be available. All sales are final. No returns, credits or exchanges.
5. BUYER’S PREMIUM
A buyer’s premium of 18% will be added to the hammer price in all auctions and will be charged along with the hammer prices and applicable sales tax to the credit or debit card you have on file with Bountiful Auctions by Stockbridge & Berry within 24 hours of the auction end.
6. SALES TAX
All sales are subject to appropriate sales tax laws. Tax exempt buyers must provide the appropriate state sales tax exemption certificate prior to the end of the sale. Upon receipt of such information by Bountiful Auctions by Stockbridge & Berry, your future purchases will not be taxed. Tax resale forms can be submitted in your membership profile. Your profile name and address must be the same as your resale certificate.
7. RETENTION OF CREDIT CARD INFORMATION
By providing your credit card information to Bountiful Auctions by Stockbridge & Berry, you authorize Bountiful Auctions by Stockbridge & Berry to charge your credit card for the purchase amount of any successful bid plus the buyer's premium and any applicable taxes.
Your card will be charged within 24 hours of auction end. Failure to keep valid credit card information on file will result in your use of the site being terminated.
To initiate your ability to bid with Bountiful Auctions by Stockbridge & Berry, an initial $1.00 pre-authorization transaction will appear on your statement. This pending transaction will not settle and will drop off after 5 -7 business days.
You certify that you are an authorized user of this credit card and that you will not dispute the purchase payments with your credit card company provided the transactions correspond to the terms indicated in this authorization outline.
Bountiful Auctions by Stockbridge & Berry does not store your credit card information for security purposes.
8. PICK-UP
Successful buyers must pick up their items at the designated sale location within the assigned time frame as stated in the sale details page.
If after winning an item you determine you are unable to pick up your items during the scheduled removal times and dates, you must contact Bountiful Auctions by Stockbridge & Berry within 24 hours prior of the pick-up date and we will determine if alternate arrangements can be made. These arrangements will be at the sole discretion of Bountiful Auctions by Stockbridge & Berry and will be subject to transport, labor and/or storage fees.
9. FORFEITURE OF ITEMS
Any items not paid and / or not picked up during the specified pick up time in accordance with the Site’s Terms & Conditions will be forfeited by you. Bountiful Auctions by Stockbridge & Berry at its sole discretion will reoffer the items or donate them to a charity of Bountiful Auctions by Stockbridge & Berry’s choosing. Bountiful Auctions by Stockbridge & Berry reserves the right to report your account to collections for the combined total of the original invoice amount and any moving or disposal charges. Your membership with Bountiful Auctions by Stockbridge & Berry will be revoked unless past due invoices and any additional charges are paid in full.
10. PROHIBITED USE
You agree not to sell, license, rent, modify, distribute, copy, reproduce, transmit, publicly display, publicly perform, publish, adept, edit or create derivative works from content or materials on the Site. Use of the content and materials for any purpose not expressly permitted in these Terms of Use is prohibited. You may not decompile, reverse engineer, disassemble, or otherwise reduce the Site to a human-perceivable form, except and only to the extent that such activity is expressly permitted by applicable law, and in that case, only if you notify us in writing in advance . You may not copy, frameset, enclose or otherwise distribute any part of the Site.
A NOTE ABOUT EXTENDED BIDDING ("SOFT CLOSE")
Bountiful Auctions by Stockbridge & Berry online auctions feature extended bidding (a.k.a. "soft close"). It is the closest way to mimic the actions of an auctioneer (in a live auction) in an online/automated format. During a live auction, the auctioneer gives bidders opportunities to increase their bids before hammering the winning bid (when there is no further interest in the lot). Our online, automated system will automatically extend the closing time of a lot (auction item) whenever a bid is placed within the last five minutes of its scheduled closing to allow other interested bidders an opportunity to increase their bid (if the wish to do so). This may occur multiple times on any given lot depending on bidder interest. Once all interest and bidding in a lot ceases, the clock will run out and the lot will close.
