PRIVACY
POLICY
PaidOnlineAuction strives to offer its
visitors the many advantages of Internet
technology and to provide an interactive
and personalized experience. We may use
Personally Identifiable Information
(your name, e-mail address, street
address, telephone number) subject to
the terms of this privacy policy. We
will never sell, barter, or rent your
email address to any unauthorized third
party. Period."
How we gather information from users
How we collect and store information
depends on the page you are visiting,
the activities in which you elect to
participate and the services provided.
For example, you may be asked to provide
information when you register for access
to certain portions of our site or
request certain features, such as
newsletters or when you make a purchase.
You may provide information when you
participate in sweepstakes and contests,
message boards and chat rooms, and other
interactive areas of our site. Like most
Web sites, PaidOnlineAuction also
collects information automatically and
through the use of electronic tools that
may be transparent to our visitors. For
example, we may log the name of your
Internet Service Provider or use cookie
technology to recognize you and hold
information from your visit. Among other
things, the cookie may store your user
name and password, sparing you from
having to re-enter that information each
time you visit, or may control the
number of times you encounter a
particular advertisement while visiting
our site. As we adopt additional
technology, we may also gather
information through other means. In
certain cases, you can choose not to
provide us with information, for example
by setting your browser to refuse to
accept cookies, but if you do you may be
unable to access certain portions of the
site or may be asked to re-enter your
user name and password, and we may not
be able to customize the site's features
according to your preferences.
What we do with the information we
collect
Like other Web publishers, we collect
information to enhance your visit and
deliver more individualized content and
advertising. We respect your privacy and
do not share your information with
anyone.
Aggregated Information (information that
does not personally identify you) may be
used in many ways. For example, we may
combine information about your usage
patterns with similar information
obtained from other users to help
enhance our site and services (e.g., to
learn which pages are visited most or
what features are most attractive).
Aggregated Information may occasionally
be shared with our advertisers and
business partners. Again, this
information does not include any
Personally Identifiable Information
about you or allow anyone to identify
you individually.
We may use Personally Identifiable
Information collected on
PaidOnlineAuction to communicate with
you about your registration and
customization preferences; our Terms of
Service and privacy policy; services and
products offered by PaidOnlineAuction
and other topics we think you might find
of interest.
Personally Identifiable Information
collected by PaidOnlineAuction may also
be used for other purposes, including
but not limited to site administration,
troubleshooting, processing of
e-commerce transactions, administration
of sweepstakes and contests, and other
communications with you. Certain third
parties who provide technical support
for the operation of our site (our Web
hosting service for example) may access
such information. We will use your
information only as permitted by law. In
addition, from time to time as we
continue to develop our business, we may
sell, buy, merge or partner with other
companies or businesses. In such
transactions, user information may be
among the transferred assets. We may
also disclose your information in
response to a court order, at other
times when we believe we are reasonably
required to do so by law, in connection
with the collection of amounts you may
owe to us, and/or to law enforcement
authorities whenever we deem it
appropriate or necessary. Please note we
may not provide you with notice prior to
disclosure in such cases.
Affiliated sites, linked sites and
advertisements
PaidOnlineAuction expects its partners,
advertisers and affiliates to respect
the privacy of our users. Be aware,
however, that third parties, including
our partners, advertisers, affiliates
and other content providers accessible
through our site, may have their own
privacy and data collection policies and
practices. For example, during your
visit to our site you may link to, or
view as part of a frame on a
PaidOnlineAuction page, certain content
that is actually created or hosted by a
third party. Also, through
PaidOnlineAuction you may be introduced
to, or be able to access, information,
Web sites, features, contests or
sweepstakes offered by other parties.
PaidOnlineAuction is not responsible for
the actions or policies of such third
parties. You should check the applicable
privacy policies of those third parties
when providing information on a feature
or page operated by a third party
While on our site, our advertisers,
promotional partners or other third
parties may use cookies or other
technology to attempt to identify some
of your preferences or retrieve
information about you. For example, some
of our advertising is served by third
parties and may include cookies that
enable the advertiser to determine
whether you have seen a particular
advertisement before. Other features
available on our site may offer services
operated by third parties and may use
cookies or other technology to gather
information. PaidOnlineAuction does not
control the use of this technology by
third parties or the resulting
information, and is not responsible for
any actions or policies of such third
parties.
You should also be aware that if you
voluntarily disclose Personally
Identifiable Information on message
boards or in chat areas, that
information can be viewed publicly and
can be collected and used by third
parties without our knowledge and may
result in unsolicited messages from
other individuals or third parties. Such
activities are beyond the control of
PaidOnlineAuction and this policy.
Children
PaidOnlineAuction does not knowingly
collect or solicit Personally
Identifiable Information from or about
children under 13 except as permitted by
law. If we discover we have received any
information from a child under 13 in
violation of this policy, we will delete
that information immediately. If you
believe PaidOnlineAuction has any
information from or about anyone under
13, please contact us at the address
listed below.
Contacting Us.
We can be reached by contacting:
PaidOnlineAuction
Email: admin(AT)paidonlineauction.com
Changes to this Policy
PaidOnlineAuction reserves the right to
change this policy at any time. Please
check this page periodically for
changes. Your continued use of our site
following the posting of changes to
these terms will mean you accept those
changes. Information collected prior to
the time any change is posted will be
used according to the rules and laws
that applied at the time the information
was collected.
Governing law
This policy and the use of this Site are
governed by California law. If a dispute
arises under this Policy we agree to
first try to resolve it with the help of
a mutually agreed-upon mediator in the
following location: Escondido,
California. Any costs and fees other
than attorney fees associated with the
mediation will be shared equally by each
of us.
If it proves impossible to arrive at a
mutually satisfactory solution through
mediation, we agree to submit the
dispute to binding arbitration at the
following location: Pleasanton, CA under
the rules of the American Arbitration
Association. Judgment upon the award
rendered by the arbitration may be
entered in any court with jurisdiction
to do so.
PaidOnlineAuction is controlled,
operated and administered entirely
within California. This statement and
the policies outlined herein are not
intended to and do not create any
contractual or other legal rights in or
on behalf of any party.