Please read this before using the BidderBuddies website or submitting any personal information. The following Privacy Policy outlines the information BidderBuddies may collect and how we may use it. BidderBuddies is a service provided by BidderBuddies Corporation, F-18 Silicon view, Near Sky View, Parvat Patia, Surat-395010 Gujarat, India.
We acknowledge and respect your personal privacy, according to statutory regulations, in particular, the INDIA’s Data Protection Act and Privacy and Electronic Communications Regulations.
You may use BidderBuddies at any time without registering. When you visit our website, data is saved in an anonymous format, as is the website that you visit us from, the websites that you proceed to from our site, and your IP address. No personal data is associated with during this process.
However, we do need some personal information from you so that you can actively participate in BidderBuddies Auctions. We collect only the Personal Information you provide to us. We would therefore like to request that you agree to the collection and storage of some of your data.
Personal data is the information needed to identify you, for example your name, address, date of birth, e-mail address, mobile phone number, etc. With your consent, personal data is recorded and processed by BidderBuddies. Also other non-personal information may be stored, such as: when you register with BidderBuddies; when you buy credits or items; when you bid on or win an auction; what payment services you use; your IP address. To protect our customers by minimising the number of places your sensitive payment information is stored, BidderBuddies ensures that payment account or credit card data other than your billing address is never stored. Our website contains forms that directly pass such information on to our payment processor; the only part stored in our system is the service used, the date of the transaction, if it was successful and any error messages provided by the payment processor. As stated above, BidderBuddies’s online services store bidding data with time stamps when credits were placed. This information can be used by BidderBuddies for enhancing BidderBuddies’s online bidding service. It is important to note that no personal data of a user will ever be shared with any third party or any other BidderBuddies user.
Personal data such as name, address, etc. is used to process product delivery after an auction is won. We ask for your e-mail address so that we can stay in contact with you by e-mail.
We also use your personal data to communicate with you regarding orders, to process auctions, marketing retentions and to process other transactions. Similarly, we use your data in order to inform you of marketing promotions or to enable third parties authorized by us to perform technical, logistical, or other services. All data is stored securely on our servers.
When you register with BidderBuddies, you agree to receive e-mail newsletters. We will use this method to inform you of new functions or special promotions on our website.
You can at any time opt-out of this by changing your settings under My Account Section.
You can access, review and change most of your personal information by logging on to BidderBuddies at any time. You are required to promptly update your personal information if changes occur or information is inaccurate.
You can revoke your consent any time by cancelling your Registration. Upon your request, we will close your account and remove your personal information from view as soon as reasonably possible, based on your account activity and in accordance with applicable law. We do retain personal information from closed accounts to comply with law, prevent fraud, collect any unpaid invoices, resolve disputes, troubleshoot problems, assist with any investigations, and take other actions otherwise permitted by law. If you wish to close your account, please send us an email. When we delete your membership, your personal data is removed from our database unless we are required to save the data.
BidderBuddies uses so-called "cookies", which are alphanumeric identifiers that are stored on your computer that can be retrieved to assist in customizing your experience with the online service. The information saved supports the functionality of the site, for example to recognize your browser and to provide features like keeping track of your visual preferences or controlling the frequency of "pop-up" windows.
You are free to prevent cookies from being saved on your hard drive by adjusting the corresponding settings in your browser. However, turning off these settings may result in limited functionality.
The information in your BidderBuddies account and in your BidderBuddies profile is password protected, so that only you have access to this personal information. Please note that you are not permitted to disclose your password to anyone else.
BidderBuddies will never ask for your password in e-mails that you receive unexpectedly or that you did not request. Please remember to log out of your account and to close your internet browser window when you leave the BidderBuddies site; this is especially important if you use a PC in public locations. At present, this is the safest way to ensure that no one has access to your personal information. We assume no liability for the abuse of login data and passwords used.
We may amend this Privacy Policy at any time by posting the new Privacy Policy on BidderBuddies. BidderBuddies reserves the right to change this Privacy Policy at any time without notice to You. Consequently, You should review this Privacy Policy for changes each time You visit BidderBuddies.