Privacy Policy
Introduction
bid4bees.co.uk
are committed to protecting any data concerning you, and by using our
services you agree to the use of the data that we collect in accordance
with this Privacy Policy.
We are committed to protecting your privacy
We
collect the minimum amount of information about you commensurate with
providing a satisfactory service. This Policy indicates the type of
processes that may result in data being collected about you. Your use
of this website gives us the right to collect that information.
Information Collected
We
may collect and store any or all of the information that you give us
depending on the type of transaction you enter into, including your
name, address, telephone number, email address, together with data
about your use of the website. Other information that may be needed
from time to time to process a request may also be collected and stored
as indicated on the website.
[Data in relation to credit card
and debit card payments is processed by WorldPay and/or PayPal on a
secure website linked to ours and they have their own privacy policy.]
Use of Information
We
use the information collected primarily to process the successful sale
and/or purchase of items listed for which you visited the website. Data
collected in the UK is held in accordance with the Data Protection Act
1998. We cannot guarantee the privacy or security of your information
but all reasonable precautions will be taken to prevent unauthorised
access to this information. This safeguard may require you to provide
additional forms of identity should you wish to obtain information
about your account details.
Cookies
Your
Internet browser has the in-built facility for storing small files-
"cookies" - that hold information which allows a website to recognise
your account. Our website takes advantage of this facility to enhance
your experience. You have the ability to prevent your computer from
accepting cookies but, if you do, certain functionality on the website
may be impaired.
Disclosing Information
We
do not disclose any personal information obtained about you from this
website to third parties without your explicit consent except when we
need to do so in order to complete the transaction (e.g. the other
party to a transaction may view your contact details to help complete
the transaction) or where we need to respond to legal requirements,
enforce our policies, respond to claims that a listing or other content
infringes the rights of others or to protect others rights, property or
safety. We may also use the information to keep in contact with you and
inform you of developments associated with our business. You will be
given the opportunity to remove yourself from any mailing list or
similar device. If at any time in the future we should wish to disclose
information collected on this website to any other third party, it
would only be with your knowledge and consent.
We may from time
to time provide information of a general nature to third parties for
example, the number of individuals visiting our website or completing a
registration form, but we will not use any information that could
identify those individuals.
SPAM
Members
are forbidden from creating mailing lists in order to send information
to other users via email or post. bid4bees.co.uk track email address
requests under Users IDs. Any such contact will result in
suspension/termination of your account at our sole discretion.
Any
complaints in relation to spam, which you consider to have come about
through your use of bid4bees.co.uk can be reported by clicking here.
Use of Information Between Buyers and Sellers
bid4bees.co.uk
permits users to contact each other via email to enable successful
trading to take place. The User Agreement, which you agree to be bound
by on registration with bid4bees.co.uk, maintains that you will agree
to use another user’s information for the specific and sole purpose of
transacting through bid4bees.co.uk.
Sales outside bid4bees.co.uk
are strictly prohibited. Collation of information in relation to other
users to enact a further sale of products and/or services will result
in the user having their account terminated.
Changes to this Policy
We
reserve the right to amend this Policy at any time (and without any
prior notice). Any changes to our Privacy Policy will be placed here as
well as in the ‘news and announcements’ section of the website, and
will supersede any earlier version or versions of our Policy. To
guarantee your complete satisfaction over changes or amendments we
recommend that you read this document each time you use the website.
All amended terms automatically take effect 14 days after posting.
Contacting Us
If
you have any questions about our Privacy Policy, or if you want to know
what information we have collected about you, or if you would like us
to remove your details from any list under our control, please click
here. You can also correct any factual errors in the information we
hold.
