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T.P.A. Privacy Policy
Scope of Policy:
This Privacy Policy
describes how we handle your personal information for our services on the
T.P.A. website.
Subject to the requirements of applicable law, we strive
to provide a consistent set of privacy practices throughout the T.P.A.
Community. By accepting the Privacy Policy and the Terms if Use in
registration, you expressly consent to our collection, storage, use and
disclosure of your personal information as described in this Privacy Policy.
This Privacy Policy is effective upon acceptance for new users and is otherwise
effective on Dec 1, 2007.
Usage and Collection:
You can browse our sites without telling us who you are or
revealing any personal information about yourself. Once you give us your
personal information, you are not anonymous to us. If you choose to provide us
with personal information, you consent to the transfer and storage of that
information on our servers located in the United States.
We may collect and store the following personal information:
Email address, physical contact information, and
(depending on the service used) sometimes-financial information, such as credit
card or bank account numbers.
Transactional information based on your activities on the
site (such as bidding, buying, selling, item and content you generate or that
relates to your account);
Shipping, billing and other information you provide to
purchase or ship an item.
Forum and community discussions, chats, dispute
resolution, correspondence through our sites, and correspondence sent to us.
Other information from your interaction with our site,
services, content and advertising, including computer and connection
information, statistics on page views, traffic to and from the sites, ad data,
IP address and standard web log information.
Information from other companies, such as demographic and
traffic data.
Other supplemental information from third parties (for
example, if you incur a debt to T.P.A. we will generally conduct a credit check
by obtaining additional information about you from a credit bureau, as
permitted by law; or if the information you provide cannot be verified, we may
ask you to send us additional information, such as your driver license, credit
card statement, or a recent utility bill or other information confirming your
address, or to answer additional questions to help us verify your identity and
information.
Privacy and Marketing:
We don't sell your personal information to third parties.
We may combine your information with information we collect from other
companies and use it to improve and personalize our services, content and
advertising. If you don't wish to receive marketing communications from us
simply indicate your preference once you sign-on in My Account or by following
the directions provided in an email or from a link on the advertisement.
Our Disclosure of Your
Information:
We may disclose personal information to respond to legal
requirements, enforce our policies, respond to claims that a listing or other
content violates the rights of others, or protect anyone's rights, property, or
safety.
We may also share your personal information with: Members
of our corporate family to help detect and prevent potentially illegal acts and
provide joint content and services (for example, registration, transactions and
customer support). Our corporate affiliates will send marketing communications
only to users who request these services.
Service providers under contract who help with our
business operations (such as fraud investigations and bill collection).
Law enforcement or other governmental officials, in
response to a verified request relating to a criminal investigation or alleged
illegal activity. In such events, we will disclose information relevant to the
investigation, such as name, city, state, zip code, telephone number, email
address, User ID history, IP address, fraud complaints, and bidding and listing
history.
Without limiting the above, in an effort to respect your
privacy and our ability to keep the community free from thieves, we will not
otherwise disclose your personal information to law enforcement, other
government officials, or other third parties without a subpoena, court order or
substantially similar legal procedure, except when we believe in good faith
that the disclosure of information is necessary to prevent imminent physical
harm or financial loss or to report suspected illegal activity.
Activity Associated with
User IDs:
Your User ID is displayed throughout T.P.A. and is
therefore available to the public. All of your activity on our sites is
traceable to your User ID. Other people can see your bids, items that you have
purchased in the past, items for sale, storefronts, feedback, ratings and
associated comments, and so on. Notices are sent to other community members regarding
suspicious activity and policy violations on our sites and refer to User IDs
and specific items. Therefore, if you associate your name with your User ID,
the people to whom you have revealed your name will be able to personally
identify your activities.
Cookies:
We use "cookies" (small files placed on your
hard drive) on certain of our pages to help analyze our web page flow;
customize our services, content and advertising; measure promotional
effectiveness, and promote trust and safety. A few important things you should
know about cookies are that:
We offer certain features that are available only through
the use of cookies.
We use cookies to help identify you and maintain your
signed-in status.
Most cookies are "session cookies," meaning that
they are automatically deleted from your hard drive at the end of a session.
You are always free to decline our cookies if your browser
permits, although doing so may interfere with your use of some of our sites or
services.
No Spyware or Spam:
We and our users do not tolerate Spam. Make sure to set
your T.P.A. notification preferences so we communicate to you, as you prefer.
You are not licensed to add other users, even a user who has purchased an item
from you, to your mailing list (email or physical mail) without their express
consent. To report Spam or spoof emails please forward the email to: Admin@Truck-Parts-Auction.Com
You may not use our communication tools to send Spam or otherwise send content
that would violate our Terms and Conditions. We
automatically scan and may manually filter messages to check for Spam, viruses,
phishing attacks and other malicious activity or illegal or prohibited content,
but we do not permanently store messages sent through these tools.
Account Protection:
Your password is the key to your account. Use unique
numbers, letters and special characters, and do not disclose your T.P.A.
password to anyone. If you do share your password or your personal information
with others, remember that you are responsible for all actions taken in the
name of your account. If you lose control of your password, you may lose
substantial control over your personal information and may be subject to
legally binding actions taken on your behalf. Therefore, if your password has
been compromised for any reason, you should immediately notify T.P.A. and
change your password.
Reviewing and Changing
Your Personal Information:
You can see, review and change most of your personal
information by signing on to T.P.A. Generally, we will not manually modify your
personal information because it is very difficult to verify your identity
remotely. You must promptly update your personal information if it changes or
is inaccurate. Once you make a public posting, you may not be able to change or
remove it. 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
fees owed, resolve disputes, troubleshoot problems, assist with any
investigations, enforce our Terms and Conditions and take other actions
otherwise permitted by law.
Security and Encryption:
Your information is stored on our servers located in the United States. We treat data as an asset that
must be protected and use lots of tools (encryption, passwords, physical
security, etc.) to protect your personal information against unauthorized
access and disclosure. However, as you probably know, third parties may
unlawfully intercept or access transmissions or private communications, and
other users may abuse or misuse your personal information that they collect
from the site. Therefore, although we work very hard to protect your privacy,
we do not promise, and you should not expect, that your personal information or
private communications would always remain private.
Third Parties and
Disclosure:
Except as otherwise expressly included in this Privacy
Policy, this document addresses only the use and disclosure of information
T.P.A. will collect from you. If you disclose your information to others,
whether they are bidders, buyers or sellers on our site or other sites
throughout the Internet, different rules may apply to their use or disclosure
of the information you disclose to them. T.P.A. does not control the privacy
policies of third parties, and you are subject to the privacy policies of those
third parties where applicable. We encourage you to ask questions before you
disclose your personal information to anyone.
Contact:
We may amend this Privacy
Policy at any time by posting the amended terms on our site. All amended terms
automatically take effect 30 days after they are initially posted on the Site.
In addition, we will notify you via email. If your questions are not answered
online, please contact us at: "Admin" Truck Parts Auction, 906 West Gore St. Orlando, Fl. 32805 or by email Admin@Truck-Parts-Auction.Com
Thank you.
Buy, Sell and Enjoy!
Truck Parts Auction.
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