BARGAINWIZZ.COM is committed to protecting consumer privacy online. We believe that greater protection of personal privacy on the web will protect consumers while also increasing consumer confidence and ultimately their participation in online activities This Privacy Policy governs the manner in which Bargainwizz.com uses, maintains and discloses information collected from its customers and users of its website. Bargainwizz.com will do everything in its power to ensure that your right to privacy is maintained and protected.

All information that you provide when using Bargainwizz.com website, or through mail, email, text, social media or other sources is held in confidence, except as herein noted. This Privacy Policy applies to all types of information collected from users, whatever the source. By using the services and/or registering for an account with Bargainwizz.com, you are accepting the terms of this Privacy Policy, and you are consenting to our collection, use, disclosure, retention, and protection of your personal information as described in this Privacy Policy.

This website is not directed at children under 16 years of age.

Information We Collect

Bargainwizz.com may request or collect personal information from online users in a variety of ways depending on what form you fill out. Our online forms collect your name, email address, address, telephone number, and information about your collecting and selling habits and interests. Our free email notices require an email address where first and last name are optional. Our registration for participating in online auctions and Buy-it-Now services, collects your name, email address, address, telephone number, and a valid credit card. We may also obtain information about you in person, or through mail, email, text, social media or other sources.

We automatically record your IP address, session duration, transaction data, the order and addresses of the pages you visit, and in most cases the data that you enter on those pages. We use all of this information to improve the navigation, functionality, and general service that our website provides.

The internet browser that you use to view our site allows a small file called a “cookie” to be saved on your hard drive. This cookie enables our Web server to recognize you as a first-time or repeat customer and may include information such as your User Name so that you do not have to re-enter it every time you visit. We also use cookies to provide customized and personalized services to you. Your browser does allow you to turn off or warn you about cookies from our site and from any other websites. Cookies do not allow us to know anything about your surfing habits on other websites. They simply tell us about your surfing habits on our website.

Bargainwizz.com may allow certain third parties contracted by us such as analytics partners, advertising technology partners and other partners to use cookies and/or include web beacons on Bargainwizz.com web pages for purposes related to those specific partner services. These cookies and web beacons may include your IP address but do not include any personally identifiable information.

What are Cookies?

A cookie is a piece of data stored on the user's computer tied to information about the user. We may use both session ID cookies and persistent cookies. For session ID cookies, once you close your browser or log out, the cookie terminates and is erased. A persistent cookie is a small text file stored on your computer’s hard drive for an extended period of time. Your browser’s help file contains information and instructions for removing persistent cookies. Session ID cookies may be used by Bargainwizz.com to track user preferences while the user is visiting the website. They also help to minimize load times and save on server processing. Persistent cookies may be used by Bargainwizz.com to store whether, for example, you want your password remembered or not, and other information. Cookies used on the Bargainwizz.com website do not contain personally identifiable information.

Log Files

Like most standard websites, Bargainwizz.com use log files. This information may include internet protocol (IP) addresses, browser type, internet service provider (ISP), platform type, referring/exit pages, date/time stamp, and number of clicks to analyze trends, administer the site, track user's movement in the aggregate, and gather broad demographic information for aggregate use. However, none of the information stored in our log files, including but not limited to IP addresses, is linked to personally identifiable information.

How We Use this Information

Bargainwizz.com may use the personally identifiable information collected by Bargainwizz.com to contact customers regarding products and services offered by Bargainwizz.com and, to the extent the user has agreed to it, by its trusted affiliates, independent contractors and business partners. Bargainwizz.com researches our customers’ usage patterns and demographics based on the information provided to us during their experiences on our website. We do this to better understand our customers’ needs and the effectiveness of our website services, marketing, advertising and sales efforts. Bargainwizz.comwill not in any way share this information with a third party either for free or by selling it, unless you specifically authorize such disclosures. This information is compiled and analyzed for our internal use.

Registration qualifies a user as a Bargainwizz.com customer and regardless of any regulation to the contrary, such user agrees, until this consent is revoked in writing, that Bargainwizz.com may from time to time contact the user concerning sale and purchase opportunities available through Bargainwizz.com.

Disclosure of Information

Bargainwizz.com may also disclose aggregate, anonymous data based on information collected from users to investors and potential partners. In such cases, only statistical information will be disclosed and personally identifiable data will be kept strictly confidential. In case Bargainwizz.com is sold, the information collected from users may be transferred to the new owners.

Bargainwizz.com may from time to time engage third parties, including its own subsidiaries and affiliated companies, to preserve, analyze or otherwise store or manipulate data received by Bargainwizz.com, from its customers. The functions performed on behalf of Bargainwizz.com, may include, but is not limited to: fulfilling orders, delivering packages, sending postal mail and e-mail, removing repetitive information from customer lists, analyzing data, providing marketing assistance, providing search results and links (including paid listings and links), processing credit card payments, and providing customer service. They have access to personal information needed to perform their functions, but may not use it for other purposes. In all such cases, third party service providers will be required to treat all such data with the same degree of care as Bargainwizz.com and they will be prohibited from disclosing such data to any other person or party, except as otherwise provided for in this Privacy Policy.

Finally, we may disclose information to fulfill certain legal and regulatory requirements or if we believe, in good faith, that such disclosure is legally required or necessary to protect others’ rights or to prevent harm.

Other than as stated herein, all information is held in confidence by Bargainwizz.com. We do not sell your information to third parties nor do we provide it for any third party’s general commercial usage. Any information disseminated to parties’ external to Bargainwizz.com is anonymous in nature – for example: the prices realized for a particular auction may include the price paid for an item.

Behavioral Advertising

Bargainwizz.com uses your personal information to provide you with targeted advertisements or marketing communications we believe may be of interest to you. For example:

• We use Google Analytics to help us understand how our customers use the Site.

• You can read more about how Google uses your Personal Information HERE  
• You can also opt-out of Google Analytics HERE

• We may share information about your use of the Site, your purchases, and your interaction with our ads on other websites with our advertising partners. We collect and share some of this information directly with our advertising partners, and in some cases through the use of cookies or other similar technologies,
• For more information about how targeted advertising works, you can visit the Network Advertising Initiative’s (“NAI”) educational page HERE

• Additionally, you can opt out of some of these services by visiting the Digital Advertising Alliance’s opt-out portal HERE

• You can opt out of targeted advertising using the links below:

• FACEBOOK
• GOOGLE
• BING

Opt-Out

Our customers and users receive newsletters and e-mails with information on products, services, or special offers. Out of respect for the privacy of our users, Bargainwizz.com gives them the opportunity to opt-outfrom receiving these types of communications through our membership WizzBoard™.

On rare occasions, it is necessary to send out a strictly service-related announcement, if, for instance, our service is temporarily, suspended for maintenance. Generally, users may not opt-out of these communications, though they can deactivate their account. However, these communications are not promotional in nature.

Storage & Security Information

Bargainwizz.com maintains reasonable physical, electronic, and procedural safeguards to protect the security and integrity of all Personal Information provided to us.

Bargainwizz.com limits access to personal information about you to those employees who we reasonably believe need to come into contact with that information to provide products or services to you in order to do their jobs.

In the interest of privacy and security, we automatically expire your session when a specific period goes by without activity. Bargainwizz.com takes reasonable precautions – including administrative, technical, and physical measures – to safeguard your personal information against loss, theft, and misuse, as well as unauthorized access, disclosure, alteration, and destruction.

Reviewing & Changing your Information

Bargainwizz.com has safeguards in place to keep your personal information accurate, complete, and up to date for the purposes for which it is used. Naturally, you always have the right to access and correct the personal information you have provided. You can help us ensure that your contact information and preferences are accurate, complete, and up to date by going to your WizzBoard™.

 Changes to Privacy Policy

It may be necessary from time to time for us to modify this Privacy Policy to reflect changes in the way we collect and use information or changes in privacy-related laws, regulations, and industry standards. Accordingly, we reserve the right to change this Privacy Policy at any time by posting the revised policy on this website. When and if this Privacy Policy is revised, the website will include a temporary notice that the Privacy Policy has been revised.  Thus, it is incumbent on users to check this privacy policy frequently.

Legal Disclaimer

Though we make every effort to preserve your privacy, we may need to disclose personal information when required by law, if we have a good-faith belief that such action is necessary and required to comply with a current judicial proceeding, a court order, subpoena or other legal process served on Bargainwizz.com.

The Bargainwizz.com website may contain links to other sites. Please be aware that Bargainwizz.com is not responsible for the privacy practices of such other sites. We encourage you to read the privacy statements of each and every website that collects personally identifiable information. The Bargainwizz.com Privacy Policy as described herein applies solely to information collected by Bargainwizz.com.

Maintenance of Information

The information provided to Bargainwizz.com is saved indefinitely and may be stored on one or more databases directly or indirectly maintained by Bargainwizz.com. We employ industry-standard security measures to protect the confidentiality of the information. While we cannot guarantee that loss, misuse or alteration of data will not occur; we make every effort to prevent such occurrences. Any other particularly sensitive information, such as credit card numbers collected for commercial transactions, is encrypted prior to transmission by you to Bargainwizz.com.

Your Responsibility

You are responsible for the security of your usernames and passwords. Make sure you keep them in a safe place and do not share them with others. Should you lose control of your password please change your password and contact Bargainwizz.com immediately. Always remember to log out after your session ends to ensure that others cannot access your private personal information. You should take this precaution even if you are not using a public computer, such as at a library or internet café, but even when using your private computer in your home.

Questions

If you believe that your personal information or Bargainwizz.com account has been compromised in any way or if you have questions or concerns regarding this policy, please direct correspondence to: 

Bargainwizz LLC                                                                                          legal@bargainwizz.com 

Privacy policy last updated on and effective as of March 31, 2022