Privacy Policy
Protecting your private information is our priority. This Privacy Policy applies to mnauction.com, and SKE Auctions LLC and governs data collection and usage. For the purposes of this Privacy Policy, unless otherwise noted, all references to SKE Auctions LLC include mnauction.com and MNauction. The MNauction website is an Online Auction site. By using the MNauction website, you consent to the data practices described in this statement.
Personal information that we collect
In order to better provide you with products and services offered, MNauction may collect personally identifiable information such as your name, email address, mailing address, phone number, credit card information, or other details needed to process a transaction.
We collect this information when you register on our site or enter information on our site.
Use of your Personal Information
MNauction collects and uses your personal information to operate and deliver the services you have requested.
MNauction may also use your personally identifiable information to inform you of other products or services available from MNauction and its affiliates.
Sharing Information with Third Parties
MNauction does not sell, rent or lease its customer lists to third parties.
MNauction may share data with trusted partners to help perform statistical analysis, send you email or postal mail, provide customer support, or arrange for shipping. All such third parties are prohibited from using your personal information except to provide these services to MNauction, and they are required to maintain the confidentiality of your information.
MNauction may disclose your personal information, without notice, if required to do so by law or in the good faith belief that such action is necessary to: (a) conform to the edicts of the law or comply with legal process served on MNauction or the site; (b) protect and defend the rights or property of MNauction; and/or (c) act under exigent circumstances to protect the personal safety of users of MNauction, or the public.
Tracking User Behavior
MNauction may keep track of the websites and pages our users visit with mnauction.com, in order to determine what MNauction services are the most popular. This data is used to deliver customized content and advertising to customers whose behavior indicates that they are interested in a particular subject area.
Automatically Collected Information
Information about your hardware and software may be automatically collected by MNauction. This information can include: your IP address, browser type, domain names, access times and referring website addresses. This information is used for the operation of the service, to maintain quality of the service, and to provide general statistics regarding use of the mnauction.com website
Use of Cookies
The MNauction website may use “cookies'' to help you personalize your online experience. A cookie is a text file that is placed on your hard disk by a web page server. Cookies cannot be used to run programs or deliver viruses to your computer. Cookies are uniquely assigned to you, and can only be read by a web server in the domain that issued the cookie to you.
One of the primary purposes of cookies is to provide a convenience feature to save you time. The purpose of a cookie is to tell the Web server that you have returned to a specific page. For example, if you personalize MNauction pages, or register with MNauction site or services, a cookie helps MNauction to recall your specific information on subsequent visits. This simplifies the process of recording your personal information, such as billing addresses, shipping addresses, and so on. When you return to the same MNauction page, the information you previously provided can be retrieved, so you can easily use the MNauction features that you customized.
You have the ability to accept or decline cookies. Most Web browsers automatically accept cookies, but you can usually modify your browser setting to decline cookies if you prefer. If you choose to decline cookies, you may not be able to fully experience the interactive features of the MNauction services or websites you visit.
Links
This website contains links to other sites. Please be aware that we are not responsible for the content or privacy practices of such other sites. We encourage our users to be aware when they leave our site and to read the privacy statements of any other site that collects personally identifiable information.
Behavioral Remarketing
We use remarketing services to advertise on third-party sites to you after you visited our site. We and our third-party vendors use cookies to inform, optimize and serve ads based on your past visits to our site.
● Google Ads (AdWords)
○ Google Ads (AdWords) remarketing service is provided by Google Inc.
○ You can opt-out of Google Analytics for Display Advertising and customize the Google Display
Network ads by visiting the Google Ads Settings page: http://www.google.com/settings/ads
○ Google also recommends installing the Google Analytics Opt-out Browser Add-on -
https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout - for your web browser. Google Analytics Opt-out Browser Add-on provides visitors with the ability to prevent their data from being collected and used by Google Analytics.
○ For more information on the privacy practices of Google, please visit the Google Privacy Terms web page: https://policies.google.com/privacy?hl=en
○ Facebook remarketing service is provided by Facebook Inc.
○ You can learn more about interest-based advertising from Facebook by visiting this page:
https://www.facebook.com/help/164968693837950
○ To opt-out from Facebook's interest-based ads, follow these instructions from Facebook:
https://www.facebook.com/help/568137493302217
○ Facebook adheres to the Self-Regulatory Principles for Online Behavioural Advertising
established by the Digital Advertising Alliance. You can also opt-out from Facebook and other participating companies through the Digital Advertising Alliance in the USA http://www.aboutads.info/choices/, the Digital Advertising Alliance of Canada in Canada http://youradchoices.ca/ or the European Interactive Digital Advertising Alliance in Europe http://www.youronlinechoices.eu/, or opt-out using your mobile device settings.
○ For more information on the privacy practices of Facebook, please visit Facebook's Data Policy: https://www.facebook.com/privacy/explanation
Payments
We use third-party services for payment processing (e.g. payment processors).
We will not store or collect your payment card details. That information is provided directly to our third-party payment processors whose use of your personal information is governed by their Privacy Policy. These payment processors adhere to the standards set by PCI-DSS as managed by the PCI Security Standards Council, which is a joint effort of brands like Visa, MasterCard, American Express, and Discover. PCI-DSS requirements help ensure the secure handling of payment information.
The payment processors we work, and their Privacy Policies are:
Stripe - https://stripe.com/privacy
Clover - https://www.clover.com/privacy-policy
Wells Fargo - https://www.wellsfargo.com/privacy-security/privacy/
Security of your Personal Information
MNauction secures your personal information from unauthorized access, use, or disclosure. MNauction uses Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) protocol for this purpose.
When personal information (such as credit card number) is transmitted to other websites, it is protected through the use of encryption, such as the Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) protocol.
We strive to take appropriate security measures to protect against unauthorized access to or alteration of your personal information. Unfortunately, no data transmission over the Internet or any wireless network can be guaranteed to be 100% secure. As a result, while we strive to protect your personal information, you acknowledge that: (a) there are security and privacy limitations inherent to the Internet which are beyond our control; and (b) security, integrity and privacy of any and all information and data exchanged between you and us through this Site cannot be guaranteed.
Right to Deletion
Subject to certain exceptions set out below, on receipt of a verifiable request from you, we will:
● Delete your personal information from our records; and
● Direct any service providers to delete your personal information from their records.
Please note that we may not be able to comply with requests to delete your personal information if it is necessary to:
● Complete the transaction for which the personal information was collected, fulfill the terms of an auction, fulfill the terms of a written warranty or product recall conducted in accordance with federal law, provide a good or service requested by you, or reasonably anticipated within the context of our ongoing business relationship with you, or otherwise perform a contract between you and us;
● Detect security incidents, protect against malicious, deceptive, fraudulent, or illegal activity; or prosecute those responsible for that activity;
● Debug to identify and repair errors that impair existing intended functionality;
● Exercise free speech, ensure the right of another consumer to exercise his right of free speech, or
exercise another right provided for by law;
● Comply with the California Electronic Communications Privacy Act;
● Comply with an existing legal obligation; or
● Otherwise use your personal information, internally, in a lawful manner that is compatible with the context in which you provided the information.
Children Under Thirteen
MNauction does not knowingly collect personally identifiable information from children under the age of thirteen. If you are under the age of thirteen, you must ask your parent or guardian for permission to use this website.
E-mail Communications
MNauction may contact you via email for the purpose of providing announcements, promotional offers, alerts, confirmations, surveys, and/or general communication. In order to improve our Services, we may receive a notification when you open an email from MNauction or click on a link therein.
If you would like to stop receiving marketing or promotional communications via email from MNauction, you may opt out of such communications by clicking on the UNSUBSCRIBE button located at the bottom of such emails.
External Data Storage Sites
We may store your data on servers provided by third party hosting vendors with whom we have contracted.
Changes to this Statement
MNauction reserves the right to change this Privacy Policy from time to time. We will notify you about significant changes in the way we treat personal information by sending a notice to the primary email address specified in your account, by placing a prominent notice on our website, and/or by updating any privacy information. Your continued use of the website and/or services available after such modifications will constitute your: (a) acknowledgement of the modified Privacy Policy; and (b) agreement to abide and be bound by that Policy.
Contact Information
If there are any questions regarding this policy, you may contact us at.
MNauction
232 2nd St. S
PO Box 668 Winsted, MN 55395
info@mnauction.com
(952) 322-9199
Effective as of March 27, 2023
