Privacy Policy
This privacy policy describes how we handle your personal information. We collect, use, and share personal information to help the bikExchange website work and to keep it safe (details below). This policy is effective April 1, 2010.
Collection. Information posted on bikExchange is obviously publicly available. Our servers are located in Canada and the United States. Therefore, if you choose to provide us with personal information, you are consenting to the transfer and storage of that information on our servers in Canada and the United States. We collect and store the following personal information:
- email address, and physical contact information;
- computer sign-on data, statistics on page views, traffic to and from BikExchange and ad data (all through cookies – you can take steps to disable the cookies on your browser although this is likely to affect your ability to use the site);
- other information, including users IP address and standard web log information.
Use. We use users’ personal information to:
- provide our services
- resolve disputes, and troubleshoot problems;
- encourage safe trading and enforce our policies;
- customize users’ experience, measure interest in our services, , improve our services and inform users about services and updates;
- communicate marketing and promotional offers to you according to your preferences;
- do other things for users as described when we collect the information.
Disclosure. We don’t sell or rent users’ personal information to third parties for their marketing purposes without users explicit consent. We may disclose personal information to respond to legal requirements, enforce our policies, respond to claims that a posting or other content violates other’s rights, or protect anyone’s rights, property, or safety.
Communications and email tools. You agree to receive marketing communications from us unless you tell us that you prefer not to receive such communications. If you don’t wish to receive marketing communications from us, simply indicate your preference by following directions provided with the communication. You may not use our site or communication tools to harvest addresses, send spam or otherwise breach our Terms of Use or Privacy Policy.
Access, Modification, and Deletion. We delete personal information after 45 days, or when we no longer need it. We retain personal information as permitted by law to resolve disputes, enforce our policies; and prevent bad guys from coming back.
Security. We use lots of tools (encryption, passwords, physical security) to protect your personal information against unauthorized access and disclosure, but as you probably know, nothing’s perfect, so we make no guarantees.
Cookies. We or our service providers may 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 use cookies to help identify you and maintain your signed-in status.
- You are always free to decline cookies if your browser permits, although doing so may interfere with your use of some of our sites or services. For more information on your choices about accepting cookies, consult your browser help function.
General. We may update this policy at any time, with updates taking effect when you next use the site or after 30 days, whichever is sooner.
