About This Security and Privacy Statement
This Security and Privacy Statement applies to this website which is operated by Auction Holdings Ltd under the domain name "www.auctionkings.co.nz (Auction Kings website).
AUCTION KINGS understands and appreciates that you, as an AUCTION
KINGS website visitor, are concerned about your privacy and about the
confidentiality and security of information we may gain about you online. AUCTION
KINGS is committed to protecting your privacy. This AUCTION KINGS Security and
Privacy Statement explains how your personal information will be treated as you
access and interact with the AUCTION KINGS website.
As the AUCTION KINGS website develops and as technology evolves, AUCTION KINGS will continue to strive to provide you with better and more customized services and with a more effective website. AUCTION KINGS encourages you to review the Security and Privacy Statement periodically because the Security and Privacy Statement may change from time to time.
The AUCTION KINGS Privacy Policy explains how AUCTION KINGS generally protects your privacy and confidentiality. The principles set out in the AUCTION KINGS Privacy Policy also apply to AUCTION KINGS websites.
In addition to the provisions of this Security and Privacy
Statement, there may also be specific and additional privacy provisions which
apply to certain sections of the AUCTION KINGS website. Because those specific
and additional provisions also relate to your privacy protection, you should
review them wherever they are accessible by you on the AUCTION KINGS website.
In the event of any inconsistency between the provisions of this Security and
Privacy Statement and those other specific and additional provisions, the
specific and additional provisions will prevail.
AUCTION KINGS takes reasonable steps to preserve the security of cookie and personal information in accordance with the AUCTION KINGS website Terms of Use and this Security and Privacy Statement. If your browser is suitably configured, it will advise you whether the information you are sending us will be secure (encrypted) or not secure (unencrypted). If secure transmission is indicated, AUCTION KINGS currently uses 128 bit SSL encryption through its Payment Gateway Payment Express. All credit card transactions are therefore handled through a secure server
AUCTION KINGS regularly reviews developments in security and encryption technologies. Unfortunately, no data transmission over the Internet can be guaranteed as totally secure. Accordingly, although AUCTION KINGS strives to protect such information, AUCTION KINGS cannot ensure or warrant the security of any information you transmit to us or from our online products or services and you do so at your own risk. Once we receive your transmission, we take reasonable steps to preserve the security of the information in our own systems.
Information
Collected
The information that AUCTION KINGS collects about you is dependent
on how you use the facilities offered by the AUCTION KINGS website.
If you visit an unsecure area of the AUCTION KINGS website (that
is, an area where you are not required to log on) to read, browse or download
information, our system will record the date and time of your visit to our
site, the pages viewed and any information downloaded. However, our systems
will not record any personally identifiable information.
If you decide to complete an online application form or online
survey, the information that you enter into the online form or survey will only
be collected by AUCTION KINGS if you submit your online application or survey.
If at any stage you cancel your application or log out prior to submitting your
application or survey, the information you have entered up to that point will
be automatically deleted.
It is necessary for AUCTION KINGS to collect your IP address for
your interaction with various parts of the AUCTION KINGS website. Your IP
address is the identifier for your computer when you are using the internet.
For instance, AUCTION KINGS collects and stores your IP address
when you log into AUCTION KINGS. As part of our security for AUCTION KINGS we
use this information when we attempt to detect and prevent fraudulent
transactions. We store your IP address for security and audit purposes. Your IP
address will not be used by us or released to any third party except in the
case of security, inappropriate behaviour or fraud issues, such as unauthorised
access to your or our computer systems or fraudulent transactions.
We use "cookies" as a fundamental part of our
interaction with your Internet browser. The purpose is to provide you with
better and more customised service and with a more effective website.
A "cookie" is a small text file placed on your computer
by our web page server. A cookie can later be retrieved by our webpage servers.
Cookies are frequently used on websites and you can choose if and how a cookie
will be accepted by configuring your preferences and options in your browser.
AUCTION KINGS uses cookies for two different purposes. We allocate
a cookie to each Internet browser that visits the AUCTION KINGS website. This
cookie does not allow us to collect personally identifiable information about
you.
Accordingly, if you wish to make full use of the AUCTION KINGS website,
it is required that you accept cookies.
We will preserve the content of any e-mail that you send us, if we
believe that we have a legal requirement to do so. Your e-mail message content
may be monitored by our AUCTION KINGS employees for security issues including
where e-mail abuse is suspected; our response to you may be monitored for
quality assurance issues.
We will only use or disclose personal information or information
generated by cookies in accordance with the AUCTION KINGS Privacy Policy,
specific and additional provisions relating to privacy which apply to certain
areas of the AUCTION KINGS website and as otherwise set out in this Security
and Privacy Statement.
You acknowledge and accept that your use of the AUCTION KINGS website indicates your acceptance of the AUCTION KINGS website Terms of Use and the Security and Privacy Statement.
This
is the current Security and Privacy Statement. It replaces any other Security
and Privacy Statement for the AUCTION KINGS website published on the AUCTION
KINGS website to date. AUCTION KINGS may at any time vary the Security and
Privacy Statement by publishing the varied Security and Privacy Statement on
the AUCTION KINGS website. You accept that by doing this, AUCTION KINGS has
provided you with sufficient notice of the variation.