This
privacy statement discloses the privacy practices for the Park Place .BIZ
(Business) Website.We
have agreed to notify you of:
1. What personally identifiable information of yours or third party personally
identification is collected from you
via this site
2.
The organization collecting the Information
3.
How the Information is used
4.
With whom the Information may be shared
5.
What choices are available to you regarding collection, use and distribution of
the Information
6. The kind of security procedures that are in place to protect the loss,
misuse or alteration of Information under
our control
7. How you can correct any inaccuracies in the Information
Information Collection and Use
When
we collect personal information about you we will collect this information from
you lawfully and fairly and not in any unreasonably intrusive way. You
acknowledge and agree that we may collect this information from you in
connection with or as a consequence of your use of our site, including, without
limitation, the supply of the online trading services to you.
We
are the sole owner of the information collected on this site. We will not sell,
share, or rent this information to others in any way other than as disclosed in
this privacy statement.
We
collect information from our users at several different points on our site. We
collect information about your bidding, buying and selling activities if you
choose to participate on our site as a result of you engaging in these
activities, and also from ratings and comments received from other users
regarding you engaging in those activities. We also collect information from
any form of correspondence, such as emails and telephone conversations, from you
or from a third party about you. We may also collect information from you if
you choose to partake in special promotions with third parties on our site. This
information will be shared with that third party, but only with your consent and
for the purpose of that promotion.
We
will also collect financial information about you if you choose to bid for
certain goods and services on our site, if you sell on our site, and also as set
out in the Terms and Conditions of Use of this Site. We do charge fees for
selling, and your payment information will be used to charge you accordingly.
We may pass your payment information onto recognized partners in certain cases,
such as for charging you for selling and in those auctions where the services of
shipping and delivery or fulfillment companies are offered to our users, but
only in cases where our users have requested those services from us. Other
information that we collect is outlined below.
Registration
In
order to use our site, you must first complete the registration form after we
confirm you e-mail address. When you
register we ask to collect personal information such as your name, address, email
address, telephone and fax numbers. This information is used to create
your Membership with Park Place BIZ you
about the services on our site for which you have expressed interest. We
may also
collect additional information (such as “How did you hear about us?”, your
interests), All information that is mandatory is made known on the
registration form and is necessary to complete the registration process. You are
encouraged to provide the additional, optional information specified on the
registration form so we can provide you with a more personalized experience on
our site.
We
are the sole owner of the information collected on this site. We will not sell,
share, or rent this information to others in any way other than as disclosed in
this privacy statement.
Members can make a purchase
from us of $0.01 or greater to deposit money into their account to pay for sales
and purchasing other items inside Park Place, This is used as real money in Park
Place .BIZ
To see updated
fee's page click here.
Park Place .BIZ member's can make
optional transfers of money to other members for Buying and Selling,
Note: Buy Now transfers are final, i.e. this moves your money to their money.
Member's can request withdrawals Min
is $20.00 and the charge for this service is $1.00
Cookies
A
Cookie is a small data file that your browser writes to your own computer’s hard
drive in order to remember certain information and is linked to some personally
identifiable information while on our site. Cookies are used to store your
Handle and Password so that you don’t need to type these in each time you log in
or make a bid, thereby saving time whilst on our site. If you reject cookies,
you may still browse our site. However, in order to log in and bid or sell,
cookies are required to be turned on.
There are two sorts of cookies used on our site: session cookies and persistent
cookies. Once you close your browser, the session cookie simply terminates,
whereas the persistent cookie remains to enable us to track and target your
interests to enhance your experience on our site.
Log Files
We
collect statistical information about you from page hits that is only available
as a handshake. Every page, image or cgi program requested by your browser from our servers is logged in a log file,
which also collects the following information: your remote IP address, the
referring HTML page and the type of browser and computer that you are using.
We use IP addresses to analyze trends, administer our site, track your
movements, and gather broad demographic information for aggregate use. The
statistical information we gather is used internally for marketing analysis.
This information and IP addresses are not linked to personally identifiable
information.
Sharing
If
you successfully sell a product or successfully win an auction or classifieds ad, or are the
runner up in an auction where the winning bidder defaults, then your name, email
address, phone number and fax number, payment details and mailing address may be passed onto the other party involved in
that auction in accordance with the Terms and Conditions of Use of this Site.
For example, if you bid on an auction and win the auction, your details will be
passed onto the seller of that item. Similarly, if you are selling
an item, your details will be passed onto the winning bidder of your ad.
We
will share aggregated demographic information with our business partners and
advertisers. When we do, you will not be personally identifiable, and your
personal information will only be used as part of an aggregated compilation of
information.
We
will release information about you when required by law to do so. Otherwise,
we may release information about you, at our sole discretion, when we believe,
that such release of information is reasonably necessary or appropriate to:
(a)
enforce or apply the Terms and Conditions of Use of this Site; or
(b)
to protect the rights, property or safety of Park Place .BIZ, our users or others.
We
will also share information, including personally identifiable information about
you, with our parent, subsidiaries and related entities in order to provide you
with an international trading service. All these entities will treat your
information according to this privacy policy and in the same manner they would
treat their own users’ information.
External
Links
This
web site contains links to other sites. Please be aware that we are not
responsible for the privacy practices or content of such other sites. We
encourage you to be aware when you leave our site and to read the privacy
statements of each and every web site that collects personally identifiable
information. This privacy statement applies solely to information collected by
this site.
Newsletter
If
you wish to subscribe to our newsletter, we ask for contact information such as
email addresses. However, it is completely at your discretion to be removed
from such a list as set out in our choice and opt-out section below the
newsletter ad.
Site and Services Updates
We
also send you site and services announcement updates. You are not able to
un-subscribe from these because they contain important information about our
site and our services.
Surveys
& Contests
From
time-to-time we request information from you via surveys or contests.
Participation in these surveys or contests is completely voluntary and you
therefore have a choice whether or not to disclose any information to us.
Information requested may include contact information (such as email addresses)
and demographic information. We partner with third parties for supplying prizes
for our contests, but no information is shared with these third parties.
Contact information will be used by us to notify the winners and award prizes in
relation to our competitions, and also for promotional mailings. Survey
information will be used for the purposes of monitoring or improving the use and
satisfaction of this site. Established users of our site will be automatically
entered into some of our contests, thereby providing them with more
opportunities to win.
Public
Forums
If
we make chat rooms and message boards available to our users, please remember
that any information that is disclosed in these areas becomes public
information. You should therefore exercise caution when deciding to disclose
your personal information.
Tell-A-Friend
If you elect to use our referral service for informing a
friend about our site, we ask you for your friend’s name and email address. We
will automatically send your friend a one-time email inviting them to visit our
site We store this information for the sole purpose of sending this one-time
email. Your friend may at any time contact us at
contactus@Park Place .BIZ
to request the removal of this information from our database.
Security
We
take every precaution to prevent the loss, misuse and alteration of all
information under our control. When you submit sensitive information via our
site, your information is protected both online and off-line.
When
our registration form asks you to enter sensitive information (such as credit
card number), that information is encrypted and is protected using SSL. While
on a secure page, such as our registration form, the lock icon on the bottom of
Web browsers such as Netscape Navigator and Microsoft Internet Explorer becomes
locked, as opposed to un-locked, or open, when you are just ‘surfing’.
While we use encryption to protect sensitive information online, we also do
everything in our power to protect user-information off-line. The servers that
we store personally identifiable information on are kept in a secure
environment.
If you have any questions about the security at our site,
you can send an email to
contactus@Park Place .BIZ.
Supplementation of Information
In
order for this site to properly fulfill its obligation to our customers, it is
necessary for us to supplement the information we receive with information from
third party sources.
Special
Offers
We
send all new members a welcoming email to verify password and username.
Established members will occasionally receive information on products, services,
special deals, and a newsletter. Out of respect for the privacy of our users,
our users have the option not receive these types of communications (refer to
our choice and opt-out section below).
Correction/Updating Personal Information:
If your personally identifiable information changes (such
as your email address), or if you no longer desire to use our services, you may
correct, update or remove your personal data provided to us. This can be done
at the member information page or by emailing our Customer Support at
contactus@Park Place .BIZ
Choice/Opt-out
If you no longer wish to receive our newsletter,
information about products and services and special deals, surveys, or
promotional materials from us or our partners you may opt-out of receiving these
communications by following the unsubscribe instructions in the relevant email
or by emailing us at
opt_out@parkplace.biz
To
update your registration information log onto our Members Area, or click here.
To
subscribe to our newsletter, click here.
Notification of Changes
If
we decide to change our privacy statement, we will post those changes on our
Homepage and in our newsletter so you are always aware of what information we
collect, how we use it, and under what circumstances, if any, we disclose it.
If
we change the way we use your Personally Identifiable Information we will notify
you by email in our newsletter. If you would like to opt out of having your
information used in this new manner, we will ask you to contact us within a
month and your information will not be used. If you do not contact us within
that month, we will assume that you consent to have your information used in
this new manner.
Contacting us
If you have any questions about this privacy statement,
the practices of this site, or your dealings with us, you can contact us on
support.