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Privacy Policy

This privacy policy is a complete statement of what information we collect and how we use it. Your data is not used for any other purposes except those explicitly stated here.

Non-Personal Information

Non-personal information is the information our servers automatically collect when you visit this site; it is used to generate statistics on our performance and our audience. It cannot be traced back to you. It is collected whether or not you choose to join our site and includes:

• URLs of pages you visit
• your ISP
• your IP address
• your web browser type and version
• your operating system
• the URL you clicked on to get here

Personal Information

Personal information is information you explicitly give us, and in some cases it can be traced back to you. It is only collected if you join the web site. It is divided into two types: private data - that is data which we store and do not share with other users. And public data - that is data which we store and will publish to other users. Public data is in the public domain and can therefore be seen on this site and other sites in our network and may also be reachable through search engines and web directories.

Private Data (all members)

• username and password
• email address
• postcode/zip code
• date of birth(not recorded for traders)
• agreement to our terms and conditions
• date of joining
• account status
• times and dates of logins
• private messages sent to us or other members
• email correspondence you have with us

Private Data (paying members)

If you choose to purchase membership services or other optional services, you may choose to pay online. In this case further information is collected.

Our primary payment provider is PayPal. PayPal is an internationally renowned and trusted company who enable payments to be sent from email address to email address. If you use PayPal to pay for our services the following information is collected, and where indicated it is accessible to ourselves:

• credit or debit card details (NOT accessible to us)
• bank account details (NOT accessible to us)
• name (accessible to us)
• address (accessible to us)
• email address (accessible to us)

PayPal privacy statement

Public Data

• telephone number
• business address details(traders only - if requested to make public)
• email address(if requested to make public)
• city of residence
• county or region of residence
• description of item for sale or wanted
• company description(traders only - if requested to make public)
• photographs of item for sale
• website link(traders only - if requested to make public)

Termination Of Account

If you choose to close your account or your account is terminated by us, the above data remains on our system for up to 24 months, to ensure that if you wish to reopen your account, you can. If you do not return, it is permanently deleted from our database after 24 months.

Other Web Sites

We run several web sites, and your data may appear on other sites in our network, although no copies of your data are made, and all data is held centrally within our main database.

Your Email Address

Your email address is used to send you a welcome message and for message alerts to be sent to your email account or to send you occasional bulletins about this site and other services which may be of interest to you. We do not under any circumstances release your email address to other companies, individuals or organisations.

Your Home Address

Your home address is used only if you make a payment to validate the card transaction. We do not under any circumstances release your address to other companies, individuals or organisations. We do not send any post to your home address, unless specifically asked to by you (normally if you win a competition with a physical prize, or if you choose to correspond with us by letter).

Your Business Address(Traders only)

Your business address is used only if you make a payment to validate the card transaction. We do not under any circumstances release your address to other companies, individuals or organisations. You can if you choose make your address public in your adverts, in this case your business address will be regarded as Public Data. We may occasionally send post to your business address, but only to tell you about important changes or offers.

Advertising

We may accept advertising on some of our sites, from Google.

• Google privacy policy

Data Protection Law

This site will respect and protect your privacy at all times and complies fully with the letter and the spirit of UK Data Protection.